DENVER – Timberwolves veteran Kevin Martin's right wrist continued to throb Friday, which might be a good sign.
He has broken that wrist twice before in his career and each time scored 30-plus points. In Wednesday's overtime victory over the Lakers, he scored 37 and sprained that wrist pretty good.
"Hopefully it's still a little sore," Wolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell deadpanned.
It was.
Martin iced it after the morning shootaround and grimaced before the game when he tested its range of motion, but he was determined to play anyway in a month when he just is starting to find his shooting touch after suffering through a lousy November.
He broke that same wrist last season and wondered if he had fractured it again when he injured it Wednesday.
"I was just glad it wasn't broken," said Martin, "because I don't want to go through that again. Having three broken wrists, that might have knocked me out."
In case of emergency…
Veteran Andre Miller missed Friday's game because of a personal matter. With rookie Tyus Jones already assigned to the D-League's Idaho team, that left the Wolves dependent on Ricky Rubio and Zach LaVine as their only available point guards. Point forward Nemanja Bjelica might have been next man up, in a pinch.