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Thursday, September 14
Houston suffers jammed wrist in practice
Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- Allan Houston of the U.S. men's
basketball team has a jammed wrist that could keep him out of the
team's first game against China.
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Houston injured his right wrist when he collided with Shareef
Abdur-Rahim during practice Wednesday. It is the same wrist Houston
had surgically repaired three summers ago.
"I'm not as worried or nervous as I was yesterday," Houston
said after sitting out most of the U.S. team's two-hour practice
Thursday. "It felt like I stretched the scar tissue."
Houston was scheduled to undergo X-rays on the wrist. He said he
wanted to wait another couple days before deciding whether to play
in the U.S. team's opener Sunday night.
"If it feels like it does now, probably not. Saturday will
tell," he said.
The injury was the latest in a series of minor maladies to
strike the U.S. team.
Kevin Garnett strained a tendon in his left hand during an
exhibition game in Japan, and Antonio McDyess had to sit out a game
because of back pain.
The rest of the team ran through a series of drills during a
two-hour practice at the Dome in Olympic Park. Houston, whose wrist
was encased in a soft cast, was limited to running and shooting
layups and free throws left-handed.
Coach Rudy Tomjanovich did not seem worried about Houston's
injury.
"He jammed it pretty good, but he didn't seem too concerned
today. He told me it'll me two or three days," Tomjanovich said.
The U.S. team has been staying at a hotel in Parramatta, a few
miles outside Sydney, and was treated to a home-cooked meal of
ribs, lasagna, pork chops, chicken and garlic mashed potatoes
prepared by forward Vin Baker.
"A few people said I should open my own restaurant," Baker
said. "That's what I wanted to hear."
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