NBA injured list (with statistics)

Detroit Pistons rookie guard Brandon Knight left Saturday's game with the New Orleans Hornets after breaking his nose. Knight appeared to suffer the injury after catching an elbow from teammate Greg Monroe while battling for a rebound in the first quarter of the game. Knight is averaging 12.9 points per game, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in his first season after being drafted eighth overall by the Pistons out of the University of Kentucky.

Denver Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov left Friday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers with a leg injury. Mozgov was injured after making a layup with in the third quarter. After he scored, Mozgov landed on left leg and then fell to the floor in pain. He went straight to the locker room with the help of teammates Kenneth Faried and Chris Andersen. The Nuggets said after the game that X-rays were negative.

Center Jason Collins has left Thursday's game against Memphis after he sprained his left elbow. Collins was averaging just 11.3 minutes and 1.1 points a game, but at least gives the Hawks another big body in the middle. The Hawks are already without All-Star Al Horford, who is expected to miss most, if not all, of the regular season after undergoing surgery for a torn left pectoral muscle.

Gerald Henderson will miss two to four weeks with a strained right hamstring. The Bobcats guard/forward, who is averaging 15 points and 4.4 rebounds this season, suffered the injury in Wednesday's 112-68 loss to Portland. It's the same injury that has sidelined Bobcats forward Corey Maggette for the last 15 games. The Bobcats are also without starting point guard D.J. Augustin.

Jason Kidd will be out at least a week because of a strained right calf. The Mavericks guard was hurt in Friday's game victory against Utah. The 38-year-old Kidd is averaging 4.1 points and 5.1 assists per game this season. Meanwhile, Dirk Nowitzki started Sunday's game against San Antonio following a planned four-game hiatus to strengthen his sore right knee and do conditioning work. The NBA finals MVP averaged 17.5 points and 5.4 rebounds a game in starting the first 16 games for Dallas.

Originally scheduled to miss only four games with a sore right knee, Dallas Mavericks star forward Dirk Nowitzki could possibly be out longer, he said Thursday. Nowitzki, who will miss his fourth game against the Utah Jazz on Friday, said a decision on his return will be made closer to game time before Sunday's matchup against the San Antonio Spurs. Coach Rick Carlisle says Nowitzki has made progress, though Carlisle isn't guaranteeing Nowitzki will play Sunday.

Andrew Bogut is out indefinitely after fracturing his left ankle in the first quarter of Wednesday's game in Houston, another injury setback for the Milwaukee Bucks center. He missed a game earlier this month with concussion-like symptoms, and that followed a four-game absence to attend to a personal matter back home in Australia. Bogut has averaged 11.3 points, a team-high 8.3 rebounds and a team-high two blocked shots in 12 games this season.

Al Jefferson sat out Wednesday's game against Toronto because of an inflamed right ankle he re-injured in the team's morning shootaround. The Utah Jazz center missed one game earlier this season with the same injury. Jefferson leads the Jazz with 18.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, swingman Josh Howard was expected to play after missing four games with a strained left quad.

The Bobcats have announced that guard D.J. Augustin is expected to miss the next four games with a right toe injury. Tests confirmed an inflammatory condition of the sesmoid bones that lie in the flexor tendons on Augustin's right big toe. The injury has been bothering Augustin for months, but he re-aggravated it during Sunday's game at New Jersey. Augustin is averaging 13.6 points and 6.6 assists per game for the Bobcats this season.

Forward Damion James will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to replace a screw in his right foot. The 24-year-old, who was limited to just 25 games last term after suffering a break of the fifth metatarsal of the foot, started the first seven games of the season before re-injuring his right foot on January 4. James averaged 4.9 points and 4.7 rebounds per game this campaign.

Rajon Rondo sat out Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards with a sprained right wrist. It is the second straight game the Boston Celtics point guard has missed with the injury, which happened when he fell hard while being fouled in Wednesday's 96-73 win over Toronto. Rondo is averaging 15 points, 9.4 assists and 5.1 rebounds this season. Meanwhile, guard Ray Allen left Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards because of a jammed left ankle. He is averaging 15.5 points this season.

Dirk Nowitzki sat out Dallas' victory in New Orleans on Saturday night and will miss at least three more games so the star forward can get in better game shape while strengthening his sore right knee. Nowitzki has been playing with a protective sleeve on his right knee and at times has complained of stiffness and irritation. His 17.5 points per game this season is a little more than four points below his career average. He said his knee has been feeling better recently, but added that by "continuously playing on it, it wasn't getting better quick enough."

Derrick Rose sat out his third straight game Friday night with a sprained left big toe, an injury he first sustained on Jan. 10 at Minnesota. Before the Bulls played the Cleveland Cavaliers without Rose, coach Tom Thibodeau said his star point guard has improved. The Bulls are taking a cautious approach with Rose, who is averaging 20.8 points and 8.7 assists. Rose hasn't played since last weekend against Toronto.

Golden State Warriors backup center Kwame Brown is recovering from surgery on his chest muscle that will likely sideline him for the rest of the season. He was injured in a victory over the Miami Heat on January 10. In nine games this season, Brown averaged 6.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 20.8 minutes.

Hours after sending LeBron James home from the team's game-day shootaround practice with flu-like symptoms, the Heat said the two-time MVP would be in the lineup against the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday. James has been battling sickness for much of this week. Miami will be without guard Dwyane Wade, whose sprained right ankle will keep him sidelined for the second straight game. It's the fifth game Wade will miss in Miami's first 14 this season because of injury, the first three of those caused by a sore left foot.