TORONTO — All-star forward Chris Bosh left the Raptors’ game Wednesday night against the Lakers because of a sprained right knee.
Bosh, who came in averaging 23 points and 9.5 rebounds, walked to the locker room alongside the trainer with 9:50 remaining in the fourth. He had 12 points and eight rebounds in 29 minutes.
Toronto was already without guard Jose Calderon, who sat out with a sore hamstring.
Bogut out eight weeks
MILWAUKEE — Bucks center Andrew Bogut will miss at least eight weeks with a stress fracture in his back. Bogut, who is averaging 11.7 points and a team-high 10.3 rebounds, will need exercise and rest, but no surgery is scheduled.
76ers’ Brand day to day
PHILADELPHIA — 76ers forward Elton Brand missed practice and is day to day because of a shoulder injury that forced him to miss 16 games.
Johnson battling illness
MINNEAPOLIS — All-star guard Joe Johnson missed Atlanta’s game against Minnesota because of illness, offsetting the return of Al Horford (knee) from a 12-game absence. Hawks coach Mike Woodson said he hoped to have Johnson back for Friday’s game at Charlotte.
Footnotes.
Wizards swingman Caron Butler missed Washington’s game against the Nets with the flu.
• The Bobcats don’t expect top scorer Gerald Wallace to return until sometime after this month’s all-star break as he recovers from a partially collapsed lung and broken rib.
• Raptors forward Jason Kapono will look to join Larry Bird (1986-88) and Craig Hodges (1990-92) as the third player to win three 3-point shootouts when he takes on Danny Granger, Rashard Lewis, Mike Bibby, Roger Mason and Daequan Cook in the event during All-Star Weekend.
The Associated Press
