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| Pacers host Magic at Conseco Fieldhouse |
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02/06/2009 |
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| ineup and roster after All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson suffered a potentially season-ending torn labrum during the team's 105-95 home loss to Dallas on Monday. Veteran Anthony Johnson manned the point for the Magic in Wednesday's matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers, and the 12-year pro responded with a huge effort to spark Orlando to a 125-96 rout. Johnson scored a season-best 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting and hit 6-of-8 attempts from three-point range. Rookie Courtney Lee also delivered a big game in Wednesda |
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| Clippers hope to avoid 12th straight road loss in Memphis |
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02/06/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two of the worst teams in the Western Conference get together this evening, as the Los Angeles Clippers pay a visit to the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum. Los Angeles is 0-4 on a seven-game road trip and now has dropped 11 in a row away from Hollywood. In Wednesday's 125-96 loss at Orlando, Al Thornton scored 27 points to lead the Clippers, who have dropped seven straight overall and fell to 5-19 as the visitor this season. Eric Gordon added 14 points, while Marcus Camby finished with 12 point |
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| Re-Branding Gone Wrong |
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02/05/2009 |
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| worked as hard as he could over the past six weeks to return; however, the scope of the injury would not allow it." This marks the second straight year that Brand will miss nearly all of the season, as he played in only eight games last year for the Los Angeles Clippers due to a serious Achilles injury Stefanski downplayed the idea of his marquee acquisition, who originally dislocated the shoulder on December 17 when he hit the floor hard after being upended by Milwaukee's Luc Mbah a Moute, being injury prone. "I h |
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| Harris helps Nets hammer lowly Wizards |
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02/04/2009 |
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| ent from the field for the first time since March 2003. Washington was paced by Nick Young's 21 points. Oleksiy Pecherov and Mike James each scored 13 points for the Wizards (10-39), who lost for the seventh time in eight games and are tied with the Los Angeles Clippers for the worst record in the NBA. Antawn Jamison, Darius Songaila, and JaVale McGee ended with 10 points apiece. Jamison pulled down a team-high six rebounds, but failed to capture his sixth straight double-double. "We had enough to compete for a hal |
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| Wizards' Butler out with flu |
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02/04/2009 |
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| s game against the New Jersey Nets because of the flu. The Wizards head into tonight's contest with just eight healthy players. Butler, Gilbert Arenas (knee), Brendan Haywood (wrist), Etan Thomas (knee), DeShawn Stevenson (back), Juan Dixon (elbow) and Andray Blatche (knee) all will miss Wednesday'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 (10-38) is tied with the Los Angeles Clippers for the worst record in the NBA. |
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| Nets aim for three straight wins at Washington |
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02/04/2009 |
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| from November 26-30. While New Jersey, which closed within a half-game of the Bucks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East, remains in postseason contention, the Wizards are well out of the race. Washington's 10-38 record is tied with the Los Angeles Clippers for the worst in the NBA, and the club has lost six of its last seven tilts. The Wizards did record a 106-94 home win over the Clippers on Saturday, but couldn't sustain the momentum in Monday's loss to Memphis at the Verizon Center. Rookie O.J. May |
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| Clippers set for showdown with Magic |
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02/04/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Clippers have their star point guard back in the lineup, but the Orlando Magic don't figure to have theirs available for quite some time. Minus the services of Jameer Nelson, the Magic will try to rebound from a recent home loss when they host the injury-plagued Clippers tonight at Amway Arena. Just days after being named to his first All-Star Game, Nelson suffered a potentially season-ending shoulder injury in Monday's 105-95 defeat to Dallas. The fifth-year pro left the game af |
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| Pistons hope to cure home woes against Heat |
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02/04/2009 |
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| y's game with a thigh contusion and is listed as questionable. The Heat will kick off a quick two-game road trip at Detroit and Philadelphia, and are 10-13 away from South Beach this season. They ended a two-game slide with a 119-95 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday in Miami, as NBA leading scorer Dwyane Wade scored 32 points and added nine assists to lead the way. Wade leads the league with 28.5 points per game. Rookie Michael Beasley finished with 18 points and seven rebounds off the bench for the H |
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| Cavs try to go 23-0 at home vs. Raptors |
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02/03/2009 |
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| me win Tuesday when they welcome the Toronto Raptors to Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland improved to 22-0 as the host this season, matching the franchise mark for consecutive home wins first set during the 1988-89 campaign, with a 112-95 rout over the Los Angeles Clippers on January 30. The Cavs became the first team to win at least its first 22 home games in a season since the Chicago Bulls (37 games) and the Orlando Magic (33 games) accomplished the feat in the 1995-96 season. Cleveland is also the first team since |
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| Wade guides Heat to blowout of Clippers |
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02/02/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Dwyane Wade scored 32 points and added nine assists, as the Miami Heat downed the Los Angeles Clippers, 119-95, at American Airlines Arena. Michael Beasley finished with 18 points and seven rebounds off the bench for the Heat, who snapped a two-game slide. Mario Chalmers contributed 15 points and eight assists, while Shawn Marion had 11 points and seven boards in his return to the court. Marion had missed the last five games because of a strained groin. "I liked our energy," Heat head |
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