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| Kobe silencing his skeptics |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| nk Bryant was going be able to take a one-man show to the promised land. With the presence of Gasol to take the pressure off, a more confident Kobe has effectively put the Lakers on his back in the postseason. He led them to impressive wins over the Denver Nuggets in round one and the Utah Jazz in the semis. The 29-year-old Bryant is averaging 31.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.0 assists in this year's playoffs, while shooting 50.7 percent from the floor and over 80 percent at the charity stripe. He has hit big |
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| Karl undergoes successful surgery |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl underwent successful surgery to replace his left hip Tuesday. The surgery was performed at Rose Hospital by Dr. Hal Crane of Orthopedic Associates and lasted more than two hours. In his third full season with the Nuggets Karl led his squad to a 50-32 record, good enough for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The Nuggets were swept by the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round. Karl, who first joined the team in the |
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| Nuggets' coach George Karl has hip replacement surgery |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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DENVER (AP) -The Denver Nuggets say coach George Karl has undergone left hip replacement surgery. The team says the operation Tuesday lasted two hours. Karl is expected to resume walking without a cane in a week to 10 days. Karl was treated for prostrate cancer in 2005.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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| Jazz host Lakers in Game 6 of West semis |
NBA Basketball |
05/16/2008 |
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| Jazz have met in the playoffs. Los Angeles defeated the Jazz in seven games in the 1988 West semis. Utah knocked out the Lakers in five, 4-1, in the 1997 semifinals and swept LA in the 1998 conference finals. The Lakers, who swept the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets, 4-0, in round one, have been victorious in four of their last five trips to the semifinals. They fell in six games, 4-2, to the Spurs in the 2003 Western Conference semis. In the regular season, Los Angeles won its first Pacific Division crown sinc |
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| Dunlap leaves Nuggets for U of Arizona job |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2008 |
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DENVER (AP) -Mike Dunlap is leaving his job as a Denver Nuggets assistant coach to serve on Lute Olson's staff at the University of Arizona. Dunlap served on coach George Karl's staff the last two seasons after a highly successful stint at Metro State College of Denver. He went 248-50 and won two NCAA Division II national titles, in 2000 and 2002. Dunlap was a candidate for head coaching jobs at Oregon State and California this spring. He also interviewed with the Chicago Bulls for their head coaching |
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| Jazz, Lakers battle in pivotal Game 5 of West semis |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2008 |
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| Jazz have met in the playoffs. Los Angeles defeated the Jazz in seven games in the 1988 West semis. Utah knocked out the Lakers in five, 4-1, in the 1997 semifinals and swept LA in the 1998 conference finals. The Lakers, who swept the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets, 4-0, in round one, have been victorious in four of their last five trips to the semifinals. They fell in six games, 4-2, to the Spurs in the 2003 Western Conference semis. In the regular season, Los Angeles won its first Pacific Division crown sinc |
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| D'Antoni introduced as new Knicks coach |
NBA Basketball |
05/13/2008 |
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| enough defense to win in the playoffs. "I think every coach tries to coach both sides of the ball," D'Antoni stated. "We just try to put the players into position to win, whether it's offensively or defensively. I think our guys got a little bit of a bad rap in Phoenix for not playing defense. "We want to win a championship. I know all the components you have to have. You have to have great offense and great defense." D'Antoni also coached 50 games with the Denver Nuggets in 1998-99 and amassed a 14-36 mark. |
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| Bryant, Garnett lead All-Defensive Team |
NBA Basketball |
05/12/2008 |
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| es. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. Garnett led a defense that held opponents to 90.3 points per game and a league best .418 field goal shooting percentage. Camby had a league-leading 3.61 blocked shots per game for the Denver Nuggets and was second in rebounds (13.1 per game). Duncan, on the team for the 11th time, and Bowen, making the team for the eighth time, play for the San Antonio Spurs. The second team is Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets, Chris Paul of the New Orlea |
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| Garnett, Bryant headline All-Defensive Team |
NBA Basketball |
05/12/2008 |
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| rs received 52 points overall, including 24 first-place nods. Spurs forward Tim Duncan, making his 11th consecutive appearance, joins Garnett and Bryant on the first team, along with teammate Bruce Bowen and last year's Defensive Player of the Year, Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby. The NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Houston forward Shane Battier, guard Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets, Orlando center Dwight Howard, Detroit forward Tayshaun Prince and Phoenix guard Raja Bell. The voting pane |
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| Report: Mayo got cash, benefits from promoter |
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05/11/2008 |
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| allow these allegations to become a distraction to me and my family,'' Mayo said in a statement to ESPN. ``I have not engaged in any wrongdoing.'' Mayo got into some minor trouble with the NCAA earlier this year after he accepted free tickets from Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony to an NBA game. Mayo didn't miss any games but had to contribute $460 - the total value of the two tickets - to a charitable organization. USC said in a statement that NCAA and Pac-10 officials have looked into Mayo's statu |
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