Aldridge hand

An MRI on LaMarcus Aldridge' injured his hand were "inconclusive," so he will have a second round of tests on Thursday.

(Bruce Ely/ The Oregonian/OregonLive)

PHOENIX -- For those wondering why it's taking so long for LaMarcus Aldridge to have a magnetic resonance imaging test performed on his injured left hand, Terry Stotts finally provided an answer Wednesday night in Phoenix.

It's not.

Turns out the Trail Blazers' All-Star power forward already had one MRI test performed this week. But, Stotts said, the results were "inconclusive," so the team has scheduled a second test for Thursday.

"For whatever reason, they needed to do another one," the Blazers' coach said before his team's Wednesday night matchup against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center.

Aldridge injured himself in the second quarter of the Blazers' 98-94 victory over the Sacramento Kings Monday night at the Moda Center. X-rays taken during the game were negative for a fracture, but there appears to be concern about damage to ligaments or tendons in his hand.

Aldridge has not spoken since he suffered the injury and the Blazers have been tight-lipped about his condition, saying only that he would undergo an MRI "later this week" and that there was no timetable for his return.

But there could bit some clarity on Thursday, when the results of a second MRI are released.

--Joe Freeman | jfreeman@oregonian.com | 503-294-5183 | @BlazerFreeman