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Nuggets' Billups, Martin back on Friday (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Chauncey Billups and Kenyon Martin are back in the Denver Nuggets' starting lineup. Nuggets coach George Karl says both players will return to face the Washington Wizards on Friday night. Martin missed the Northwest Division leaders' previous two games with strep throat, while Billups sat out Wednesday's victory at Oklahoma City with a sprained right ankle.