A few minutes after he was helped off the court Wednesday night at the United Center, Kirk Hinrich realized that his left ankle sprain was relatively mild.
?It?s not the serious ankle sprain we thought it was right away,? Hinrich said following Thursday?s practice at the Berto Center. ?I?ve had bad ankle sprains on my left ankle before. It?s definitely not one of my worst ones. I?m going to try to practice (today) or at least do some stuff and see how it feels and hopefully play on Saturday (at New Jersey).?
Hinrich scored on a driving layin with 2:48 left in the third quarter and landed on the foot of Charlotte?s Gerald Wallace.
?I felt a pop, (but) I knew about 10, 15 minutes after I sprained it that it wasn?t that serious,? Hinrich said. ?It was a little bit sore this morning, but I don?t look at it as a serious ankle sprain.?