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Wednesday, November 1, 2000
Broken wrist helps Rose work on right hand
Associated Press
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Jalen Rose is making a quick recovery from a
broken left wrist and might be able to join the Indiana Pacers'
lineup late next week.
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Rose, the NBA's most improved player last season, was injured
during the opening exhibition game Oct. 11. He no longer wears a
cast on his shooting arm and has begun light workouts with the
team.
"I may come back in four games, I may come back the fifth
game," he said before the Pacers' shootaround in San Antonio on
Tuesday.
"We're going to play it by ear, but I'm going to come back as
soon as I can," he said.
Indiana lost its opener to San Antonio 98-85 Tuesday night. The
second game is Thursday at Dallas, with the Pacers' home opener
Saturday night against Chicago. The fourth and fifth games are Nov.
8 against Milwaukee and Nov. 10 at Washington.
During his recuperation, Rose has tried to develop better skills
with his right hand.
"I'm a total lefty," he said. "Now I'm becoming more
ambidextrous and thinking more of using both hands, and anytime you
do that, it helps.
"You just have to take it as an opportunity to develop
something else in your game," said Rose, who last season displaced
Reggie Miller as Indiana's leading scorer. "A lot of times as you
get older you don't get better. I want to continue to get better."
The Pacers could have used Rose Tuesday night. Miller had 27
points against the Spurs, but the Pacers managed only eight points
from its reserves.
"We realized who we should get the ball to. We did a good job
setting screens for Reggie and taking advantages of mismatches,"
said Austin Croshere, who started at forward and scored 17 points.
"A guy like Reggie, anytime he's on, you can put two guys on the
block, set screens for him and he's going to make shots."
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