New Orleans Hornets forward Jamal Mashburn shot a basketball for the first time in a week. Was it a tease or will he play in Game 5 tonight against the 76ers at the First Union Center?

Last Wednesday, Mashburn suffered a bone chip fracture/dislocation of his right middle finger during the Hornets' 90-85 loss in Game 2. Not until yesterday had Mashburn done any basketball-related activity, his finger covered with tape.