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Forward Antoine Walker returned Tuesday after missing two games because of a bum ankle, while guard Greg Buckner remained out (deactivated along with Foye and Theo Ratliff) because of a calf injury. Walker was the first player off the Wolves bench.
Forward Rodney Carney (flu) and guard Lou Williams (toe) did not practice yesterday. Carney's availability for tonight's game will determined today. Williams, who is undergoing treatment, said he expected to give it a go.
Quinton Ross bruised his lower back while going for a rebound in the third quarter and did not return. He is questionable for tonight's game against the Charlotte Bobcats.
The last drill was the toughest for Eddie Jones. But it may have convinced Avery Johnson that his preferred starter at shooting guard is ready to start playing again.
Jones had to sprint from one end of the court to the other, stopping at five stations on each end to pop a 3-pointer.
Ten shots. And all Johnson wanted him to do was make eight.
"He worked awfully hard," Johnson said. "This was his best practice. We had some weight goals and conditioning goals, and he made both of those. In the 3-point shooting, he came up a little short. But he worked awfully hard."
Jones made half of the 10 shots. But that wasn't the point. Johnson wanted to see how Jones was running near the end of the exhausting drill. When his sore right leg showed no ill signs, it may have assured a return to action tonight in Toronto.
"Today was about Devean George and Eddie Jones because we need to get them in the rotation," Johnson said.
He added that it was also George's best practice to date, and he's seeing signs that George is regaining some form after missing the first five weeks of the season.
T.J. Ford, who missed the 2004-05 season with Milwaukee following neck surgery, stole the ball and was headed toward a breakaway basket when Atlanta rookie Al Horford hit his face with his hand. Ford landed hard on his back, his head bouncing off the floor.
Ford was taken to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. ESPN.com's John Hollinger reports that while the Raptors are flying back to Toronto for Wednesday's game against Dallas, assistant trainer Rory Mullin and director of basketball operations Marc Eversley are staying in Atlanta to be with Ford.
LaBumbard said it was expected Ford would remain at the hospital through the night.
Toronto F Jason Kapono left the game in the second quarter with a sprained left wrist. X-rays were negative but he did not return.
Kendrick Perkins only had his bed fall on his toe. But he might miss tonight's game against the Kings because of it. He didn't participate in yesterday's workout, though X-rays revealed nothing sinister.
"I guess whoever put my bed together didn't put it together right," Perkins told the Associated Press. "When I moved, one side of my bed fell. My bed was tilted, so I got out of my bed to go push down on the other side. And when I was about getting ready to push down on the other side, the headboard started coming in. So I tried to push the headboard back so it wouldn't fall over. My foot was under the bed and the other side of the bed fell on my foot."
"Perk's foot, a big toe injury, and that is a concern," said coach Doc Rivers. "Right now, I would say there's a very good chance we're going to be without Perk and Scot Pollard."
Pollard missed yesterday's workout with a bad back.
Delonte West is still out with plantar fasciitis in his right foot despite wanting to play against Chicago.
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