Detroit Free Press -
Pistons coach Flip Saunders said Amir Johnson had his best practice with the longest amount of contact play on Wednesday since spraining his left ankle early in training camp.
“I think I feel pretty good,” Johnson said. “I think I’m about 95 percent. I’m getting up and down the floor, my jumping is not quite back but I’m able to work and work hard.”
Johnson said the pain in the ankle – which spread to the Achilles tendon and his bone – is nearly gone.
“Today was probably the first day you couldn’t tell if he was hurt or not,” small forward Tayshaun Prince said. "I think in the other practices you could tell he was hurt, limping up and down but trying to practice. This is the first day he looked in good shape."
