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| Cavs, Heat open Christmas Day tripleheader |
NBA Basketball |
12/25/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers play the first of an NBA tripleheader on Christmas Day, as the teams battle this afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena. This is the first meeting of the season between the clubs. The Heat were 3-1 against the Cavaliers last season. Miami has lost three of its last five at Cleveland. The Heat, who are playing for the fourth straight year on Christmas Day, enter today's contest fresh off a big victory. On Saturday, Dwyane Wade drained a jumper at the buz |
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| Bah humbug: Bulls fire Skiles |
NBA Basketball |
12/24/2007 |
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| , IL (Best E Casino) - The Chicago Bulls have fired head coach Scott Skiles after a disappointing start to the season. Skiles has guided the Bulls to a 9-16 record this year, good for last place in the Central Division. Only the New York Knicks and Miami Heat have less wins in the Eastern Conference. "This was a difficult decision to make, but one that was necessary at this time," said team executive vice president of basketball operations John Paxson in a statement. "Scott helped us in many ways during |
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| Warriors wrap up road trip against LeBron, Cavs |
NBA Basketball |
12/23/2007 |
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| ueling Kobe Bryant to lead the Cavaliers to a 94-90 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday at Quicken Loans Arena. Daniel Gibson added 15 points, including the game-sealing free throws, while Anderson Varejao scored 11 to go with a game-high 15 rebounds for Cleveland, which used a 16-0 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters in the win over the Lakers. The Cavaliers are 7-5 at home this season. They will host the Miami Heat for an afternoon contest on Christmas Day at Quicken Loans Arena. |
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| Warriors wraps up road trip against LeBron, Cavs |
NBA Basketball |
12/23/2007 |
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| ueling Kobe Bryant to lead the Cavaliers to a 94-90 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday at Quicken Loans Arena. Daniel Gibson added 15 points, including the game-sealing free throws, while Anderson Varejao scored 11 to go with a game-high 15 rebounds for Cleveland, which used a 16-0 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters in the win over the Lakers. The Cavaliers are 7-5 at home this season. They will host the Miami Heat for an afternoon contest on Christmas Day at Quicken Loans Arena. |
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| Wade drains buzzer-beater to lift Heat past Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
12/23/2007 |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - Dwyane Wade hit a jumper at the buzzer to lift the Miami Heat over the Utah Jazz, 104-102, at AmericanAirlines Arena. Wade ended with 20 points and six assists for Miami, which ended a two-game slide and avoided a third straight overtime game. Shaquille O'Neal ended with 17 points and 10 boards, but fouled out in his career-high fifth straight game, as the Heat won for just the fourth time in 13 games. Deron Williams had 22 points and seven assists and Andrei Kirilenko record |
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| San Antonio Spurs retire Avery Johnson's No. 6 |
NBA Basketball |
12/22/2007 |
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| Johnson appeared in 1,054 regular-season games, averaging 8.4 points and 5.5 assists. He has coached the Mavericks since March 2005 and won Coach of the Year for the 2005-06 season. He led the Mavs to the NBA finals in 2006, where they lost to the Miami Heat. The former point guard is the career leader in assists (4,474) for the Spurs and ranks fifth in games played (644) and steals (712) and eighth in points (6,484). James Silas, George Gervin, Johnny Moore, David Robinson and Sean Elliott also hav |
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| Grizzlies open homestand against Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
12/22/2007 |
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| red a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers downed the Sixers, 106-101, at the Wachovia Center. Andre Miller finished with 21 points and eight assists in the loss to the Lakers for the Sixers, who have lost three of their last four games overall. Andre Iguodala scored 20 points and handed out nine assists, while Willie Green had 16 points in defeat. The Sixers are 4-7 as the visitor this season. They return home to host the Miami Heat on Wednesday at the Wachovia Center. |
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| Heat, Jazz meet in Miami |
NBA Basketball |
12/22/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The disappointing Miami Heat welcome the Utah Jazz tonight to AmericanAirlines Arena. This is the second and final meeting of the campaign between the squads. On December 3rd, Carlos Boozer finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds and Deron Williams collected 24 points and 15 assists to lead the Jazz over Miami, 110-101, at EnergySolutions Arena. Utah has lost four straight after winning its last three at Miami. The Heat try to put the brakes on a two-game losing streak against Utah. On |
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| Warriors continue road trip in New Jersey |
NBA Basketball |
12/22/2007 |
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| y tries to win back-to-back games, as it opens a three-game homestand. Vince Carter scored 31 points, hitting a clutch three-pointer towards the end of regulation and making all four free throws down the stretch of overtime, as the Nets defeated the Miami Heat, 107-103, on Thursday at AmericanAirlines Arena. Richard Jefferson ended with 29 points and Jason Kidd collected five points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Nets, who halted a two-game slide and won for only the second time in their last eight c |
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| Heat files protest over contested foul on Shaquille O'Neal |
NBA Basketball |
12/21/2007 |
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MIAMI (AP) -As expected, the Miami Heat formally filed a protest with the NBA on Friday over what they contend was a critical scoring error in Wednesday night's overtime loss at Atlanta. The issue is whether Shaquille O'Neal actually committed six fouls in the game. Miami believes O'Neal was only charged with five fouls, and stat sheets distributed immediately after the game showed the same. But those sheets were changed minutes by Atlanta officials after the game ended and the discrepancy was poin |
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