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| Hollywood Happenings: Defending champs finally making their move |
NBA Basketball |
02/04/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers continue their postseason push when they search for their fourth straight win tonight against the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. Los Angeles is now just a game below the .500 mark and 3 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. The Lakers are coming off a 99-87 home win over the Utah Jazz. As is par for the course in a Laker win, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal dominated the contest. Bryant scored 4 |
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| Lakers travel to Indy aiming for fourth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
02/04/2003 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers continue their postseason push when they search for their fourth straight win tonight against the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. Los Angeles is now just a game below the .500 mark and 3 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. The Lakers are coming off a 99-87 home win over the Utah Jazz. As is par for the course in a Laker win, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal dominated the contest |
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| Indiana coach Thomas receives two-game suspension |
NBA Basketball |
02/01/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Indiana Pacers head coach Isiah Thomas was suspended two games by the league on Saturday for escalating an on-court altercation between two players during Friday's contest against Toronto. Thomas, Pacers forward Al Harrington and Toronto swingman Morris Peterson were all ejected from the game in the fourth quarter after the altercation. The Pacers defeated the Boston Celtics 109-100 on Saturday night as assistant coach Brendan Malone handled the coaching duties and is taking o |
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| Pacers look to stay hot against Heat |
NBA Basketball |
01/27/2003 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Indiana Pacers attempt to capture their fourth straight win on Monday when they travel to Miami to battle the Heat. The Pacers are coming off a 108-101 home victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. The win was the 14th in a row at Conseco Fieldhouse for Indiana. Jermaine O'Neal scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked eight shots to lead Indiana. Brad Miller scored 13 points and pulled down 11 boards for the Pacers, while Al Harrington and Ron Artest both sco |
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| Hornets' Davis to undergo surgery |
NBA Basketball |
01/25/2003 |
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| d quarter of Friday's 97-96 overtime loss to Portland. The 23-year-old Davis has averaged 16.8 points and 6.9 assists in 36 games this season. Davis missed eight games earlier this season with back spasms. He was forced to leave an 89-86 loss to the Indiana Pacers on December 31 because of a problem related to a herniated disk from the end of the 2001-02 campaign. He missed the first game of his career on December 1 against Boston because of his ailing back. Missing that game ended a streak of 264 games playe |
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| Pacers look to continue home-court dominance |
NBA Basketball |
01/24/2003 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - The Indiana Pacers try to maintain position in the Central Division when they welcome the Seattle SuperSonics to Conseco Fieldhouse on Friday night. Seattle has lost seven of its last nine games, most recently a 96-91 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gary Payton scored 20 points, dished out 13 assists and grabbed six rebounds in the losing effort. Desmond Mason finished with 14 points, while Kenny Anderson and Brent Barry added 11 points apiece. "I shot the ball well to |
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| Sixers stumble into Auburn Hills |
NBA Basketball |
01/22/2003 |
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| t a 23-foot jumper in the third quarter that gave him 12,000 points for his career. Philly is 7-12 on the road and has a 14-12 mark within the Eastern Conference. Detroit has won seven of its last 10 games and is coming off an 88-78 victory over the Indiana Pacers in the second half of a home-and-home set. Ben Wallace scored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, while Richard Hamilton added 18 points to the victory. In the first half of the set, Indiana won the game on a controversial buzzer-beater that was revi |
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| Pacers, Pistons finish off home-and-home set |
NBA Basketball |
01/20/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Two teams battling for supremacy in the Central Division meet at The Palace of Auburn Hills, when the Detroit Pistons host the Indiana Pacers in the back end of a home-and-home set. Indiana beat the Pistons 88-86 at Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday. Reggie Miller scored 21 points, while Brad Miller chipped in with 19 points and 15 rebounds. Ron Artest finished with 19 points, and Jermaine O'Neal added 17 points and nine boards to the victory. O'Neal decided the game on a buz |
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| Upon further review, Pacers win on buzzer-beater |
NBA Basketball |
01/19/2003 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - Jermaine O'Neal scored 17 points and hit a jumper at the buzzer to lift the Indiana Pacers to a hard-fought, and questionable, 88-86 victory over the Detroit Pistons in a key Central Division matchup at Conseco Fieldhouse. Reggie Miller scored 21 points on 6- of-10 shooting to lead the Pacers, who won for the sixth time in seven tries and extended their lead in the division to 2 1/2 games over second-place Detroit. Chauncey Billups scored 21 points to lead the Pistons, who |
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| Pacers activate Croshere |
NBA Basketball |
01/18/2003 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - Indiana Pacers forward Austin Croshere was activated from the injured list prior to Saturday's game against the Detroit Pistons at Conseco Fieldhouse. Croshere had been on the injured list since January 8 with a bruised rib-cage. The sixth-year veteran was averaging 5.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in 22 games this season. To make room for Croshere on the active roster, the Pacers placed guard Jamison Brewer on the injured list with a strained right groin. He is averaging 1.5 p |
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