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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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| Jazz host Lakers in Game 4 of West semis |
NBA Basketball |
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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