Nationals OF Bryce Harper missed his fifth straight game with left knee bursitis.
Wade missed his fifth straight game and seventh in the past nine while dealing with ankle and knee issues, and Bosh sat out his second straight contest, though this time it was flu-like symptoms that left him sidelined, not the sore knee that kept him from participating in Saturday's game against Philadelphia.
Expected to be one of the league's more dynamic offensive teams, they were without left wing Milan Michalek, who had a team-high 35 goals last season, for the third straight game with a sprained knee.
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He has made six straight finals since returning from his knee injury.
Duncan was shooting around on the court a couple hours before the opening tip, but he missed his second straight game with a sore left knee.
Wade missed his second straight contest with a sore right knee, one that he said before the game had been bothering him periodically since March 9 and then flared up after a collision against Boston last week.
Duncan missed his third straight game due to a sore left knee, while Ginobili was out for the fourth consecutive game with tightness in his left hamstring.
Judges or panels of judges decide most cases, providing a less sympathetic audience for tales of perhaps self-inflicted heartbreak (like potential knee blowout I risked by running straight into the retaining wall above).
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"He's been doing some running on the field in straight lines, but when you've got a knee injury it's twisting and turning that causes aggravation and I think he needs to test it in the county game first, " he added.
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Reggie Jackson contributed 20 points for the Thunder, who leaned heavily on Durant for a third straight game with Westbrook out for the playoffs with a right knee injury.
He was shown a straight red, while Holden was stretchered off with a gash in his knee.
Anthony has missed three straight and six of the last eight games because of problems with his right knee.
Most notably, he didn't play Kidd (who is now scoreless for an NBA-record nine straight playoff games) or Stoudemire (who's shown considerable rust coming off a two-month layoff from knee surgery) at all in the second half.
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