Breakers centre Rick Rickert looks set to return from injury
for Thursday's crucial final home game of the regular
Australian National Basketball League season against the Gold
Coast Blaze.
The American import took no part in last week's 88-60
thumping of the Hawks, despite warming up and taking his
place on the Breakers bench.
Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis' decision to err on the side of
caution proved wise, given the performance of his team in
dismantling the Hawks so comprehensively.
The extra week looks like working wonders, with Rickert
moving more freely at practice today.
"He has taken part in most of practice today and looks to be
making good progress. While he is not yet 100 percent, we
will monitor him carefully this week with a view to getting
some court time on Thursday night," Lemanis said.
Rickert himself was pleased to be practising after a week on
the sidelines.
"I feel much better, the improvement in the past few days has
been great, I feel real confident about Thursday night but I
still have some treatment and some progress to make before I
can be totally satisfied," Rickert said.
Tom Abercrombie has also benefited from another week back in
practice, with his ankle now close to 100 percent, and his
general fitness also improved.
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