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| Wizards' Butler out again with flu |
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02/06/2009 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Washington Wizards guard Caron Butler will miss Friday's game against the Denver Nuggets because of the flu. The Wizards head into the contest with just nine healthy players. Butler, Gilbert Arenas (knee), Brendan Haywood (wrist), Etan Thomas (knee), DeShawn Stevenson (back), and Andray Blatche (knee) all will miss Friday's game for Washington. Butler is second on the team in scoring (20.0) and rebounding (6.2) and leads the Wizards in assists (4.4). Washington comes into Fr |
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| Nuggets resume long trek vs. Wizards |
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02/06/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets resume an eight-game road trip Friday against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center. The Nuggets have won three straight overall and opened the lengthy trek with a 114-113 victory at Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and hit the winning shot with 5.3 seconds remaining to lead Denver, which won for the sixth time in seven games despite missing two key players. Kenyon Martin missed the ga |
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| Blazers aiming for rebound in Oklahoma City |
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02/06/2009 |
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| e Portland Trail Blazers will try to get back on track and stay within striking distance of the top spot in the Northwest Division when they wrap up a three-game road trip tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Portland is 2 1/2 games behind the Denver Nuggets in the division standings and had its five-game winning streak come to an end with Wednesday's 104-99 setback at Dallas. Brandon Roy led all scorers with 26 points to go with seven rebounds for Portland, which is 1-1 on the trek and 12-13 away from |
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| Nuggets G Billups out with ankle sprain |
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02/04/2009 |
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| Oklahoma City, OK (MySportsbook) - Denver Nuggets All-Star guard Chauncey Billups missed Wednesday's 114-113 win against the Thunder. Billups sprained his right ankle in the second quarter of Tuesday's 104-96 victory over San Antonio. He played the first half, but did not return after halftime. X-rays taken on the ankle came back negative and he is listed as day-to-day. Acquired in the trade earlier this season that saw Allen Iverson head to Detroit, Billups is averaging 18.6 points and 6.3 assists per gam |
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| Nuggets start up lengthy jaunt in Oklahoma City |
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02/04/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Denver Nuggets kick off a season-long eight-game road trip Wednesday in Oklahoma City against the Thunder. The Nuggets will start the trek in a positive fashion, after Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points and brought down nine rebounds in just his second game since returning from a fractured right hand as Denver defeated the short-handed San Antonio Spurs, 104-96, Tuesday in a battle of division leaders. Nene logged 17 points and 11 rebounds while Linas Kleiza and Chris Anderson provided 1 |
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| Nuggets top shorthanded Spurs |
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02/04/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points and brought down nine rebounds in just his second game since returning from a fractured right hand, and the Denver Nuggets defeated the shorthanded San Antonio Spurs, 104-96, in a battle of division leaders. Nene logged 17 points and 11 rebounds while Linas Kleiza and Chris Anderson provided 13 and 11 points, respectively, for the Northwest Division-leading Nuggets, who have won five of six. Chauncey Billups left the game in the second quarter wi |
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| Nuggets' Anthony returns |
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01/31/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Denver Nuggets star forward Carmelo Anthony returned from a 10-game absence, started and had 19 points in Friday's 110-99 win against the Charlotte Bobcats. Anthony, who missed the previous 10 games after fracturing his right hand, went 5-of-12 from the field and missed just two of his 11 foul shots in nearly 30 minutes of action. Anthony was sidelined with a non-displaced third metacarpal fracture on his right hand that he suffered in a game against Indiana on January 5. During |
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| Grand larceny, NBA style |
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01/30/2009 |
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| they're (the league's coaches) being hypocritical because somebody who doesn't make it on our group (sacrifices). "(But) that's what they did. They voted for numbers instead of sacrifice, wins and efficiency." Ouch! 3. - Carmelo Anthony - Forward - Denver Nuggets Before suffering a non-displaced third metacarpal fracture on his right hand against Indiana on January 5, few would have been surprised if Anthony was voted in as a Western Conference starter. After missing 10 games, it seems like the Western Confe |
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| Hornets close out homestand with road-challenged Warriors |
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01/30/2009 |
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| on Friday, when they welcome the Golden State Warriors to the Big Easy. The Hornets improved to 2-0 on the residency and 16-5 overall at New Orleans Arena on Wednesday, when Peja Stojakovic led all scorers with 26 points and New Orleans defeated the Denver Nuggets by a 94-81 margin. The Hornets continued to ride the hot hand of their Serbian star, who was 10- of-14 shooting one game removed from pouring in 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting against Philadelphia in Monday's opener of a three-game homestand. Devin |
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| Anthony set to return in Nuggets' clash with Bobcats |
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01/30/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets will receive an added boost Friday, when star forward Carmelo Anthony will return to the floor for the first time in nearly a month as the team welcomes the Charlotte Bobcats to the Rocky Mountains. Anthony, who is averaging a team-high 21.1 points per game, was on the shelf for 10 straight games since suffering a non-displaced third metacarpal fracture on his right hand against Indiana on January 5. He still has a small fracture in the hand, b |
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