More than a week after Pablo Prigioni took a hard shot from Pelicans center Alexis Ajinca, he played against the Spurs with a protective pad on his left shoulder. He said he would not have been playing yet, but after missing the previous two games, wanted some game time before the preseason ended.
"I'm definitely not 100 percent, but I want to run up and down, get back that game feeling," Prigioni said. "I'd like to give the shoulder a little more time, but this is the last preseason game so I will try to use it."
Prigioni said Ajinca did not say anything to him about the hard foul, one possession after Prigioni drew a charge against him.