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Lakers Coach Phil Jackson keeps saying he's not concerned about Pau Gasol's hamstring injury.

But someone on the Lakers is worried.

"I'm concerned about it, definitely," Gasol said. "There's no set time to return, no set date. I just don't want it to turn into something long-term."

It's almost at that point.

Gasol was sidelined Friday against Dallas, the second regular-season game he missed after sitting out the last six exhibition games.

The Lakers continue to call him day to day because of a strained right hamstring, but it has practically become week to week.

Gasol has practiced only once since he was injured almost three weeks ago. He felt sore the next day and hasn't been back on the practice court in more than a week.

The Lakers' next game is Sunday against Atlanta, but . . .

"I don't think Sunday is the day," Gasol said.

Gasol was an All-Star last season, averaging 18.9 points and 9.6 rebounds a game.

Foul!

Tim Donaghy isn't the only one blowing the whistle on NBA referees.

Jackson called a couple of fouls on them as well, not directly accusing them of wrongdoing but saying a culture of acceptance has seeped into the game over the years.

Donaghy, who lost his job as an NBA referee and was sentenced to 15 months in prison for taking part in a gambling scandal, had a tell-all book in the works that was recently canceled, though deadspin.com obtained excerpts.

In one of the excerpts, Donaghy wrote that he and two other referees made a pre-game bet in which the first referee to make a call would have to buy dinner that night. Donaghy alleged that players were huffing and puffing in the summer league game because no fouls were called for the first several minutes, leading to end-to-end action.

"Of course I buy some of it," Jackson said of Donaghy's allegations. "We  阅读全文>>