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  • Injured Spurs PG Parker may miss a week (AP)

    Spurs guard Tony Parker is not expected to play Monday against Toronto because of a sore left ankle. The Spurs said Sunday that Parker's injury was a mild sprain that could sideline him for a week. Parker rolled his ankle Friday night in the second quarter of a loss at Portland. He did not return to the game.

  • Anthony scores 41, Nuggets top Blazers (AP)

    Denver Nuggets players, from right, Chauncey Billups(notes), Chris Anderson and Nene listen as referee Dan Crawford explain a foul call during the second half of their NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Sixty fouls for a total of 90 free throws were called as Denver beat Portland 97-94.

    Carmelo Anthony almost couldn't miss and Greg Oden missed when it mattered most. Anthony scored 19 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter and the Denver Nuggets were helped by Portland's trouble at the free-throw line for a 97-94 victory Thursday night. Oden missed a pair of free throws with 4.6 seconds left, squandering a chance for Portland to go ahead.

  • Blazers’ Aldridge signs 5-year extension (AP)

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed forward LaMarcus Aldridge to a five-year contract extension on Thursday. The terms of the deal have not been announced. The team was in Vancouver, British Columbia, for an exhibition game against the Phoenix Suns. The Blazers scheduled a news conference in Portland on Friday.