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Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest suffered a concussion and injured his left elbow after falling at his home.

Artest didn't travel with the Lakers to Saturday's game at Sacramento after tripping over a box and falling down a flight of stairs at his home on Christmas night, the team said in a news release.

He was treated at UCLA Medical Center, undergoing a CT scan and receiving stitches in the back of his head and his elbow. A neurologist examined him on Saturday and confirmed he had a concussion, the team said. Artest is day to day. ...

Fans are accustomed to seeing Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash in front of a camera, whether as a pitchman for Nike, guest-starring on HBO's "Entourage" or acting as a correspondent for the "Late Show With David Letterman."

But what people may not know is that Nash is becoming just as comfortable behind the camera as a producer and filmmaker. He has produced two commercials and numerous Web-only shorts as well as a full-length documentary scheduled to be broadcast in September 2010.

Nash, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, made his first foray into filmmaking in 2007 when he decided to pitch an idea to Nike for his latest sneaker commercial. Nike gave him a shoestring budget and Nash gave them a spot titled "Training Day," which is a personal and artfully shot look at Nash's training regimen, which includes playing basketball, soccer and tennis as well as skateboarding his way through New York City. ...

Phoenix Suns guard Jason Richardson keeps in touch with several of his former Golden State teammates. Stephen Jackson, in fact, is staying in Richardson's home in Charlotte, N.C. Usually when Richardson and his ex-teammates talk, the conversation turns to the Warriors. And that's when they usually scratch their heads.

"It's crazy what's going on over there," Richardson, 28, said in a telephone interview with the Contra Costa Times. "They really went from being great to going back to the same ol' Warriors." ...

When the Allen Iverson experiment blew up on Memphis, it looked like the Grizzlies had started yet another lottery countdown.

Five weeks later, they're playing their best basketball in years.

The Grizzlies are 12-7 since a woeful 1-8 start, beating division leaders Dallas, Cleveland and Denver along the way.

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