<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal had to be helped to the locker room after injuring his left ankle in practice Monday. The Pacers are listing the injury as a mild sprain, but it's possible that O'Neal will miss tonight's game against the Atlanta Hawks. "We'll see how he is (today)," coach Rick Carlisle said. "It's the same ankle that has been bothering him. He's had repeated mild sprains in this ankle and a couple of severe ones." O'Neal missed three games last season with a sprained left ankle and this season missed a game in November and has left a couple of others for stretches with an ankle injury. Carlisle said he will wait to decide who will start if O'Neal can't play tonight. Point guard Jamaal Tinsley and swingman Marquis Daniels were also limited in practice Monday. Tinsley, who didn't participate in any contact drills, has been dealing with a bruised sternum and ribs since Thursday's game at Dallas. Carlisle said there's a "good chance" Tinsley will play tonight. Tinsley wants to play in all 82 games. Daniels also missed contact drills because of the badly jammed middle finger on his right hand. He injured the finger against the Mavericks. Daniels sat out the second half of Saturday's game against New Orleans. "It's getting a little better," Carlisle said. "He didn't do any contact stuff (Monday) because if he gets it hit he's going to have a setback."</div> Source
He gets injured too much, and that's right after he came back from an injury recently. + The worst injury is when it's not even a game. It happened to me once in practice at middle school.
