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| Jazz host Lakers in Game 4 of West semis |
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05/11/2008 |
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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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| Jazz need a win in Game 3 versus Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
05/09/2008 |
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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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| Nets promote Vandeweghe to general manager |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2008 |
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| thank Mr. Ratner and Rod for the opportunity, and I look forward to working with Rod, the coaching staff and the players as we attempt to reestablish the Nets as one of the premier teams in the league." Vandeweghe had previously served as GM for the Denver Nuggets from 2001-2006, reshaping the club which won only 17 games in 2002-2003 into a solid playoff club in the Western Conference. Perhaps his best move in that period was drafting Carmelo Anthony with the third-overall pick in the 2003 draft. Prior to hi |
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| Nets promote Kiki Vandeweghe to general manager |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2008 |
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| r and front office executive would be an invaluable asset to both myself and the franchise, and his work in the ensuing months has reinforced that belief.'' The general manager's job is the second for Vandeweghe. He held the same position with the Denver Nuggets from August 2001 until the end of the 2005-06 season. Neither Vandeweghe nor the Nets disclosed terms of his new contract. ``I hope that I have had some positive influence as to the roster and the direction,'' said Vandeweghe, whose initial five |
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| Lakers try to take 2-0 lead over Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
05/07/2008 |
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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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| Bryant named MVP |
NBA Basketball |
05/06/2008 |
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| opment of this team has been amazing. There is nothing like winning a championship, but this is special." Bryant's highest finish in the MVP race before now occurred last season when he finished third behind Nowitzki and Phoenix's Steve Nash. The 12-year veteran carried the Lakers past the Denver Nuggets with a sweep in the first round of the playoffs, averaging a dominant 35.5 points per game. Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the other Lakers to have been bestowed with MVP honors. |
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| Bryant is the best all-around player in the NBA |
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05/06/2008 |
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| ds and 5.4 assists. He shot 45.9 percent from the floor, including 36.1 percent from three-point range, and made 84 percent of his attempts from the charity stripe. The 29-year-old Bryant, who played a huge role in the Lakers' four-game sweep of the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the postseason, has won three championships (2000-02) during his career. All three came with Shaquille O'Neal, and Bryant is on a mission this year to prove that HE can lead a team to an NBA title. There is no doubting the fact |
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| Suns give D'Antoni permission to talk to other teams |
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05/05/2008 |
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| the Western Conference playoffs. The 2004-05 NBA Coach of the Year, D'Antoni led the Suns to a 253-136 record in nearly five full season with the team after taking the helm 30 games into the 2003-04 campaign. D'Antoni also coached 50 games with the Denver Nuggets in 1998-99 and amassed a 14-36 mark. The Suns have won at least 54 games in each of D'Antoni's four full seasons, including three straight Pacific Division titles from 2005-07, but Phoenix was just 26-25 in the postseason under D'Antoni and never re |
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| Report: Lakers C Bynum done for season |
NBA Basketball |
05/03/2008 |
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| g in his knee, but is still experiencing pain. The 20-year-old was in the middle of a breakout year before suffering the injury, averaging 13.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots in 35 games. The Lakers finished off a four-game sweep of the Denver Nuggets on Monday in the first round of the Western Conference finals and will face the Utah Jazz in the conference semifinals. Pau Gasol, acquired from Memphis in February to make up for Bynum's absence, averaged 22.2 points and nine rebounds in the sweep |
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| Report: Bryant to be named MVP |
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05/03/2008 |
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| Pau Gasol that ultimately sparked the Lakers' and Bryant's turnaround. Bryant's highest finish in the MVP race, voted on by NBA writers and broadcasters, occurred last season when he finished third behind winner Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. The 12-year veteran carried the Lakers past the Denver Nuggets with a sweep in the first round of the playoffs, averaging a dominant 35.5 points per game. Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the other Lakers to have been bestowed with MVP honors. |
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