Nuggets' Nene Out With Strained Hamstring
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Nuggets forward Nene missed his second straight game because of a strained left hamstring Saturday night, and the team isn't sure when he will be back.
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Superstar guard Allen Iverson will miss Denver's National Basketball Association game Wednesday against Portland because of a sprained right ankle, the Nuggets announced.
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Miami Heat center Shaquille O&#39;Neal, left, loses control of the ball after Denver Nuggets forward Nene of Brazil reached in and swatted the ball away in the first quarter in Denver on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004.
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Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady sat out Thursday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves because of nagging hip and groin strains.
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The Denver Nuggets have exercised the fourth-year option on Brazilian power forward Nene, which will keep him with the National Basketball Association club through the 2005-06 season.
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Denver Nuggets: Shooting guard Voshon Lenard will be out for at least six months after surgery on his torn Achilles tendon. The team said the surgery on Lenard&#39;s left leg was a success.
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Rockets star Tracy McGrady is out indefinitely with back spasms and was scratched from Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Knicksâ guard, who has spent most of December on bereavement leave, is listed as questionable for Sundayâs game.
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CLEVELAND Cleveland forward Robert Traylor is out for three to four weeks after breaking his left pinkie during last night&#39;s win over the New Jersey Nets.
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Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal is expected to be placed on the injured list prior to the beginning of the regular season as he continues to suffer from a sore left foot.
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Denver Nuggets forward Nene has undergone successful surgery to remove a testicular tumor, the team said on Tuesday.
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The Indianapolis Star reported Friday that All-Star forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal likely will be placed on the injured list due to a strained ligament in his left foot.
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All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki had to be helped to the Dallas locker room after twisting his left ankle last night against the Denver Nuggets.
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Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith was suspended yesterday for the first three games of the regular season "for conduct detrimental to the team." Nuggets player personnel director Mark Warkentien wouldn't specify Smith's transgression. "I take full responsibility for my actions that led to this suspension," Smith said in an apology distributed by the team.
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Injury, illness and irritability deprived the Denver Nuggets of three of their big men Friday night. None of it mattered thanks to J.R. Smith and Carmelo Anthony, the top-scoring tandem in the NBA.
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Los Angeles - The Nuggets learned a lesson as blunt as an elbow to the forehead during their season-opening, 89-78 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at the Staples Center: The Western Conference still is the Western Conference without
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The Denver Nuggets picked up the $3.04 million option for next season for forward Nene on Friday, but didn&#39;t do the same for Nikoloz Tskitishvili.