Tipper sanoi:
Niin, en tiedä tarkkaa diagnoosia tuosta sormesta, mutta ilmeisesti kyse on kuitenkin vammasta, joka paranisi levolla. Toisin kuin edelliskausien sormi, joka vaati leikkauksen. Kivunsietokyky on Kobella tunnetusti korkea, mutta luulisi nyt olevan kuitenkin melkoinen riski aiheuttaa sormelle jotain vakavampaa. Toivotaan, että Lakersin medical staff (tai lopun viimein Kobe itse) tietää, mitä tekee.
Four weeks later, Kobe's finger still sore
http://www.ocregister.com/sports/sore-227336-angeles-weeks.html
Muutamia kohtia tuolta voisi poimia:
"Here at the four-week mark, let’s keep in mind that the diagnosis was a minimum of six weeks for the avulsion fracture to heal. Phil Jackson optimistically speculated at the time that Bryant might need the splint for only two weeks and be healed in four."
"None of that stuff has happened, because Bryant keeps playing and keeps getting hit on the finger. He has played well enough to be named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Month for December – even though he fractured his finger on Dec. 11 – but on Wednesday night Bryant looked like someone who was tired of dealing with it."
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"What remains to be seen is if Bryant can keep viewing it as a challenge or just get the finger better – and, in either scenario, shoot accurately again. Bryant pulled it off with his right pinky finger in February 2008, but that avulsion fracture was to the more stable knuckle attached to the hand and obviously a far less important finger.
What lay ahead of Bryant now is a long season still to go with some considerable challenges immediately ahead.
The upcoming road features Portland, where the Lakers have lost eight consecutive games, and a back-to-back set in San Antonio and Dallas. After Orlando at home on Jan. 18, the Lakers begin a ridiculous eight-game trip that includes three back-to-backs, the first one featuring Cleveland and the third one featuring Boston."