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| Saunders won't return to Detroit |
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06/03/2008 |
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| rom that particular seat," Dumars said at an afternoon press conference. The Pistons went 59-23 this season, good for the second-best record in the NBA, and advanced to the conference finals for the sixth straight season. They were eliminated by the Boston Celtics in six games, however. Saunders inherited the defending Eastern Conference champs when he was hired by Detroit in July 2005, and the Pistons didn't miss a beat under their new coach in his first season. The Pistons rolled to a 24-3 start, and won a |
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| Pistons fire Saunders; Dumars open to more changes |
NBA Basketball |
06/03/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -Flip Saunders was fired as the Pistons' coach Tuesday, four days after Detroit was eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Celtics. And more changes could be on the way for a team bounced from three straight conference finals. ``Make no mistake, everybody is in play right now,'' said Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president of basketball operations. ``There are no sacred cows here. You lose that sacred cow status when you lose three straight years.'' Saunders had a year left on a |
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| Flip Saunders fired by Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
06/03/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -Flip Saunders was fired as Detroit Pistons coach Tuesday, four days after his team was eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. President of basketball operations Joe Dumars said it's ``time for a new voice to lead our team.'' Saunders had a year left on a four-year deal he signed in 2005. The decision comes three years after Saunders took over for Larry Brown, who led the Pistons to two straight NBA finals. ``Decisions like this are difficult to make |
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| NBA Finals Preview - Boston vs. LA Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - One of the greatest rivalries in sports will be renewed in the 2008 NBA Finals, as the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers battle in a best-of-seven series. The first two games of the series will be played at TD Banknorth Garden, while Games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary) will take place at the Staples Center. If the set goes to a sixth and seventh game, Boston would host those contests. This is the 11th time these storied franchises will square off in the championship round. Boston has won e |
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| Celtics' Tony Allen doubtful for NBA finals |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers says Tony Allen might not be back from an injury to guard Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant when the NBA finals begin Thursday night. ``It doesn't look good,'' Rivers said after practice on Monday. ``He couldn't get through even the walkthrough portion.'' Allen had some success against Bryant in the regular season, but the Celtics guard injured his Achilles tendon in a post-practice pickup game during the Eastern Conference finals and hasn't played |
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| Former executive with NBA's Royals, Kings Dies |
NBA Basketball |
06/01/2008 |
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| Cincinnati. The Royals had to settle for Charlie Paulk and Flynn Robinson in the trade. Axelson at other times traded away Jerry Lucas, Nate Archibald and Norm Van Lier. Among his moves as president of the Kings in Sacramento was to hire former Boston Celtics great Bill Russell as coach. Russell previously had coached at Boston and Seattle, but had been out of coaching for 10 years. The Kings foundered, Russell didn't last a full season before being moved into the front office, and Axelson was demoted to |
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| Celtics turnaround didn't just start on lottery day |
NBA Basketball |
06/01/2008 |
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BOSTON (AP) - This is not how the Boston Celtics planned to get back to the NBA finals. The league's luckiest franchise saw its luck run out - again - in the draft lottery last year, coming up with the worst possible pick and no shot at the megastars slotted 1-2. What the Celtics couldn't know at the time was that it was the best thing that could have happened. ``We hit rock bottom with the lottery - as bad as we could do - and then Danny (Ainge) went to work,'' co-owner Bob Epstein said Sunday. ``Not |
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| Red Sox game to start one hour earlier Thursday |
MLB Baseball |
05/31/2008 |
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BOSTON (AP) -The Red Sox will start Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays one hour earlier to enable Boston Celtics fans to watch Game 1 of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Red Sox President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Lucchino announced the decision Saturday, saying he will also be rooting for the Celtics as they look for a record 17th NBA championship. The Rays-Red Sox game will now start at 6:05 p.m. EDT. The Lakers and Celtics are scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Boston last |
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| Position-by-position matchups for the NBA finals |
NBA Basketball |
05/31/2008 |
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A position-by-position look at the matchups in the NBA finals between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. CENTER: Kendrick Perkins vs. Pau Gasol. The Lakers wouldn't be here without their midseason acquisition of Gasol from Memphis. He's a good passer for a big man, making him an excellent fit for the triangle offense, and is shooting 53 percent in the postseason while averaging 17.7 points. Perkins made 61.5 percent of his shots in the regular season and had some strong games in the Eastern Confe |
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| Future uncertain for Wallace, Saunders and Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
05/31/2008 |
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| infuriate teammates and those who root for them. ``It's like we tease each other, tease our fans,'' Antonio McDyess said. ``Give them a good dose in the beginning, and let them down in the end.'' Detroit was good and composed enough to hand the Boston Celtics their first home loss in the playoffs in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. But the Pistons were dysfunctional enough to waste an opportunity in Game 3 and to blow a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter Friday night as Boston ended Detroit's |
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