NBA – Turkey-bound NBA stars have big nights in the NBA

NEW YORK (NBA) - Many of the stars headed to the 2010 FIBA World Championship that play in the NBA made solid contributions to their teams on Wednesday night, including China power forward Yi Jianlian of New Jersey.

Yi scored 17 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and swatted two shots in 27 minutes but Minnesota won at home over New Jersey, 95-93.

Here are some of the other notable performances.

Team USA
Dwight Howard - 21 points, 15 rebounds for Orlando in a 120-106 win over Philadelphia.
LeBron James - 23 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in Cleveland's 101-91 defeat at Toronto.
Chris Bosh - 21 points, 16 rebounds for Toronto in their win over the Cavaliers.
Dwyane Wade - 26 points for Miami in their 115-93 win over the New York Knicks.
Kevin Durant - 25 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City in their 102-89 victory over Sacramento.
Chris Paul - 26 points and nine assists in New Orleans' 113-96 defeat at San Antonio.
Carmelo Anthony - 30 points and eight rebounds for Denver in their 114-105 win over Utah.
Deron Williams - 28 points and 13 assists for Utah in their defeat to Denver.

Brazil
Leandro Barbosa - 17 points in Phoenix's 109-107 win over the LA Clippers.
Nene – 16 points and six rebounds in the Nuggets’ victory over Utah.

Argentina
Luis Scola - 21 points and 11 rebounds in Houston's 108-107 victory at Golden State.
Manu Ginobili - 16 points and four assists in San Antonio's 113-96 victory over New Orleans.

Serbia
Nenad Krstic – 20 points and seven rebounds in Oklahoma City’s victory over Sacramento

Spain
Marc Gasol - 21 points and 15 rebounds in Memphis' 96-74 home defeat to Detroit.
Jose Calderon - 11 assists to go with his five points in Toronto's victory over the Cavs.

France
Tony Parker - 17 points and six assists in the Spurs' win.

Turkey
Hedo Turkoglu - 12 points, three assists, seven rebounds and three blocks in Toronto's triumph over Cleveland.
Mehmet Okur - 13 points and six rebounds in Utah's defeat to Denver

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