Nash Injures Back in Practice
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Phoenix Suns starting point guard Steve Nash was expected to be back in the lineup for Wednesday's home game against Memphis after missing two contests with a deep thigh bruise.
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Shawn Marion had a season-high 33 points and 15 rebounds, leading the Phoenix Suns on a fourth-quarter comeback despite the absence of Steve Nash in a 95-86 win over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night.
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HOUSTON Houston Rocket Tracy McGrady missed most of practice today because of nagging hip and groin injuries. It&#39;s another sign that the two-time NBA scoring champ will probably sit out tomorrow&#39;s game against Minnesota.
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PHOENIX -- Phoenix guard Steve Nash, the NBA&#39;s assist leader, sustained a concussion Friday night and sat out the second half of the Suns&#39; 95-86 victory over New Orleans.
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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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Pistons coach Larry Brown came back to the defending NBA champions on crutches Wednesday, returning to Detroit's bench after being told by doctors it was OK to travel.
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Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal will miss at least two weeks with a bruised left knee, team officials said Saturday before the Pacers played Sacramento. A MRI on Thursday afternoon revealed the injury.
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It&#39;s the unwritten rule of sports. A starter who has to sit out games because of an injury should return to the lineup once healthy.
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Capitals captain Chris Clark returns to practice after missing almost six weeks with a groin muscle injury, but the other injury news is not nearly as encouraging for the Capitals.
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It was appropriate that on Boxing Day the Raptors emerged battered and bruised after facing the high-flying Phoenix Suns. Victoria&#39;s Steve Nash took no pity on the only NBA team remaining in his homeland.
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MIAMI -- Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal returned to practice Sunday after missing eight games with a hip injury. Heat coach Pat Riley said O'Neal "is going to be ready for Wednesday" when the Heat play against the Chicago Bulls.
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Steve Nash has withdrawn from Sunday's All-Star game because of lingering inflammation in his right shoulder.
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Results of X-rays on Gary Payton's right hand revealed a non-displaced fracture in the point guard's right thumb. Payton did not play last night against the Pistons and had the top of his thumb bandaged, but the Celtics expect him to play in the season opener against the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night at the FleetCenter. It could be his first ...
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Wizards forward Kwame Brown returns to practice following his one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team last Wednesday.
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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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NBA Steve Nash withdrew from Sunday's NBA All-Star Game because of lingering inflammation in his right shoulder. The league's two-time defending MVP has missed the last 3 1/2 games because of the injury. The Phoenix Suns said Nash won't play at Seattle tomorrow night, the club's last game before the All-Star break . . . Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Randy Foye ...
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Steve Nash helped the Phoenix Suns  overturn a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit and post a 114-105  road victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.