Steve Nash withdrew from Sunday's All-Star game because of lingering inflammation in his right shoulder.
Steve Nash missed his third consecutive game on Sunday because of lingering soreness in his right shoulder. Joining Nash in street clothes for the game against the Chicago Bulls was fellow Phoenix Suns starter Boris Diaw, out with back spasms.
Once Dwyane Wade got rolling, things seemed almost easy for the Miami Heat. Wade - virtually silent offensively for the first three quarters had 18 of his 26 points in the final period and the Heat held San Antonio without a field goal for more than 7 minutes down the stretch on the way to beating the Spurs 100-85 on Sunday.
Burdened with a four-game losing streak for the first time in 11 years, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski wasted no time in deciding the proper course to right his struggling team.
Rasheed Wallace scored a season-high 28 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a sixth straight victory with a 98-92 win over the Toronto Raptors at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday.
There were missed layups and dropped passes. Three-pointers, launched by lonely shooters all around the arc, clanged the American Airlines Center rims.
Denver forward Carmelo Anthony and Dallas forward Josh Howard were named as injury replacements to the Western Conference team for the All-Star Game.
The NBA announced the entire six-player field Thursday, though Arenas had already leaked the news that he would participate in the All-Star Saturday event last week on his nba.com blog
The Detroit Pistons maintained their home-court hoodoo over the Los Angeles Lakers with a 93-78 win on Thursday.
John Amaechi, the former NBA player and England basketball international, is to publish a book next week in which he will reveal he is gay.
The Boston Celtics suffered a franchise record 16th straight loss with a 91-79 home defeat to the defending NBA champions Miami Heat on Wednesday.
The Houston Rockets continue to adapt quite nicely to the absence of Yao Ming. Tracy McGrady scored 33 points and had eight assists to lead the Houston Rockets to a 98-90 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.
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