DeAndre Jordan announced it 90 seconds into the game, when he missed a layup only to snatch the rebound for a vicious dunk.
He's back.
The NBA's iron man was his sturdy self again Monday night after a bout of pneumonia forced the Clippers center to miss two games, ending the league's longest active consecutive games played streak at 360.
The only thing more impressive than Jordan's stretch of sustained health might have been his will to keep playing while sick.
"I was going to try to play [the previous two games], but it was tough," Jordan said after the Clippers' 140-132 victory over the Houston Rockets in overtime.