Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom was struggling just to lift his arms Thursday and said the rib injury he suffered likely would keep him out of tonight's game against the Charlotte Bobcats.
Odom suffered what the team called a sprained rib, damaging the cartilage between several ribs on the upper right side of his chest. The discomfort kept Odom up all night after the Lakers flew in from Indiana.
"This hurt more than my torn labrum," Odom said, comparing it to his season-ending shoulder injury from last March. "But hopefully it won't last that long."
It would be the first game all season Odom has missed. He also noted Thursday that rib injuries can take some time to heal.