Bobby Simmons has not played a single minute this season because of what Bucks officials have said was a ?stress reaction?? in his right heel.

Simmons has also acknowledged he has plantar fascitis in the same foot and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Tuesday Simmons has a cyst in the heel as well.

Bartelstein said Simmons would soon seek the opinion of several doctors and then decide whether to have surgery.

?It?s a possibility,?? Bartelstein said of Simmons having surgery. ?We?re trying to decide what the problem is. We want to find out what is causing the pain: the cyst in the heel or the plantar facitis.??

Surgery would likely mean he would be lost for the entire season.

Desperately seeking a victory, Milwaukee Bucks coach Terry Stotts is considering a lineup change for the game against the Los Angeles Lakers tonight at the Staples Center, the first stop on a four-game western trip.

The position in question is the small-forward spot, where rookie Ersan Ilyasova has started the last four games.

"We might start Charlie (Bell) in place of Ersan or maybe start David (Noel)," Stotts said. "Or, maybe we'll start Ersan. But that's the spot, whether we start Ersan or make a change with that."

If Bell would start, it would be at shooting guard, with Michael Redd moving to small forward in place of Ilyasova. If Noel would start, it would be in place of Ilyasova with Redd remaining at shooting guard.

Charlie Villanueva's torn left elbow ligament is continuing to keep him on the sidelines, but a return is now in sight.

"He's getting better," Harris said of Villanueva, the Bucks' leading rebounder. "He's a couple weeks away."

On Friday, general manager Larry Harris said that Bobby Simmons will undergo additional tests on his injured right foot next week.

Simmons hasn't been able to play since training camp.

"Obviously he's been dealing with this situation since camp started," Harris said. "It's very frustrating for him. We hope to have a better diagnosis within a week to 10 days."

Playing without Allen Iverson and Chris Webber, Andre Iguodala and the short-handed 76ers outplayed the Milwaukee Bucks for almost 47 minutes. Veterans Michael Redd and Ruben Patterson stopped that just in time.

Redd scored 11 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter and the Bucks overcame Iguodala's triple-double to beat Philadelphia 98-94 on Wednesday night.

"We were all just tired and fed up from losing close games," Redd said. "We know we still have a monster hole to work out of at 4-8. It's nothing to be happy about, but hopefully this will give us a good vibe."

Iguodala stepped up with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double.

"It just don't feel right," Iguodala said. "It's a tough loss."

Philadelphia starters Allen Iverson and Chris Webber did not travel with the 76ers for their game in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, while the Bucks were without starting point guard Mo Williams.

Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva will be sidelined four to six weeks because of a torn ligament in his left elbow, the team said Thursday.

Villanueva, 22, was injured during the Bucks' victory over Atlanta on Tuesday. He fell to the floor after colliding with Atlanta's Josh Childress.

The Bucks announced that Charlie Villanueva will miss Wednesday's game against the New Jersey Nets with a sprained left elbow.

Villanueva suffered the injury in the second quarter of Milwaukee's 103-101 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. He was fouled hard by Atlanta's Josh Childress with just over six seconds remaining in the session and did not return for the second half.

The Bucks' Charlie Villanueva sprained his left elbow late in the second quarter Tuesday night and did not return for the start of the second half against the Hawks.

Villanueva, Milwaukee's second-leading scorer with 15 points per game, is listed as day-to-day. He fell to the floor after colliding with Atlanta's Josh Childress with 6.4 seconds remaining in the half but remained in the game.

Michael Redd scored 57 points to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's franchise record, but Matt Harpring made a layup with 1.8 seconds left to give the Utah Jazz a 113-111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.

Redd scored 39 points in the second half and broke the franchise scoring record of 55 set by Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's career scoring leader, against the Boston Celtics on Dec. 10, 1971.

Redd made 18 of 32 field goals, going 6-of-12 from 3-point range and 15-of-17 on free throws.