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| Slipping Mavs travel to Utah |
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04/11/2003 |
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| ho conclude a three-game road trip on Friday, are 26-13 away from home this season. Dallas is 31-17 against the Western Conference, including 17-5 versus the Midwest Division. Utah currently holds the seventh position in the West and trails both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers by two games for the fifth spot. The Jazz halted a three-game losing streak in their last outing, posting a 94-73 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. Matt Harpring scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds to powe |
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| Spurs seek sole possession of first in West |
NBA Basketball |
04/09/2003 |
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| San Antonio, TX (Best E Casino) - The Portland Trail Blazers try to hold on to the fourth seed in the Western Conference when they travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs at SBC Center. Portland has a one-half game lead on the Minnesota Timberwolves for the fourth seed in the Western Conference. The Wolves and Blazers seem destined to meet in the opening round of the playoffs, it's just a matter of which team will have home-court advantage. Minnesota is at Seattle tonight. The Trail Blazers are coming off an 81- |
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| Wolves hope to improve playoff stance |
NBA Basketball |
04/09/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (Best E Casino) - The Minnesota Timberwolves continue their scrap for a first-round home playoff series when they travel to Seattle to take on the SuperSonics at KeyArena. Minnesota is currently the fifth seed in the Western Conference, one-half game behind the fourth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers. Portland is at San Antonio tonight. The Timberwolves are coming off a 97-78 win over the Blazers on Sunday. Wally Szczerbiak finished with 25 points, and Kevin Garnett added 16 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assi |
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| T'wolves TO: Hoping to emerge from West mess |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2003 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Minnesota Timberwolves are involved in a log jam in the middle of the Western Conference playoff race. The Wolves, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz are all hoping to claim the fourth seed in the West and the home-court advantage that comes with it. With just four games left on its regular season schedule, Minnesota is percentage points behind the Trail Blazers for the fourth spot. However, the Lakers are only 1 1/2 games behind the Wolves and the Jazz are just 2 1/2 in |
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| Suns and Lakers battle for playoff position |
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04/06/2003 |
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| Western Conference, 1 1/2 games ahead of the Houston Rockets. The Lakers are the sixth seed in the West, with the same record as the Utah Jazz. The Suns have won two straight and four of their last five games, most recently a 111-94 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Shawn Marion scored 25 points, Stephon Marbury added 23, and Bo Outlaw finished with 19 points and 15 rebounds in the win. "This was a big game," Outlaw said. "The rest of our games are big. We've got to come and play with an attitude." Phoenix is |
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| Blazers' Trail: Randolph provides wrong kind of punch |
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04/04/2003 |
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| uben Patterson in the face during a dispute in Wednesday's practice. Randolph missed Thursday's 93-88 loss to the Utah Jazz and will sit out Friday's contest at Golden State. He will be eligible to return to the team for the pivotal game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday. "While these types of disagreements happen in practice during the course of a season due to the physical and competitive nature of basketball, this instance crossed the line and this type of behavior will not be tolerated by our organizat |
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| T'wolves TO: Cold play in Minnesota |
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03/31/2003 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Not that there's ever a right time for a slide, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are slumping at the wrong time. The T'wolves, who so desperately need to have home-court in order to break their first-round jinx, have dropped their last three games to remain in the No. 5 spot in the Western Conference. Minnesota has only seven games left in the regular season to overtake Portland for the home-court edge. Fortunately, the Trail Blazers haven't fared much better recently, losing three of their last fou |
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| Sixers battle Magic in possible playoff preview |
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03/31/2003 |
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| after dropping the initial two to Orlando. The Magic have won eight of the last 10 meetings overall and three straight in Orlando. Orlando has won its last two games and six of its past seven. The Magic are coming off a 110-107 home victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday. Tracy McGrady scored 30 points and handed out 10 assists to lead Orlando. He reached 30 points for the 12th straight game. Pat Garrity added 18 points and Darrell Armstrong scored 16 for the Magic. Jacque Vaughn chipped in 12 points and |
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| Magic host Timberwolves |
NBA Basketball |
03/27/2003 |
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| Orlando, FL (Best E Casino) - The Minnesota Timberwolves try for their fifth straight win when they travel to Orlando to take on the playoff-bound Magic at TD Waterhouse Centre. Minnesota is currently the fourth seed in the Western Conference, 1 1/2 games ahead of the fifth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers and five games behind the third-seeded San Antonio Spurs. It is vital for the Wolves to hang on for the fourth seed, so they can host an opening-round playoff series. The Timberwolves are coming off a 108-91 victory |
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| Blazers' Trail: Slippin' without Pippen |
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03/27/2003 |
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| land Trail Blazers have been in cruise control for a while now, and their casual approach is finally catching up to them. Portland has dropped its last two games and four of its past six to relinquish the fourth spot in the Western Conference to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Blazers, who hold the fifth seed, are still just one game behind the Wolves in standings, but will need to pick up their play if they wish to regain the ever-so-important home-court advantage in the first round. Portland's recent slide has coin |
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