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| Heat check: Same script for Riley and company |
NBA Basketball |
11/26/2002 |
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| ld the newspaper. "It comes down to: Are you going to make or are you going to miss? Right now, we're not making anything. We had all the opportunities in the world." SHAQ HEADS FOR SOUTH BEACH Things don't get easier for Miami on Tuesday night. The Los Angeles Lakers attempt to improve to 3-0 with Shaquille O'Neal when they begin a three-game road trip Tuesday by battling the Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena. The Lakers have posted home wins over Chicago and Milwaukee since O'Neal's return after recovering from to |
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| Shaq, Lakers look to keep rolling in Miami |
NBA Basketball |
11/26/2002 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers attempt to improve to 3-0 with Shaquille O'Neal when they begin a three-game road trip Tuesday by battling the Heat in Miami. The Lakers have posted home wins over Chicago and Milwaukee since O'Neal's return after recovering from toe surgery. O'Neal got his first start of the season in the team's last outing, a 111-99 win over the Bucks on Sunday. O'Neal scored a game-high 24 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant registered his third triple-double of |
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| Cavs host surging Kings, try to end 10-game losing streak |
NBA Basketball |
11/26/2002 |
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| ames over Seattle. The Kings are just 4-4 on the road this season, but have won their last two games away from ARCO Arena. The team posts a 4-3 mark against the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Cavs haven't won since a November 5 home win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Cleveland has dropped 10 straight for its worst skid since losing 12 in a row from January 4-26 of last season. The Cavs are coming off a 97-84 home loss to the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday. Ricky Davis led all scorers with 24 points, while Zydr |
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| Bucks' Allen placed on injured list |
NBA Basketball |
11/26/2002 |
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| ix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Bucks guard Ray Allen was placed on the injured list prior to Monday's game against the Phoenix Suns. Allen has a sprained right ankle. He suffered the injury during the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers when he landed on Shaquille O'Neal's foot after taking a shot. Since the club did not activate someone to replace Allen on the roster, he can return at any time. If a player is replaced on the roster when he goes on the injured list, that player mus |
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| Rocket Fuel: Chinese evolution |
NBA Basketball |
11/25/2002 |
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| ext Shawn Bradley, or Gheorghe Muresan, or Manute Bol or Chuck Nevitt. In fact, Yao is not even going to be the next Rik Smits because he is setting a new standard for oversized pivots. Yao broke through with 20 points on 9-of-9 shooting against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 17. He then showed he was for real by not letting his performance slip in the next few games. During an amazing stretch over two weeks, Yao made 31-of-35 field goal attempts. On Thursday against Dallas, Yao posted career highs of 30 poin |
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| Setting Suns host battered Bucks |
NBA Basketball |
11/25/2002 |
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| at home. Tom Gugliotta missed the game with a foot injury and is doubtful for Monday's affair. Phoenix is 2-1 against the Eastern Conference this season. Meanwhile, the Bucks fell to 1-1 on a three-game road trip by dropping a 111-99 decision to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, as Shaquille O'Neal scored a game-high 24 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in his first start of the season. Michael Redd paced the Bucks with 19 points on 8-of-18 shooting, as Milwaukee suffered its third loss in five games. Jason Caff |
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| Bucks' Allen sprains ankle |
NBA Basketball |
11/25/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Bucks guard Ray Allen suffered a sprained right ankle during Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Allen was injured in the second quarter and played just 16 minutes in a 111-99 loss to the Lakers. He scored only four points on just 1-of-8 shooting before leaving the contest. Bucks head coach George Karl said the injury could be somewhat serious and could keep Allen out for awhile. Allen entered Sunday's game averaging 23.6 points per game. |
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| Report: Ex-Fresno State players took money from agents |
College Basketball |
11/24/2002 |
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| holarship reductions. The program also could be placed on probation by the NCAA. Maddox was dismissed by Fresno State just prior to the start of his sophomore season when Fresno State and the NCAA ruled he received two plane tickets and tickets to a Los Angeles Lakers game paid for by associates of an agency called Franchise Sports. Maddox also was ineligible for the first eight games of his freshman season at Fresno State for violating the rule governing contact with sports agents. Despite missing those contests |
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| Bulls continue road trip in Utah |
NBA Basketball |
11/23/2002 |
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| Jazz are 3-1 at home this season and 3-6 against the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Bulls have struggled on their current road trip, losing the first three contests of the six-game swing. Most recently, Chicago was handed an 86-73 defeat by the Los Angeles Lakers Friday, as Shaquille O'Neal posted 17 points and seven rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench in his first game of the season. Donyell Marshall scored 14 points and pulled down 14 rebounds off the bench for the Bulls, who have dropped five of their la |
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| Lakers' George placed on injured list |
NBA Basketball |
11/22/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers placed forward Devean George on the injured list Friday with tendinitis in his right ankle. George was replaced on the active roster by center Shaquille O'Neal, who hopes see his first action of the season tonight at home against Chicago. O'Neal was finally cleared to play earlier this week. He began the season on the injured list recovering from surgery on his arthritic right big toe. The 7-1, 338-pounder underwent surgery to remove painful bone spurs at |
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