Despite a 2-1 record, the Houston Rockets are anxiously expecting the return of their smallest “three and D” specialist, Patrick Beverley.
Beverley had his left knee scoped Oct. 25, and while Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni originally expected him to miss 20 games, Beverley told Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle he's aiming to return Nov. 16 and no later than Nov. 21.
His absence, then, would be from 10 games to 13 if he were to fall into that timeline.
“I'm doing well,” Beverley said. “I have about 10 to 15 days to go. I feel good, the knee feels good. I've been working out. Now, it's back to practicing and hoping to play soon.”
While standing only 6-foot-1, Beverley is known as one of the peskiest defenders in the league, and his improving three-point shot (40 percent last season) has played a key role in the Rockets' success.
No one can question the point guard's competitiveness, and that has gone as far as his rehabilitation.
“Even more difficult (when) you can't get out there and participate in a night like tonight, the home opener,” Beverley said after the Rockets home-opener win. “At the same time, have to be professional, have to think about the long term of any injury and how it would affect you and the basketball team. It's important for me to get healthy now. They're going to need me in May, not right now.”
The sooner the Rockets get a fully healthy Patrick Beverley back on the court, the better they'll be at both ends of the hardwood.
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