Thumb Injury Won't Stop LaMarcus Aldridge This Season

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Are you going to play the rest of the season? Or will you just see how much you can tolerate?

My idea now is to play the rest of the season, but if it gets too much where I'm not playing at a very good level then I'll stop. But hopefully it goes well for us.

Did the last two games have an impact on your decision?

The last one definitely; it wasn't a good loss. With me not being out there and?not having (Nicolas Batum)?definitely hurts us even more. So I just wanted to do some things today. Things went well. And I did some things yesterday late and it felt decent so we feel like we have a little plan to wrap it and strap it in and we'll see.

Were you concerned if you didn't come back the playoffs would be in jeopardy?

Naw. I'm not getting into that now. I'm just in the moment. The last game was a tough one and I did some things on my own to try to test it out and felt like those things ... they went well. I got the blessing of both doctors so I'm trying it out.

Before (on Thursday)?you said the risk wasn't worth the reward. What did they tell you this time?

I couldn't move it. Over the last 48 hours the thumb has gotten a lot better. I had a lot of blood in there and I think all that's flushed out. Now they're looking at it different because I actually can move it, I actually can use it more now.

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