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- 20100310
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant never gets tired of being the Lakers' closer.
And though he savored the chance to stop Los Angeles' longest losing streak in nearly three years with yet another flawless game-winning shot, Bryant is hoping he won't have to bail out the Lakers quite so frequently in the final weeks before they defend their title.
Bryant hit a 17-foot jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors...
- 20100303
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- It was just two seasons ago that the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons played in the Eastern Conference finals.
Things have changed.
Boston entered Tuesday's game coming off one of its worst performances in recent memory -- a humiliating home defeat by the hapless Nets -- while the Pistons are headed for their first 50-loss season in a decade.
Fittingly, it was a refugee from another devastated NBA franchise that ended up being the difference in an ugly game. Nate Robinson, playing his...
- 20100227
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Scottie Pippen always played the right way, and his nomination earlier this month for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame just accentuates that point.
Alongside Michael Jordan and coach Phil Jackson, they won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls in the '90s, dominating the game like no one has ever since.
While Jordan became known as the greatest player in history -- about to buy the Charlotte Bobcats -- and Jackson...
- 20100226
Carmelo Anthony had 40 points in last Thursday's win over the Cavs in Cleveland.
If we polled every NBA fan out there and asked them for their dream Finals matchup, I'm guessing about 90 percent would say "Lakers-Cavs." This has been the case for the past two seasons. Once we got nostalgia out of the way with the Boston-L.A. Finals in 2008, everyone's attention turned to the Kobe-LeBron battle for the "best player alive" title. I'm...
- 20100225
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks overcame the absence of Caron Butler to beat the the Los Angeles Lakers 101-96 on Wednesday in a clash of NBA divisional leaders, extending their NBA winning run to five games.
Butler, a key part of a seven-player trade with Washington this month, missed the game because of a bad reaction to medication. Without Butler, Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry picked up the slack by scoring 22 of the Mavericks' final 23 points. Nowitzki finished with 31 and Terry with 30.
Los Angeles' Kobe Bryant scored...
- 20100224
CLEVELAND — LeBron James had 20 points and 12 assists, and Antawn Jamison scored 18 points in his first start for Cleveland as the Cavaliers beat the New Orleans Hornets 105-95 on Tuesday night and snapped a three-game losing streak.
New Orleans rookies Marcus Thornton and Darren Collison combined for 59 points, including a franchise-record 23 from Thornton in the second quarter.
James, though, closed out another win for Cleveland in the final two minutes, hitting a 3-pointer and finishing a three-point play to escape...
- 20100222
ORLANDO, Fla. — Dwight Howard had 22 points and 16 rebounds in a bruising battle with Shaquille O'Neal, and the Orlando Magic beat Cleveland 101-95 on Sunday to hand the Cavaliers their first three-game losing streak in two years.
Cleveland's skid comes on the heels of a 13-game win streak.
Howard was 8-for-13 shooting and added four blocks, and Vince Carter had eight of his 11 points in the fourth quarter to help the Magic beat Cleveland for the first time this season.
O'Neal made his first eight shots and...
- 20100222
ORLANDO -- Dwight Howard had no interest in verbally fueling the silly debate with Shaquille O'Neal over who really was the Superman of the NBA, but he let his two-year-old son Braylon do it for him.
Braylon was happily playing in the Magic locker room after the game Sunday, wearing his father's jersey with the Superman logo on the front.
Shaq claimed the Superman title when he first entered the league with the Magic in 1992, getting the logo tattooed...
- 20100222
Stephon Marbury signed with the CBA's Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons last month.
Last week, hiking through the ancient forts of the Great Wall was an unlikely figure: Stephon Marbury, the latest, and perhaps the most enigmatic, NBA refugee to bring his game to China.
"Truly amazing," Marbury said, as he gazed west, the silhouetted battlements running along the skyline, the cold air reminiscent of New York, where he was born and where he spent...
- 20100221by thunderbhie - Comments: 0 - Views: 31
- 20100220
ORLANDO, Florida — The Dallas Mavericks rode a surprisingly strong defensive effort to beat the Orlando Magic 95-85 in a clash of NBA divisional leaders on Friday.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points and new additions Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood had 16 and 15 respectively for Dallas, which opened a two-game lead atop the Southwest Division.
Dwight Howard had 29 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks for Orlando, which could not improve on its 1-1/2 game advantage in the Southeast Division.
After allowing Orlando to...
- 20100220
Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison.
After you allow those names to sink in for a moment, consider this: So Michael Jordan wants to do WHAT?
The man already joins the likes of Kevin McHale, Wes Unseld and Elgin Baylor in the Hall of Fame for The Worst Former Basketball Greats Ever To Run An NBA Franchise, and now Jordan wishes to own one.
This is not good, not unless Jordan drastically changes his ways.
That said, I'll defer to somebody whose opinion I...
- 20100220
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- LeBron James watched a group of reporters converge on Antawn Jamison in the locker room and yelled to his new teammate.
"Don't worry about that," a smiling James said, mixing in a few expletives. "You're home. They still love you."
Jamison burst out laughing. What else could he do? Jamison had just gone 0 for 12 from the field in his debut with Cleveland in his hometown Friday night in the Cavaliers' 110-93 loss to their surprising nemesis, the Charlotte Bobcats.
"It...
- 20100219
With Wednesday's moves, a few teams, including the Knicks, joined the collection of franchises in position to offer free agents maximum-value contracts. In all, eight teams are in position to offer max contracts to free agents not currently on their team.
By sending Jared Jeffries and Jordan Hill to Houston, New York actually made room for two max players -- $33 million, assuming a $53 million salary cap (as is rumored) and provided the team's own free agents (including...
- 20100219
CLEVELAND -- Carmelo Anthony scored 40 points, including the winning basket, and the Denver Nuggets overcame LeBron James' triple-double and ended the Cleveland Cavaliers' 13-game streak with a 118-116 victory in overtime Thursday night.
James had his triple-double by the end of regulation, finishing with 43 points, 13 rebounds and 15 assists, but Anthony matched him shot for shot, hitting the winner on a deep jumper over an outstretched James with 1.9 seconds left.
Denver's Kenyon Martin had 18 points and a season-high...
- 20100219
LOS ANGELES -- Ray Allen scored 12 of his 24 points in the third quarter and made 10 of his first 11 shots, leading the Boston Celtics to an 87-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
It was the defending NBA champions' first loss in five games since Kobe Bryant went down with a sprained left ankle.
Kendrick Perkins had 13 points and 14 rebounds, Kevin Garnett had 13 points and eight boards and Rajon Rondo added 14 points and 11 assists for the Celtics, who were busy before gametime. They acquired guard...
- 20100219
DALLAS — Dallas newcomer Caron Butler started a key third-quarter run that led to the Dallas Mavericks' 107-97 win over the Phoenix Suns in Wednesday's clash of two NBA Western Conference contenders.
Butler, acquired from Washington in a seven-player deal Saturday, scored 15 points and hit a jumper to open a 16-4 run in the third.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 points for Dallas, which maintained a one-game lead in the Southwest Division.
Amare Stoudemire, mentioned in trade rumors in recent days, had 30 points and...
- 20100218
This trade deadline just keeps getting better, and it hasn't even happened yet. Jamison to the Cavaliers was huge, and has championship implications.
But it's now looking like the Rockets might swap Kevin Martin for Tracy McGrady, a move that's downright dizzying to consider in the effect it could have on big names and teams on the rise. Marc Stein first reported the Rockets "have agreement in principal with Sacramento to acquire Kevin Martin."
Then, Adrian Wojnarowski...
- 20100218
- 20100217
DALLAS — Electrifying as teammates for one night, imagine LeBron James and Dwyane Wade together for an entire season.
At least one of them does.
"We can dream, can't we?" Wade said. "I dream."
After watching them Sunday night in the All-Star game at Cowboys Stadium, who wouldn't? Well, except rival coaches.
"I don't think you needed to see tonight to understand that that would scare any of us in this...
- 20100217
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Portland Trail Blazers are picking up needed help on the interior, acquiring Marcus Camby from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for guard Steve Blake and forward Travis Outlaw.
The team announced the trade on Tuesday. ESPN.com and Yahoo! Sports were the first to report the deal, which also includes cash going to the Clippers.
The Blazers are currently in eighth place in the competitive Western Conference despite a litany of injuries. Centers...by trigun_de_luxe - Comments: 1 - Views: 59
- 20100216by trigun_de_luxe - Comments: 0 - Views: 28
- 20100216
A lot of smoke is swirling above the Cleveland Cavaliers as the NBA's trade deadline approaches. Thing is, nobody has found the fire. Not yet at least.
Yes, the Cavs have investigated several trade possibilities -- including with the Phoenix Suns -- but it's standard operating procedure for general manager Danny Ferry and his front office cohorts at this time of the season.
The Cavs enjoy being in the middle of these discussions. It does not guarantee a trade is coming, though.
- 20100215
DALLAS -- Throughout All-Star Weekend, NBA commissioner David Stern's favorite figure has been 90,000. That's the minimum crowd expected at Sunday's All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium.
But Stern on Saturday rolled out another figure he believes needs to be out there: $400 million.
That's the total amount of money he says NBA teams will lose this season.
Stern often doesn't like to deal in such negatives. But he felt compelled to throw out that figure,...
- 20100213
DALLAS (AP) -- Two-time NBA MVP Karl Malone, six-time champion Scottie Pippen, and two of the great U.S. Olympic champions are finalists for the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.
The 1992 Dream Team, which Malone and Pippen played on along with superstars such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, is a finalist in the team category. Also up for induction is the 1960 gold medalists, a team led by Hall of Famers Jerry West and Oscar Robertson that won its games in Rome...
- 20100213
DALLAS -- It's unclear if DC Comics will have to step into this dispute. But, for now, it's between Shaquille O'Neal and Dwight Howard.
Howard, the Orlando star center, has been calling himself Superman for years. But O'Neal, the Cleveland center who has used that moniker during his illustrious 18-year career, suddenly has decided now to file a copyright infringement case.
OK, so Shaq didn't go that far. But O'Neal, who long ago got a tattoo of the Superman logo on...
- 20100213
DALLAS -- It's not exactly a recount in a Florida election. But there might be a bit of reconsideration on the list of 27 names announced Wednesday by USA Basketball.
After the names of players who are in the mix for this year's World Championships in Turkey and for the 2012 Olympics in London were announced, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said Boston point guard Rajon Rondo was considered but did not respond to inquiries.
Turns out Rondo...
- 20100213
Consummating a persistent rumor, Caron Butler will be traded to the Mavericks in exchange for Josh Howard, several outlets are reporting, including Yahoo! Sports. Butler will be joined in the Southern sojourn by DeShawn Stevenson. Either Tim Thomas or James Singleton will head to D.C. with Howard.
Butler always seemed to be Washington's most obvious chip, in that among all Wizards stars perhaps he has underperformed the most. You can sense the disillusionment with Butler...
- 20100213
DALLAS -- Denver Nuggets coach George Karl will start Dirk Nowitzki for the West in place of the injured Kobe Bryant in Sunday's All-Star Game.
Nowitzki said Friday that Karl told him that he'd be guarding LeBron James, even though the Dallas Mavericks' 7-footer clearly isn't a guard.
According to Nowitzki, the conversation went like this:
"Good luck," Karl said, "you've got LeBron to start."
Dirk's reply: "Oh,...
- 20100212
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