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| Magic extend GM Smith |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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| Orlando, FL (Best E Casino) - The Orlando Magic and general manager Otis Smith agreed to a multi-year contract extension on Monday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Smith, general manager since being promoted from assistant GM on May 3, 2006, has helped the Magic lock down future talent by signing center Dwight Howard to a contact extension, while also acquiring All-Star forward Rashard Lewis and selecting Stan Van Gundy as head coach. "Otis has brought great energy, dedication, leade |
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| Patrick Ewing - the son - aiming to make own name |
NBA Basketball |
05/29/2008 |
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| day, when in his first game of the week, Ewing scored 14 points on 5-for-7 shooting and helped his team win its opener of the three-game mini-league. ``I hope he improves his draft position,'' said Patrick Ewing Sr., now an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic. ``That's what this week is all about, improving his draft position.'' So far, so good in that quest. If nothing else, his play Wednesday might have shown that his chance to vie for an NBA opportunity came on his own merits as a player, not the |
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| Banged-up Billups intends to push through injury |
NBA Basketball |
05/25/2008 |
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| said Sunday. The All-Star point guard was 1-for-6 for six points with four assists and two turnovers in the Celtics' 94-80 win Saturday night that gave them a 2-1 lead in the series. Billups missed two-plus games in the second round against the Orlando Magic after straining his right hamstring and he aggravated the injury when Detroit won Game 2 at Boston. Backup point guard Rodney Stuckey is averaging 13 points against the Celtics, trailing only Richard Hamilton in scoring for the Pistons, but Billup |
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| Hockey as it should be, missing nothing at the edges |
NHL Hockey |
05/21/2008 |
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| rely in commissioner Gary Bettman's lap. He came over to the NHL after a stint as NBA boss David Stern's right-hand man and he's never shaken the reputation he picked up when, shortly after his appointment, Pat Williams, general manager of the NBA's Orlando Magic at the time, joked, ``I gave Gary Bettman a puck once, and he spent the rest of the day trying to open it up.'' Bettman deserves some of the scorn, especially for the lockout and an ambitious plan to put the game on an equal footing with the other |
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| Rivalry renewed: Pistons-Celtics Part 8 |
NBA Basketball |
05/18/2008 |
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| the Eastern finals,'' Boston coach Doc Rivers said. ``And, we believed that, too.'' Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups said his right hamstring is 100 percent healthy. He was sidelined for the last two-plus games of the second round against the Orlando Magic. ``I'm ready to go,'' Billups said. Boston and Detroit have met seven times in the playoffs, with the Celtics winning four times, most memorably in 1987 when they made their last NBA finals appearance. In that matchup, Larry Bird famously stol |
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| Pierce outduels James, sends Celts to Eastern finals |
NBA Basketball |
05/18/2008 |
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| s, but as we advance it gets a little more difficult," said Kevin Garnett. "Detroit's obviously been resting and they've been waiting. We've played 14 hard games. We're emotionally drained more than anything." The Pistons, five-game winners over the Orlando Magic, will visit Boston for Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday night. The series will shift back to Detroit for Game 3 next Saturday night. Pierce made 13-of-23 from the field, 4-of-6 three-pointers, and 11 |
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| National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules |
NBA Basketball |
05/18/2008 |
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| rst time since 2002, thanks to another win in front of the Boston faithful. The Celtics have won all eight home games in the postseason, but thanks to an 0-6 road mark have twice had to win Game 7s to move on. The Pistons, five-game winners over the Orlando Magic, will visit Boston for Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday night. The series will shift back to Detroit for Game 3 next Saturday night. Pierce made 13-of-23 from the field, 4-of-6 three- pointers, and 1 |
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| Raptors' Nesterovic exercises option |
NBA Basketball |
05/16/2008 |
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| entering his 11th NBA season. He averaged 7.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in 71 contests this season, starting 39 times and seeing 20.9 minutes of floor action per contest. Nesterovic appeared in all five of the Raptors playoff contests this season, starting two in a first round 4-1 series loss to the Orlando Magic. He averaged 4.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. For his career, Nesterovic has averaged seven points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots per game with the Timberwolves, Spurs and Raptors. |
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| Prince of The Palace helping Pistons at both ends |
NBA Basketball |
05/16/2008 |
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| team - and is making a personal-high 56 percent of his shots. He is still getting it done at the other end of the court, following up his famed block against Reggie Miller by turning away Hedo Turkoglu's dunk attempt to help Detroit eliminate the Orlando Magic earlier this week. Prince and the Pistons earned a spot in the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth straight year, becoming the first team to be that consistent in the playoffs since the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s. ``I can't enjoy it rig |
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| Pistons' Billups ready for conference finals |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2008 |
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| ything in like a week, so that takes a toll on you'' the All-Star point guard said Thursday. ``Being able to get up and down is a plus for me.'' Detroit earned at least a few days off to rest and give Billups a chance to recover by eliminating the Orlando Magic in five games in the second round. If the top-seeded Boston Celtics win on the road for the first time in the playoffs on Friday night in Cleveland, they will host the second-seeded Pistons on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final |
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