Tracy McGrady suffered an elbow injury late in the first half of the Rockets-Lakers game Wednesday night, and word spread quickly that he was being taken to the hospital for an MRI.
The fear was that T-Mac had torn a ligament.
The good news is that's not the case.
"I've got a strained elbow and a stretched nerve, whatever that means," said T-Mac. "There's a lot of inflammation around my elbow. Right now it's just day to day. Doc said it looks like it will be a week, but I don't know, we'll see. I'll see how I feel tomorrow and the next day."
"It was a very painful injury," said T-Mac of his collision with Luke Walton. "I'm starting to get some feeling back. We'll see how I feel in the next couple of days, but right now... I couldn't play if I tried."
McGrady said he was disappointed because one of his goals was to play every game this season, but he also was thankful it wasn't worse.
"It's definitely good news," added McGrady. "I actually thought it could have been a lot worse than it was and that I'd be out a lot longer."
