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| A foul issue in the NBA finals |
NBA Basketball |
06/10/2008 |
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| basketball fans is that the NBA controls a lot more that happens in its games than the league would ever admit. The idea that Stern and his minions would gather behind closed doors and order referees to make the 2002 series between the Lakers and Sacramento Kings go seven games to make the teams some more money seems laughable, but the way NBA games are officiated it only feeds the conspiracies. Has anyone figured out what a foul really is in the NBA, or why the team playing at home usually seems to get th |
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| Ex-NBA referee: playoff series manipulated |
NBA Basketball |
06/10/2008 |
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| ferees purposely ignored personal fouls and called ``made-up fouls on Team 5 in order to give additional free throw opportunities for Team 6.'' ``Team 6'' won the game and came back to win the series, the letter said. Only the Los Angeles Lakers-Sacramento Kings series went to seven games during the 2002 playoffs. And the Lakers went on to win the championship. At the time, consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the League of Fans, a sports industry watchdog group, sent a letter to Stern complaining about the |
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| Bulls: Del Negro accepts head coaching position |
NBA Basketball |
06/10/2008 |
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| before they started collecting championships, emerged as the leading candidate a few weeks later, but a deal fell apart. Concerned that a second tenure would strain their friendship, Collins and Reinsdorf broke off talks Friday. Paxson also had Sacramento Kings assistant Chuck Person and former Minnesota coach Dwane Casey in for second interviews, but Del Negro shot past them. He inherits a team that expected to contend in the Eastern Conference after a first-round playoff sweep of Miami in 2007 - Chicag |
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| Person gets second interview with Bulls |
NBA Basketball |
06/03/2008 |
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CHICAGO (AP) -Sacramento Kings assistant coach Chuck Person is set to have a second interview with the Chicago Bulls for their vacant head coaching job. A person familiar with the search, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the search is ongoing, said Person was flying to Chicago on Tuesday. The interview would happen either later Tuesday night or Wednesday. Person joined the Kings last year after spending the previous two as an assistant with Indiana, where he played |
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| Suns to interview Pistons assistant Porter again |
NBA Basketball |
05/31/2008 |
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| layer and TV analyst Mark Jackson. Porter was Flip Saunders' lead assistant in Detroit the past two seasons. He led the Milwaukee Bucks' from 2003-05, helping them win 41 games and earn a spot in the 2004 playoffs. His coaching career started as a Sacramento Kings assistant in 2002. Suns general manager Steve Kerr was one of Porter's teammates during his 17-year career with Portland, Minnesota, Miami and San Antonio.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained i |
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| Kings exercise option for Petrie |
NBA Basketball |
05/27/2008 |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -The Sacramento Kings exercised their club option for president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie on Tuesday, committing to him through the 2009-10 season. ``We've had the privilege of working with Geoff for the past nine years and consider him to be the best general manager in the NBA,'' Kings owner Joe Maloof said. ``He's respected league-wide for his dedication to the game, innovation, scouting and diligence. We look forward to our continued work with Geoff as we bring the Ki |
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| Celtics still searching for first road win |
NBA Basketball |
05/11/2008 |
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| ntonio, Houston and Dallas to win consecutive games in a rare Texas-three step of wins. It was the first time Boston had won three in a row in the Lone Star State since 1987, and the Celts became the first team to nail the Texas trifecta since the Sacramento Kings in 2001. The Celtics reviewed tape of Game 3 and practiced for about an hour at Quicken Loans Arena. Coach Doc Rivers only had his team watch the first quarter of the loss. ``Our guys saw what they need to do,'' he said. ``It's not a lot of Xs a |
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| McGrady, Rockets attempt to force Game 7 versus Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
05/02/2008 |
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| he 1994 West finals. The Jazz knocked out the Rockets in the opening round of 1985 and 1998 and in the 1997 conference finals. The last time the Jazz were eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs was in 2003, when they were knocked out by the Sacramento Kings in five games, 4-1. The Rockets are trying to win their first playoff series since 1997. They defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in seven games, 4-3, in the West semis, before losing to the Jazz in the conference finals, 4-2. Houston is trying to win |
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| Rockets try to stay alive against Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2008 |
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| n. The teams split a pair of games at Utah, while the Jazz knocked off the Rockets, 97-89, on January 27 at the Toyota Center. The last time the Jazz were eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs was in 2003, when they were knocked out by the Sacramento Kings in five games, 4-1. The Rockets are trying to win their first playoff series since 1997. They defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in seven games, 4-3, in the West semis, before losing to the Jazz in the conference finals, 4-2. Houston is trying to win |
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| Rockets attempt to knot series with Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
04/26/2008 |
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| n. The teams split a pair of games at Utah, while the Jazz knocked off the Rockets, 97-89, on January 27 at the Toyota Center. The last time the Jazz were eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs was in 2003, when they were knocked out by the Sacramento Kings in five games, 4-1. The Rockets are trying to win their first playoff series since 1997. They defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in seven games, 4-3, in the West semis, before losing to the Jazz in the conference finals, 4-2. Houston is trying to win |
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