Wilcox Out Up To 2 weeks

     Chris Wilcox will miss up to two weeks after dislocating his left ring finger Wednesday night against Memphis.
     Wilcox, who sustained the injury in the first quarter while swiping at the ball on defense and hitting Grizzlies forward Darko Milicic’s elbow, had been the team’s starting center since Nov. 29 after taking over for opening-day starter Nick Collison, who is likely to return to the starting lineup.
     For Wilcox, the injury is the latest in a season of setbacks. Wilcox entered training camp just days after recovering from an illness that caused him to lose 15 pounds. He was then hampered by minor injuries during the preseason before a knee injury in mid-November forced him to miss  five games.
     “Hopefully I’ll be back before (two weeks). It’s just something that I have to deal with,” Wilcox said. “This is the NBA. You can’t control what goes on with different things like this. But hopefully things will get better and this will heal up and I’ll be back out there on the court.”
      Wilcox had his finger popped back into place at Wednesday’s game and will not need surgery.
      Wilcox is averaging 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in 18 games, six as a starter.

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