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| Cavs' Corner: 'Big Z' delivers |
NBA Basketball |
11/01/2002 |
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| - After missing the Cavaliers' season-opener because of a one-game suspension that stemmed from a September drunk driving incident, center Zydrunas Ilgauskas came up big for the Cavs on Wednesday. With 2.8 seconds left in his team's game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Ilgauskas nailed a mid-range jumper to put the Cavs ahead 98-96. LA's Corey Maggette then lost his dribble on the other end, sealing the road win for Cleveland. Ilgauskas finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, as the Cavaliers rebounded from an |
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| Neighborhood Dispute |
NBA Basketball |
11/01/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers will face their Staples Center brethren, the Los Angeles Clippers, as both teams seek their first win tonight. The Lakers have dropped a pair of games to open the season, most recently a 102-90 setback at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers. Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 25 points and 10 rebounds, but he left the game briefly in the second quarter after twisting his ankle and the Lakers never recovered. With Shaquille O'Neal on the injured list and R |
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| Cavs and Suns clash in the desert |
NBA Basketball |
11/01/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Phoenix Suns try for their first win of the young season when they welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to America West Arena. Cleveland bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Sacramento Kings with a 98-96 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Ricky Davis paced Cleveland with 25 points. Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 19 points, including the deciding 10-foot jumper with 2.8 seconds remaining, and Tyrone Hill chipped in with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Cavs coach John Lucas missed the game, as h |
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| Cavs' Miles, Clippers' Miller take on former teams |
NBA Basketball |
10/30/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Cavaliers try to bounce back from a season-opening setback when they travel to Staples Center to take on the Los Angeles Clippers. Cleveland was non-competitive in a 94-67 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night at ARCO Arena. The Cavaliers -- playing without their starting center, their top rookie and their coach -- suffered the first of what will likely be many losses this season. Coach John Lucas and center Zydrunas Ilgauskas were serving suspensions, while |
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| Clippers' Odom placed on injured list |
NBA Basketball |
10/28/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Los Angeles Clippers forward Lamar Odom was placed on the injured list Monday. Odom is sidelined with a sore right wrist and a sore right ankle. Meanwhile, forward Elton Brand has recovered from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is on the active roster. Los Angeles opens the 2002-03 campaign at home against Cleveland on October 30. Odom averaged 13.1 points, 6.1 boards and 5.9 assists over 29 games last season, while Brand paced the Clippers in 2001-02 with averages of 1 |
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| Los Angeles Clippers 2002-03 Season Preview |
NBA Basketball |
10/24/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Clippers have assembled a talented young core of players thanks to years of sub-.500 seasons and lottery picks. Will the 2002-03 season finally be the year that the Clippers break through and make the playoffs? Playing in the same arena as the Los Angeles Lakers is a difficult shadow to emerge from, but the Clippers seem intent on qualifying for the NBA's postseason tournament for the first time since 1997. The team's biggest offseason move came when GM Elgin Baylor sent popular |
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| Cleveland Cavaliers 2002-03 Season Preview |
NBA Basketball |
10/24/2002 |
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| ld be no different. The club went 29-53 last year under head coach John Lucas, coming in seventh place in the division, just in front of the Chicago Bulls. The Cavaliers made a big trade over the summer, shipping star point guard Andre Miller to the Los Angeles Clippers as part of a four-player swap. The Clippers acquired Miller and shooting guard Bryant Stith, while sending athletic forward Darius Miles and forward Harold Jamison to the Cavaliers. Lucas admitted the team is in a rebuilding stage. "Now I think we t |
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| Clippers sign Zhizhi |
NBA Basketball |
10/18/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Clippers signed restricted free agent center Wang Zhizhi on Friday. As per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. Zhizhi, the first ever Asian-born player in the NBA, originally signed an offer sheet with the Clippers on October 1. The Dallas Mavericks, Wang's original team, decided not to match Los Angeles' three-year offer sheet. The team has scheduled a press conference Monday at Staples Center to introduce the 7-foot-1 Wang, who will then participat |
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| Martin returns to Nuggets |
NBA Basketball |
10/03/2002 |
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| s worth $887,435. Martin had been released by the Dallas Mavericks after only appearing in three games last season because the team felt they had too many point guards on the roster with Steve Nash and Nick Van Exel already under contract. Martin, 31, is an eight-year NBA veteran, and has also played with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Vancouver Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings. In his career which spans 399 games, the 5-foot-11 guard out of UCLA, has averaged 8.0 points, and 3.3 assists per game. |
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| Restricted free agent Zhizhi signs with Clippers |
NBA Basketball |
10/01/2002 |
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| Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Mavericks restricted free agent center Wang Zhizhi, the first ever Asian-born player in the NBA, has signed a three- year offer sheet with the Los Angeles Clippers. Dallas has 15 days to match the offer, work out a sign-and-trade deal or risk losing the 7-1 center without compensation. Zhizhi averaged 5.6 points and 2.0 rebounds in 55 games last year with the Mavs, who finished second to San Antonio in the Western Conference's Midwest Division and were eliminated in the confere |
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