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| Clippers Corner: Gentry safe in cradle of frugality |
NBA Basketball |
01/07/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - When teams underachieve, generally coaches get fired. This is the case 99 percent of the time. The Los Angeles Clippers are a team with enough young talent to at least be a middle-of-the-pack squad in the competitive Western Conference. Alvin Gentry's team has dropped six straight and eight of its last nine games. The Clippers are firmly planted in the Pacific Division cellar, despite a roster many general managers would love to shop from. "It's been the season from hell," Gentry told The Orange |
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| Sixers finish up road trip in Dallas |
NBA Basketball |
01/04/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers conclude a brutal road trip when they battle the Dallas Mavericks in a Saturday matinee at AmericanAirlines Center. The Sixers are 1-4 on their six-game road trip so far, with the only win coming against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday. Most recently, Philly suffered a 96-78 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday. The Sixers were led by Kenny Thomas, who scored 20 on 9-of-18 shooting in 45 minutes of play. Allen Iverson went just 4-of-17 from the field for 12 points and w |
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| Pacific's best battle in Phoenix |
NBA Basketball |
12/21/2002 |
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| solid game with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. The Kings are 8-6 on the road this season and 15-4 against the Western Conference, with a 7-1 mark within the Pacific. The Suns won for the fifth time in six games on Friday by holding on to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers, 87-76. Shawn Marion collected 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead Phoenix. Amare Stoudemire added 18 points and 11 boards for the Suns and Stephon Marbury posted 16 points and eight assists. Phoenix shot 46 percent from the field and outrebounded the |
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| Blazers look to stay hot against Warriors |
NBA Basketball |
12/20/2002 |
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| Oakland, CA (MySportsbook) - The Portland Trail Blazers try for their fourth straight win when they travel to Oakland to take on the Golden State Warriors. Portland is coming off a 97-93 road win over the Los Angeles Clippers, which boosted its road mark to 6-7. Bonzi Wells led the way with 30 points and nine rebounds. The Blazers fought back from behind to win for the sixth time in eight games. "Even though we were down 14, our guys still plugged away, took it one basket at a time, kind of ground it out,'' Well |
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| Blazers travel to Los Angeles |
NBA Basketball |
12/18/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Two teams riding two-game surges square off tonight when the Los Angeles Clippers welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to Staples Center. Portland is coming off a 102-93 victory over the New Orleans Hornets. Bonzi Wells scored a season-high 30 points, and Rasheed Wallace added 22 points and 13 rebounds to the winning effort. Wells not only carried the load, but he had to respond to some negative comments made by teammate Scottie Pippen about the team's management. "I know in my gut |
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| Sonics host Spurs |
NBA Basketball |
12/18/2002 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The San Antonio Spurs try to improve a sagging road record when they take on the Seattle SuperSonics at KeyArena. San Antonio is coming off a 91-79 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, which dropped its road mark to 3-7. The Spurs have dropped four straight away from SBC Center. Tim Duncan scored 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the loss to Los Angeles. David Robinson was held to 10 points over 30 minutes of work. "We started the game pretty well and the energy level was good," Robi |
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| Nowitzki returns to the hardwood |
NBA Basketball |
12/17/2002 |
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| e starting lineup on Tuesday and scored 20 points to help the Mavericks to a 118-97 win over the Indiana Pacers. Nowitzki, who missed the last two games with an ankle injury, played 28 minutes and shot 8-of-15 from the field. He made 2-of-6 from beyond the arc for Dallas, which improved to 12-0 at home this season. The German suffered a high ankle sprain in a blowout win over the Los Angeles Clippers on December 10. Nowitzki sustained the sprain when teammate Popeye Jones fell to the floor and rolled onto his leg. |
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| Clippers' Corner: Finally, Clipps snap series home slide |
NBA Basketball |
12/17/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Clippers have been a lackluster team at home. Monday night, Coach Alvin Gentry was ejected, and it seemed to light a fire under the team. Michael Olowokandi had 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Clippers, and Elton Brand added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Clippers, who used a pair of 15-3 runs to beat San Antonio 91-79 Monday night and snap their eight-game series home losing. "Obviously, it had an effect, to some degree," Olowokandi said. "We were in very capable hands w |
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| Spurs of the Moment: What happened to Malik Rose? |
NBA Basketball |
12/17/2002 |
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| he season. Last year, Rose played in all 82 regular season games for the Spurs and averaged career-bests of 9.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. The Drexel product had just two points and one board in nine minutes in the Spurs' 91-79 setback to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. San Antonio had a two-game winning streak stopped and lost for the fourth straight time on the road. Tim Duncan scored 32 points on 16-of-29 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who shot just 41 percent from the floor and misse |
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| Rocket Fuel: Back down to Earth |
NBA Basketball |
12/16/2002 |
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| noise last week by defeating the Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings in consecutive games. But that noise has since been quieted. The Rockets proceeded to suffer a 114-109 overtime loss to the Grizzlies in Memphis on Friday before falling to the Los Angeles Clippers at home on Saturday, 94-83. "We probably believed we were better than we were," said Rockets guard Steve Francis after Saturday's defeat. "Guys were like, 'Man, we beat those teams. These next two should be a cakewalk.' [These last two losses] let u |
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