Jamario Moon plays in game 5

As usual, Jamario Moon made a joke.

The affable 27-year-old had just watched his team lose Game 4 to the Orlando Magic, sending his Toronto Raptors to a 3-1 series deficit. To boot, he strained his right groin early in the third quarter, and did not return to the game.

The pain was serious, Moon said sAturday. "I wouldn't wish that pain on anybody," he added as Kris Humphries, whose locker is next to Moon's in Toronto's locker room, walked by him. "Except for Hump."

Fortunately, the injury will likely not keep Moon out of Monday's Game 5, meaning he should make his third straight start.

"He said he was a little sore but I would expect him to play," coach Sam Mitchell said in Orlando on Sunday. "We need that energy and we need the intangibles that Jamario gives us."

Moon said that he could have returned to Saturday's game if Mitchell had wanted to use him.

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