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Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 30, 2004 12:00 AM
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Lately, it's hard to tell there is a Suns game going on because so many jerseys stay on the locker racks after tip-off.
Phoenix was down to nine bodies again Monday as Jake Voskuhl, Howard Eisley and Jahidi White underwent tests on their ailments.
Eisley could be done for the season as he continues to ache from a right inguinal hernia. He played through it without saying anything until the pain was too much to practice a week ago.
"He'll be out for a while," said Suns coach Mike D'Antoni, whose team has seven games left. "If they find something, we're not going to bring him back."
There is so little time left and so little to play for that it is best to be safe with the ailing players and give younger players more experience.
Voskuhl's magnetic resonance imaging test on the plantar fascitis in his left foot was negative. He still missed his eighth consecutive game.
"When the pain goes away, he'll play," D'Antoni said.
White's right knee bone bruise has thinned the post rotation even more. He will be kept out through the weekend trip to Memphis and Dallas. The Suns already have a tough enough time on the boards as the league's fourth-worst rebounders despite their size.
"We're trying to take more responsibility playing straight up," D'Antoni said. "That way, we can rebound better."
White hurt his knee March 24 at Philadelphia and has been available only if needed.
Wizards out, too
Washington was down to nine players, with Steve Blake (left thumb sprain) and Juan Dixon (right ankle sprain) in street clothes and Jerry Stackhouse out for personal reasons.
Blake had some of the biggest blows of Washington's rally from 15 points down when the Wizards won at home against Phoenix.
Stackhouse played Sunday.
Free throws
Joe Johnson, the NBA leader in minutes, went over 3,000 minutes for the season. He can't break the team record of 3,378, set by Dick Van Arsdale in the 1968-69 inaugural season.
• Amare Stoudemire entered Monday's game as the league's fifth leading scorer in March at 23.8 points per game. [/font]
Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 30, 2004 12:00 AM
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Lately, it's hard to tell there is a Suns game going on because so many jerseys stay on the locker racks after tip-off.
Phoenix was down to nine bodies again Monday as Jake Voskuhl, Howard Eisley and Jahidi White underwent tests on their ailments.
Eisley could be done for the season as he continues to ache from a right inguinal hernia. He played through it without saying anything until the pain was too much to practice a week ago.
"He'll be out for a while," said Suns coach Mike D'Antoni, whose team has seven games left. "If they find something, we're not going to bring him back."
There is so little time left and so little to play for that it is best to be safe with the ailing players and give younger players more experience.
Voskuhl's magnetic resonance imaging test on the plantar fascitis in his left foot was negative. He still missed his eighth consecutive game.
"When the pain goes away, he'll play," D'Antoni said.
White's right knee bone bruise has thinned the post rotation even more. He will be kept out through the weekend trip to Memphis and Dallas. The Suns already have a tough enough time on the boards as the league's fourth-worst rebounders despite their size.
"We're trying to take more responsibility playing straight up," D'Antoni said. "That way, we can rebound better."
White hurt his knee March 24 at Philadelphia and has been available only if needed.
Wizards out, too
Washington was down to nine players, with Steve Blake (left thumb sprain) and Juan Dixon (right ankle sprain) in street clothes and Jerry Stackhouse out for personal reasons.
Blake had some of the biggest blows of Washington's rally from 15 points down when the Wizards won at home against Phoenix.
Stackhouse played Sunday.
Free throws
Joe Johnson, the NBA leader in minutes, went over 3,000 minutes for the season. He can't break the team record of 3,378, set by Dick Van Arsdale in the 1968-69 inaugural season.
• Amare Stoudemire entered Monday's game as the league's fifth leading scorer in March at 23.8 points per game. [/font]
