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| Celtics pay a visit to Bucks |
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04/08/2008 |
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| The Celtics will host the Bucks on April 11 at TD Banknorth Garden. Boston plays the middle contest of a three-game road trip on Tuesday. The Celtics are an impressive 28-9 on the road this season, and will wrap up the swing on Wednesday against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center. On Saturday, Leon Powe scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Celtics crushed the Charlotte Bobcats, 101-78, to clinch the top seed in the Eastern Conference. James Posey poured in a season-high 19 points for the Ce |
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| Wizards All-Star Jamison back at practice, expects to play Wednesday |
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04/07/2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -Washington Wizards forward Antawn Jamison expects to play Wednesday night against Boston after missing two games with a sprained right shoulder. The All-Star returned to practice Monday. He was hurt while diving into the front rows of seats to save a ball last week against Milwaukee. He sat out Friday's win over Miami and Saturday's victory at Chicago, the first games he has missed this season. ``Antawn looked great today,'' coach Eddie Jordan said. ``He did a lot of good things on the flo |
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| Heat open homestand versus Detroit |
NBA Basketball |
04/06/2008 |
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| yoff race. Detroit is 3-0 against the Heat this season, and have won four in a row in the series. The Pistons have won three of their last four at Miami. Miami enters today's contest on a six-game losing streak. Caron Butler scored 29 points, as the Washington Wizards clinched a playoff spot for a fourth consecutive season with a 109-95 win over the lowly Heat on Friday at the Verizon Center. Ricky Davis ended with a game-high 33 points for the Heat, who made a franchise record 19 three-pointers. Davis was 9-for- |
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| Haywood's career night leads Wizards past Bulls |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - Brendan Haywood scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the short-handed Washington Wizards over the Chicago Bulls, 99-87. Washington played without Antawn Jamison and Gilbert Arenas, but still claimed sole possession of the fifth-seed in the Eastern Conference with the win, breaking a tie with Philadelphia, which lost to Atlanta earlier in the night. Jamison was nursing a sprained right shoulder, and Arenas (knee) sat out for precautionary reasons. The Wizar |
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| Wizards stop off in the Windy City |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The disappointing Chicago Bulls try to win back-to-back games when they welcome the playoff-bound Washington Wizards tonight to the United Center. The teams split a pair of contests this season. The Wizards defeated the Bulls, 97-91, on February 29 in the Windy City, but have still lost six of seven on the road against Chicago. Ben Gordon scored 24 points and hit several clutch free throws down the stretch, to lead the Bulls to a 101-98 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday at Quick |
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| Wizards top Heat to clinch playoff berth |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - Caron Butler scored 29 points, as the Washington Wizards clinched a playoff spot for a fourth consecutive season with a 109-95 win over the lowly Miami Heat at the Verizon Center. Andray Blatche had 17 points and seven rebounds off the bench, while Brendan Haywood finished with 14 and eight boards for the Wizards, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Gilbert Arenas scored 13 points and dished out eight assists in his second game back after missing the past 66 games following |
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| Bucks' Yi out for rest of the season |
NBA Basketball |
04/04/2008 |
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| ks forward Yi Jianlian will miss the final eight games of the season with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, the team announced Friday. The forward injured his knee early in the first half of Wednesday's 110-109 victory over the Washington Wizards. For the season, the seven-foot rookie from China is averaging 8.6 points and 5.2 rebounds in 25.0 minutes per game. Yi was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for December when he averaged 12.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blo |
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| Wizards try to lock up playoff berth with a win over Miami |
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04/04/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Washington Wizards are closing in on a fourth-straight playoff berth, and will wrap up a short homestand versus the Miami Heat at the Verizon Center. Washington has lost three in a row overall, and suffered a 110-109 setback to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday in the opener of the homestand. Gilbert Arenas made his return to the Wizards after missing the past 66 games following knee surgery. Arenas had 17 points in his first game since November 16, while Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison eac |
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| Arenas returns in Wizards-Bucks game |
NBA Basketball |
04/03/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas returned to action in the team's 110-109 loss Wednesday to Milwaukee, and saw his first minutes in more than four months. The three-time All-Star Arenas scored 17 points in almost 20 minutes, his first game in 67 contests. He played the first eight games of the season for the Wizards before needing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, the same knee that required surgery in the offseason. The 26-year-old Arizona product has a |
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| Bibby's heroics help surging Hawks sink Raptors in OT |
NBA Basketball |
04/02/2008 |
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| pt fighting and fighting, 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. |
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