WASHINGTON — With that familiar pain shooting through his back, Tracy McGrady knew just what had gone wrong.
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He had felt that pain too often before to wonder. So he stood in the spot where he landed, bending over slowly with the back spasms that had stolen so much of last season from him seizing him again.
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"Spasms. Back spasms," McGrady said. "I lost my footing a little bit and it shot spasms through my back immediately."
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McGrady missed 35 games last season with back spasms. The recurring injury knocked him out beginning with the regular-season's first practice, and a back injury that ended his season March 8.
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While he has not missed a game this season, and had no reoccurrence of the back pain since last spring, the potential of more back problems had hung over the Rockets' hopes for this season.
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Then, with roughly seven minutes left in Saturday's 114-109 win at the Washington Wizards, McGrady landed on Gilbert Arenas' foot, immediately reached for his lower back and had to be helped off the court.
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He was hunched over and moving carefully, but he said that the pain was not as severe as last season.
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"I think it's a little different," McGrady said. "The pain level is definitely different. Before it was to the point I really couldn't tolerate the pain. I feel pretty good walking around right now. I just can't extend my body all the way up because of the spasms in my back. But I'm going to get on the treatment tonight, tomorrow and Monday and see how I feel.
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"Last year, it was really painful. It was hard to either sit down or stand up and walk around. This is definitely different from what I went through last year. I'm real confident I'll be back on the court Tuesday."
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Given the unpredictable nature of spasms, the Rockets could not estimate that McGrady would be ready to play Tuesday against the visiting Lakers or be out much longer. But his teammates spoke of the possibility of another stretch without him.
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"Obviously, it's not good," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "But I don't want anything to detract from what the guys did tonight, and Tracy. He played on the fourth game in five nights an energetic, really good game. We'll see where he is in the coming days.
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"We're happy with the win, but you know. We'll see."
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출처:Houston Chronicle
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