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| Flip Saunders fired by Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
06/03/2008 |
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| three seasons, the Pistons were 176-70 in the regular season and 30-21 in the postseason, but they lost in the Eastern Conference finals each year. The Pistons have appeared in six straight conference finals, the first franchise to do so since the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s. But they also are the second team in league history to lose in the round before the NBA finals three years in a row, joining the Celtics from 1953-55. Dumars decided a year ago to bring back key players who have been together since t |
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| Derek Fisher has thrived in return to Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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| p>Fisher flashed a smile Monday at the mention of his nearly 2-year-old daughter, whose battle with retinoblastoma - cancer in the left eye - drew national attention last spring. ``She's doing great,'' he said. So is her father. Fisher and the Los Angeles Lakers face the Celtics in the NBA finals beginning Thursday night in Boston - a development he couldn't have imagined last July when he returned to the team for which he played from 1996-2004. ``This doesn't come around every season, and there have been |
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| NBA Finals Preview - Boston vs. LA Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - One of the greatest rivalries in sports will be renewed in the 2008 NBA Finals, as the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers battle in a best-of-seven series. The first two games of the series will be played at TD Banknorth Garden, while Games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary) will take place at the Staples Center. If the set goes to a sixth and seventh game, Boston would host those contests. This is the 11th time these storied franchises will square off in the championship round. Boston has won eight |
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| Celtics' Tony Allen doubtful for NBA finals |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers says Tony Allen might not be back from an injury to guard Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant when the NBA finals begin Thursday night. ``It doesn't look good,'' Rivers said after practice on Monday. ``He couldn't get through even the walkthrough portion.'' Allen had some success against Bryant in the regular season, but the Celtics guard injured his Achilles tendon in a post-practice pickup game during the Eastern Conference finals and hasn't played sin |
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| NBA Finals - A long wait until game one |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Lakers ended their series with San Antonio last Thursday, and Boston wrapped up the Eastern Conference Finals the following evening, yet game one of the NBA Finals is being held hostage by the powers that be until Thursday? The last time the Lakers and Celtics hooked up for the NBA Championship was over 20 years ago, and now the public will have to wait even longer, almost a full week after the match up between LA and Boston was finalized. This isn't anything n |
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| Celtics turnaround didn't just start on lottery day |
NBA Basketball |
06/01/2008 |
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| age of their opportunities just fine after the lottery setback, landing Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in trades that helped them reach the NBA finals for the first time since Ainge and the original Big Three made it there in 1987. Game 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers is Thursday night. In a series of interviews over the weekend, the owners who bought the team in 2002 explained the turnaround from 24-58 lottery loser to Eastern Conference champion. It didn't happen that night at the draft lottery, and it didn't |
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| Red Sox game to start one hour earlier Thursday |
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05/31/2008 |
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BOSTON (AP) -The Red Sox will start Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays one hour earlier to enable Boston Celtics fans to watch Game 1 of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Red Sox President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Lucchino announced the decision Saturday, saying he will also be rooting for the Celtics as they look for a record 17th NBA championship. The Rays-Red Sox game will now start at 6:05 p.m. EDT. The Lakers and Celtics are scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Boston last won |
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| Position-by-position matchups for the NBA finals |
NBA Basketball |
05/31/2008 |
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A position-by-position look at the matchups in the NBA finals between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. CENTER: Kendrick Perkins vs. Pau Gasol. The Lakers wouldn't be here without their midseason acquisition of Gasol from Memphis. He's a good passer for a big man, making him an excellent fit for the triangle offense, and is shooting 53 percent in the postseason while averaging 17.7 points. Perkins made 61.5 percent of his shots in the regular season and had some strong games in the Eastern Conferenc |
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| Horry says return 'up in the air' |
NBA Basketball |
05/31/2008 |
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| a chance of winning, have a team that I can respect and players I like and think I can go out and enjoy battling with, I'll look at that situation but other than that, no.'' Horry won two titles each with Houston and San Antonio and three with the Los Angeles Lakers. He's one of only eight players in league history with seven or more rings.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed w |
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| Ginobili expects to be OK for Beijing |
NBA Basketball |
05/31/2008 |
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| me that in a week, 10 days I'll be totally fine,'' Ginobili said. ``So I trust them and I think I'm going to be perfectly healed.'' Ginobili hurt his left ankle early in the playoffs and it hampered him in the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. After averaging 18.2 and 21.3 points in the first two series against Phoenix and New Orleans, Ginobili's output fell to 12.6 points. The Spurs, the defending champions, were ousted by the Lakers in Game 5 on Thursday night. Ginobili, winner of |
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