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Price Still Dealing With Toe Injury
"I'm able to jog now, which is a huge night-and-day thing from what I was able to do before," Price said on Saturday. "It's not going fast enough for me, but it is moving." Price said his injury is actually underneath his big left toe, and not to the toe itself. "Every time I walk or plant, I touch it," he said. "That's why it's been kind of a pain, because I do feel it when I walk." Price is averaging 3.4 points and 1.9 assists per game this season. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Kirilenko, Millsap Leave Win With Injuries
After hitting his first three shots, Kirilenko felt a twinge in his lower back. Meanwhile, Millsap banged knees with a Portland player. Both of the incidents occurred in the first half and neither player returned in the second. Kirilenko was officially diagnosed with a mild-to-moderate lower back strain and Millsap with a bruised left knee. X-rays on Millsap's knee after the game didn't reveal any damage. "I was going to (return), but the intensity out there was too high," he said. "I didn't want to risk getting hit again. Normally I would probably try to get out there. Not saying I'm soft or anything. I wanted to get out there. I love the game of basketball and I just wanted to play." Kirilenko says he's "used" to this type of pain. His back flared up at times last season. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Boozer Feels Like 'An All-Star' Again
Utah is 5-2 over that stretch and Boozer is averaging 23.6 points and 10.7 rebounds while shooting 59.6 percent. "A hundred percent," Boozer said when asked if he was focused on being an All-Star again. "I feel like I'm an All-Star when I'm playing at the level I can play at when I'm healthy and it was one of my goals, to get back to the elite level." He also admitted that he was pressing at the beginning of the season. For me, I calmed down, relaxed," Boozer said. "I think it was the San Antonio game [Nov. 5, 27 points, 14 rebounds], I just chilled out and relaxed and ever since then, I've just took off." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Jazz Nov 2009 Archive
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Jazz guard Ronnie Price has been out for nearly three weeks with a toe/foot injury.
Andrei Kirilenko and Paul Millsap left Utah's win over Portland on Saturday night with injuries.
Jazz forward Carlos Boozer has played tremendously in the team's last seven games.