Re: Anthony Parker will be back in the lineup tonight! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Raptors infirmary is starting to empty out once again. Anthony Parker will be the latest to make his escape this evening after missing the past two games with a sprained right ankle. Parker, who missed five games earlier in March with the ankle injury before re-turning it March 14th and missing another game, tweaked it a third time in practice last Monday. He took part in the full practice yesterday and will play tonight in Boston. "I felt good," Parker said of yesterday's practice. "I went through the whole practice and didn't favour it. It felt good in the offence. Defensively I'm still a step slow but it will come with time." Parker said outside of strengthening the ankle, the best thing he can do is just forget he ever sprained it in the first place. "I've injured it three times in the month so I've lost some strength and some of the explosiveness I had," he said. "It just takes time to get back. "Every time you sprain it you become more vulnerable to doing it again. I just have to work on my balance and strengthen it as much as I can. There's really no control over it. The more you think about it, the more it's bound to happen again. You just have to go play." Chris Bosh, who gave everyone a scare when he went down in Friday's win over the Denver Nuggets and left the game limping, didn't take part in the full practice yesterday but is expected to be in the starting lineup tonight. Bosh did not return to Friday's game but would have had the game not been such a blowout.</div>Very good news. We are not the same ball club without a healthy AP. He makes shots, he brings leadership and smarts to the table, and he is probably the best defender on this team. I hope he is ACTUALLY ready to go this time....I don't want him on the DL again....
Re: Anthony Parker will be back in the lineup tonight! The only reason he went on the injured list because he landed badly on the same ankle trying to get a rebound. If Parker is able to put up 10 points that?s for me a good enough comeback game.Most important thing is that he needs to get back into the thick of things.
Re: Anthony Parker will be back in the lineup tonight! No Pierce tonight for the Celtics either, hopefully we don't pull a stinker like we did against Milwaukee.
Re: Anthony Parker will be back in the lineup tonight! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (headliner @ Mar 26 2007, 06:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The only reason he went on the injured list because he landed badly on the same ankle trying to get a rebound. If Parker is able to put up 10 points that?s for me a good enough comeback game.Most important thing is that he needs to get back into the thick of things.</div>Yeah, but I remember he made a return after he took that nasty fall...
Re: Anthony Parker will be back in the lineup tonight! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Mar 26 2007, 05:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, but I remember he made a return after he took that nasty fall...</div>Are you talking about when he made the return during the same game?If so I thought that was a dumb move on his part but it clearly show his heart and determination for whatever that?s worth.
Re: Anthony Parker will be back in the lineup tonight! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (headliner @ Mar 26 2007, 07:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Are you talking about when he made the return during the same game?If so I thought that was a dumb move on his part but it clearly show his heart and determination for whatever that?s worth.</div>Yeah, that's what I was talking about. That might have prolonged his stay on the DL.
