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Return of Iverson of no use
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Dwyane Wade scored 24 points to lift Miami to a 105-78 victory over Philadelphia on Tuesday that spoiled Allen Iverson's return for the 76ers.
Jermaine O'Neal added 20 points for the Heat, who won their third straight. Udonis Haslem scored 13 and Michael Beasley chipped in 12.
"These are the wins everybody loves. Everybody's happy," Wade said. "It was a good game for us. It started yesterday in practice where we really focused on what we needed to do."
In the teams' first game since the All-Star break, Philadelphia welcomed back Iverson. He had missed five games as well as Sunday's All-Star game to help care for his ill daughter, Messiah.
Karl battling throat cancer
DENVER, Colorado: George Karl, coach of the NBA's Denver Nuggets, has been diagnosed with neck and throat cancer but was told it is treatable.
Karl, a survivor of prostate cancer, said Tuesday that treatment including radiation therapy and chemotherapy could cause him to miss games and practices.
A doctor, who examined Karl on December 30, found a large lump.
Karl said he had assumed it was just fatty tissue. Karl was treated for prostate cancer in 2005. His son, Coby, also is a cancer survivor.
Clippers send Camby to Blazers
PORTLAND, Oregon: The Portland Trail Blazers acquired Marcus Camby from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for guard Steve Blake and forward Travis Outlaw, the NBA teams said on Tuesday.
The Blazers are currently in eighth place in the competitive Western Conference despite a spate of injuries.
Centers Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla are both out for the season, while All-Star Brandon Roy hasn't played since January 20 with a hamstring injury.
Camby gives the Blazers much needed help inside, and indicates that despite their injury woes Portland plan to make a playoff push.
Along with Oden, Przybilla and Roy, forward Nicolas Batum, guard Rudy Fernandez and Outlaw have missed significant time because of injury.
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