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| Homecourt advantage continues in Miami as Heat move on |
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05/05/2004 |
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| s with an 85-77 victory over New Orleans in the decisive seventh game of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at AmericanAirlines Arena. Lamar Odom chipped in 16 points and nine boards for the fourth-seeded Heat, who will face the top-seeded Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals. Game 1 is scheduled for Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse. "I'm not talking about Indiana tonight," said Miami head coach Stan Van Gundy. "That's out. I'm enjoying this for at least three or four hours." Brian Grant collec |
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| Hornets hope to withstand Heat in Miami |
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05/04/2004 |
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| k) - The New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat play for their playoff lives tonight, as they meet in the decisive Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at AmericanAirlines Arena. The winner of tonight's contest will face the top-seeded Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals. The best-of-seven series is scheduled to begin on Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse. With the Hornets trailing the series 3-2, P.J. Brown collected 16 points and nine rebounds to lead New Orleans over Miami, 89-83, on Sund |
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| Heat and Hornets meet in decisive Game 7 |
NBA Basketball |
05/04/2004 |
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| k) - The New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat play for their playoff lives tonight, as they meet in the decisive Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at AmericanAirlines Arena. The winner of tonight's contest will face the top-seeded Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals. The best-of-seven series is scheduled to begin on Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse. With the Hornets trailing the series 3-2, P.J. Brown collected 16 points and nine rebounds to lead New Orleans over Miami, 89-83, on Sund |
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| Garnett named MVP |
NBA Basketball |
05/03/2004 |
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| rward Tim Duncan, who captured the award the two previous seasons. Selected out of Farragut Academy High School in Illinois by Minnesota in the first round (fifth pick overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft, the 27-year-old Garnett has averaged 20.0 points and 10.8 rebounds in 693 regular-season games. Other candidates for the award this season were Duncan, Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal, Sacramento Kings forward Peja Stojakovic, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and New Orleans Hornets guard Baron Davis. |
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| Ainge hired the right coach |
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04/30/2004 |
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| (1975-76) and Boston (1979-80)) and Red Auerbach (1964-65) for whom the trophy is named. The Celtics, who finished the regular season with a record of 36-46, made the playoffs as the eighth seed and were swept out of the playoffs by the top- seeded Indiana Pacers. Boston's head of basketball operations Danny Ainge has made a mess of things in Boston. Before the 2003-04 season, he traded three-time All-Star Antoine Walker along with Tony Delk to Dallas for Raef LaFrentz, Jiri Welsch, Chris Mills and the Maver |
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| Can Rivers cure the Celtics? |
NBA Basketball |
04/30/2004 |
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| (1975-76) and Boston (1979-80)) and Red Auerbach (1964-65) for whom the trophy is named. The Celtics, who finished the regular season with a record of 36-46, made the playoffs as the eighth seed and were swept out of the playoffs by the top- seeded Indiana Pacers. Boston's head of basketball operations Danny Ainge has made a mess of things in Boston. Before the 2003-04 season, he traded three-time All-Star Antoine Walker along with Tony Delk to Dallas for Raef LaFrentz, Jiri Welsch, Chris Mills and the Maver |
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| Celtics name Rivers head coach |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2004 |
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| nouncement. Rivers was fired by the Orlando Magic this past season after starting 1-10. The 1999-2000 NBA Coach of the Year replaces interim coach John Carroll, who was fired after the Celtics were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers. Rivers had been the Orlando coach since June 7, 1999 and produced a 171-168 record. In his tenure, the Magic made the playoffs three times. Carroll took over for the final 36 games of the season after head coach Jim O'Brien resigned due to differen |
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| Artest highlights NBA's All-Defensive First Team |
NBA Basketball |
04/26/2004 |
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| === Artest highlights NBA's All-Defensive First Team === New York, NY (Best E Casino) - The NBA announced its 2003-04 All-Defensive Teams on Monday and Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest led all players in voting. Artest, who was recently named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, made his first appearance on the All-Defensive First Team. He finished third in the league in steals with an average of 2.08 per contest and also held opposing players to just 8.1 points per outing. Joining Artest on the First Tea |
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| Garnett leads All-NBA First Team |
NBA Basketball |
04/25/2004 |
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| he All-NBA First Team for a fifth straight year. He posted 21.5 points per game and led the league with a 58.4 field-goal percentage. The 7-1 O'Neal also averaged 11.5 rebounds and blocked 2.48 shots per game. The All-NBA Second Team consists of the Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O’Neal, Sacramento Kings forward Peja Stojakovic, Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Sam Cassell and Orlando Magic guard Tracy McGrady, who led the league in scoring averaging 28.0 points per outing. |
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| Celtics and Pacers continue series in Beantown |
NBA Basketball |
04/23/2004 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - The Indiana Pacers will have Defensive Player of the Year Ron Artest back in the lineup tonight, as they try to take a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Boston Celtics at the FleetCenter. The top-seeded Pacers beat the No. 8 Celtics 104-88 in Game 1, and were able to defeat Boston 103-90 in Game 2, with both contests at Conseco Fieldhouse.. Artest missed game 2 because he had been suspended one game for leaving the bench in Game 1 |
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