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Yao and T-Mac out with back injuries. (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images)
Sheesh talk about an epidemic – beginning with Caron Butler and Gilbert Arenas who have been sidelined by injury – we can now add Houston’s super-duo of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady into the walking wounded as well.
T-Mac missed eight games earlier this season due to back spasms and it seems his problems are recurring again forcing him to leave their last game early. Yao’s back injury seems to a little bit more mysterious with the big man not knowing exactly when he copped the injury but believes he may have been hit in the back by someone during their game against the Warriors.
Houston have had a wretched run of injuries concerning their two superstars in recent seasons struggling to get both fit for any extended period of time to threaten for the title.
The injuries suffered both by McGrady and Yao don’t seem to be serious with T-Mac being
Steve Nash is pretty fly for a white guy. (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
Another squad that is facing a raft of injuries hitting their players are the New York Knicks who are already missing Jamal Crawford, Steve Francis and Quentin Richardson to injuries. New York’s management must have had fits after their biggest star Stephon Marbury suffered an in game injury against the T-Wolves today. Marbury left the game during the first half after suffering something called a ‘right turf toe’. NBALOUD has no idea what that means but it, um, sounds painful.
Stephon did return to the game but was ineffective as New York fell further behind in their race for a playoff spot when Minnesota won, 99-94.
Meanwhile, the other injury depleted Eastern Conference squad the Washington Wizards played their first game without Agent Zero when they faced off against Cleveland and promptly lost that game, 99-94.
Wow, as an aside that is the exact same scores as the T-Wolves/Knicks game. Is anyone else out there impressed? Ah, this writer suffers from the small things, amuse small minds syndrome.
Sorry, back to the game. Gilbert the Great was absent and LeBron James was there in name only for three quarters before going on a 14 point scoring binge in the fourth quarter. Bron-Bron was an ugly 7-for-23 from the field.
Stevie Nash notched up his 49th double-double of the season as the Phoenix Suns disposed of the New Orleans Hornets, 103-95.
The Suns just had too much solar power and weapons in seeing off an injury depleted Hornets squad. Leandro Barbosa scored 26, Shaw Marion had 20 with 11 rebounds and the aforementioned Stevie Wonder had 15 points and 12 assists. Nash was two rebounds shy of scoring a triple-double.
New Orleans is also an injury riddled unit missing their star point guard Chris Paul, as well as big man Tyson Chandler and high flyer Desmond Mason. Against a star studded Suns outfit they had no chance.
Today's clip is one from the immortal fight scene in Game of Death where Bruce Lee and Kareem knock each other out. This one is a gem.
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