Updated: December 31, 2006, 12:18 AM ET
Hinrich sits out game vs. Cavs with groin injury
CHICAGO -- Chicago guard Kirk Hinrich missed the Bulls' game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night because of a groin injury.
Hinrich, averaging 14.5 points and 5.8 assists, left late in the third quarter of Friday's 107-97 victory at Toronto after he aggravated a condition that had been nagging him for a week when he tried to stop T.J. Ford's penetration.
"It was something that bothered me about a week ago," Hinrich said. "It felt like something real minor, but it had been feeling good. Then, I [strained] it."
Hinrich hopes to play Tuesday when the Bulls host Phoenix.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
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