Anthony Sits Out Fifth Straight Game
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Carmelo Anthony is becoming impatient with his injured left ankle.
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Tim Duncan missed his first game of the season Tuesday night, sitting out the San Antonio Spurs' matchup with the Charlotte Bobcats due to a sprained right ankle.
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One bad night may have overshadowed all the good Carmelo Anthony has done this season. The NBA's leading scorer was not among the seven reserves announced Thursday night for the Western Conference team that will play in the NBA All-Star game.
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Playing back-to-back nights has been a struggle for the New York Knicks this season, at least until Monday night. The Knicks, taking on an Orlando Magic team coming off a five-day rest
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New Orleans Hornets forward Jamal Mashburn will sit out the 2004-05 season due to a patella femoral irritation of his right knee.
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The Pacers' Ron Artest was suspended for the season, and two of his teammates must sit out for a combined 55 games.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Injured Los Angeles  Lakers All-Star Kobe Bryant is expected to miss up to nine more  games because of a severely sprained right ankle, the NBA team  has said.
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Denver star Carmelo Anthony is suspended 15 games and six other players are punished for their roles in Saturday's brawl at the end of the Nuggets-Knicks game.
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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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Allen Iverson will miss the All-Star Game because of a sprained right ankle that has bothered him for two weeks.
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BASKETBALL Carmelo Anthony is going to the All-Star Game after all. The NBA's leading scorer was picked by commissioner David Stern yesterday as an injury replacement and will make his first All-Star appearance Feb. 18 in Las Vegas. Stern also added Dallas forward Josh Howard to the Western Conference team. He needed to replace Houston center Yao Ming and Utah ...
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The Phoenix Suns were on the losing end of a game for just the fifth time this season.
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Kevin Garnett misses his fifth consecutive game with an abdominal strain Wednesday and couldn't say whether he'll travel with Boston.
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fter making a lineup change that saw the Knicks go from bad to horrifyingly worse, Coach Isiah Thomas is reversing course, and will start Steve Francis tonight against the Celtics.
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Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony looks on during his team&#39;s 90-88 victory over the New Jersey Nets in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004.
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CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - Tests on the sprained left  ankle of Cleveland guard LeBron James revealed no further  damage and the All-Star is a listed as a game-time decision for  Friday night's game at the New York Knicks.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Knicks placed guard Jamal Crawford on the injured list Sunday with right turf toe. Crawford suffered the injury in the third quarter of Wednesday&#39;s 114-109 loss