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One or two things about Wednesday for yuo:
Jazz backup small forward Matt Harpring, who has been undergoing testing in Utah for gastrointestinal issues, will not join the team in time for tonight's game at Charlotte, as originally planned.
Harpring instead has been held over for additional tests to be performed Thursday, Jazz spokesman Jonathan Rinehart said Tuesday.
New plans call for Harpring to rejoin the Jazz in time for Friday night's game at Orlando, Rinehart said.
Harpring, 31, fell ill on the Jazz's charter flight back to Utah following Friday's loss at Portland. He vomited multiple times and passed out — the fourth such episode he's had since the start of the last season.
The veteran forward didn't play in the Jazz's past two games, including Monday's loss in his longtime home of Atlanta, pushing to seven the number of games he's missed due to flu-like symptoms and/or gastric issues since last Christmas.
No details on tests results were available Tuesday, but it's believed all early indications seemed favorable.
Usual Jazz starting center Mehmet Okur has missed four straight games with a strained left shoulder and is listed as "doubtful" for tonight.
Andres Nocioni turned his right ankle late when Lamar Odom inadvertently hit him with a leg kick as both players ran upcourt. Nocioni said he would play Wednesday.
After looking at several free agent point guards, the Wizards decided on journeyman Mike Wilks. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Wilks, who is in his sixth season and joining his eighth team, is expected to be available for tomorrow's game against Chicago.
Wilks, who appeared in eight games with Denver this season, will help fill the void created by injuries to guards Gilbert Arenas (left knee) and Antonio Daniels (right knee). Arenas is expected to miss at least two more months, and Daniels is out two to four weeks.
The addition of Wilks couldn't come at a better time for a team that dressed nine healthy players for Saturday's win over Sacramento. Yesterday, with Caron Butler and Antawn Jamsion absent because of illness and Andray Blatche excused, the Wizards practiced with six players.
Butler, Jamison and Blatche are expected to practice today and will be available for the team's first meeting with the Bulls.
In his one year as head coach of the 76ers, Jim O'Brien won quite a few games but not nearly as many friends.
His team went 43-39 in 2004-05, a 10-game improvement from the previous season. Still, he was fired after the Sixers lost to the Detroit Pistons, four games to one, in the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Since his firing, the Sixers haven't been to the playoffs.
Now, O'Brien is back. He is in his first season coaching the 13-12 Indiana Pacers, who have been one of this season's surprises.
Tonight at Conseco Fieldhouse, the Sixers (10-14) will meet the Pacers in their first game against their former coach.
Sixers forward Reggie Evans missed his second straight practice with a strained right shoulder but was expected to play tonight. . . . Guard Lou Williams, who sat out Monday's practice because of soreness in his fractured right big toe, worked out yesterday. "He's still a little sore," coach Maurice Cheeks said of Williams, who is expected to play tonight.
The Hawks' already thin ranks got even thinner before Monday's game against Utah at Philips Arena. Veteran center Lorenzen Wright couldn't get out of bed with flu-like symptoms and stayed home. He joined five injured players — Josh Childress, Acie Law IV, Tyronn Lue, Salim Stoudamire and Speedy Claxton — who didn't play in Saturday's win over Charlotte either. "What are you going to do?" coach Mike Woodson said before the game. "We've got nine healthy guys right now, so all we can do is go with what we've got. Until we get some of those other guys back we have to fight with what we've got."
The Hawks' already thin ranks got even thinner before Monday's game against Utah at Philips Arena. Veteran center Lorenzen Wright couldn't get out of bed with flu-like symptoms and stayed home. He joined five injured players — Josh Childress, Acie Law IV, Tyronn Lue, Salim Stoudamire and Speedy Claxton — who didn't play in Saturday's win over Charlotte either. "What are you going to do?" coach Mike Woodson said before the game. "We've got nine healthy guys right now, so all we can do is go with what we've got. Until we get some of those other guys back we have to fight with what we've got."
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