Thursday, March 27, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
Playing without Dennis Rodman is nothing new for the Chicago Bulls. Their leading rebounder has missed 32 games in the last two seasons, most of them while serving four suspensions.
The Bulls have not faltered in his absence, going 27-5. Now they'll be without him again for the final 13 regular-season games.
Rodman didn't misbehave this time. He got hurt, suffering a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in the closing seconds of the Bulls' 94-92 win over Dallas on Tuesday night.
"We expect him back for the playoffs," Bulls general manager Jerry Krause said Wednesday.
"He'll be on crutches, he'll be in a brace the next couple of days. We'll limit his activities the next couple of days and start therapy a couple of days from now. We'll take every precaution with it," he said.
On his first night back after attending the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Rodman had 21 rebounds and was going for another when the Mavericks' A.C. Green hit his knee.
"Two seconds to go in the game last night -- of all the freak things," Krause lamented.
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