TORONTO (AP) New Jersey Nets forward Kenyon Martin did not start Friday night's game against the Toronto Raptors because of a sinus infection.

Coach Lawrence Frank said an hour before tip-off that it would be a gametime decision. Martin didn't start, but entered the game with 6:14 left in the first quarter after his replacement, Rodney Rogers, limped off the court following a collision with Toronto's Morris Peterson.

``I'm not a doctor, but he's got a very bad sinus infection,'' coach Lawrence Frank said of Martin.

Frank then poked fun at himself.

``I may look like Doogie Howser, but I'm not,'' he said.

Martin entered the game averaging a team-high 18 points and 9.8 rebounds.