Problems with the new world order (first in a series)

With several minutes left in the second quarter last night Al Jefferson goes up for a rebound and comes down partly on Chris Wilcox's right foot-- rolling his ankle pretty badly. It was very similar to the play at the start of the season when Shaq landed on Ron Artest and was out for weeks.

Word in the papers this morning is that it will be at least 3 weeks

“I don’t want to use the ‘severe’ word, but it’s a pretty tough ankle sprain,” said Doc Rivers. “It’s not broke, which is great. But in no time soon will we see him - after All-Star break would be the earliest from what they’re telling us right now.”

Having watched the way Jefferson went down I'll be surprised if he's back practicing in three weeks. The silver lining, such as it is, is that Celtics are heading into a light stretch in their schedule with only 9 more games in February.

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