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James, Howard All-NBA picks

NEW YORK - LeBron James and Dwight Howard were unanimous choices for the All-NBA Team, while Kobe Bryant received 119 of 122 votes from writers and broadcasters.

James was a unanimous pick for the second straight season and made his fourth all-NBA Team. The Cleveland star won the MVP award for the second year in a row.

Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade completed the first team Thursday. Durant led the NBA in scoring for Oklahoma City with a 30.1 average, and James was second at 29.7. Howard led the league in rebounding with a 13.2 average and also averaged 18.3 points.

Carmelo Anthony, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash and Deron Williams were selected to the second team. Tim Duncan, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bogut, Joe Johnson and Brandon Roy were third-team picks.

Kirilenko plans on playing in Game 3

SALT LAKE CITY - Andrei Kirilenko is running out of patience and time to rehabilitate his left calf.

After more than a month of waiting for his strained calf to heal, Kirilenko expects to be playing for the Utah Jazz when they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.

Already down 2-0 to the defending NBA champions, the short-handed Jazz can use even a limited version of Kirilenko.

"We don't have that kind of luxury to wait, especially right now," Kirilenko said before the Jazz practiced Thursday.

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