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| Wade, Paul, Kidd, Williams set to take part in Skills Challenge |
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02/05/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets, Jason Kidd from the New Jersey Nets and Deron Williams from the Utah Jazz will take part in the NBA All-Star Skills Challenge on February 16. Wade will be looking for his third consecutive Skills Competition victory. Kidd is seeking his second skills championship, as he won the inaugural event in 2003. The Skills Challenge consists of four players competing in a two-round timed obstacle course consisting |
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| Raptors' Ford returns to lineup |
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02/04/2008 |
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| aid. "I was dedicated and I put forth an effort to come back. I don't think people expected me to come in and do the things that I normally do." Ford, who suffered the injury in Toronto's December 11 game against the Atlanta Hawks, scored four points and dished out four assists in just under 17 minutes of action in the Raptors 114-82 blowout win over the Miami Heat. "I didn't expect T.J. Ford to come back so soon," said Raptors forward Chris Bosh. "We are glad to have him back. It's back like old times." |
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| Bosh, Raptors rout Heat |
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02/04/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - Chris Bosh scored 24 points as the Toronto Raptors ran out to a 21 point lead after the first quarter and never looked back en route to a 114-82 thrashing of the hapless Miami Heat. Andrea Bargnani added 22 points and five rebounds as the Raptors won for the fourth time in six games. Anthony Parker contributed 18 points, while Jose Calderon tallied 11 points and doled out 10 assists for Toronto, which shot a blistering 59.5 percent from the field. Raptors point guard T.J. For |
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| Toronto's T.J. Ford gets back on court after 24-game absence |
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02/04/2008 |
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MIAMI (AP) -T.J. Ford returned to the Toronto Raptors' lineup Monday night after missing 24 games with a left arm stinger. The guard entered the Raptors' game against the Miami Heat with 9:55 left in the second quarter. Ford was injured Dec. 11 at Atlanta, when Hawks rookie Al Horford knocked him to the ground. Ford was taken off the court on a stretcher and was hospitalized overnight. He rejoined the Raptors in Miami on Sunday, about four weeks after being cleared to resume workouts. Ford was |
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| Battery charges dropped against ex-Heat player Glen Rice |
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02/04/2008 |
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| ice said. Perez has since told prosecutors he does not want to proceed with the case and charges were dropped Friday, said Ed Griffith, spokesman for the Miami-Dade County state attorney's office. The 40-year-old Rice played six seasons with the Miami Heat and 15 years in the NBA overall, averaging 18.3 points. He was a member of the 2000 Los Angeles Lakers NBA championship team and also played with Charlotte, New York, Houston and the Los Angeles Clippers. Rice won an NCAA championship at Michigan |
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| New Jersey heads south to Atlanta |
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02/02/2008 |
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| hey will also play Philadelphia, the Lakers and Cleveland on the current stand. New Jersey has won two in a row since a nine-game losing streak and will close out a two-game road trip tonight. The Nets opened the brief trek with a 94-85 win over the Miami Heat on Friday at AmericanAirlines Arena. Richard Jefferson scored 25 points and Josh Boone added 15 for the Nets, who are 10-12 away from home this season. Vince Carter chipped in 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Jason Kidd had 11 points and 12 assists, |
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| Wade starts after 1-game flu absence |
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02/01/2008 |
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MIAMI (AP) -All-Star guard Dwyane Wade returned to the Miami Heat starting lineup Friday against the New Jersey Nets, after missing one game this week because of the flu. Wade missed Miami's loss to Orlando on Wednesday. He entered Friday averaging 24.8 points this season, easily the most on Miami's roster.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior writ |
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| Riley says Shaq deserves All-Star role - but the Heat center disagrees |
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02/01/2008 |
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MIAMI (AP) -Hours after Miami Heat coach Pat Riley said he still believes Shaquille O'Neal deserves an All-Star game role, a differing opinion was heard. It was from O'Neal himself. ``As the general of this squad, I wouldn't deserve to be an All-Star,'' O'Neal said Friday evening. ``And if they gave me the spot, I wouldn't take it, because I don't want to be given anything.'' So with that, O'Neal's record-tying streak of 14 consecutive All-Star selections ends. He wasn't voted by fans as an Eas |
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| Heat coach Pat Riley says Shaquille O'Neal deserves an All-Star role |
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02/01/2008 |
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MIAMI (AP) -The voting is complete, the ballots have been counted and Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal's record-tying streak of 14 straight All-Star selections has ended. Right? Well, maybe not. At least, Heat coach Pat Riley isn't quite ready to concede that. ``It's not done yet,'' Riley said Friday. ``The final, final, final decision isn't done yet.'' Stopping short of saying he'll personally urge the NBA to add O'Neal to the Eastern Conference roster for the Feb. 17 game in New Orleans, |
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| Lakers, Raptors meet in Toronto |
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02/01/2008 |
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| , which has captured three of its last four contests and eight of 11 overall. Anthony Parker contributed 15 points, while Jose Calderon netted 11 and handed out 11 assists in the victory. The Raptors are 14-8 at home this season. They will visit the Miami Heat on Monday at AmericanAirlines Arena. This is the first of two meetings between the Lakers and Raptors. LA is scheduled to host Toronto on March 11 at the Staples Center. The teams split a pair of meetings last season. The Lakers have dropped two of |
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