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Charlotte Bobcats shooting guard Gerald Henderson is playing with an injured lower back. It takes at least two hours of pre-game rehab to get Henderson ready to play, according to coach Mike Dunlap. But Henderson said post-game Monday that he’s on the mend and he doesn’t think he’ll miss any time due to the injury.
“It’s getting better every day. I’ve just got to do the things it takes to play,’’ said Henderson, who said Friday he’s had a bulging disk in his back since college at Duke.
Henderson said this was the first real episode he’s had with his back in about 1 ½ years. His symptoms are more stiffness than pain and he’s constantly in a heat pack when he’s on the bench.
Bobcats center Bismack Biyombo went from one of his worst games Saturday – no points, no blocks and three rebounds – to tying a career high Monday with seven blocks.
“He’s 20 years old,’’ Dunlap said, pleading for patience. “His issue, like all 20-year-olds’, is consistency.’’
Dunlap said there was a span of this game when Biyombo simply blew up whatever pick-and-roll sets the Rockets were running. Biyombo had two spectacular blocks of James Harden at the rim.
Asked about power forward Byron Mullens’ ankle sprain, Dunlap said Mullens is a “long ways away’’ from playing. Mullens has been out since suffering the injury just before Christmas late in the road loss to the Denver Nuggets.
This 15-game home losing streak tops the one the Bobcat had to end last season. They have now lost 31 of their last 36 games at Time Warner Cable Arena.
