{"id":400555,"date":"2011-04-26T17:02:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T17:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/26\/rose-expects-to-play-ankle-improving-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-04-26T17:02:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T17:02:23","slug":"rose-expects-to-play-ankle-improving-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/rose-expects-to-play-ankle-improving-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose expects to play, ankle improving (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.89093702\">\n<p>DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP)\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/teams\/chi\/\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> star <span><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/4387\/\">Derrick Rose<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/4387\/news\">(notes)<\/a><\/span> says his sprained left ankle is improving and he expects to play in Game 5 against the <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/teams\/ind\/\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Rose was wearing a brace on his ankle as he participated on a limited basis in the morning shootaround. He says the ankle \u201cfeels totally different,\u201d that it\u2019s not as stiff. He says he might not need a painkilling shot after all.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls lead the Pacers 3-1 and would love to close out the tough first-round series at the United Center. An MVP favorite, Rose was injured in the first quarter of Game 4 and finished with 15 points and 10 assists in an 89-84 loss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/22fa2eb217622598603.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/nba\/SIG=11nlpte7g\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/news?slug=ap-bulls-rose\" title=\"Rose expects to play, ankle improving (AP)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rose expects to play, ankle improving (AP)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP)\u2014 Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose (notes) says his sprained left ankle is improving and he expects to play in Game 5 against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":400556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-400555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rose expects to play, ankle improving (AP) - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/rose-expects-to-play-ankle-improving-ap\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rose expects to play, ankle improving (AP) - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"DEERFIELD, Ill. 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