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| Olajuwon, Ewing and Riley among Hall finalists |
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02/15/2008 |
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| BA's 50th Anniversary Team, Ewing scored 24,815 points during his 17-year NBA career to go along with 11,607 rebounds. He was unable to secure an NBA title, however, as he and the Knicks lost to Olajuwon and the Rockets in 1995 NBA Finals and to the San Antonio Spurs in the 1999 Finals. Riley, meanwhile, won five NBA crowns as a head coach -- four with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Miami Heat. A three-time NBA Coach of the Year, he is still active as head coach of the Heat and currently ranks third on |
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| All-Star Break Rankings |
NBA Basketball |
02/14/2008 |
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| s the Lakers in scoring (28.0 ppg) and assists (5.0 apg), seems to be happy. When center Andrew Bynum comes back from his injury, the Lakers (35-17) will have an impressive frontcourt of Bynum, Gasol and Lamar Odom. Look out, the Lakers are back. 3. SAN ANTONIO SPURS - Make no mistake about it, the defending world champion Spurs (34-17) will be ready to make a run at their fifth championship. The absence of point guard Tony Parker, who has been sidelined with an ankle injury since Jan 28th, has hurt, but Tim Dun |
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| Nets, Raptors clash in Toronto |
NBA Basketball |
02/13/2008 |
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| o Raptors will continue a three-game homestand tonight versus the Atlantic Division-rival New Jersey Nets at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto has alternated wins and losses over its last eight games and opened the homestand with a 93-88 setback to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. Jose Calderon scored a career-high 27 points and dished out six assists in the losing effort. Chris Bosh was limited to just 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Toronto, which is 14-11 in Canada this season. In teams news for t |
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| Spurs wrap up road trip at Cleveland |
NBA Basketball |
02/13/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The San Antonio Spurs will return to the venue where they captured the fourth NBA title in franchise history, as they wrap up a nine-game road trip against the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight at Quicken Loans Arena. The Spurs swept the Cavs during last year's NBA Finals, and won the NBA championship with an 83-82 victory in Game 4 of the best-of-seven series at Cleveland. The Cavaliers, though, earned a measure of revenge with a 90-88 triumph in the first meeting this season on January 17 at the |
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| Hornets are not playing around |
NBA Basketball |
02/12/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New Orleans Hornets own an impressive 34-15 record and sit in first place in the Southwest Division. They are one game ahead of the Dallas Mavericks and 1 1/2 games in front of the defending world champion San Antonio Spurs. Guard Chris Paul and forward David West will be playing in Sunday, February 17th's All-Star Game as reserves for the Western Conference. Paul and West will be participating in their first NBA All-Star Games. The game is going to be played in front of the Hornets' fans |
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| Ginobili helps Spurs hold off Raptors |
NBA Basketball |
02/12/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (Best E Casino) - Manu Ginobili scored a game-high 34 points and pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds, as the San Antonio Spurs held off the Toronto Raptors, 93-88, at the Air Canada Centre. Tim Duncan scored 22 points and grabbed 13 boards for his 30th double-double of the season. Michael Finley pitched in with 12 points off the bench, which included a pair of free throws to clinch the game for the Spurs. San Antonio is now 5-3 on its current nine game road trip. Jose Calderon scored a career-hig |
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| Garnett out 7th straight game, All-Star game doubtful |
NBA Basketball |
02/10/2008 |
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| 4-2 in their first six games without him, and they still have the best record in the NBA. Garnett was the leading vote-getter for the Feb. 17 All-Star game in New Orleans. But Rivers said before Garnett did not dress for Sunday's game against the San Antonio Spurs that he would probably not play Tuesday or Wednesday, in Boston's last two games before the break. ``We haven't talked about the All-Star Game at all,'' Rivers said. ``We're trying to get games played. We'll come across that. I think we have to le |
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| Celtics, Spurs clash in Beantown |
NBA Basketball |
02/10/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The defending world champion San Antonio Spurs play the seventh of a season-long nine-game road trip, as they visit the Boston Celtics this afternoon at TD Banknorth Garden. This is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. San Antonio is scheduled to host the Celtics on March 17th at the AT&T Center. The teams split a pair of contests last season. San Antonio has won nine straight and 12 of its last 13 at Boston. San Antonio has won four in a row and is 4-2 on the swing. T |
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| Knicks, Bucks meet at Bradley Center |
NBA Basketball |
02/09/2008 |
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| top an eight-game losing streak when it opens a four- game road trip on Saturday against Milwaukee, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia. The Knicks just dropped all three games on their recent homestand, including Friday's 99-93 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. Jamal Crawford led New York with 24 points and eight assists, while Zach Randolph had 13 and 10 boards in defeat. The Knicks have dropped five in a row as the guest and are just 4-19 away from the Big Apple this season. Kni |
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| Spurs overcome late deficit, top Knicks in OT |
NBA Basketball |
02/09/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Tim Duncan scored 21 points and pulled down 14 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs erased an 18-point second-half deficit to send the New York Knicks to their eighth straight loss, 99-93, in overtime at Madison Square Garden. Manu Ginobili had 20 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, while Michael Finley scored 17, including the game-tying three with less than a second remaining in regulation. San Antonio shot 11-for-21 from three-point range en route to its fourth straight win |
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