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| Blazers battle Sonics in Northwest affair |
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03/11/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics hope to end a two-game skid when they welcome the playoff-bound Portland Trail Blazers to KeyArena tonight. Portland has won five of its last seven games, most recently a 94-80 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Rasheed Wallace finished with 23 points and 14 rebounds, while Dale Davis added 17 points and 10 rebounds. Derek Anderson added 18 points to the win. "This was a game of desperate measures for us," Scottie Pippen said. "I thought we played all aspects of the game very hard." The Trail Blazers are currently the fourth seed in the Western Conference, 3 1/2 games behind the third-seeded San Antonio Spurs and mere percentage points ahead of the fifth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves. Portland is 19-12 on the road and 21-15 within the Western Conference. Seattle's latest slide comes on the heels of a five-game winning streak. The Sonics are coming off a 108-99 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Ray Allen scored 24 points, grabbed seven rebounds and handed out seven assists in the losing effort. Vladimir Radmanovic chipped in with 20 points. Philly's Allen Iverson doomed the Sonics with a 40-point effort. "Tonight [Iverson] was pretty consistent throughout the game knocking down shots," said Sonics coach Nate McMillan. "Every time we tried to make a run it seemed like he came up with a big basket. When he has that going, there is nothing you can do except hope that he misses some shots." The Sonics are 16-13 at home and have a 15-18 mark within the Western Conference. Portland has won all three meetings between the teams this season. |
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| Slumping Pacers battle skidding Blazers |
NBA Basketball |
03/08/2003 |
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| Portland, OR (MySportsbook) - The slumping Indiana Pacers resume their four-game road trip on Saturday when they head to Portland to take on the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden. The Pacers have lost their last two games and eight of their past nine. However, the team is still tied with Detroit for the top spot in the Eastern Conference as the Pistons are also struggling. Both teams are one-half game ahead of Atlantic Division-leading New Jersey. Most of Indiana's recent problems have come on the road. The |
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| Top MVP candidates KG and Kobe meet in LA |
NBA Basketball |
03/07/2003 |
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| st percentage points behind the fourth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers. Meanwhile, the Lakers are seventh in the West, 1 1/2 games behind sixth-place Utah. The Lakers have won seven of their past eight games and are coming off a 97-95 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. Robert Horry hit a game-winning buzzer-beater to lift the Lakers to the dramatic win. Shaquille O'Neal finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds, while Kobe Bryant chipped in 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers. Bryant also became t |
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| Warriors continue playoff push |
NBA Basketball |
03/06/2003 |
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| ar season for the first time since the end of the 1993-94 campaign, when they finished 50-32. The current six-game winning streak is the team's longest since it won eight in a row in April 1994. The Warriors are coming off a 107-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Gilbert Arenas has scored 22 points and dished out nine assists, and Erick Dampier and Jason Richardson added 20 points apiece to the victory. "We all thought we were going to be here. We didn't know when," Arenas said. "Anything's doable in this l |
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| Pacers resume road trip with clash against Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
03/05/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Indiana Pacers try to get back on the winning track when they continue their four-game road trip with a stop at Staples Center tonight for a clash with the Los Angeles Lakers. Indiana has lost seven of its last eight games, most recently a 107-100 setback at the hands of the Golden State Warriors. Wasted in the loss was a strong effort from Ron Artest. Artest scored 32 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Jermaine O'Neal added 21 points and six rebounds to the losin |
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| Hollywood Happenings: Jackson on the mend |
NBA Basketball |
03/05/2003 |
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| told this joke, I don't know if its fair or not, [but] that when the anesthesiologist leaned over me, he said we named your kidney stone 'Kobe' because its not passing." Jackson expects to return to the bench Wednesday night when the Lakers host the Indiana Pacers. His team has won 13 of its last 16 games, but with the hole it dug for itself to start the season, there is very little margin for error. Jackson was not pleased with his team's latest effort -- a 107-90 loss to Seattle that snapped a six-game winn |
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| Pacers begin road trip in Oakland likely without O'Neal |
NBA Basketball |
03/04/2003 |
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| Oakland, CA (MySportsbook) - The Golden State Warriors try for their sixth straight win as they continue their improbable postseason push at Oakland tonight against the Indiana Pacers. Indiana is currently the top seed in the Eastern Conference, one-half game ahead of the second-seeded New Jersey Nets and 1 1/2 games ahead of the Detroit Pistons. The Pacers snapped a six-game slide with a 107-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks their last time out. Brad Miller scored 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in th |
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| Nets, Mavs square off in Big D |
NBA Basketball |
03/04/2003 |
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| onight for a clash with the Dallas Mavericks. New Jersey has been in a funk since the All-Star break, but it is fortunate that both Indiana and Detroit have also struggled. The Nets are currently the second seed in the East, one-half game behind the Indiana Pacers and one game ahead of the Detroit Pistons. The Nets have dropped eight of 14 since All-Star weekend, most recently a 91-90 loss to the Utah Jazz. Utah's Andrei Kirilenko tipped in John Stockton's misfired jumper at the buzzer to doom the Nets. Offic |
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| Raptors invade FleetCenter |
NBA Basketball |
02/28/2003 |
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| ir Canada Centre, and it is just 6-20 on the road this season. Boston is currently the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, one-half game behind the fourth-seeded Philadelphia 76ers. The Celtics snapped a two-game skid with a 71-69 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Antoine Walker finished with 18 points and Paul Pierce added 16 to the victory. The Celtics took full advantage of 23 Indiana turnovers, turning them into 19 points. It was the sixth straight loss for the reeling Pacers. "I said before the game, I |
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| Stalling Pistons face red-hot Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
02/27/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Pistons try to snap a four-game slide when they travel to Los Angeles to take on the red-hot Lakers at Staples Center. Detroit is currently clinging to a one-half game lead over the Indiana Pacers in the Central Division and is just percentage points ahead of the New Jersey Nets for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons are 0-2 on their current five-game road trip. Detroit has very little room for error and tough competition ahead. After the Lakers |
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