‘Melo to return, Martin will sit
February 10, 2010
DENVER (AP)—Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony(notes) will be back in the lineupagainst the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, but forward Kenyon Martin(notes) will sitbecause of a knee injury.
Anthony has missed the last eight games with a sprained left ankle sufferedagainst the New Orleans Hornets on Jan. 23. Denver went 5-3 in his absence.
Martin, the team’s leading rebounder at 9.4 boards a game, is suffering frompatella tendonitis in his left knee. Martin has been experiencing chronicdiscomfort for the past 10 days and has played with pain in the last two games,the team said.
The Nuggets said his status for Thursday’s matchup with San Antonio is agame-time decision.