<div class="quote_poster">Quoting :</div><div class="quote_post">Alan Henderson is back, but he confessed it may take a while -- possibly next season -- before the pain in his lower back fully subsides. After the Hawks lost 93-75 Friday night in Minnesota, reserve forward sat in the visitors' locker room with ice packs on his knees, his hands over his face. He got up slowly, and forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim asked if he was OK. "I'm fine," Henderson said after playing 15 minutes in his second game back after missing the first 32 with a sore back. He scored nine points, with three rebounds and an assist against the Timberwolves. "I'm still a little sore," he said. "It might just be sore this year. I just have to maintain this level of soreness, and it'll be OK." "It feels good to be back, to be part of the game, instead of sitting on the sideline all the time," Henderson said. "I'm still working on my wind, trying to get my legs under me. I'm still a little tired out there. As it goes on, my conditioning will get better and I'll be able to attack the boards more aggressively."</div> Full Story
