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| Iverson leads Pistons into Beantown |
NBA Basketball |
11/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Allen Iverson and the Detroit Pistons will try to knock off another NBA giant when they visit the defending champion Boston Celtics tonight in a battle of Eastern Conference powerhouses. The Pistons have won four of their last five games, including victories over the Lakers, Suns and Cavaliers. In Wednesday's 96-89 win versus Cleveland at The Palace, Iverson finished with 23 points, four steals and four assists to help end the Cavs' eight-game winning streak. Rasheed Wallace scored 21 poin |
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| Garnett-less Celtics host Knicks in Beantown |
NBA Basketball |
11/18/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Boston Celtics will be without star forward Kevin Garnett when they begin a short two-game homestand by welcoming division-rival New York to TD Banknorth Garden. Garnett will sit out after being suspended for hitting Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut during the Celtics 102-97 overtime win on Saturday. The Celtics rebounded from their first home loss of the 2008-09 season when Ray Allen finished with 27 points and made four key free throws late in overtime. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 28 po |
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| Nuggets welcome Bucks to Pepsi Center |
NBA Basketball |
11/18/2008 |
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| fort. J.R. Smith and Linas Kleiza came off the bench and posted 14 and 11 points, respectively, for the victors. The Bucks suffered a heartbreaker Saturday when Ray Allen finished with 27 points and made four key free throws late in overtime, as the Boston Celtics pulled out a 102-97 win over Milwaukee. Andrew Bogut led the Bucks with 20 points despite not playing in the final four minutes of regulation and overtime. He was ejected with 3:58 left after receiving his second technical foul over an altercation w |
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| Boston F Garnett suspended one game |
NBA Basketball |
11/17/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett has been suspended for one game without pay for throwing a punch at Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut. In the Celtics' 102-97 overtime victory over Milwaukee on Saturday, Garnett reached out with his left arm and smacked Bogut in the forehead with 3:58 left in the fourth. Bogut had elbowed Garnett during a play under the basket, and both players received technical fouls in the altercation. Bogut had already received one technical foul at |
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| Nuggets, T-Wolves square off at Pepsi Center |
NBA Basketball |
11/16/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Denver Nuggets will welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves to town this evening for a showdown at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets have won four of their last five games, including Friday's 94-85 victory over the defending champion Boston Celtics at TD Banknorth Garden. Carmelo Anthony finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds for Denver, which wrapped up a three-game swing with a 2-1 record. Chauncey Billups also had 18 points and added seven assists while Kenyon Martin had 16 points in the wi |
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| Allen lifts Celtics over Bucks in OT |
NBA Basketball |
11/16/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Ray Allen finished with 27 points and made four key free throws late in overtime, as the Boston Celtics pulled out a 102-97 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points -- including a 14-for-15 effort from the free-throw line. Kevin Garnett scored 15 before fouling out as the Celtics rebounded from a loss Friday to Denver. They have won seven of eight overall. Andrew Bogut led Milwaukee with 20 points despite not playing in the final four minutes of reg |
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| Celtics, Bucks square off at Bradley Center |
NBA Basketball |
11/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Boston Celtics will hit the road tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center. Boston went 2-1 on a three-game homestand and had a six-game winning streak stopped with Friday's 94-85 loss to the Denver Nuggets at TD Banknorth Garden. Carmelo Anthony finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead Denver. Ray Allen led all scorers with 26 points in Boston's first home loss of the season. The defending champion Celtics had won their first five in Beantown. Paul Pierce added |
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| NBA Southeast: Youth movement paying off in Atlanta |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| on. He suffered the injury last Friday against Toronto and swelling has subsided since then. Johnson is leading the team in scoring with 24.4 ppg in seven contests this season for the Hawks, who have the second-best record in the East behind the 8-1 Boston Celtics. Atlanta's success can be attributed to a tough defense that has allowed 91.4 points per games, good enough for fifth in the NBA. Horford has been a big difference on the defensive end with 13 blocks over his last three games. He had 27 points, 17 r |
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| It's Celtics-Lakers in a two-horse race |
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11/14/2008 |
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| ead newspapers) and immediately navigate to the sports section. But, at the risk of sounding haughty, I do consider myself rather well-read, and will eventually peek through the "more important" parts of the paper. And I have to admit when I see the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers dominating things in the NBA, I almost expect to see Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev on the front page, signing some kind of treaty in Iceland. It's been a very long time since Magic Johnson and Larry Bird "rescued" the NB |
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| Nets welcome high-flying Hawks to Izod Center |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| y take on the New Jersey Nets in the opener of a home-and-home series at the Izod Center. Atlanta had won its first six games of the season before falling to 2-1 on the trek following Wednesday's heart-breaking 103-102 loss to the defending champion Boston Celtics at TD Banknorth Garden. Celtics star Paul Pierce hit a fade-away jumper with 0.5 seconds to play and scored 34 points in the win. Joe Johnson had a team-high 28 points and seven assists for the Hawks, who were off to their best start since winning t |
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