Garrett Temple was making his biggest impact of the young season during the first half of Wednesday’s game vs. Atlanta, when an ankle sprain ended his night after he logged just nine minutes. The 12-year NBA veteran is disappointed by the timing of injury, but spoke matter-of-factly about the unfortunately reality of the sport at Friday’s shootaround.
“I’m 35 years old, playing basketball,” Temple said. “So I’ve had multiple ankle sprains. That’s just part of the game.
“I was feeling good, getting my rhythm, so you hate to see it happen like that. But I think that (experience of scoring six points vs.