(SportsNetwork. Pete Maravich Jersey .com) - LaMarcus Aldridge is putting off surgery on his injured left thumb in order to keep the Portland Trail Blazers afloat in the Western Conference. Aldridge is dealing with a torn ligament in his non-shooting hand and will be in action Monday against the Brooklyn Nets in the opener of a four-game road trip at Barclays Center. The Trail Blazers lost both games Aldridge missed after he went down Jan. 19 in a win over the Sacramento Kings. It was expected that Aldridge would miss 6-8 weeks following surgery. He recorded 26 points and nine rebounds in Saturdays 103-96 triumph over the Washington Wizards. I felt OK, said Aldridge. There were a few moments where I got hit and it was kind of tender but for the most part it was OK. Damian Lillard scored 20 points with seven assists and Wesley Matthews added 19 points for Portland, which won for the second time in the last seven games and improved to 18-3 against Eastern Conference foes. The Blazers will also visit Cleveland, Atlanta and Milwaukee on the trek, and are 12-8 away from home this season. Brooklyn went 1-2 on a recent western road trip and dropped a 108-73 decision to the Utah Jazz Saturday in Salt Lake City. Jarrett Jack scored 16 points and Mason Plumlee added 11 points. No other Nets player scored in double figures. The Nets lost for the 10th time in 12 tries and are 6-10 against the West. We just need a win, man, said Brooklyns Mason Plumlee. Collectively we need to put more into the game effort wise. Its not really a strategic thing anymore, we just need to give more. Brooklyn will visit red-hot Atlanta Wednesday. The Blazers defeated the Nets, 97-87, on Nov. 15 in Rip City and were led by Lillards 28 points and 10 assists. Aldridge did not play in that one for the Blazers and Brook Lopez paced the Nets with 21 points. Portland has won the last three games in this series. 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Both games will take place at the University of Central Florida.Its true that speaking of the physical condition, the players may not be fully fit. It is for that, as Ive said before, that we need to learn how to play to win the game using our resources, Floro said in a statement Friday. It means that they wont have a lot of energy but we need to control the situation in the game. We need to develop our plan and strategy and thats very important.Other veterans in camp include goalie Kenny Stamatopoulos, defender Dejan Jakovic, midfielders Patrice Bernier and Julian de Guzman and forward Iain Hume.The squad includes five players from Toronto FC and its academy, four from the Montreal Impact organization and three from the Vancouver Whitecaps and their residency program.Canada is currently ranked No. 112 in the world, compared to No. 33 for Iceland.We always do things in order to win the game. However, it is true in a friendly game the aim is to play well in addition to gaining a result, said Floro. We need to develop a good defensive structure. But its true to that winning games is always a happy time so our intention is to play well and to win the games.Canada, whose last outing was a 0-0 tie in Panama in November, is building towards this summers Gold Cup.Canada is 1-5-4 undder Floro, having defeated Jamaica, lost to Colombia, Mauritania, Australia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, and tied Panama, Mauritania, Bulgaria and Moldova. Jeff Hornacek Jersey. On the plus side, the Canadian men lost just once in 2014 (going 1-1-3) and that was a 1-0 defeat at the hands of third-ranked Colombia.Iceland is coming off a 2-0 upset of the Netherlands in October Euro 2016 qualifying play and stands second in Group A with a 3-1-0 record.Iceland, led by former Sweden and Nigeria coach Lars Lagerback, is closing on its highest-ever FIFA ranking (No. 28 in October 2014). The team was as low as 131 in April 2012.The team came close to becoming the smallest country to ever qualify for the World Cup, losing 2-0 on aggregate to Croatia in a playoff to reach for the 2014 tournament.Canada and Iceland have played once before — a 1-1 tie in Iceland in 2007.---CANADAGoalkeepers: Sean Melvin, Vancouver Whitecaps; Quillan Roberts, Toronto FC; Kenny Stamatopoulos, AIK (Sweden).Defenders: Nana Attakora, unattached; Kevon Black, Toronto FC; Jonathan Grant, Sigma FC; Dejan Jakovic, Shimizu S-Pulse (Japan); Manjrekar James, PMFC (Hungary); Ashtone Morgan, Toronto FC; Karl W. Ouimette, Montreal Impact; Adam Straith, unattached; Maxim Tissot, Montreal Impact.Midfielders: Patrice Bernier, Montreal Impact; Christoper Mannella, Toronto FC; Julian de Guzman, unattached; Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC; Issey Nakajima-Farran, Montreal Impact; Samuel Piette, Deportivo la Coruna (Spain); Daniel Stanese, FC Augsburg II (Germany); Russell Teibert, Vancouver Whitecaps.Forwards: Caleb Clarke, Vancouver Whitecaps; Dwayne De Rosario, unattached; Iain Hume, Kerala Blasters (India); Kyle Porter, unattached.Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter ' ' '