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| Cavs' Szczerbiak fitted with mask after breaking nose |
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02/07/2009 |
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| nose during the third quarter of Wednesday's game against the New York Knicks, but is still available to play. Szczerbiak was fitted with a protective mask and could see action Sunday when the Cavaliers, who are an unbeaten 23-0 at home, take on the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster matchup. In 45 games this season, Szczerbiak is averaging 7.1 points and three rebounds. The Cavaliers also confirmed that the cast on the right wrist of guard Delonte West was removed on Friday and replaced with a splint. West will |
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| Boston head coach Rivers fined by NBA |
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02/07/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Saturday for his verbal abuse of officials following Thursday's 110-109 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Celtics guard Ray Allen had his potential game-winning jumper in the waning seconds of OT altered by Pau Gasol and Derek Fisher, who appeared to hand- check Allen before his shot fell off the mark to secure LA's win. All-Star forward Kevin Garnett also fouled out late in the fourth quarter for Boston, |
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| Lakers deal Radmanovic to Bobcats for Morrison and Brown |
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02/07/2009 |
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| El Segundo, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers acquired forward Adam Morrison and guard Shannon Brown from the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for forward Vladimir Radmanovic on Saturday. Morrison was taken third overall by the Bobcats in the 2006 NBA Draft following a decorated collegiate career with Gonzaga, earning unanimous First Team All-America honors and garnering multiple National Player of the Year awards in his senior season. The 24-year-old showed flashes of talent in his rookie campaign, aver |
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| Pierce, Celtics get road victory over Knicks |
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02/07/2009 |
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| 26 points and Eddie House scored all eight of his points in an impressive fourth quarter for Boston, as the Celtics quickly got back in the win column with a 110-100 victory over the New York Knicks. Boston had its 12-game win streak snapped by the Los Angeles Lakers in a 110-109 overtime decision on Thursday, but a 38-24 differential in the fourth quarter Friday helped ease the pain over the setback. Ray Allen had 22 points, while Kevin Garnett ended with 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 51.3 |
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| Jazz hoping to spoil special night in Sacramento |
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02/06/2009 |
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| t for the ninth time in 10 games Monday in Phoenix, will retire the jersey of former five-time All-Star Chris Webber. Webber is best known for leading Sacramento to the 2001-02 Western Conference Finals, where the team came up just short against the Los Angeles Lakers thanks to a perfect storm of shaky officiating and erratic free-throw shooting. Long gone are the glory days in Sacramento now. Amare Stoudemire led a balanced Suns attack with 25 points and eight rebounds as Phoenix set a US Airways Center record f |
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| Hornets host Raptors in battle of ailing teams |
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02/06/2009 |
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| s will finish their residency by hosting Minnesota on Sunday. The Raptors, meanwhile, also dropped their fourth straight game on Wednesday, when Kobe Bryant finished with 36 points and had a crucial basket and rebound in the final minute to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 115-107 win over Toronto at the Air Canada Centre. Joey Graham scored a career-high 24 points for the Raptors and Jermaine O'Neal nearly ended up with a triple-double in the loss, posting 22 points, nine rebounds and a season-high nine blocks. |
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| Hawks, Bobcats square off in Charlotte |
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02/06/2009 |
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| ough recent road trip to take on the Atlanta Hawks in a Southeast Division showdown tonight at Time Warner Cable Arena. Charlotte won just one time over its five-game trek, although that victory came against the defending Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, and ended the jaunt with three consecutive double-digit defeats. The Bobcats were easily handled by Utah in Monday's finale of the trip, with the Jazz cruising to a 105-86 triumph despite playing without standout point guard Deron Williams and forw |
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| Celtics are latest elite team to invade MSG |
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02/06/2009 |
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| cene of two memorable individual performances by visiting superstars over the past few days. On Monday, Kobe Bryant amassed the highest point total in Madison Square Garden in over 24 years when the perennial All-Star poured in 61 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 126-117 victory over the Knicks. Two nights later, LeBron James answered Bryant's effort with 52 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds during Cleveland's 107-102 triumph over New York on Wednesday. Boston may be entering this evening's showdown a |
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| Celtics' Garnett returns against Lakers |
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02/06/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - After missing two games due to the flu, Boston forward Kevin Garnett was in the lineup for Thursday's 110-109 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Garnett sat for a second straight game as the Celtics shocked the Philadelphia 76ers with a last-second, 100-99 win Tuesday. He had 16 points and six rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter of Thursday's contest as Boston had a 12-game winning streak broken. "Very tough to watch the team. Probably more than anything, it's fr |
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| Toronto's Bosh, Calderon to make road trip |
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02/05/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh is doubtful to play in Friday's game against New Orleans with a sprained right knee but will accompany the team on the three-game road trip. Bosh left Wednesday's 115-107 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter after suffering the injury and did not return. He went to a local hospital following the game for precautionary X-rays, which revealed no structural damage. He is considered day-to-day for the rest of the trip. The sixth-year pro out of Georgia Tech is the Raptors' leading scorer and rebounder, averaging 22.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Calderon sat out Wednesday's game with a sore right hamstring that also caused the Spanish guard to miss six games earlier in January. He will also make the trip and is considered probable for Friday. |
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