1.   Also, Ortiz suffered a slightly strained back in his last start for the Trappers.

2.   Backup quarterback Matt Koffler skipped practice to rest his strained back, which he hurt lifting weights.

3.   Best has missed eight games this season with a pulled hamstring and strained lower back.

4.   Better to risk carpel-tunnel syndrome with a session at the keyboard than to chance a strained back.

5.   Benoit Benjamin missed the game due to a strained lower back.

6.   Bothered by a strained lower back, Anthony Tucker has spent his first season with the Knicks on the injured list.

7.   About the only scare the Giants had was when Rodney Hampton left the game early in the third quarter with a strained back.

8.   Also absent will be center David Robinson, who has a strained lower back.

9.   But I never win that battle, despite a chronically strained back that requires regular chiropractic adjustments.

10.   But the rest of the Sparks stepped up with everyone contributing except for Nina Bjedov, who sat out her fourth game in a row with a strained back.