Although Grant Hill had a better workout Saturday in Orlando, Magic Coach Doc Rivers also acknowledges that Hill might need surgery to remove bone spurs in his left ankle if his pain persists. "There's no doubt about it," Rivers said. "Obviously, if that's what has to happen, you swallow the pill."

General Manager John Gabriel said Friday that the team and Hill's doctors could decide at the end of next week whether Hill should undergo arthroscopic surgery and miss a month. Hill was placed on the five-game injured list.

Rivers said that an alternative to surgery for Hill -- discussed by his doctors -- is injections designed to dissolve the spurs. "It's a tough call, having had them. I had spurs when I played, got an injection and it went away," Rivers said before the Magic faced the Hawks Saturday night.