Greg Monroe hopes to return to the last five games of the season, Keith Langlois of the team's website reports.

Monroe hopes to return to the last five games of the season, Keith Langlois of the team's website reports.

Analysis:

Head coach Stan Van Gundy said Monroe could return over the weekend, but that the last five games is the more reasonable goal. At the very least, it seems this means that Monroe will be out for Wednesday's game against the Hornets and Friday's matchup against the Bulls.