Kirilenko may try to return in Nuggets series

J_Ray · Apr 22, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY — There is a chance — wishful thinking, perhaps, but a chance nonetheless — that Andrei Kirilenko can return to play late in the Jazz's ongoing NBA playoff series with the Denver Nuggets.

So says Kirilenko, who on Wednesday spoke publicly for the first time since re-straining the left calf that's kept him out most of the past 5 1/2 weeks.

The Jazz previously suggested Kirilenko could be back for second-round play should they beat the Nuggets and advance — their best-of-seven series is tied 1-1 — but Kirilenko suggested there's a slim possibility it could be sooner.

"I'm getting better," the Jazz's usual starting small forward said.

"I'm even trying to aim for, like, probably Game 6, 7," added Kirilenko, who missed 15 of the Jazz's final 17 regular-season games and Games 1 and 2 of the postseason series, turning backup C.J. Miles into Utah's chief defender on Denver All-Star Carmelo Anthony. "Again, it's probably highly unlikely. But, you know, it's a good goal to set up. But I think second round is probably, like, a good time."

Whether anything before the series ends is realistic remains to be seen.
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I wonder how close he would be to 100% though.

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