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| Pistons, Sixers battle in the City of Brotherly Love |
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04/09/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Pistons will try to get back on the winning track this evening, as they take on the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center. Detroit had a five-game winning streak stopped in Tuesday's 98-94 loss to the New York Knicks at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Amir Johnson led Detroit with 14 points and eight rebounds, while Rodney Stuckey totaled 12 points in a losing effort. Chauncey Billups and Tayshaun Prince both had 11 points for Detroit, which played without Richard Hamilton due to a |
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| Hawks continue playoff push in Indiana |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2008 |
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| Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. Atlanta sits in the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, just three games ahead of the Pacers and four in front of the New Jersey Nets. The Hawks opened the trek with a 92-85 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday in the back end of a home-and-home series at the Wachovia Center. Joe Johnson finished with 22 points and Josh Smith had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawks, who lost to the Sixers at home on Friday, but rebounded to win for the sixt |
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| Pistons welcome Knicks to The Palace |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2008 |
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| seven contests in the series. New York has lost 10 straight at Detroit. The last time the Knicks defeated Detroit on the road was March 27, 2002. Detroit has won seven in a row as the host, and is 31-6 at home this season. The Pistons will visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday at the Wachovia Center. Rookie Rodney Stuckey recorded 19 points, four assists and three steals, as the Pistons reserves led the way over the hapless Miami Heat, 91-75, on Sunday at AmericanAirlines Arena. Tayshaun Prince collected 14 p |
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| Hawks, Sixers finish home-and-home set in Philly |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Atlanta Hawks and the playoff-bound Philadelphia 76ers wrap up a home-and-home set tonight at the Wachovia Center. Philadelphia is tied with Washington for No. 5 in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, while Atlanta is three games ahead of Indiana for the eighth and final playoff berth in the East. On Friday, Andre Iguodala scored 30 points, including his team's final 10 of the game, and dished out 10 assists to help the Sixers secure a playoff berth with a 109-104 victory over the Ha |
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| Sixers have playoffs on their mind in Atlanta |
NBA Basketball |
04/04/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Philadelphia 76ers are on the verge of clinching a playoff berth for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign, as they wrap up a road trip tonight against the Atlanta Hawks in the opener of a home-and-home set at Philips Arena. Philadelphia will close out a three-game road trip, and is 17-21 away from the Wachovia Center this season. It is 1-1 so far on the current trek and ended a two-game slide after posting a 108-99 victory over New Jersey on Tuesday at the Izod Center. Andre Miller sc |
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| Pistons welcome fading Nets to The Palace |
NBA Basketball |
04/04/2008 |
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| a three-game losing streak on Friday night in Motown. New Jersey is currently tied with Indiana at four games off the eighth and final playoff berth in the East. The Nets have just seven games left on their schedule. In Tuesday's 108-99 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at the Izod Center, Vince Carter scored 29 points and had seven assists for the Nets. Devin Harris totaled 22 points in defeat, while Richard Jefferson and Bostjan Nachbar had 14 points apiece. New Jersey and Detroit are playing the third and final |
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| Bibby's heroics help surging Hawks sink Raptors in OT |
NBA Basketball |
04/02/2008 |
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| g, and eventually things just started to go our way. Joe and Mike were so good tonight. It seemed like they took turns hitting huge shots all night." The Raptors have lost seven of eight on road, as they remained tied with the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers for the fifth-seed in the East. Bosh finished with 24 points, while Ford and Rasho Nesterovic chipped in 23 and 12, respectively, with Ford adding 13 assists. Andrea Bargnani connected on 7- of-12 from the floor for 17 points. Johnson scored 10 poin |
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| Miller, Sixers outlast scuffling Nets |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2008 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (Best E Casino) - Andre Miller scored 24 points and doled out 11 assists to lead the Philadelphia 76ers in a 108-99 victory over the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center. Andre Iguodala added 17 points and 10 assists for the Sixers, who snapped a two-game skid and sit just a half game behind idle Toronto for the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt. Willie Green chipped in 16 points and Samuel Dalembert had 15 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots. Vince Carter scored 29 poin |
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| Sixers continue road trip against Nets |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Two teams fighting for playoff positioning square off tonight, as the Philadelphia 76ers resume a three-game road trip against the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center. Philadelphia is currently seventh in the Eastern Conference playoff race, and opened the trek with a 91-88 setback on Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena. Andre Iguodala scored 19 points in the loss, as Philadelphia fell for just the second time in its last eight games away from the Wachovia Center. The |
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| LeBron leads Cavs past Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
03/31/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Best E Casino) - LeBron James posted a near triple-double with 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, as the Cleveland Cavaliers snuck past the Philadelphia 76ers, 91-88. James took it upon himself to break an 88-88 tie with 19.3 seconds left in the game, as the franchise player took Andre Iguodala off the dribble and sunk a running layup to give the Cavs the lead for good. "I just wanted to be aggressive and just take the opportunity to get us a good shot," James said. "[The plan] was to att |
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