<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EL SEGUNDO -- Lakers coach Rudy Tomjanovich still was at home with a stomach virus, assistant Frank Hamblen was presiding in his absence, and Kobe Bryant was in the trainer's room receiving treatment on his sprained right ankle. So much for good health to start the new year. The Lakers reached a fitting conclusion to January as their coach spent his second day sequestered from the team after falling ill. They already had lost their starting shooting guard for eight games with the possibility of another eight to come. "This is NBA life," forward Lamar Odom said. "That's how it is during the year. Guys get sick, you have injuries in every sport. It happens. You just got to keep truckin'. It's not like they're going to let us postpone a game or anything like that."</div> Source
The injury bug is contagious, lets hope it doesn't bite any more of our players, especially Odom or Caron.
