<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Felton Needs Protection</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Nov 8</span> - Sometimes you just have to protect Raymond Felton from himself. Felton's pain threshold is impressive, but sometimes you have to shut him down for his own good.</p> </p> So the Bobcats told him he wasn't playing against the Philadelphia 76ers after bruising his left knee against the Phoenix Suns.</p> </p> "If it were up to me, I'd play now," Felton said before tip-off Wednesday. "It's cool now -- the swelling is down." -- <font color="#000000">Charlotte Observer</font></p></div></div>