You look like you're getting frustrated with it?

Nah. Nah. I mean, it's part of the game. It happens, you know what I'm saying? I couldn't prevent it. I stepped on somebody's foot. I stepped on somebody's foot and my ankle hit the ground. So usually when that happens it's pretty sore and it hurts for a while. So we'll see.

How tough has it been for you to see how these games have gone in your absence?

I mean, we should have won both. It's a fine line between winning and losing. We played well both games. It's a matter of a few minute stretches, I think. That's when it happens. It could have happened when I was on the court, too. I'm not going to say it's only because I wasn't out there. It's just sometimes that's how the game happens. Momentum switches sometimes. But we've been playing well, I think, defensively. Offensively, we've been moving the ball. But it's just a fine line between winning the basketball game.

Is missing a Christmas game tough for you, or is missing any game tough?

Missing any game is tough. Obviously, Christmas is a special day. I would love to play, but at the end of the day, man, I want to make sure everything is healthy. That's my concern. Missing so many games so far this year, I just want to be as healthy as I can. If I've got to compromise a Christmas game, so be it. It's all about just making sure I'm right.

Do you think you would be missing this many if you didn't just have surgery on that foot?

Uh, nah. I don't think I'd miss this many games. But it happens like that. It's not the first time I sprained my ankle this bad. I remember in 2009 I sprained it pretty bad and missed nine games because of it. That's how tough a sprained ankle is sometimes. But I just got to keep getting better, keep getting treatment and training and hopefully I'll be back soon.