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(SportsNetwork.com) - One team will be getting a superstar back and another will still be without one Friday night when the New York Knicks visit Chesapeake Energy Arena to face the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder will get at least one integral part back on Friday. All-Star guard Russell Westbrook will return to play versus the Knicks. He practiced all week after a broken hand has sidelined him for close to a month. It feels great. I am rested, happy to be back and to go out and try to get a win, said Westbrook. Reigning MVP Kevin Durant also participated in practice this week, although hes not expected back until next week. This week, I dont know what day, theyll get evaluated and well go from there, head coach Scott Brooks told the Oklahoman. Theyll continue to go through this process and when theyre ready -- 100 percent ready -- theyll play. The third superstar surrounding these two teams is most likely out on Friday. Carmelo Anthony injured his back Monday night and missed Wednesdays overtime loss to the Dallas Mavericks. I dont think it will be too long, Anthony told the New York Post. I think the spasms will go away. But Im not going to play with spasms. Against Dallas, New Yorks J.R. Smith hit a jumper with less than a second remaining in regulation to force overtime. The Mavs won the extra session, 14-7, and earned a 109-102 victory. Dallas used a 9-0 run and forced six Knicks turnovers to pull away in the extra session. We made some mistakes down the stretch you cant make on the road, Knicks coach Derek Fisher said. Jose Calderon tallied 21 points, 10 boards and four assists for New York, which has dropped four of its last five games. Samuel Dalembert registered a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Smith finished with 15, Pablo Prigioni netted 12 and Amare Stoudemire chipped in 10. Fisher played 125 games with the Thunder, including all of last season. The Knicks return home Sunday to face the Miami Heat and will play three straight in Madison Square Garden. Reggie Jackson poured in 22 points and Jeremy Lamb scored 21 off the bench in Oklahoma Citys 97-82 home rout of the Utah Jazz Wednesday night. Serge Ibaka registered 20 points, eight rebounds and four blocks for the Thunder, who snapped a six-game losing streak and gained just their fourth win in 16 tries this season. It was a good team win, said Brooks. Weve been close so many times and I told the guys we have a lot of things to be thankful for this week. Anthony Morrow was the only other Thunder player in double figures with 12. The OKC bench outscored Utahs second unit, 44-3. The Thunder head out on a three-game road trip, starting Tuesday in New Orleans. The Thunder swept both meetings last season and are 11-3 in their last 14 against the Knicks. OKC has taken six of the last seven home matchups with New York. Sammy Sosa Jersey . 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Burnett was happy to escape from New York.Sam Oldham impressed at the British Championships, but it was mixed fortunes for Quillan Isidore and Savannah Marshall as the Sky Academy Sports Scholars continued their fight to be at Rio. Oldham wasnt able to hit the heights of his all-around glory at the English Championships in March, but the 23-year-old still looked in good form in Liverpool at the weekend with a third spot in the floor and high bar disciplines. He was also fourth overall.Injuries have hampered Oldhams progress at times since the London Olympics, but the Nottingham stars health and mentality look sharp with Rio qualification reaching its climax.Oldham said: The British Championships was a job well done. I had a great weekend in Liverpool and I was really happy to have hit nine for nine routines over the two days of competition.Im really looking forward to getting back in the gym and working towards the next competition. The road to Rio continues.BMX star Quillan Isidore may have suffered a miserable World Cup in Manchester last year with crashes in all three races, but he was a steady performer at the weekend at his home venue. Quillan Isidore performed in front of his home fans at the weekend Manchester welcomed the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup for a fourth consecutive year and while GB team-mate Liam Phillips grabbed the headlines with a fourth successive titlle, the 19-year-old Isidore showed signs of a rising composure under pressure.ddddddddddddIsidore said: Overall it was a positive weekend for me. Although my day ended in the 1/8ths, I performed at the best of my ability and delivered what I was capable of at this moment in time.Ive got a more positive head on my shoulders when it comes to racing now so Im pleased with how I dealt with the home crowd pressures and enjoyed myself. Savannah Marshall will be desperate to bounce back at the World Championships in May There was disappointment for boxer Savannah Marshall who surprisingly lost her opening fight at the European qualifying tournament in Samsun, Turkey on Monday.The 24-year-old from Hartlepool lost to Erika Guerrier of France and she must now hope to take her final qualification chance at the World Championships in May in Kazakhstan.WHATS COMING UP FOR OUR SCHOLARS...MARCH 19 - May 2: Holly Bradshaw, training in USAAPRIL 12-17: Siobhan-Marie OConnor, British Championships in GlasgowAPRIL: Olivia Breen, training camp in TenerifeMAY 22-30: Sam Oldham, European Championships in Switzerland Also See: About the Scholarship Meet the athletes Blogs Videos Galleries Stitched College Jerseys Cheap UCLA Jerseys NCAA Louisville Cardinals Jerseys North Carolina Jerseys Stitched Kentucky Wildcats Jerseys Stitched Alabama Crimson Tide Jerseys Cheap Basketball Wisconsin Badgers Jerseys Authentic NCAA Jerseys Store Wholesale Basketball NCAA Jerseys Cheap Duke Gear Stitched Alabama Jerseys Stitched Georgia Jerseys Cheap Clemson Jerseys Authentic Authentic Texas Jerseys Wholesale USC Jerseys Stitched Oklahoma Jerseys Stitched Ohio State Jerseys Cheap Notre Dame Gear UCLA Jerseys From China Cheap Louisville Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap North Carolina Jerseys Authentic Cheap Kentucky Jerseys Authentic Wisconsin Jerseys From China Cheap Michigan Gear Cheap Florida Gear Wholesale Arizona State Jerseys Cheap LSU Gear Cheap Auburn Gear Cheap California Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Miami Jerseys Authentic Cheap Michigan State Gear Cheap Tennessee Jerseys Authentic Texas A&M Jerseys From China Authentic Wake Forest Jerseys West Virginia Jerseys From China ' ' '