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| Washington hosts the Hawks |
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12/21/2007 |
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| a triple-double for the Wizards, who are 8-5 at home this season. Antawn Jamison had 24 points and 12 boards for Washington. The Hawks have won three straight and six of their last eight games, including Wednesday's 117-111 overtime win against the Miami Heat at Philips Arena. Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson scored 26 points apiece, as the Hawks shot 53.2 percent from the floor to send Miami to another loss. Anthony Johnson added a season-best 21 points in a winning cause. In injury news for the Hawks, g |
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| Carter carries Nets to OT win at Miami |
NBA Basketball |
12/21/2007 |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - 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 New Jersey Nets defeated the Miami Heat, 107-103, at AmericanAirlines Arena. Richard Jefferson added 29 points and Jason Kidd tallied five points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds for the Nets, who ended a two-game slide and won for only the second time in eight contests. Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 41 points to lead t |
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| Nets' Antoine Wright injured, leaves game |
NBA Basketball |
12/20/2007 |
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MIAMI (AP) -New Jersey forward Antoine Wright left the Nets' game against the Miami Heat on Thursday night because of an undisclosed right leg injury. He jumped for a rebound with 0.3 seconds left in the quarter, came down awkwardly and remained under the basket for a couple of minutes while a member of the Nets' medical staff tended to his right knee area. Wright covered his face with a towel, and was eventually carried into the locker room by teammates. He entered the game averaging 9.1 points th |
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| Mourning has surgery |
NBA Basketball |
12/20/2007 |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning underwent right knee surgery Thursday to repair a torn patella tendon and torn quadriceps tendon in his knee. Heat team physician Dr. Harlan Selesnick performed Mourning's surgery at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Florida. He is expected to miss the remainder of the season and no timetable has been set for his return. Mourning left Wednesday night's 117-111 loss in overtime to the Atlanta Hawks in the first quarter after tearing the tendon |
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| Heat center Alonzo Mourning has surgery on torn knee ligament |
NBA Basketball |
12/20/2007 |
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MIAMI (AP) -The notion of not seeing Alonzo Mourning play basketball again is a difficult one for the Miami Heat to accept. Mourning had surgery Thursday to repair a torn patellar tendon in his right knee and a quadriceps tear in the same leg. The injury, which he suffered Wednesday night in Miami's overtime loss at the Atlanta Hawks, will almost certainly keep Mourning sidelined for the remainder of the season. And since Mourning insists this season is his last, that would mean his career is likel |
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| Now a Gatorade headliner, Dwyane Wade adding to business empire |
NBA Basketball |
12/20/2007 |
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MIAMI (AP) -The director shouts ``action,'' and Dwyane Wade gets to work. He walks down the sidewalk of a closed Miami street, a few blocks south of the arena where his Miami Heat play, staring ahead as six guys wearing his uniform dribble past him. ``Cut!'' Wade turns away from the camera. ``I liked that one,'' he said, obviously satisfied. When it comes to off-court business, there isn't much for Wade not to like. And many companies, most recently Gatorade, clearly believe his star power wi |
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| Heat host Nets in South Beach |
NBA Basketball |
12/20/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New Jersey Nets will bring their recent struggles on the road when they visit the Miami Heat tonight at AmericanAirlines Arena. New Jersey has lost two straight and six of its last seven games, including Tuesday's 106-101 setback to the Sacramento Kings at the Izod Center. Richard Jefferson netted a game-high 36 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Nets, who will work on their 5-5 road mark on Thursday in South Beach. Vince Carter had 15 points, six rebounds and seven assists, |
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| Hawks down Heat in OT; Mourning tears patella tendon |
NBA Basketball |
12/19/2007 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson scored 26 points apiece as the Atlanta Hawks prevailed 117-111 over the Miami Heat in overtime at Philips Arena. Anthony Johnson added 21 points for the Hawks, who shot 53.2 percent and won for the sixth time in eight games. Dwyane Wade scored 36 points to go along with 10 assists for the Heat, who have lost eight of 11. Heat center Alonzo Mourning left in the first quarter after tearing the patella tendon in his right knee. Mourning suffered |
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| Miami's Alonzo Mourning leaves game with knee injury |
NBA Basketball |
12/19/2007 |
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ATLANTA (AP) -Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning tore the patellar tendon in his right knee Wednesday night against the Hawks, an injury that could end his career. Miami spokesman Michael Lissack said an examination at Philips Arena, including X-rays, revealed the injury. Lissack said it wasn't immediately known if the injury could end the season for the 37-year-old Mourning, who has said there is ``zero chance'' he will return next year. Injuries like this typically take at least three months to he |
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| Mourning suffers injury |
NBA Basketball |
12/19/2007 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning left Wednesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks in the first quarter after tearing the patella tendon in his right knee. Mourning suffered the injury when his knee appeared to buckle while attempting to block a Mario West running layup. The 37-year old was visibly upset, pounding the court in frustration. After refusing a stretcher, Mourning was helped to the sidelines by teammates. Mourning, who scored five points before the injury, |
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