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The American said he had no idea he was playing through his injury during the preseason.
“I shouldn’t have been,” he said.
“I wanted to make sure that I was back for that first game,” he said. “I mean, nobody was going to tell me no. If it was in December, maybe I’d take an extra couple days and make sure that it was all the way. But really wanted to be out there for opening night. Just a little setback but nothing crazy.”