11.   At the beginning of this season, Bell was cut by San Antonio and returned to Yakima, where he broke his right thumb and left ankle.

12.   Backup center Greg Dreiling suited up last night despite breaking his right thumb in a practice last week.

13.   Baker also did not start the second half after suffering a sprained right thumb in the second quarter.

14.   Baker sat on the Sonics bench in street clothes with a cast and plastic stabilizer on his right thumb.

15.   Back in the lineup for the Rangers was Harvey, a right wing who missed the last two games with an injured right thumb.

16.   Bender sits on a sofa in east Texas struggling for words and nervously twisting his right thumb into his left palm until the palm turns a bloodless white.

17.   Beukeboom is recovering from a concussion and Harvey from a sore right thumb.

18.   Bledsoe used various wraps around his ailing right thumb all week, and, with little time to recuperate, the injury might be a factor.

19.   Bledsoe injured his right thumb when he hit it on the helmet of Bills linebacker Sam Cowart last Sunday.

20.   Bowie is on the injured list with a sprained right thumb, and Campbell was sidelined after spraining his left ankle in the fourth quarter against the Bulls.