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| Heat resume road trip in Houston |
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01/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat will resume a lengthy seven-game road trip Saturday night against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. The Heat have won two straight and three of four to improve to 3-2 on then road swing, and handed the Milwaukee Bucks a 102-99 loss on Wednesday at the Bradley Center. Daequan Cook hit six three-pointers and finished with 24 points to lead the Heat, who will also visit Oklahoma City and owns a 9-11 mark away from South Beach this season. Rookie Michael Beasley chipped i |
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| Rockets' Artest has MRI, will miss at least another week |
NBA Basketball |
01/13/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Houston Rockets forward Ron Artest underwent an MRI exam on his right ankle Sunday, and though the results revealed no stress fractures, he will remain sidelined for at least another week. Artest has missed four of Houston's last five games because of the injury, which has been diagnosed as a moderate to severe bone bruise. He will rehab the injury over the next 7-to-10 days and will be re-evaluated at that time. The 29-year-old veteran played nearly 30 minutes and scored 17 poi |
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| Rockets' McGrady out two more weeks |
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01/12/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Houston Rockets forward and leading scorer Tracy McGrady will miss at least two more weeks while he recovers from a left knee injury. "Tracy was not able to execute his standard preseason training regimen due to his offseason procedure," said Houston general manager Daryl Morey. "He has been fighting through this in order to help the team get past a difficult early season schedule. Coach (Rick) Adelman and I felt that it was in his best interest to take these two weeks to get hi |
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| Reeling Knicks visit Hornets |
NBA Basketball |
01/12/2009 |
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| points, seven assists and five rebounds. New York will try to close out a four-game road trip with some decency Monday night and has dropped the first three tests of the swing. The losses kept coming for the Knicks on Saturday, when the shorthanded Houston Rockets posted a 96-76 victory at the Toyota Center. Tim Thomas had 18 points and David Lee recorded 14 and 11 rebounds for the Knicks, who lost for the 10th time in 12 contests. Nate Robinson had 17 points and six rebounds in defeat. The Knicks are 5-14 aw |
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| McGrady, Artest out for Rockets |
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01/10/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Houston Rockets standouts Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest were inactive for Saturday's game against the New York Knicks because of injuries. McGrady is sidelined due to a sore left knee, while Artest missed the contest due to a sprained right ankle. This was the fourth time in the last five games Artest has been out of action. The pair has combined to average over 31 points a game this season. |
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| Knicks pay a visit to Houston |
NBA Basketball |
01/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The struggling New York Knicks will continue a four-game road trip tonight against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. The Knicks have lost the first two tests of the trek, including Thursday's 99-94 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Chris Duhon scored 24 points and handed out seven assists to pace New York, which has dropped nine of its last 11 games overall. Wilson Chandler added 20 points and Al Harrington chipped in 14 points and six rebounds in defeat. Dav |
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| Bulls welcome Thunder to Windy City |
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01/10/2009 |
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| lahoma City has been pitiful on the road this season as evidenced by its 1-16 away mark, and will visit Chicago and New Jersey on the trek. The Thunder have lost two straight overall and eight of 10 games, including Friday's 98-96 setback versus the Houston Rockets. Kevin Durant had a game-high 27 points and added six rebounds and five assists to lead the Thunder. Russell Westbrook registered 15 points, six boards and six assists in defeat. Chicago went 2-0 against Seattle/Oklahoma City a year ago and has won |
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| McGrady, Rockets edge Thunder |
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01/09/2009 |
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| Oklahoma City, OK (MySportsbook) - Tracy McGrady had 26 points to help the Houston Rockets to a 98-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Ford Center. Yao Ming had 14 points and seven rebounds, Luis Scola added 14 points and six rebounds while Von Wafer had 14 points for the Rockets, who have won two straight. The Rockets have dominated the Oklahoma City/Seattle franchise over the past five seasons as Houston has won 10 straight and 16 of 18 overall. Kevin Durant had a game-high 27 points and added si |
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| Rockets to conclude trek in Oklahoma City |
NBA Basketball |
01/09/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Houston Rockets will wrap up their five-game road trip Friday against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Ford Center. Houston ended a three-game slide with Wednesday's 89-85 victory over the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics, as Yao Ming posted 26 points and eight rebounds to help the Rockets end Boston's 13-game winning streak at home. Aaron Brooks had 19 points for the Rockets, who are 1-3 on the trip and 11-11 as the visitor this season. Ron Artest scored 17 points and Von Wafer ha |
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| The sky is falling: Rockets hand Celtics another loss |
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01/07/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Yao Ming posted 26 points and eight rebounds, and the Houston Rockets dealt the Boston Celtics an 89-85 defeat at TD Banknorth Garden. The Celtics have been reeling as of late, dropping six of eight since a franchise-record 19-game win streak. The loss also snaps the defending champions' 13-game home win streak, dropping Boston to 18-2 this season as the host. Aaron Brooks had 19 points for the Rockets, who got their first win on a five- game road trip. They had lost the first th |
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