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| Pistons host Grizzlies in Motown |
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12/21/2007 |
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| d to 10-2 in its last 12 contests overall. Richard Hamilton ended with 21 points, while Antonio McDyess chipped in 13 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Boston for Detroit. The Pistons are 9-2 at home this season. They will host Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets on Sunday at The Palace. The Grizzlies are also fresh off a big victory. Rudy Gay's buzzer-beating three-pointer in the face of Tim Duncan was Memphis' only field goal in the final seven minutes as the Grizzlies recovered from blowing a 23-point sec |
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| Jazz continue road trip in Orlando |
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12/21/2007 |
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| ng sent back to Utah. Giricek, who is not expected to be with the team tonight in Orlando, is averaging a career-low 4.3 points in 22 games this season. Orlando, meanwhile, just split a pair of games on the road and recorded a 97-92 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday at the Toyota Center. Dwight Howard poured in 21 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for the Magic, who won for just the second time in seven games. Keyon Dooling came off the bench to score 15 points in a winning cause. The Magic have l |
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| Carter's last-second jumper gives Nuggets 2-OT win over Rockets |
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12/21/2007 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Anthony Carter hit a leaning jump shot with less than a second to go in the second overtime to give the Denver Nuggets a hard- fought 112-111 victory over the shorthanded Houston Rockets at the Pepsi Center. Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points and pulled down 16 rebounds and Allen Iverson went for 36 points and nine assists as Denver won for the fourth time in its last six outings and stopped a two-game losing skid. Yao Ming had 26 points, 19 rebounds and a pair of go-ahead free thr |
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| Rockets open trip at Denver |
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12/20/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Houston Rockets will start a four-game road trip this evening, when they take on the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. The Rockets will also visit Chicago, Detroit and Memphis on the trek and are 6-8 as the visitor this season. They have lost two straight overall and four of the last five games, including Wednesday's 97-92 setback to the Orlando Magic at the Toyota Center. Yao Ming recorded 19 points and 17 rebounds for the Rockets, who shot a season-low 34.1 percent from the floor. T |
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| Magic hold off Rockets; McGrady hurt |
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12/20/2007 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Dwight Howard poured in 21 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and Orlando played stellar defense in a 97-92 victory over the Houston Rockets. All five Magic players scored in double figures and Keyon Dooling came off the bench for 15 more, as Orlando snapped a two-game skid and beat the Rockets for just the fourth time in the last 14 meetings. Yao Ming tallied 19 points and 17 rebounds for the Rockets, who shot a season- low 34.1 percent. Tracy McGrady, who had three points on |
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| McGrady leaves Rockets game with knee injury |
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12/19/2007 |
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HOUSTON (AP) -Houston Rockets star Tracy McGrady left Wednesday night's game against the Orlando Magic with a sore left knee. McGrady missed 10 of 11 shots and was limping noticeably in the first half. He didn't come out with his team for the second half. He bruised his left knee in Saturday's loss to Dallas and went 5-of-18 from the field in that game. McGrady said it wasn't his choice to come out of Wednesday's game. ``Doctors, coaches and trainers saw how I was moving out there and decided to shut |
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| Nowitzki, Mavericks not playing their best |
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12/17/2007 |
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| vericks on February 4, 2008 at Amway Arena. Dallas opens a three-game homestand against the Magic. On Saturday, Josh Howard scored 23 points, and Nowitzki posted 20 points, six rebounds and eight assists to lead the Mavericks to a 96-83 win over the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. Jerry Stackhouse scored 17 points in the win over Houston for the Mavericks, who have won two straight and four of their last five games overall. Devin Harris finished with 14 points and seven assists for Dallas. The Mavericks |
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| Magic travel to Dallas |
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12/17/2007 |
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| y 4, 2008 at Amway Arena. Dallas opens a three-game homestand against the Magic. On Saturday, Josh Howard scored 23 points, and reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki posted 20 points, six rebounds and eight assists to lead the Mavericks to a 96-83 win over the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. Jerry Stackhouse scored 17 points in the win over Houston for the Mavericks, who have won two straight and four of their last five games overall. Devin Harris finished with 14 points and seven assists for Dallas. The Mavericks |
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| Battier leaves Rockets game with head injury |
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12/15/2007 |
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HOUSTON (AP) - Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier left Saturday night's game against Dallas after getting elbowed in the head by Dirk Nowitzki, a blow that opened a bloody gash. The two were going after a miss by Yao Ming late in the first quarter. Battier went straight to the bench after taking the hit and grabbed a towel as blood spilled on the floor. Trainer Keith Jones walked Battier to the locker room, where he got four stitches. The 6-foot-8 Battier is Houston's third-leading scorer, averagin |
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| Spurs try to stay perfect at home vs. Nuggets |
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12/15/2007 |
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| win for the Nuggets, who are in first place in the Northwest Division. Marcus Camby posted 14 points and 15 rebounds in the victory. Denver is 4-5 on the road this season. The Nuggets return home to host the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday and the Houston Rockets on Thursday at the Pepsi Center. The defending world champion Spurs have dropped two in a row for the first time this season. On Thursday, superstar Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 30 points, as the Los Angeles Lakers downed the depleted Spurs, 102-9 |
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