Pacers' Granger sidelined another week for knee injury

 　　NEW YORK, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger will miss another week even though an MRI exam showed no new damage to his left knee, the team announced on Wednesday.

　　Granger missed the first 55 games of the season for the Pacers because of patellar tendinitis in his knee before making his debut¹ last month and playing in Indiana's past five games.

　　But Granger played only eight minutes last Sunday against Chicago before leaving the game with soreness in the knee, which he originally hurt against Miami last May in the second round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs.

　　The Pacers decided² that even with no new damage shown in an MRI exam, they want to rest Granger's knee before he returns to action.

　　He will miss games on Wednesday against Boston, Friday at Orlando and Sunday at Miami before being re-evaluated.

　　Granger, 29, averaged 18.1 points a game since being selected by Indiana in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft³ but has averaged only 5.4 points and 1.8 rebounds⁴ this season.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 draft   

vt.起草，作...的草稿；n.草稿，草图，草案

参考例句：

• He's now revising the first draft of his essay.他目前正修改他的文章初稿。
• The draft of this article has been done。这篇文章已经定稿。

4 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。