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Tina Cervasio: K-Mart is sniffling through talking to media. Said spend last 2 days resting & taking in a lot of fluids. Twitter @TinaCervasio

New York Knicks, Kenyon Martin, Injuries 

Tim Bontemps: Spoelstra says that Wade hasn't had his knee drained, and also hasn't had an MRI. Says the team "knows what it is", presumably a bone bruise Twitter @TimBontemps

Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade, Injuries 

Stephen Curry strolled into Warriors’ shoot-around at the AT&T Center this morning with a smile on his face and no noticeable limp. Easy to see that his left ankle was feeling a lot better than it did before Sunday’s Game 4… or during Game 4… and after Game 4. San Jose Mercury-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Stephen Curry: I feel good. Ready to go tonight. It feels a whole lot better than it did before Game 4, so that’s all I could ask for. San Jose Mercury-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

“We’ll see how I feel tonight,” Parker said. “I was doing treatment. I came early and did some treatment. That’s all I can do, is do treatment. Especially in the fourth quarter, I missed some easy (shots). It was short a little bit. Didn’t have the same lift. But nobody cares. We lost the game, and now we have to focus on Game 5. That’s all we have to care about.” San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker, Injuries 

Parker made only 6 of 17 shots and had only three assists in a 97-87 overtime loss that tied the best-of-7 series at two games apiece. Afterwards, he acknowledged that the sore calf affected his play. “I felt like I was limited a little bit, but nobody cares,” he said. “It's the playoffs. You have to keep playing. “I just didn't have my normal lift for my jump shots and penetrate. Hopefully I'll keep doing my normal treatments and I'll feel better.” San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker, Injuries 

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has an usual method for trying to relieve the pain in his bruised left knee. Wade said he is using tape to move his kneecap over into a position that is more comfortable. Though it's known Wade is battling the bruised knee, for the first time in a game it was revealed how much pain he is experiencing. It happened just before he took a shot with 7:21 left in the second quarter of Miami's 88-65 victory against the Chicago Bulls in Game 4 on Monday. USA Today Sports

Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade, Injuries 

"Just a shooting pain. It hurt," Wade said. "Eventually I was able to re-tape my knee, come back out and try to finish." USA Today Sports

Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade, Injuries 

Brian Windhorst: Dwyane Wade said he's been using tape to "move the kneecap over" and help with his bone bruise Twitter @WindhorstESPN

Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade, Injuries 

Chris Tomasson: Erik Spoelstra said more will be known about Dwyane Wade's aggravated knee after Heat get back to Miami. Twitter @christomasson

Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade, Injuries 

KC Johnson: Nate Robinson said he hurt his left shoulder when he fell on that trap where LeBron James went in for breakaway dunk. Twitter @KCJHoop

Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Nate Robinson, Injuries 

Curry took his third injection of the postseason before Game 4 after spraining his left ankle for a second time late in Game 3. He admitted after the game Sunday that he doesn't expect to be significantly more mobile the rest of the series, even though he still managed some big shots down the stretch in the Warriors' overtime win and wound up with 22 points. "He'll get treatment today, he'll get treatment (Tuesday)," coach Mark Jackson said. "We'll just see how he feels. I haven't seen him, I have not spoken to him. But it's good to have all day today and all day tomorrow to recoup and recover." Contra Costa Times

Golden State Warriors, Mark Jackson, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Iman Shumpert sat out the New York Knicks' practice on Monday due to soreness in his left knee, but he is expecting to play in Game 4 against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. "In my mind, I'm playing," Shumpert said. Mike Woodson also believes that Shumpert will play and wanted to be cautious by leaving the guard out of practice. RealGM

New York Knicks, Injuries, Iman Shumpert 

On Mother's Day some advice from Sonya Curry helped her son, Stephen, approach Sunday's Game 4 of the Spurs-Warriors Western Conference playoff series with the belief he could still be effective enough to help his team despite a sprained left ankle that was still swollen and sore. The Warriors' leading scorer, Curry suffered the sprain in the fourth quarter of Friday's Game 3, won by the Spurs, 100-91. Unsure he would be able to go after he awoke on Sunday, he said he received an injection that helped isolate the pain and allowed greater range of motion in the ankle joint. San Antonio Express-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Afterwards he said it was a phone conversation with his mother on his drive home from Friday's game that helped him get over wondering if the fates had conspired against him, yet again. It was a natural reaction for a player who has had two surgeries on his oft-sprained right ankle and who earlier this season missed four games with a sprain of the left ankle he rolled on Friday. “She's my voice of reason,” Curry said. “I tried to vent my frustration because it seems like every time you get on a roll and feel somewhat healthy there's a setback." San Antonio Express-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Mark Jackson said Curry's characterization of his situation gave him pause about allowing him to suit up. “He said, 'I'm going to give you what I got, coach,' “ Jackson said. “That's not the language he speaks. I knew right away that he was not 100 percent.” After consulting with a team physician, Jackson said he was prepared to limit Curry's playing time. As it was, he gave him nearly 39 minutes. San Antonio Express-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Parker made only 6 of 17 shots and had only three assists in a 97-87 overtime loss that tied the best-of-7 series at two games apiece. Afterwards, he acknowledged that the sore calf affected his play. “I felt like I was limited a little bit, but nobody cares,” he said. “It's the playoffs. You have to keep playing. I just didn't have my normal lift for my jump shots and penetrate. Hopefully I'll keep doing my normal treatments and I'll feel better.” San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker, Injuries 

Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich are “most likely out” for Monday’s Game 4 against the Miami Heat. In the tight-lipped coach’s world, that translates to out. Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Tom Thibodeau, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Injuries 

The Tribune has reported for days that both players’ availability for the remainder of the series is doubtful. And Deng’s comments on Sunday, in which he revealed he still is experiencing headaches or vomiting when he exerts himself, underscore that. Hinrich still has yet to run on his severely bruised left calf since Game 4 of the Bulls’ first-round series against the Nets. Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Injuries 

For the second straight day, Thibodeau wouldn’t comment on the $35,000 fine he received from the NBA for criticizing officials following Game 3. The Bulls will be without Hinrich, Deng and Derrick Rose but will return Nazr Mohammed, who won’t receive any further league discipline after getting ejected from Game 3 for shoving LeBron James. Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Nazr Mohammed, Derrick Rose, Injuries