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MILWAUKEE -- Charlie Villanueva scored a season-high 26 points Wednesday night to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 110-90 victory over the undermanned Los Angeles Lakers, who were without the suspended Kobe Bryant.
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Kobe Bryant will play Sunday in the National Basketball Association All-Star Game but the Los Angeles Lakers guard pulled out of a 3-pointer contest after bad news about an injured finger.
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Twice league MVP Steve Nash of the  Phoenix Suns was ruled out the NBA All-Star game because of a  sore shoulder on Monday.
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Kobe Bryant had 29 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, his fellow starters all scored in double figures, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away in the final five minutes to beat the winless Chicago Bulls 102-93 Sunday night.
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Desmond Mason scored 22 points to lead six Milwaukee players in double figures, and the Bucks held off the free-falling Knicks 101-96 Sunday, spoiling the debut of New York coach Herb Williams in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference's worst teams.
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Philadelphia starters Allen Iverson and Chris Webber did not travel with the 76ers for their game in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, while the Bucks were without starting point guard Mo Williams.
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Allen Iverson joins Steve Nash, Yao Ming and Carlos Boozer on the growing list of Western Conference players who will not play in the All-Star Game due to injury. The Nuggets guard will sit out with a sprained ankle.
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NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - New Orleans Hornets guard  Baron Davis did not make the trip to Milwaukee for Saturday's  game against the Bucks because of a strained lower back.
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(Sports Network) - The Milwaukee Bucks continued to struggle on Wednesday, as they dropped a 101-100 decision to the Boston Celtics at the FleetCenter.
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The Los Angeles Lakers launch their NBA campaign by hosting the Houston Rockets on Tuesday with All Star guard Kobe Bryant expected to start despite struggling with a pre-season wrist injury.
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SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- After all of his talk about Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen didn&#39;t get the chance to back it up. Caron Butler scored 18 points in 11 minutes to help the Los Angeles Lakers extend their winning
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Kobe Bryant had his worst shooting night of the season Wednesday in the Lakers&#39; 110-87 loss to the Grizzlies, and worse yet, he needed nearly 45 minutes of postgame treatment for plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
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Kobe Bryant wasn't about to look ahead. Not with a groin injury and a showdown with LeBron James approaching.
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The Los Angeles Lakers have become an even more dangerous team with Pau Gasol. Just ask Kobe Bryant.
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Pau Gasol was a winner in his Lakers debut, without even much help from Kobe Bryant.
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Caron Butler scores 17 points in his return to the lineup but the Wizards still fall, 103-91, to the Lakers behind Kobe Bryant's 30 points.
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LOS ANGELES -- For a while, it appeared as though Kobe Bryant wouldnât make it out of the first quarter -- let alone come up with his most productive game of the season.