Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will miss Game 6 of Cleveland's playoff against the Boston Celtics after separating his left shoulder during the second half Wednesday night.
Gibson, one of the Cavs' best perimeter shooters, left early in the fourth quarter following a collision and did not return. The team estimated he would miss one to two weeks.
The Cavaliers trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and could be eliminated tonight.
Gibson emerged as a star in Game 6 of last year's Eastern Conference finals against Detroit.
Pro basketball: Pistons' Billups ready for conference finals
Chauncey Billups is taking advantage of the Detroit Pistons' break, pushing himself through scrimmages to get his right hamstring into game shape.
"I haven't done anything in like a week, so that takes a toll on you" the All-Star point guard said . "Being able to get up and down is a plus for me."
Detroit earned at least a few days off to rest and give Billups a chance to recover by sweeping the Orlando Magic.
If the top-seeded Boston Celtics win on the road for the first time in the playoffs tonight in Cleveland, they will host the second-seeded Pistons on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. If the fourth-seeded Cavaliers extend the series to a Game 7, the next series will likely start Tuesday night.
More pro basketball: Barkley faces gambling debt case
Retired NBA star Charles Barkley will face criminal charges if he doesn't repay a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas casino.
"We're in the process of sending Mr. Barkley notice that we're considering filing a criminal complaint," Clark County District Attorney David Roger said. "He'll have an opportunity like anybody else to make restitution to the hotel."
The posh Wynn Las Vegas casino alleges in a civil complaint filed Wednesday in Nevada state court that Barkley failed to repay four $100,000 casino markers, or loans, he received last Oct. 18 and 19.
"To date, and despite repeated demands, Barkley has refused to repay the $400,000," the complaint said.
Barkley is a basketball analyst for Turner Network Television who has made no secret of his gambling over the years.
Pro baseball: Griffey pays off teammate Fogg ... in pennies
Ken Griffey Jr. owed Cincinnati Reds teammate Josh Fogg $1,500, and paying by check just wouldn't do.
So when Fogg arrived in the Reds clubhouse Wednesday, he found his locker filled with 150,000 pennies — 60 boxes, each weighing 16 pounds and containing $25 worth of pennies.
"Basically, it's like having 60 bowling balls in your locker, only with no holes to pick them up with," Griffey said.
Neither player would say why Griffey owed Fogg the money. Griffey had threatened to pay it off in pennies, but Fogg didn't believe him.
"I'm going to take them out to the bullpen and count them," Fogg said. "I've got a lot of time on my hands out there."
AL roundup: Indians sweep A's, scoreless streak ends
An unearned run against Aaron Laffey ended the scoreless streak by Indians' starters at 441/3 innings but didn't interrupt their string of dominant outings.
Laffey pitched the Indians to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics, completing a three-game sweep and giving the surging Indians eight victories in 10 games. ... Pinch-hitter Joe Inglett sliced a two-out, bases-loaded single through the infield in the 11th inning, lifting the Blue Jays over the Twins. ... Jose Guillen homered and drove in three runs, Gil Meche pitched seven solid innings and the Royals beat Detroit, 8-4. ... Scott Kazmir sparkled in his first start since agreeing to a $28.5 million contract extension, and the surprising Rays dropped the Yankees into last place with a 5-2 victory.
NL roundup: Bay's pinch-hit homer lifts Pirates past Cardinals
Pinch-hitter Jason Bay's three-run homer off Jason Isringhausen snapped an eighth-inning tie and capped the Pirates' rally from an early four-run deficit in an 11-5 victory over the Cardinals. ... Willie Harris' diving catch in the ninth inning saved Washington, and the slick-fielding Nationals beat the Mets, 1-0, behind Jason Bergmann's fantastic pitching performance. ... Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent and Gary Bennett homered during a six-run seventh inning, leading Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers over the Brewers, 7-2. ... Ryan Dempster struck out a career-high 12 and hit an RBI single against Greg Maddux during a four-run fifth inning, leading the Cubs over the punchless Padres, 4-0. ... Lance Berkman splashed his major league-leading 15th home run into McCovey Cove, breaking a ninth-inning tie and helping Houston rally past the Giants, 8-7.
College football: Paterno released from hospital for dehydration
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is back home after spending several hours at a hospital being treated for dehydration.
Penn State spokesman Jeff Nelson says the 81-year-old coach was released from Mount Nittany Medical Center after being taken by ambulance from his home after feeling nauseous.
He underwent tests at the hospital but was not admitted.
