 Oklahoma City WiretapHendu Helps Hawks Rebound, Snap Losing StreakHe says he hadn’t put up numbers like he did tonight since college, and the much maligned forward turned center Alan Henderson was right on the money. In fact, he was right on the money all night against the Seattle Supersonics, leading the Hawks attack on the glass (55-32 rebounding edge) en route to a 119-116 win in OT. RealGM's Jason Walker recaps the game and gets all the notes and quotes from tonight's thriller. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Sonics' James out 5-6 weeksDanny O’Neill of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that the Sonics’ Jerome James will miss the next 5-6 weeks recovering from a stress fracture in his foot. The fracture didn’t show up on an X-ray taken earlier this week. It took a bone scan to reveal the injury. The Sonics had only 10 players in uniform last night against Sacramento. James and guard Kenny Anderson were out. Calvin Booth, Predrag Drobnjak and Reggie Evans filled in for James at center. James had missed the previous three games because of soreness in his foot. It was originally thought to be plantar fasciitis. James has been shifting his weight to the side of his foot to keep from putting too much pressure on the heel. The adjustment has resulted in the stress fracture. He will wear a boot the next couple of weeks, which should help him recover from the plantar fasciitis. James said he will work on his conditioning by riding an exercise bike and swimming while he's out. "I'm going to take this time off and use it to get in even better shape," James said. "I'm going to commit myself to not gaining any weight while I'm out and hitting the weights real hard and training so I'm ready to jump right back in." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Anderson ailing, strugglingFrank Hughes of the News Tribune reports that Kenny Anderson may have to start taking care of number one. After playing only six minutes in the Sonics’ 84-82 win over Miami on Saturday, Anderson complained of back spasms. Back spasms kept him out of the first two games of the season and Anderson suggested he may miss more time. "I think I am going to start to worry about myself and I am not going to worry about playing or practicing," Anderson said. "I will take it day-by-day and see how I feel. But it is a tough situation to be in when I don't know how many minutes I am going to play." Sonics coach Nate McMillan said he benched Anderson because of the back spasms, but he also said that the second unit, which Anderson leads, have not been producing the way it should. He continues to tweak his substitution patterns. "I'm still trying to tweak our rotation to see how we can keep a balance of scoring and defending in that lineup," McMillan said. "That is going to take some time because of the kind of guys we have." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Nov 2002 Archive
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