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Rockets' Landry shot, suffers minor injuries

Rockets forward Carl Landry is expected to miss one to three weeks after he was shot in the left leg early Tuesday while driving near his Houston home.

The injury was minor, and the team said Landry was treated at a hospital and released. He also dislocated a finger on his left hand.

The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m., a few hours after the Rockets returned from a game at New Orleans. Landry drove home after the team arrived about 12:30 a.m.

Houston police said Landry was driving his sport utility vehicle southbound on a city street, when a northbound car swerved into his path and collided with his vehicle. Landry and the driver of the other vehicle made U-turns, and the vehicles collided again and Landry's SUV hit a utility pole.

Police spokesman Kese Smith said Landry got out of his SUV to inspect the damage and was shot by one of the two occupants of the car. The suspects then fled the scene as Landry ran to get help, police said.

Also: NBA commissioner David Stern and former Detroit Pistons great Isiah Thomas were among hundreds of mourners who gathered in Southfield, Mich., to remember late Pistons owner and philanthropist William Davidson. He died Friday at age 86.

"It's definitely safe to say that none of us would be leading the lives that we're leading had we not met him as an individual," Thomas said.

New Jersey Nets All-Star guard Devin Harris will be sidelined at least a week with a sprained left shoulder and strained deltoid muscle. He is averaging a team-high 22.6 points, 7.0 assists and 1.8 steals.

Dallas Mavericks swingman Josh Howard will be out at least another week because of an injured left ankle that might need surgery. He is averaging 18.0 points and 4.9 rebounds.

MISCELLANEOUS

Formula One title to be determined by victories

Formula One's championship will be decided by the number of race wins and not accumulated points.

Governing body FIA decided that the current points system will remain in effect only to determine the driver's title in the case of a tie, with points also determining the order of finish behind the overall champion.

Under the new scoring system, Ferrari's Felipe Massa would have won the 2008 championship ahead of Lewis Hamilton of McLaren. The Brazilian driver won six grand prix races to Hamilton's five, but the British racer took the title by one point, 98-97, after finishing fifth in the season-ending Brazilian GP.

Also: Twenty teams will compete at this summer's Tour de France, with Lance Armstrong returning to the race he won seven times. He will ride with Astana in a comeback bid after three years of retirement.

The 20 teams will have a total of 180 riders for the 96th edition of the Tour, which starts July 4.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic downed Tommy Haas 6-2, 7-6 (1) in their third-round match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. No. 1 Rafael Nadal advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Dmitry Tursunov, and American Andy Roddick defeated Nicolas Kiefer, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

In women's action, Dinara Safina, ranked No. 2 and the women's top seed, defeated Jill Craybas, 7-5, 6-4.

The UNLV women's tennis team defeated Oklahoma 6-1 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. The Rebels (9-6) won five of six singles matches and two of three in doubles.

Lance Mackey remained in the lead by several hours in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as his team turned in the direction of Nome, Alaska -- less than 100 miles from the finish line of the 1,100-mile trail.