CLIPPERS NOTEBOOK: MILLER BACK IN THE LINEUP VS. MIAMI.Byline: Joe Stevens Staff Writer The Clippers received a partial lift from their injury problems Wednesday, when Andre Miller Andre Lloyd Miller (born March 19, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. College career Miller played collegiately at the University of Utah for four years. started against the Miami Heat The Miami Heat (known as the HEAT [in all capital letters] on official team publications) are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). . He had been listed as ``doubtful'' with a high left-ankle sprain sprain, stretching or wrenching of the ligaments and tendons of a joint, often with rupture of the tissues but without dislocation. Sprains occur most commonly at the ankle, knee, or wrist joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in moving the involved joint. , but he tested the ankle at the morning shootaround and said he was OK. Coach Alvin Gentry Alvin Gentry is an American professional basketball coach, and college basketball player, who has led three different NBA teams. He served as an interim coach for the Miami Heat at the end of the 1995 season, and later coached the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Clippers. has no plans to limit Miller's minutes. ``I'm going to play him until he tells me he can't play,'' Gentry said. ``He's only missed one game in his first three seasons, so he's durable.'' Miller's return to the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes meant Marko Jaric started at shooting guard and Quentin Richardson returned to his sixth-man role. --Tests negative: MRIs on Michael Olowokandi's sore left knee and Lamar Odom's sore right ankle came back negative. Both remain on the injured list. Olowokandi can't return until Dec. 13. Odom practiced Tuesday and likely will keep practicing, but the target date for his return isn't until Dec. 27. |
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