boston.com - 12/12/2007
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WALTHAM, Mass. Despite the Boston Celtics 17-2 record, center Kendrick Perkins didn't get a good night's sleep. He did get a sore toe. He said part of his bed fell on his right big toe Monday night and he might miss the Celtics game Wednesday night against the Sacramento Kings. It would be the first time they didn't start the same five players all season. "Man, that's a weird story," Perkins ...
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CelticsBlog —
More information on Perk's injury from the Globe : "Man, that's a weird story," Perkins said after practice Tuesday. "I was asleep. I guess whoever put my bed together didn't put it together right when I moved, so one side of my bed fell. My bed was tilted, so I got out of my bed to go push down on the other side."And when I was about getting ready to push down on the other side, the headboard started coming in. So I tried to push the headboard back so it wouldn't fall over. My foot was under the bed and the other side of the bed fell on my foot." X-rays were negative, but ...
Add Kendrick Perkins’ Toe To The Bizarre Sports Injury List
Lion in Oil —
... Amid the gangbusters 17-2 start for the Boston Celtics little has gone wrong. But you knew it was only a matter of time before something went wrong. It wasn’t Kevin Garnett busting a knee ‘a la Page 2, but instead a sore toe. ...
Big Men Down
Boston Sports Nation —
... center and Glen Davis may well get his first career start at power forward. Brian Scalabrine would appear the other top option as Rivers would seemingly like to keep Posey coming off the bench to back up both frontcourt positions.
“We will go small - we have no choice,” Rivers said. “When you play a team like Sacramento you don’t want to go small. … Baby right now is probably a better fit, but right now I don’t know (who will start).”
On a semi-comical note, here’s how Perk hurt his foot:
“Man, ...
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