Evans May Return Friday Against Pacers

[KF10]

Kings guard Tyreke Evans is probable for Friday's game at Indiana.

Evans will scrimmage today for the first time since being cleared to practice last week. Kings coach Paul Westphal said how Evans feels coupled with doctors' advice will dictate how much Evans plays.

Evans, who had been averaging a team-best 18.3 points, has missed the last 19 games because of plantar fasciitis. Westphal said it would be nice to add Evans to the rotation because Marcus Thornton and Beno Udrih "are having to play a lot of minutes."

"And certainly to be able to mix Tyreke in there gives us a very strong backcourt rotation," Westphal said. "And they can play together sometimes, too. It'll take Tyreke a while to get his legs, but I think the way Beno and Marcus Thornton are playing shows we have a chance to have a really good backcourt."

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It will be interesting to see how Evans reintegrate himself with Thornton in the backcourt. I think for the first couple of games, Evans will have re-adjust himself to the gameplay. Missing 19 games will do that to anyone.

[City of Trees]

Evans interview with Hoopsworld.. He is setting a goal for our team to go 7-5 in our remaining 12 games reaching 25 wins for the season.. Also talks about Sac fans, being moved to SG, and his progress on his foot.


http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=19224

[KF10]

Good stuff EIK.

I think it will be tough to match the 25 wins last year but it would be quite of an accomplishment though.

[City of Trees]

Thanks. I agree reaching 25 wins will be tough but if they can pull it off that will definitely be a mental victory for the squad.

These last few games wil be important to see if Evans/Thornton can play together but realistically we can take too much from these games if Evans struggles. Coming off a foot injury missing 20 games im sure his conditioning isnt up to par and he may have a little rust.