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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Toronto Raptors shooting guard DeMar DeRozan is set to return to action next Thursday against the Charlotte Hornets, according to a report from Mark Spears of Yahoo Sports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DeRozan has missed 17 games after tearing a tendon in his left leg during a Nov. 28 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.&amp;nbsp;In DeRozan's absence, Toronto has gone 11-6 and is a half-game back of Atlanta for first place in the Eastern Conference standings.&amp;nbsp;He participated in practice this week.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Byron Scott: Limiting Kobe Bryant's playing time is working&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThe team\u2019s got a great thing going on so I don't want to feel like I have to rush back,\u201D DeRozan said, according to NBA.com. \u201CWhen I get back, I want to make sure I\u2019m even better than what I was before I got hurt.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;TAYLOR:&amp;nbsp;LeBron-Blatt&amp;nbsp;feud may be as tense as the media portrays&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prior to suffering the injury, DeRozan had averaged 19.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists while posting a 16.7 Player Efficiency Rating over 16 games.&amp;nbsp;The Raptors will face the Suns in Phoenix on Sunday before hosting the Hornets in the first game of a six-game home stand.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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