UCLA BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: FARMAR NURSING INJURY.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX point guard Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. has his right ankle in a boot and he's walking with crutches. It's not a good visual for the Bruins, who have lofty expectations, but it might not be as bad as it might look. Farmar, a preseason Wooden Award candidate, will miss today's home game against Delaware State after spraining his ankle in Thursday's win over Temple. An X-ray taken after the game was negative and his status is day-to-day. Senior center Michael Fey was also injured and suffered a bruised and sprained left shoulder. His MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. was negative, but he's out for today's game as well. He had just returned from a groin injury that kept him out for a month. ``Their status will be on a day-to-day basis for the next few days, but we certainly hope to have them healthy and ready to play when we face Memphis in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on Wednesday,'' UCLA coach Ben Howland Ben Howland (born May 28, 1957 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American college head coach of men's basketball. He has been the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles since 2003, and recently signed a contract extension through 2013. said. UCLA (2-0) will play Memphis in the semifinals of the NIT A measurement of luminance. One nit is equal to one candela per square meter (1cd/m2). Ten thousand nits are equal to one stilb. See candela. preseason tipoff at Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference . A win would likely put the Bruins in the finals against top-ranked Duke. Farmar's dad, Damon, still is scheduled to take a red-eye flight A red-eye flight is a flight operated by an airline late at night or very early in the morning, during the period from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time. The term "red-eye" derives from the fatigue symptom of having red eyes. Red-eye flights are often called a "dry flight". to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on Monday. He said Jordan would probably be OK for Wednesday's game. ``He was a little scared because he had a similar injury when he was in high school (Taft) the summer before he came to UCLA,'' Damon Farmar said. ``X-rays were negative, so that's good news. When he said he first did it, he wanted to go down but he realized the situation and if he could still keep playing, he wanted to. He didn't want to give up the lead and the chance to win the game.'' Farmar injured the ankle Thursday with about two minutes left when he drove the lane, missed a shot and fell. He went to the bench with 1:42 left, with UCLA ahead 51-44. After he was checked out by a trainer, Farmar returned to the game with about a minute left. He played for about 30 seconds, then left again with 25 seconds left. ``Jordan was cleared by a team physician to go back into the game,'' Howland said. ``The followup medical tests were a precautionary measure for both Jordan and Michael.'' Farmar hobbled down the court to help on defense after getting hurt. He left the game when a foul was called, returned for a brief period and then found himself on the bench again. ``It started to be real painful, and when he went to the sideline it subsided a little,'' Damon Farmar said. ``He tightened up his shoe and went back in. He played right away and sometimes you do that after the adrenalin. He was fine. Either way, he's on a mission. He said if it's broken it would just take a longer time to get there. I think he's pretty focused. It's not something to be overly concerned about. I know he recuperates pretty quickly.'' Jill Painter, (818) 713-3615 jill.painter(at)dailynews.com |
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