SB Nation Houston - Goran Dragic Injury: Point Guard Vows To Play Against Magichttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46691/houston-fave.png2012-03-27T15:21:35-05:00http://houston.sbnation.com/rss/stream/26707902012-03-27T15:21:35-05:002012-03-27T15:21:35-05:00Goran Dragic Injury: Point Guard Vows To Play Against Magic
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<p>Dragic takes to Twitter to vow he's going to play against Mavs Tuesday.</p> <p>That's as of last night, after the feisty <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/">Rockets</a> point guard <span>Goran Dragic</span> rolled his ankle in the waning minute of an overtime victory against Sacramento. Luckily, Houston has just signed <span>Earl Boykins</span> minutes beforehand, who came in and hit some clutch free throws to lead Houston to a victory.</p>
<p>At the time, it looked like Dragon would miss tonight's game against the Mavs for sure. Not so, according to the man himself: </p>
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<p>Is that unfinished business part of the loss on Saturday night? After all, Dragic was in position to make a play at the end of the game, lost the ball a bit and had to make a difficult pass to Budinger in the corner. Bud missed the 3-pointer which would have won the game. I certainly don't blame Dragic, but I bet he wishes he could get them back.</p>
<p>Will be interesting to see how much he plays tonight. The Rockets may be cautious with him, since any significant injury could lead to Boykins and <span>Courtney Fortson</span> being the only two PGs on the roster for a time. That's kind of a scary thought...</p>
https://houston.sbnation.com/houston-rockets/2012/3/27/2906621/goran-dragic-injury-point-guard-vows-to-play-against-magicDavid Coleman2012-03-26T22:18:49-05:002012-03-26T22:18:49-05:00Goran Dragic Injury: Rockets Guard Suffers Ankle Injury Against Kings
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<p>The Houston Rockets injury woes continue as Goran Dragic suffered an ankle injury in Monday's win over the Sacramento Kings. </p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/">Houston Rockets</a> suffered another blow to its decimated backcourt when <span>Goran Dragic</span> suffered an ankle injury midway through the overtime period <a href="http://houston.sbnation.com/houston-rockets/2012/3/26/2903091/rockets-vs-kings-game-preview-tv-schedule-radio-info">in the Rockets' 113-106 win over the Sacramento Kings</a>. Dragic turned his ankle while trying to close out on a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/">Kings</a> shooter and had to be helped from the floor. </p>
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<p>Head athletic trainer Keith Jones taking Dragic to the locker room for further examination on what appears to be an ankle injury.</p>
— Jason Friedman (@RocketsJCF) <a data-datetime="2012-03-27T02:39:17+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/RocketsJCF/status/184469613973741568">March 27, 2012</a>
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<p>Dragic had been playing extremely well since stepping in for Kyle Lowry who is out with a bacterial infection <a href="http://houston.sbnation.com/houston-rockets/2012/3/10/2861063/kyle-lowry-injury-houston-rockets">that may sideline him for the rest of the season</a>. In addition to Lowry being out, starting shooting guard and leading scorer <span>Kevin Martin</span> is also out with a shoulder injury. </p>
<p>Things are so bad for the Rockets that <span>Earl Boykins</span> signed a contract about an hour before tip off with the Kings and played 21 minutes and finished with 10 points and five assists. If Dragic is forced to miss time then that leaves Kevin McHale with only Boykin and <span>Courtney Fortson</span> as healthy options at the point guard position. </p>
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https://houston.sbnation.com/houston-rockets/2012/3/26/2905103/goran-dragic-injury-ankle-rockets-kingsKris Willis