[外電] Mavs bank on Terry's history of healing

[dirk99 (Mavsfan)]

DALLAS -- Less than 13 hours after getting clocked under the eye socket, and
less than 24 hours before undergoing surgery to determine how badly his left
orbital bone is cracked, Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry was his typically
optimistic self Thursday.

"Not long," he responded via text message about his absence. Then he chimed,
"Be back soon."


Terry believes the injury suffered Wednesday that left him bloody and woozy,
with his left eye nearly swollen shut and his orbital bone broken courtesy of
Corey Brewer's elbow, won't keep him down long. The streaking Mavericks,
reinvigorated not only by the All-Star break trade, but also by the
resurgence of Terry's shooting stroke, can only hope.

Early indications are that Terry could miss seven to 10 days following Friday
morning's surgery, according to a source. The Mavs, winners of nine of 10
since the All-Star break and seeking a 10th straight home victory tonight
against Sacramento, know the time frame could grow depending on the severity
of the damage, and that won't be known until the surgeons complete their work.

The timing isn't good for Terry, who was finding his rhythm again, averaging
20.8 points on 49.4-percent shooting over the last five games. A streaky
3-point shooter, Terry is the Mavs' only dependable scoring source off the
bench, and the longer he's out, the more it would tax a starting lineup that
already logs heavy minutes. Jason Kidd sat out of Wednesday's game simply to
rest.


"His history is that he's played through injuries many times before and
frequently he's come back earlier from injuries than people expected," Mavs
coach Rick Carlisle said of Terry. "He's an extremely tough guy and I know in
this case he'll get back as soon as he can. But this is a difficult injury in
a sensitive part of the body. We've got to make sure we take the proper
precautions and don't put him in any harm's way in the short term.

"In the meantime, it's definitely a tough loss for us."

Somehow, Terry re-entered Wednesday's game after a short visit to the locker
room. He returned for the final minute of the third quarter and played all of
the fourth with a wad of gauze stuffed up his left nostril. He scored seven
of his team-high 26 points in the final quarter.

That brand of pain tolerance could serve Terry well. It did last season when
he needed just three weeks to come back from surgery to repair a fracture in
his left hand that threatened to keep him out six weeks.

Time frames for a fractured orbital bone vary upon the severity. Toronto's
Hedo Turkoglu missed just two games last month after suffering a small,
non-displaced fracture of the orbital bone under his right eye that did not
require surgery.

Surely, Mavericks fans remember Game 2 of the 2005 conference semifinals when
guard Joe Johnson, then of the Phoenix Suns, suffered a displaced fracture of
the left orbital bone on a flagrant foul by Jerry Stackhouse. Johnson
underwent surgery the next morning, May 12, and returned May 28 for Game 3
against San Antonio in the Western Conference finals.

If Terry is out 15 days following surgery, he would miss six to seven games
with a projected return either at home against the Boston Celtics on March 20
or at New Orleans on March 22.

The good news for the Mavs is their March schedule is light, both in dates
and playoff-caliber competition. Their next six games are against Sacramento,
Chicago, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Chicago again. Only the Bulls
own a winning record (31-29).

"The big thing is we've played with injuries, guys missing a couple games, so
this isn't anything new to us," said Kidd, back from taking Wednesday off.
"It's something we look forward to, giving some guys some minutes. We look at
it that Jet gets a little rest because he's been logging a lot of minutes,
too. It's a two-way street in a sense, it gives other guys opportunity and
also gives Jet time to catch his breath and be ready to go once the playoffs
start."

To that extent, increased minutes for rookie Roddy Beaubois, J.J. Barea and
DeShawn Stevenson could pay dividends down the road. The Mavs are not
expected to re-sign Von Wafer to a second 10-day contract after his current
one expires after Friday's game or look for other help elsewhere.

Beaubois, who tied his season-high with 17 points off the bench Wednesday,
and Barea currently back up Kidd at point guard. Both have played shooting
guard, with Barea making 16 of his 18 starts this season alongside Kidd. At
times Wednesday night, Beaubois and Barea played together.

Stevenson has shown he can be a defensive presence after starting two games
during the win streak in place of Caron Butler.

"That's a hard roll to fill, that guy gets 16 points off the bench on any
given night," Stevenson said of Terry." We just have to go out there and play
hard, me, Roddy and J.J. If we can do that, not scoring-wise, just trying to
be vets out there and keep the pace going; but him being out is going to be
tough for us."

Butler, averaging 15.9 points in eight games with the Mavs, helps to cushion
the loss of Terry's production. Kidd can also help the cause if he can
continue his surprising scoring surge -- he has double figures in eight of
his last nine games.

"I'm just going to try to continue to do what I've been doing since the
break, be aggressive, when shots present themselves take it, but nothing out
of the ordinary," Kidd said. "I'm not going to try to make up Jet's points
per game. There might be a couple more shots, but the big thing is we've got
a lot of guys who can step in. We're not looking for someone to fill Jet's
shoes. We're just looking for somebody to come in and be aggressive and play
hard, and everything else will take care of itself."

Jeff Caplan covers the Mavericks for ESPN Dallas. You can follow him on
Twitter or leave a question for his weekly mailbag.


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