The Wizards could be without Michael Ruffin for another week and perhaps longer, according to Coach Eddie Jordan. The veteran forward has been out since the Nov. 21 game at Dallas with a sprained right foot and was out for two weeks during the preseason with the same injury.

Ruffin's absence and Darius Songaila's back injury have left the Wizards thin at forward. "He's going to be out, period," Jordan said of Ruffin. "At least a few more days, and maybe longer."