O’Neal’s Knee Injury Is Only a Mild Sprain
Miami Heat center Shaquille O’Neal has a mildly sprained left knee and might play Saturday against the Orlando Magic, the team said Thursday.
An MRI exam confirmed a mild sprain, the team said. O’Neal didn’t comment to reporters waiting outside the hospital, and is listed as day to day.
He was injured in the first two minutes of Tuesday’s game in Chicago when he leaped to catch a pass from Dwyane Wade and landed awkwardly atop Bull forward Othella Harrington.
O’Neal didn’t return and sat out Wednesday’s game at Indiana. Miami, which leads the Eastern Conference with a 40-16 record, lost both games in overtime.
O’Neal is averaging 22.7 points -- on an NBA-best 59.9% from the field -- and 10.4 rebounds.
He has sat out only two full games because of injuries this season, compared with 15 in each of his previous three seasons with the Lakers.
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Charlotte Bobcat center Jahidi White will undergo surgery on his right shoulder and sit out the rest of the season, the team said.
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