Rockets center Clint Capela, who sat out Tuesday’s game against the Shanghai Sharks with a bruised right hand, returned to practice on Wednesday and expects to play Friday in Memphis in the Rockets’ final preseason game.
Capela, however, said he wanted playing time to complete his preparations for the season, but also thought he felt so good in his 21 ½ minutes against the Spurs on Sunday that missing a game with the bruised hand and another with a sore foot did not put him behind schedule.
“To me, it’s really important because of all the work that I do.