Mike Miller injured his ankle midway through Monday’s practice and did not finish. His condition will be re-evaluated today but, considering Randy Wittman rested him Friday and he played just nine minutes, it’s quite possible the Wolves hold him out tonight in Chicago just as a precaution.

Rashad McCants practiced fully after hyperextending his elbow Friday in Denver, but he is expected to play. So, too, is Craig Smith, who missed the last two games because of swelling in his surgically repaired knee.

Smith said he will wear a compression sleeve on his knee and also will ice it when he flies. It swelled on the flight to Montana last week, the day after the team opened its preseason play at Milwaukee.

Also, it looks like the NBA soon might announce a season-opening suspension for Sebastian Telfair for an April 2007 arrest while he was with Boston. He was sentenced last month to three years’ probation for misdemeanor possession of a loaded handgun, speeding and driving without a license. The New York Daily News reported he is expected to be suspended for a minimum of two games to start the season.

So why now? Because his legal case was resolved just last month and the league waited until then before imposing a suspension the Daily News called “automatic.” Both Telfair and Wittman said they are unaware of a forthcoming suspension.

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