VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Lions are taking a wait-and-see approach on whether linebacker Solomon Elimimian will play in Sundays game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Elimimian, who is tied with Saskatchewans Jerrell Freeman for the CFL lead in tackles with 82, suffered a sprained right ankle in the Lions win over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday night. Wally Buono, the Lions coach and general manager, said Elimimian has responded to treatment. "The big thing is we are not going to be stupid," Buono said Tuesday. "We are not in a big hurry. "Hes got a lot better today. These kind of things you have to be careful about because they do linger." The Lions did not practise Tuesday. Buono said if Elimimian doesnt return to practice by Thursday, when the team workouts in pads, the 24-year-old probably wont play on the weekend. "Hes got to practise on pad day," said Buono. "If he doesnt, then he doesnt play. "You cant risk having a guy come (to Regina), take two or three plays, then take himself out (of the game). Now you have put a burden on the whole team. These games are too critical." Elimimian, a six-foot, 225-pound native of Calabar, Nigeria, was the CFLs outstanding rookie last season. So far this year he has four quarterback sacks and two forced fumbles. The Lions, who started the season 0-5, have won seven consecutive games and lead the West Division with a 8-6 record. The Lions, Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos are all tied with 16 points. The Lions have won the season series against Calgary and have beaten Edmonton in two of the three games the teams have played. B.C. and Edmonton meet again Oct. 29. The Riders are 4-10. holdjersey . 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He started it by hitting two free throws after getting fouled by Dwight Howard with 6:54 left in the game, and wrapped two 3-pointers around a layup by Los Angeles Earl Clark, making it 89-79 with 2:27 remaining. The Lakers loss came after coach Mike DAntoni made a surprise lineup switch. He used Pau Gasol off the bench, while starting Clark because he wanted more quickness, but the slide continued on a night when Bryant and Howard were mostly nonfactors against a Bulls team without Luol Deng and still awaiting the return of Derrick Rose. Steve Nash led the Lakers with 18 points, while Bryant finished with just 16 on 7-of-22 shooting, ending a run of 24 games with 20 or more points. "Very, very tough, very, very frustrating, trying to keep my cool," Bryant said. "It is embarrassing. It is not even embarrassing. I am a big history guy. Playing here in this arena with these incredible fans, youre in the house of MJ, Pippen, PJ (Phil Jackson) built, to put this kind of brand of basketball on the floor is just not acceptable." Bryant even mentioned ditching DAntonis up-tempo style in favour of posting up more. "Were going to have to look at some things," he said. "Were going to have to change something. Probably going to have to post the ball a lot more, slow the game down a lot more. Thats just my intuition, but thats my gut right now. I have to take a look at the film again, but were definitely going to have to change something." Howard had just eight points and nine rebounds while picking up five fouls. Clark and Metta World Peeace scored 12 apiece, and Gasol added 15 points and 12 rebounds in his new reserve role.dddddddddddd "It isnt against him, its better for us right now," DAntoni said of Gasol before the game. "Were going to try to work through it and see what we can do. Things do change, things happen, I cant see the future but were ready to go forward." The move caught Gasol off guard. "I have no idea," he said when asked about his future in Los Angeles. "I cant really worry about something that is out of my hands so I am just going to stay positive and do my best, but it is not something I am too thrilled about. I wasnt expecting it. But right now we have bigger things to worry about as a group. As a team player thats what Im most concerned about." Hinrich hit 9 of 11 shots and nailed three 3-pointers. Belinelli and Nate Robinson (11 points) also hit three, and the Bulls were 9 of 17 overall from long range. Joakim Noah added 13 rebounds and a season-best six blocks after sitting out the final 22 minutes, 53 seconds of Saturdays loss to Memphis. He blamed himself for the benching the other night, saying, "That was all me." Noah was angry at coach Tom Thibodeau for taking him out of the game and acknowledged saying some things he regretted. He wouldnt say if he and Thibodeau discussed the incident, but he made it clear he had no one to blame but himself. "I admit it," he said. "It was my fault. I shouldnt have said the things that I said." Carlos Boozer chipped in with 14 points and six rebounds. Richard Hamilton scored 13, although he shot just 6 of 18. Jimmy Butler, making his second straight start with Deng (sore right hamstring) sidelined, scored 10 while trying to guard Bryant. And Chicago won this one in regulation after playing three straight overtime games. NOTES: Thibodeau said Rose is "very close" to starting full contact drills in practice, the next step in the star point guards recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Could it happen this week? "Yeah -- it could," Thibodeau said. Is it scheduled to happen this week? Thibodeau said, "It could." He also said Rose will have to go through full-contact drills "for an extended amount of time" and that he wont be playing after "one or two days of contact." ' ' '