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| Road-weary Hornets visit Nuggets |
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03/18/2010 |
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| with idle Dallas for the No. 2 seed in the West, four games behind the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. Most recently for the Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds on Tuesday, as Denver battled back to upend the Washington Wizards, 97-87, at the Pepsi Center. The game marked the return of Nuggets head coach George Karl to the bench. Karl missed the team's four-game road trip over the past week as he continued chemotherapy and radiation treatments for neck and throat cancer. D |
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| NBA board approves sale of Bobcats to Jordan |
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03/17/2010 |
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| l owner of a North American major-league sports franchise when Charlotte began play in 2004. Jordan joined the Bobcats ownership group in June 2006 and served as the team's managing member of basketball operations, the same position he held with the Washington Wizards earlier in the decade. As a five-time league MVP, six-time champion and two-time gold medal winner, Jordan has few rivals in regards to his game on the court. The North Carolina native's stints in the front office, however, have come under some scru |
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| Jazz seeking to extend Timberwolves' season-long misery |
NBA Basketball |
03/17/2010 |
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| docket, the Western Conference power Utah Jazz welcome the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves to Salt Lake City tonight. The Jazz, who are currently the fourth seed in the West, snapped a rare two- game skid on Monday with a win over another also-ran, the Washington Wizards. Carlos Boozer led the way in that one with 23 points and nine rebounds as the Jazz sent the reeling Wizards to their eighth consecutive defeat, a 112-89 setback, at EnergySolutions Arena. Deron Williams added 17 points and 11 assists, but sat out t |
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| Anthony, Nuggets hand Wizards ninth straight defeat |
NBA Basketball |
03/17/2010 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, as the Denver Nuggets battled back to upend the Washington Wizards, 97-87, at the Pepsi Center. The game marked the return of Nuggets head coach George Karl, who missed the previous four games over the past week for cancer treatments. "We know it's a tough task for him to go through," Anthony said of Karl's condition. "For him to come in and see us and uplift his spirits, it makes us feel good." J.R. Smith added 17 points off |
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| National Basketball Association Game Capsules |
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03/17/2010 |
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| ol Deng (calf) and All-Star point guard Derrick Rose (sprained left wrist). Final Score: Denver 97, Washington 87 Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, as the Denver Nuggets battled back to upend the Washington Wizards, 97-87, at the Pepsi Center. J.R. Smith added 17 points off the bench and Nene chipped in 16 for the Nuggets, who have won seven of their last eight. Andray Blatche paced Washington with 23 points and eight boards for the Wizards, who dropped their |
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| Wizards F Howard out at least six months following surgery |
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03/16/2010 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - Washington Wizards forward Josh Howard underwent successful surgery to repair a torn left ACL, the club announced on Tuesday. Howard, who sustained the injury in a game against the Bulls on February 22, is expected to make a full recovery in six to eight months. The Wake Forest product was acquired by Washington prior to the trade deadline in a seven-player deal that sent forward Caron Butler to the Mavericks. In 35 games this season with the Mavs and Wizards, Howard averaged 12 |
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| Nuggets hope to have Karl back vs. Wizards |
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03/16/2010 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Denver Nuggets hope to have head coach George Karl back on the bench tonight when the Western Conference power kicks off a three-game homestand against the woeful Washington Wizards. Karl announced last Friday that he would miss the team's road trip to adjust to a feeding tube that was placed into his stomach as part of his treatment for neck and throat cancer. The veteran mentor planned to return tonight. "Hopefully I'll be ready to rejoin them when they come home," said Karl when he anno |
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| Rio Grande Valley's Harris takes weekly honors |
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03/16/2010 |
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| During the week, Harris averaged 31.8 points, shooting 65 percent (46-of-71) from the field, to go with 13.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists. Harris, who has appeared in 32 games for the Vipers this season and has earned call-ups to the Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards this season, leads the NBA D-League in scoring (26.9 ppg) and ranks third in rebounds (10.3 rpg). Other top performers last week included Erie's Blake Ahearn, who averaged 24.3 points and 9.3 assists in three games for the BayHawks; Maine's Morris A |
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| Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank |
NBA Basketball |
03/15/2010 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -Gilbert Arenas says he deserves to be punished for bringing guns to the locker room. The suspended Washington Wizards guard tells Esquire magazine he wasn't using ``longevity thinking'' when he took out four guns in what he says was an attempt to play a prank on teammate Javaris Crittenton in December. Arenas pleaded guilty to a felony gun charge in January and will be sentenced next week. He has been suspended until the end of the season by the NBA. The Esquire article hits newsstands n |
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| Surging Magic continue push towards postseason, visit Wizards |
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03/13/2010 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The lowly Washington Wizards will continue playing out the string tonight when they host Eastern Conference power Orlando. The Wizards lost their sixth straight game last night in Auburn Hills when Will Bynum provided a spark with a career- best 20 assists, helping the Detroit Pistons beat Washington, 101-87. Andray Blatche led all scorers with 23 points to go with 10 rebounds to lead the Wizards, who have also dropped six straight to the Pistons. Al Thornton racked up 16 points and six boards |
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