<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Maybe it shouldn't come as any great surprise that Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut will be available to play in the team's regular-season opener against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills. After all, it wasn't as if Bogut had been sitting around with his feet up the last three weeks while waiting for his left leg injury to heal. "I did all the right (treatment) things," Bogut said after a workout Monday at the team's practice facility. "When the guys were gone, it wasn't like I was just sitting on my bum. I was getting two treatments a day. I was doing pool sessions and weight sessions, so it wasn't like I was taking a vacation. I think my body responded well to it. I was doing the right type of stuff." Said general manager Larry Harris, "I really give a lot of credit to Andrew and the medical staff. The injury, when it was first sustained, we were concerned. Anytime that you're dealing with a lower leg injury that involves the knee or the ankle, you never know the severity of what it's going to be." The Bucks received their best news of the month Monday when Bogut was cleared to resume full basketball activities. Coach Terry Stotts said that Bogut would "most likely" start against the Pistons even though he did not play in any of the team's eight exhibition games. Bogut sustained a lower leg injury in a collision during the team's open scrimmage on Oct. 7 at the Bradley Center. Because it was a rather unusual injury, the Bucks conservatively estimated that he would be out from six to eight weeks. But now, just over three weeks later, Bogut has been given the green light for the regular-season opener. "That was my goal when I started rehab and it worked out," said Bogut. "I'm a quick healer. I did all the right things treatment-wise and got it done. It was more of a challenge to try and get back quicker. I was looking at two weeks but three weeks is good enough for me." </div> Source
