Charlotte forward Gerald Wallace has vowed to return to the court after next weekend's All-Star break.

Wallace spent two days in the hospital last week after suffering a punctured lung and a fractured rib in a game against the Lakers.

"The main thing (the doctor) told me was because I was so young and such an athlete that the rib actually fractured and punctured my lung and then came back into place," Wallace said. "So that was the reason why it healed quickly. He pulled (the X-ray) up two days later and you couldn't even tell where the fracture had happened."