Playing gives McGrady a mental lift

Mental lift

Though he has taken just three shots, making one, in his two games back, Tracy McGrady said that just playing both ends of a back-to-back with no knee pain or physical difficulties was progress in his comeback from microfracture surgery.

“Considering we played (Tuesday), I think the biggest question is can I come out and get up and down the court without pain in my knee,” McGrady said. “I felt fine. I wasn't favoring it. My knee was holding up fine. I tend not to think about it when I'm out there playing.

“More than anything, mentally, trying to get over it, knowing that I played a whole half a season (last season) favoring my knee and thinking about it every time I stepped out on the basketball court. It was a mental block.”
Thoughts on rotation

As much as coach Rick Adelman is evaluating the play of Tracy McGrady, he said he must watch how having a different rotation in the first half of games impacts the Rockets.

“It's going to affect what's going on with the team,” Adelman said. “That's what we're trying to be very aware of. Can we still keep a rhythm? Can we still play the same way? That's probably the biggest thing. Guys are used to playing at certain times.”

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