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| Bobcats visit The Palace |
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| oss to Chicago for the Pistons, who had a five-game winning streak halted. Richard Hamilton added 24 points in the defeat, while Rasheed Wallace netted 18 in the loss. The Pistons will visit the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday at the FedExForum and the Houston Rockets on Wednesday at the Toyota Center. Detroit is 6-2 at home this season. Charlotte tries to win back-to-back games. On Saturday, Gerald Wallace scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Bobcats ended a seven-game slide with a 96-93 win over t |
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| Knicks, Sixers finish home-and-home set at MSG |
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12/08/2007 |
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| in defeat. The Sixers are 2-6 on the road, while New York is 5-4 at home this season. Philadelphia has won two of its last three at New York. After tonight's contest, the Sixers return home for a three-game homestand. They are scheduled to host the Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings on the upcoming stand. New York plays the first of a three-game homestand this evening. The Knicks will host the Dallas Mavericks on Monday and the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday at Madison Square Garde |
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| Yao leads Rockets over Nets |
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12/08/2007 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (Best E Casino) - Yao Ming scored 25 points, gripped 11 rebounds and blocked three shots to lead the Houston Rockets to a relatively painless 96-89 victory over the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center. Tracy McGrady had 24 points and six assists for Houston, which never trailed en route to its second straight win overall and fifth in its last five trips to North Jersey. Rafer Alston added 15 points and Shane Battier stuffed the statsheet with 12 points, six assists, five rebounds and three |
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| Nets' Kidd back in starting lineup after sitting out game with migraine |
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12/07/2007 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Jason Kidd was back in the starting lineup for the New Jersey Nets on Friday in their 96-89 loss to the Houston Rockets, two nights after missing a game because of a migraine. Not everyone bought that excuse, sparking some reports that the eight-time All-Star was staging a personal one-day strike to induce a trade or force a new contract. But coach Lawrence Frank said the Nets never doubted Kidd's story. ``We're ready to go,'' Frank said before the game. ``You guys have a j |
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| Rudy Gay continues strong play for Memphis |
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12/07/2007 |
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| Gay, who is playing in his second season in the league, is playing very well for Memphis. The Grizzlies own a poor 6-12 record and sit in last place in the Southwest Division. The 21-year-old Gay, who was originally drafted out of Connecticut by the Houston Rockets with the eighth overall pick in the 2006 draft and was acquired by Memphis in a trade, is averaging a team-best 18.1 points per game. Gay is shooting 47.0 percent from the floor, including 39.2 percent from beyond the arc. Memphis is 6-5 when it sco |
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| Sacramento is hanging in |
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12/07/2007 |
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| ng the way. They are 7-10 overall and sit in fourth place in the Pacific Division, seven games behind the division-leading Phoenix Suns. Sacramento has won three of its last four games overall. The Kings victories were against the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz. Ron Artest, who served a seven-game suspension to start the campaign, has posted 22.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in the nine games he has played in. Artest has scored 20 or more in four straight games and is averaging 22 |
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| Hornets, Grizzlies square off in New Orleans |
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12/07/2007 |
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| his season. They will host rookie phenom Kevin Durant and the Seattle SuperSonics on Sunday at New Orleans Arena. Memphis plays the middle contest of a three-game road trip. On Wednesday, Yao Ming scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets over Memphis, 105-92, at the Toyota Center. Pau Gasol scored 23 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead Memphis, which has dropped two straight and three of its last four games overall. Damon Stoudamire scored 19 points, while Rudy Gay collected |
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| Nets' Jason Kidd expected to play against Houston after sitting out game with migraine |
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12/07/2007 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Jason Kidd attended the New Jersey Nets shootaround Friday and is expected to play against the Houston Rockets. Barring a change in his health, coach Lawrence Frank said Kidd would play. Kidd did not talk to the media. Kidd sat out Wednesday's loss to the New York Knicks because of a migraine, which fueled speculation that the eight-time All-Star was staging a personal one-day strike to induce a trade or force a new contract. On Thursday, Kidd said the migraine prevented hi |
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| New Jersey hosts Yao, Rockets |
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12/07/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New Jersey Nets wrap up a short two-game homestand this evening versus the Houston Rockets at the Izod Center. New Jersey has alternated wins and losses over its last six games and suffered a 100-93 loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday. Richard Jefferson scored 31 points and Vince Carter added 19 for the Nets, who lost one day after winning by 21 points over Cleveland. The Nets were without guard Jason Kidd (migraine) and guard Antoine Wright (shoulder) against the Knicks. Kidd and |
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| Nets' Jason Kidd says migraine caused him to miss Knicks game, not unhappiness |
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12/06/2007 |
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| ress. ``He was very hurt about some of things in some of the articles.'' Kidd said he watched the game in a dark room at home on Wednesday night and then went to bed. He still had a headache on Thursday. He hoped to play here on Friday against the Houston Rockets. ``It's not something that needs to be a big deal, but somehow it has turned into a bigger deal than it is,'' Kidd said. ``We'll move forward and hopefully the migraine will go away.'' The 13-year veteran is currently second in the league to Ste |
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