<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Jazz had so few healthy players Sunday ? one, rookie big man Robert Whaley, is out with a lacerated hand sustained in what the team said was a "kitchen accident" ? they did not have enough for a full-fledged practice. Considering that tonight's opponent Detroit is one of the best the NBA has to offer this season, that's not a good thing for coach Jerry Sloan's club. "This is one thing (we) don't need . . . a lot of injuries right now," starting center Greg Ostertag said. "And we seem to be having too many of them." The rundown: Ostertag will undergo an MRI exam today on his inflamed right knee; Whaley needed six stitches on his right hand; forward Andrei Kirilenko was out Sunday with an intestinal virus; rookie point guard Deron Williams has an ear infection; starting shooting guard Gordan Giricek still is bothered by Achilles tendonitis; starting small forward Matt Harpring's surgically repaired right knee was inflamed Sunday; and forward Carlos Boozer remains out for the season with his strained hamstring. Among the latest maladies, Ostertag's could be most serious. "It's something that hurts all the time," he said Sunday. "It just has different days." Ostertag hopes the MRI will reveal what is wrong with the knee, which prompted him to leave Friday's loss to Seattle prematurely.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
One good bit of injury news for the Jazz: After sitting out 13 games due to an avulsion fracture in his lower back, point guard Keith McLeod is much-improved. "I think I'm ready now," McLeod said Sunday.
