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| Nets, Wizards battle at the Izod Center |
NBA Basketball |
12/28/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Washington Wizards close out a three-game road trip this evening against the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center. Washington ended a three-game losing streak with Wednesday's 108-104 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats, improving to 1-1 on the trek. Antawn Jamison had 26 points and 14 rebounds to the lead the way, as the Wizards pushed their road mark to 6-7 this season. Caron Butler contributed 25 points and eight assists, while Roger Mason added a career-high 24 points for the Wizards. |
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| Pistons try to stay hot against Indiana |
NBA Basketball |
12/28/2007 |
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| n the opener of a home-and-home series at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Detroit will then travel to Conseco Fieldhouse in Indiana on Saturday night. Detroit has won six straight and improved to 12-2 in December with Wednesday's 101-83 victory over the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center. Richard Hamilton scored 22 points and Chauncey Billups tallied 17 points and dished out 10 assists for Detroit, which has won six straight versus New Jersey. Antonio McDyess chipped in 15 points and nine rebounds in the win. Detr |
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| Garnett leads NBA All-Star voting |
NBA Basketball |
12/27/2007 |
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| James -- the 2007 top vote recipient -- following Garnett at the forward spot in the East with 1,005,733 votes, the second-highest overall tally. Howard leads Eastern Conference centers (970,778), with the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (777,764) and the New Jersey Nets' Jason Kidd (559,333) pacing the conferences guards. Bryant leads all Western Conference players with 941,716 votes, with the Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady following him at guard (663,141). Denver's Anthony (767,722) is followed at forward by the S |
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| Kevin Garnett leads LeBron James in NBA All-Star voting |
NBA Basketball |
12/27/2007 |
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| d Allen, a seven-time All-Star, from Seattle in the offseason. Cavaliers star LeBron James, the leading vote-getter last year, had the second-highest total in the NBA with 1,005,733 votes. Guards Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets, and Orlando center Dwight Howard also were in position to start for the East in the Feb. 11 game in New Orleans. Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was the leading Western Conference vote-getter with 941,716, followed by Rockets center Yao Ming (813,305) a |
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| Look out, Portland is a threat |
NBA Basketball |
12/26/2007 |
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| y may be around at the end of the season when teams are battling for the last playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia fired team president and general manager Billy King, and replaced him with Ed Stefanski, who had been the GM with the New Jersey Nets since the summer of 2004. The team is still looking to go in a new direction under Stefanski, and dealing point guard Andre Miller is still a strong possibility. Rumors have surfaced that Stefanski has talked to Cleveland about a possible deal invol |
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| Pistons try to extend winning streak at New Jersey |
NBA Basketball |
12/26/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Pistons bring their five-game winning streak on the road this evening, when they take on the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center. Detroit has won five straight and 12 of its last 14 games, including Sunday's 94-82 victory over the Houston Rockets at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Richard Hamilton had 17 points and Rasheed Wallace recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the way. Antonio McDyess had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Pistons, who are 5 1/2 games ahead of Indiana in |
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| Nets sign Thomas |
NBA Basketball |
12/24/2007 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (Best E Casino) - The New Jersey Nets have signed free agent guard Billy Thomas to an undisclosed contract on Monday. Thomas played in 12 games this season for the Colorado 14ers of the NBA Development League, averaging 14.9 points 4.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game. Thomas played in 25 games with New Jersey in 2004-05, averaging 3.7 points and 1.4 rebounds per game. The following season, he appeared in 17 games with the Washington Wizards. Over his two NBA seasons, Thomas has posted c |
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| Pistons try to extend winning streak against Rockets |
NBA Basketball |
12/23/2007 |
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| oints for the Pistons, who have won 11 of their last 13 games overall. Rookie Arron Afflalo scored 12 points off the bench, and Antonio McDyess collected 11 points and 11 rebounds in the victory. The Pistons are scheduled to visit Jason Kidd and the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday at the Izod Center. Detroit is an impressive 10-2 at home this season. The Rockets play the third of a four-game road trip. On Saturday, Tracy McGrady scored 20 points in his return to the lineup, and the Rockets put seven players in do |
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| Heat, Jazz meet in Miami |
NBA Basketball |
12/22/2007 |
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| i. The Heat try to put the brakes on a two-game losing streak against Utah. On Thursday, 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 Miami, 107-103, at AmericanAirlines Arena. Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 41 points in the loss to New Jersey for the Heat, who have dropped consecutive overtime games. Wade made 15-of-23 shots, but scored just two points in overtime for |
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| Warriors continue road trip in New Jersey |
NBA Basketball |
12/22/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Golden State Warriors play the fourth of a five-game road trip, as they visit the New Jersey Nets tonight at the Izod Center. This is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. Golden State is scheduled to host the Nets on January 24, 2008 at ORACLE Arena. The teams have split the last four contests in the series. Golden State has lost nine straight after winning its last three at New Jersey. The last time the Warriors were victorious in New Jersey was on February 28, 1997 |
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