National Basketball Association

Ailing Martin, Lawson both out

Published Mar. 6, 2010 1:33 a.m. ET

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Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin was held out of Friday night's game against the Indiana Pacers because of a recurrence of left knee tendinitis, joining rookie Ty Lawson, who remains sidelined by a bruised left shoulder.

Martin, whose 9.6 rebounds per game ranks 12th in the league, missed three games last month because of soreness and swelling in the same knee.

Lawson, a key reserve for the Nuggets, missed his third consecutive game. He hasn't played since banging his shoulder in a collision Sunday with Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum.