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Sixers Notes: Iguodala: Injury is 'off and on'

76ers Notes Andre Iguodala sat out his fourth game in the last six Wednesday with tendinitis in his right Achilles, and the 76ers swingman said the nature of his injury made it difficult for him to project when he'll return.

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Andre Iguodala sat out his fourth game in the last six Wednesday with tendinitis in his right Achilles, and the 76ers swingman said the nature of his injury made it difficult for him to project when he'll return.

"If you break something, you know exactly when you're coming back," Iguodala said before the Sixers met Toronto at the Wells Fargo Center. "With this, it's off and on. One day it feels fine, then the next day something as simple as changing from offense to defense, when you try to change real fast, you jerk it a little bit and you're right back where you were initially.

"It's very frustrating," he added. "Nobody in the league is playing at 100 percent, but you want to be comfortable out there. I haven't been able to practice with the guys, and that's making it hard, too."

Iguodala said he hoped to play Friday against Milwaukee, but that he'd also hoped to play Tuesday in Cleveland.

"I'm trying to take it one game at a time."

Iguodala, who has either started or played in all but 10 of a possible 504 games during his Sixers career, said he never had a problem with his Achilles until last week.

"I'm just trying to wake up and be pain free," he said. "I can go out there and shoot some shots. The biggest problem is trying to cut and react to the ball. The initial sprint is probably the worst. It's kind of hard to get out on the break."

Iguodala also has been bothered by a wrist injury he said occurred during the summer and was aggravated when he fell on it a couple of times during training camp.

"That's something I'm going to have to deal with the rest of the year," he said.

Doug Collins said the Sixers missed Iguodala's defense and his ability to get out on fastbreaks, but the coach added he'll let Iguodala make the call as to when he'll return.

"As a man who had a lot of injuries in his career, nobody knows your body like you do," Collins said. "When he's ready to go, he'll let us know and he'll be back out there because we definitely need him."

Before the injury, Iguodala had played in 252 consecutive games, which was the second longest active streak.

"I think the last time he came back a little too soon, and I don't think he's going to do that again," Collins said.

Tip-ins

Toronto's Reggie Evans, who was popular among the fans when he played for the Sixers, went into Wednesday's game ranked fourth in the NBA in rebounding (11.5 a game) and second in offensive rebounds (4.5). . . . The Sixers have not won a season series from Toronto since the 2005-06 season. . . . The Sixers have only 14 home games in October, November, and December combined. They have 19 road games over the same span. - Ray Parrillo