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| Celtics hope to halt season-worst losing streak |
NBA Basketball |
02/05/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - The Boston Celtics hope to snap a four-game slide when they welcome the Seattle SuperSonics to FleetCenter. Seattle has lost two of its last three games on the heels of a two-game surge. The Sonics are coming off a 109-108 overtime setback to the New Jersey Nets. Desmond Mason scored 30 points, grabbed six rebounds and handed out six assists in the setback. Rashard Lewis chipped in with 25 points and eight rebounds. After trailing by as many as 17 points early in the third quart |
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| The Boston Beat: It's not easy being green |
NBA Basketball |
02/04/2003 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The streaky Boston Celtics are in yet another downward spiral, but it's not going to be easy for the Green to escape this time. The Celtics have dropped a season-high four straight games, including a franchise-worst, 52-point defeat to the Detroit Pistons last Friday. And the schedule doesn't get any lighter, as Boston embarks on a six-game West Coast road trip following Wednesday's home contest against Seattle. The swing, which begins after the All-Star break, features games in Portland, |
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| Hollywood Happenings: Defending champs finally making their move |
NBA Basketball |
02/04/2003 |
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| s 7-15 away from Staples Center this season and has an 8-10 mark against teams from the Eastern Conference. Indiana has been one of the top home teams in the NBA this season. The Pacers are 22-2 at Conseco Fieldhouse after a 109-100 victory over the Boston Celtics. Indiana, which was without coach Isiah Thomas, who is serving a two-game suspension, has won five of its last seven games entering tonight's action. Thomas will serve the second game tonight, and assistant coach Brendan Malone, who earned the win a |
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| Lakers travel to Indy aiming for fourth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
02/04/2003 |
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| Los Angeles is 7-15 on the road this season and has an 8-10 mark against teams from the Eastern Conference. Indiana has been one of the top home teams in the NBA this season. The Pacers are 22-2 at Conseco Fieldhouse after a 109-100 victory over the Boston Celtics. Indiana, which was without coach Isiah Thomas, who is serving a two-game suspension, has won five of its last seven games entering tonight's action. Thomas will serve the second game tonight, and assistant coach Brendan Malone, who earned the win a |
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| Slumping teams meet in New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
02/03/2003 |
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| New Orleans, LA (Best E Casino) - The Boston Celtics hope to avoid their longest losing streak of the season on Monday when they head to New Orleans to take on the slumping Hornets. Boston has dropped three games in a row for the third time this season, matching its biggest slide of the year. The Celtics are coming off a 109-100 setback to the Pacers in Indiana on Saturday. Paul Pierce recorded 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Celtics. Antoine Walker scored 22 points for Boston, which was fr |
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| Indiana coach Thomas receives two-game suspension |
NBA Basketball |
02/01/2003 |
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| rt altercation between two players during Friday's contest against Toronto. Thomas, Pacers forward Al Harrington and Toronto swingman Morris Peterson were all ejected from the game in the fourth quarter after the altercation. The Pacers defeated the Boston Celtics 109-100 on Saturday night as assistant coach Brendan Malone handled the coaching duties and is taking over the team in Thomas' absence. Harrington and Peterson were running down the court when their feet tangled and Harrington fell to the floor. Bel |
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| Nets take on Pistons aiming for fifth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
02/01/2003 |
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| Harris added 13 points, Jason Collins scored 11 and Anthony Johnson chipped in 10 for New Jersey. The Nets are 11-12 on the road this season and 21-6 against the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Pistons are coming off a home-and-home sweep of the Boston Celtics. Most recently, Detroit handed Boston its worst loss in franchise history with a 118-66 drubbing at the FleetCenter on Friday. Richard Hamilton poured in 29 points and Chauncey Billups added 24 to lead Detroit. Corliss Williamson scored 13 points fo |
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| Celtics hope to rebound from worst-ever loss |
NBA Basketball |
02/01/2003 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (Best E Casino) - The Boston Celtics try to rebound from their worst loss in franchise history Saturday when they travel to Indiana to square off with the Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. The Celtics were absolutely destroyed at home by the Detroit Pistons on Friday, 118-66. Boston, which had set the club mark for worst loss earlier in the season with a 114-69 defeat in Washington on Halloween night, shot just 29.9 percent from the field against Detroit and made only 12-of-19 free throws. Paul |
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| Celtics expected to be without Walker in battle with Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
01/28/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (Best E Casino) - The Boston Celtics attempt to capture their third straight win on Tuesday when they travel to Detroit to take on the Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Tuesday's contest marks the first time the teams have met since last year's postseason, when the Celtics won their second-round series in five games. Boston has won its last two games without forward Antoine Walker, who is sidelined with a knee injury. Walker, who has missed the last three contests overall, could return |
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| McGrady misses contest against Boston |
NBA Basketball |
01/26/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Orlando guard Tracy McGrady did not play in Sunday's 91-83 loss to the Boston Celtics after becoming a father late Saturday night. McGrady left in a rush midway through Saturday's workout at the RDV Sportsplex and hurried home after receiving word that his fianc\xE9e, ClaRenda, had just gone into labor a week earlier than expected. The couple's new baby, Layla, was born later in the day. "It was a good news, bad news call in the middle of practice," said Magic head coach Doc Rivers |
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