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| Spurs aim to continue dominance over Nets |
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01/23/2009 |
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| s for first place in the competitive Southwest Division. Tim Duncan, selected as one of the Western Conference starters for next month's All-Star Game on Thursday, led the way in Tuesday's win with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Manu Ginobli contributed 26 points on 8-of-10 shooting to help the Spurs improve to 16-7 at the AT&T Center this season. Following tonight's test, San Antonio will embark on a challenging three-game road trip against Western Conference contenders the Los Angeles Lakers, Utah and Phoenix. |
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| Lakers pound Wizards |
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01/23/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Andrew Bynum followed up a career performance on Wednesday with a game-high 23 points and 14 rebounds to help lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 117-97 romp over the Washington Wizards at Staples Center. Bynum did his damage in a little over 27 and a half minutes of floor time in the blowout, hitting 8-of-12 from the field and 7-of-8 at the line one night after posting a career-high 42 points with 15 rebounds in a victory over the Clippers. "Everybody is playing me to go middle. |
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| NBA All-Star starters: Howard top vote-getter, Kobe tops West |
NBA Basketball |
01/22/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Leading vote-getter Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic highlighted the Eastern Conference All-Star starters, while Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant led the Western Conference's starting five. The voting totals were announced Thursday night, less than a month from the tip-off of the NBA's All-Star Game, to be held Sunday, February 15 in Phoenix. Howard will be joined in the Eastern Conference frontcourt by forwards Kevin Garnett of Boston and LeBron James of Cleveland, while De |
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| Wizards pay a visit to Lakers |
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01/22/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Washington Wizards hope to build on just their third road victory of the season when they resume a four-game trip Thursday against the West's best, the Los Angeles Lakers, at Staples Center. The Wiz evened their record at 1-1 on the trek in Sacramento on Wednesday when Antawn Jamison deposited a season-high 33 points with nine rebounds and Caron Butler added 32 points, seven boards and five assists in the 110-107 victory. Andray Blatche chipped in 20 points and made two clutch free throws |
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| NBA Southeast: Dwight Howard is the real O.G. |
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01/21/2009 |
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| . The Heat averaged 25.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists from their reserves over the first 31 games of the 2008-09 season. Miami's pine has outscored opposing benches, 238-145, over the last four games. The 56 points off the bench against the Los Angeles Lakers on January 11 is the most since a 66-point reserve effort versus the Charlotte Bobcats on November 27, 2007. Heat rookie Michael Beasley has scored 20 or more points off the bench five times this season. Beasley was relegated to a reserve role in la |
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| LeBron leads Cavs into Portland's Rose Garden |
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01/21/2009 |
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| iers resume a four-game west coast trip Wednesday hoping to bounce back from one of their worst losses of the year when they face the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden. Kobe Bryant recorded 20 points, 12 assists and six rebounds, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-88 victory over the Cavaliers in a battle of NBA heavyweights on Monday. Bryant, the reigning league MVP, played the duration of the game with a dislocated ring finger on his shooting hand. He was injured in the first quarter while defendin |
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| The NBA's other elite team |
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01/20/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - When you talk about the NBA's elite, you begin with the obvious. The conversation usually starts with the league's two marquee teams -- the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. It's hard to argue with that. After all, the Celtics dispatched the Lakers to win title No. 17 last June and this season, Boston raced out of the blocks to the best 29-game start in NBA history. Meanwhile, LA remains atop the Western Conference. Joining those two clubs in the discussion is LeBron |
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| Kobe bests LeBron in intense Lakers-Cavs battle |
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01/20/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Kobe Bryant recorded 20 points, 12 assists and six rebounds, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-88 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a battle of NBA heavyweights. Bryant, the reigning league MVP, played the duration of the game with a dislocated ring finger on his shooting hand. He was injured in the first quarter while defending Cleveland's LeBron James, who is the early front- runner for this season's MVP award, but Bryant had the finger popped back into place and |
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| Cavs, Lakers set to battle in LA |
NBA Basketball |
01/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A battle of the elite caps off Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the NBA when the Eastern Conference's top team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, heads to Hollywood to take on the West's best in the Los Angeles Lakers. The Cavs, who are embarking on a four-game road trip, improved to a perfect 20-0 at home and an NBA best 31-7 overall on Friday when LeBron James recorded 29 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, as Cleveland upended the New Orleans Hornets, 92-78. James was 12-of-24 from the field overal |
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| Heat resume road trip in Houston |
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01/17/2009 |
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| got 14 points and 10 rebounds from Shawn Marion. Udonis Haslem added 18 points in the win. Meanwhile, the Rockets will continue a five-game homestand Saturday and had their three-game winning streak come to an end with Tuesday's 105-100 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Von Wafer led Houston with 23 points and Carl Landry added 21 points and eight rebounds. Yao Ming notched 19 points and 17 rebounds and Rafer Alston added 11 points and six assists for the Rockets, who are 1-1 on the residency and will also host th |
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