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Mavericks 108, Wizards 82: DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki and Brandon Bass each scored 17 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 108-82 victory over the injury-depleted Washington Wizards on Tuesday night in the preseason opener for both teams.
Wizards forward Antawn Jamison left in the first quarter with a right knee injury and did not return.
Jamison's leg appeared to buckle while playing defense midway through the first quarter, and he had to be helped to the locker room by teammates. A team spokesman at first said the knee was sprained, but later changed the diagnosis to a less serious-sounding strain.
Jamison will have an MRI and be evaluated on Wednesday. The two-time NBA All-Star averaged 21.4 points and 10.2 rebounds in 79 games for the Wizards last season.
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LOS ANGELES -- Elgin Baylor is out as vice president of basketball operations with the Los Angeles Clippers, and coach Mike Dunleavy will assume his responsibilities as general manager.
"We greatly appreciate Elgin's efforts during his time with the Clippers, and we wish him the very best," Clippers owner and chairman of the board Donald T. Sterling said in a statement Tuesday.
The 74-year-old Baylor became vice president of basketball operations with the Clippers in 1986 after an outstanding 14-year playing career with the Lakers and a brief stint as coach of the New Orleans Jazz.
He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976, chosen as one of the NBA's 50 greatest players during the league's 50th anniversary celebration in 1997, and named the NBA executive of the year following the 2005-06 season.
-- Wire reports
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