The Rockets have been revved up for the Western Conference playoff push, but received some pretty bad news Tuesday when they learned that Juwan Howard will miss atleast 4 weeks of action after suffering a knee injury in Monday night's 97-94 victory over the Warriors.
Rockets GM Carroll Dawson announced that Howard suffered a second degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee and won't be back until the end of the season, at the earliest.
"I was looking right at him at the play and saw it buckle," Scott Padgett told the Houston Chronicle. "I was hoping the knee just buckled (and that) maybe he hyperextended it and it would hurt for a second and then be fine. When he was down as long as he was, we started worrying more for him."
Either Padgett or Clarence Weatherspoon will likely get the start, and it is now likely Vin Baker will see some time as well in Howard's absence.
