Gooden battered in first-half fall

Extreme hustle. He coughed blood and reports say it might be a bruised kidney.

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Blooden!

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by LatinD on Apr 21, 2009 8:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hope for the best...

If it is a bruised kidney then Gooden will most likely miss the rest of the series. A bruised kindey usually requires close observation (several weeks) to make sure the bleeding doesn’t get worse.

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Hirschof on Apr 21, 2009 9:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Additional thought

He may be able to play but the risk of impact may be too high.

For sake of the team and (more importantly) his health, the official report is something less severe.

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Hirschof on Apr 21, 2009 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ouch

Well, this isn’t good. Hopefully he just had some red kool-aid and they thought it was blood.

by Big50 on Apr 21, 2009 9:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

(sigh)

I hope the official report is something less severe.

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Hirschof on Apr 21, 2009 9:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yikes. Be okay, Drew!

by Lauri on Apr 21, 2009 9:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Man I really hope for his health sake that everything is all good. He played great for us last night sans a few turnovers. We need him on the floor to spell Tim.

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by CMoney on Apr 21, 2009 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This explains why he didn’t post up in the 2nd half. I thought Pop decided not to use such an obvious advantage late in a blowout, this way the Mav defenders wouldn’t get a feel for Gooden’s post moves. Obviously it was based more on his health than the score differential.

by SpurredOn on Apr 21, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs