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| Kings aim to stay perfect at ARCO Arena |
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12/03/2002 |
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| ves." Minnesota improved to 4-5 on the road and 5-2 within the Western Conference. Despite being bitten hard by the injury bug, the Kings have won two straight and 11 of their last 13 games overall. Sacramento is coming off a 103-84 victory over the Houston Rockets. Gerald Wallace finished with a career-high 23 points and eight rebounds in the victory, while Chris Webber played through a nasty flu bug and scored 16 of his 19 points in the first half. Webber and the rest of Sacramento's frontcourt made life ver |
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| Kings' Court: What injuries? |
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12/02/2002 |
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| ight and eight of its last nine games. The Kings are 14-5 on the season, including 9-0 at ARCO Arena, and lead the Pacific Division by 3 1/2 games over Seattle. It seems the resilient Kings have been doing it with a new hero every night. Against the Houston Rockets on Sunday, Gerald Wallace poured in a career-high 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds in the Kings' 103-84 win. Wallace, last year's runner-up to Jason Richardson in the Slam Dunk contest, also had a furious jam that even Yao M |
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| Yao and Rockets visit Seattle |
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11/29/2002 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics hope to end a two- game skid when they welcome the Houston Rockets to KeyArena Friday night. Houston has lost three of its last five but is coming off a 91-84 victory over the Golden State Warriors. Kelvin Cato, who had played a total of 20 minutes in Houston's previous eight games, played 31 strong minutes against Golden State. Cato scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the victory. "It's hard for me to keep my attitude good when I'm not playing,'' |
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| Warriors host falling Rockets |
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11/27/2002 |
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| Oakland, CA (MySportsbook) - The Houston Rockets hope to avoid a three-game slide when they travel to Oakland to take on the Golden State Warriors. Houston has lost three of its last four games and is coming off a 77-71 setback at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers. Steve Francis led all scorers with 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Yao Ming was in foul trouble early and finished with 10 points and two rebounds. "I loved how we fought, hustled, scrapped," Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. |
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| Mavs put perfect record up against Detroit's flawless home mark |
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11/27/2002 |
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| he Mavs are just the fourth team in NBA history to start a season with 13 straight wins. The league record for the longest season-opening streak was set in 1948-49 by the Washington Capitols, who started 15-0 that year, and matched in 1993-94 by the Houston Rockets. Boston started the 1957-58 season 14-0. Dallas is coming off an impressive 115-105 win over the Seattle SuperSonics on Saturday. Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley each scored 29 points and Steve Nash added 27, as the Mavericks overcame a fourth-quar |
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| Clippers Corner: Frontcourt forces help end skid |
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11/26/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Yao Ming had finally arrived in the NBA. After a three-game span during which he averaged 17.4 points per game, the Houston Rockets faced the Los Angeles Clippers. Los Angeles snapped a two-game skid with a 90-89 victory over the Houston Rockets. Elton Brand scored 26 points and pulled down 15 rebounds, and Michael Olowokandi played great defense against Yao. "I thought everybody did a good job," Los Angeles coach Alvin Gentry said of his team's defense against Yao. "He has gotten some big |
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| Revitalized Jazz hope to stay hot against Clippers |
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11/26/2002 |
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| one of our goals," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "We had a tough early schedule, but so do many other teams." Utah is 3-6 on the road and has a 3-1 mark within the Western Conference. Los Angeles snapped a two-game skid with a 90-89 victory over the Houston Rockets. Elton Brand scored 26 points and pulled down 15 rebounds, and Michael Olowokandi played great defense against Houston's Yao Ming. "I thought everybody did a good job," Los Angeles coach Alvin Gentry said of his team's defense against Yao. "He has g |
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| Rockets tangle with Blazers in Portland |
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11/26/2002 |
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| Portland, OR (MySportsbook) - The Houston Rockets play the second game of their current five-game road trip when they travel to Portland to play the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden. Houston is just 2-4 on the road this season after a 90-89 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on Sunday. Steve Francis scored 31 points, but missed an off-balance jumper at the buzzer. Yao Ming, who has been impressive in his last few outings, was held to just four points. largely due to the defensive work of Mic |
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| Mavs go for lucky 13 against Seattle |
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11/23/2002 |
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| tworked," said Sonics coach Nate McMillan, whose team fell to 6-1 against Western Conference foes. "They brought in fresh guys and were able to wear us down." The Sonics are 5-2 on the road this season. Dallas is coming off a 103-90 victory over the Houston Rockets. Michael Finley had a season-high 28 points, including six treys, and Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points and nine rebounds as the Mavs set a franchise record for consecutive wins at any point in a season, and tied for the fourth-best start in league histor |
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| Yao lifts Rockets to win in first NBA start |
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11/23/2002 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Yao Ming scored 18 points and pulled down eight rebounds in his first ever NBA start, as the Houston Rockets overcame a first- half deficit and outlasted the Washington Wizards, 93-86, at the Compaq Center. Yao, who erupted for 30 points and 16 rebounds off the bench in the Rockets' 103-90 loss in Dallas on Thursday, entered Friday's contest averaging 17 minutes of playing time in 10 games for Houston this year. He played 32 minutes against Washington. Steve Francis and Glen Ric |
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