BOSTON – Brian Scalabrine expects to miss nearly a week with a separated right shoulder, he told WEEI.com following the Celtics – Trail Blazers game. He did not play on Friday night and aims to return next Thursday against the Magic in Orlando.

Scalabrine initially suffered the injury on January 6 against the Heat while trailing Michael Beasley on a pick. However, he wanted to maximize his opportunity in Kevin Garnett’s absence and played the next seven games with the injury.

“The only thing that was hard was when I play defense, I used my forearms to create space so the guy can’t feel my body.  I couldn’t do it with this side so it was just a minor disadvantage,” he explained. “You have to learn to play with your feet a little more instead of using your body, your spacing, stuff like that. But I think hopefully these next couple of days it’ll get better.”

It wasn’t until the pain became unbearable during Wednesday’s game against the Pistons that he decided to undergo an MRI. On Thursday, Scalabrine learned he had a Grade 2 AC joint injury, which he says, “is not a major separation.”

“The best way to describe it is it feels like a sprained ankle in your shoulder,” he said. “So it doesn’t hurt all the time, but it hurts when it’s in certain positions.”

This is the first shoulder injury Scalabrine has suffered during his career. He will ice his shoulder for treatment and anticipates being able to practice in the next three days.

Scalabrine averaged 9.0 points and 4.0 rebounds as a starter in three games this season.

3 Comments for “Scalabrine out with shoulder injury”

1. gadget news Says:
   May 28th, 2010 at 12:13 pm

   i like your post very good

2. easycarss Says:
   May 31st, 2010 at 12:16 am

   i hope easycarss will be okay and get to match again

3. motor grand pix Says:
   June 3rd, 2010 at 8:07 am

   hope SCALABRINE will be fine and well

Leave a Reply