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| Barkley, Donaghy issues need addressing |
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05/21/2008 |
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| just an annoyance Stern can brush off as little more than a bad hobby gone really bad. At a time the NBA already has gambling issues it just looks bad that the most outspoken and listened to commentator on the cable network carrying the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs conference championship bets huge amounts of money on everything from the turn of a card at the blackjack table to the bounce of a ball on a field. Barkley has admitted to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in Super Bowl bets - supposedly los |
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| Hornets won games, hearts, in New Orleans |
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05/20/2008 |
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| n't help. ``When we first came here, so many writers and reporters were saying it wouldn't work, we didn't have chance and I was stupid,'' Shinn recalled Tuesday, the day after the Hornets' season ended with a Game 7 loss to the defending champion San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals. The nay-sayers, it turned out, failed to account for the way an exciting young team, led by an emerging superstar in Chris Paul and fellow first-time All-Star David West, could galvanize a community. The Hor |
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| Spurs' plane delayed out of New Orleans |
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05/20/2008 |
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -The San Antonio Spurs' departure from New Orleans after winning Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals was delayed several hours after their plane had mechanical problems, the team said Tuesday. The team could not find hotel rooms in the city, so the players had to sleep on the plane, team spokesman Cliff Puchalski said. ``We slept on the plane - as much as you can sleep,'' Puchalski said. ``We tried to keep some normal semblance of order.'' The Spurs eliminated the Hornets 91-82 |
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| Celtics, Pistons open East finals in Beantown |
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05/20/2008 |
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| 984-89 Los Angeles Lakers to reach the conference finals six years in a row. During its run, Detroit has advanced to the NBA Finals twice and has captured one championship. The Pistons defeated the Lakers, 4-1, in the 2004 NBA Finals and lost to the San Antonio Spurs, 4-3, in the 2005 championship round. The Pistons, who eliminated Philadelphia in round one and Orlando in the semis of this year's postseason, have made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the 11th time in franchise history. They played Boston |
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| Sampson joins Bucks staff, mum on IU |
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05/19/2008 |
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| aid Sampson provided false and misleading information to investigators. He resigned, and now will try to resume his career in the NBA. He'll be learning on the job, spending most of his career in college until he became an informal consultant to San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich in recent months. Based on that experience, Sampson said he didn't see a huge difference between professional and college players. ``I think everybody wants to be coached,'' Sampson said. ``That's the thing that really jumpe |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - Boston vs. Detroit |
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05/19/2008 |
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| 984-89 Los Angeles Lakers to reach the conference finals six years in a row. During its run, Detroit has advanced to the NBA Finals twice and has captured one championship. The Pistons defeated the Lakers, 4-1, in the 2004 NBA Finals and lost to the San Antonio Spurs, 4-3, in the 2005 championship round. The Pistons, who eliminated Philadelphia in round one and Orlando in the semis of this year's postseason, have made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the 11th time in franchise history. They played Boston |
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| Hornets host Spurs in decisive Game 7 |
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05/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The defending world champion San Antonio Spurs and the New Orleans Hornets battle for the right to play in the Western Conference finals, as the teams meet tonight at New Orleans Arena in the decisive Game 7 of their semifinal series. The winner of tonight's contest will face Kobe Bryant and the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in a best-of-seven series. That series will begin on Wednesday at the Staples Center. The home team has won all six games in this series by double-digits. In Game 6, Manu |
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| For NBA teams, no place like home in second round |
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05/19/2008 |
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| ieves his luck has to change. Or, he may find one more time that the odds clearly favor the house. The hosts have been cleaning up in the second round of the playoffs, making it more home-court guarantee than home-court advantage. And Popovich's San Antonio Spurs are on the road for their most important game of the season, Game 7 against the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night. Home teams are 22-2 in the conference semifinals, a .917 winning percentage. That easily tops the previous best, 18-4 marks (.818) |
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| Jazz host Lakers in Game 6 of West semis |
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05/16/2008 |
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| to their fourth title in five years. Utah, which won its second straight Northwest Division crown during the regular season, has made it to the West semis for the second straight year. Last year, the Jazz knocked off the Golden State Warriors, 4-1, in this round and fell to the San Antonio Spurs, 4-1, in the conference finals. The Jazz are 6-6 all-time in the semifinals. The Jazz defeated Tracy McGrady and the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets, 4-2, for the second straight year in the opening round of the playoffs. |
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| West, Chandler start for Hornets |
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05/15/2008 |
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -New Orleans Hornets forward David West left the court after aggravating a back injury Thursday night in the fourth quarter of Game 6 against the San Antonio Spurs. West, who played with back pain in Game 5, fell to the floor with 10:11 left after being picked from behind by Spurs forward Robert Horry, who was called for an offensive foul. Laying face down on the floor, West put his left arm behind him and rested it on his lower back before going to the locker room. Hornets coach Byron Sc |
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