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| McHale takes over Wolves; Sloan celebrates 20th anniversary |
NBA Basketball |
12/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Timberwolves will have a new face running the bench tonight when they wrap up a quick two-game homestand Tuesday versus the Utah Jazz at the Target Center. Minnesota, which has lost five in a row, fired head coach Randy Wittman on Monday after a brutal 4-15 start to the season. Wittman had been the Wolves' coach since January 23, 2007 when he took over on an interim basis from Dwane Casey. Wittman posted a record of just 38-105 with Minnesota. Vice President of Basketball Operations |
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| Wittman gets the axe in Minnesota; McHale to take over |
NBA Basketball |
12/08/2008 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Timberwolves have fired head coach Randy Wittman and replaced him with vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale. Wittman becomes the fourth NBA coach to be relieved of his duties this season, following Oklahoma City's P.J. Carlesimo, Washington's Eddie Jordan and Toronto's Sam Mitchell. The Wolves are a dismal 4-15 this season and their .211 winning percentage entering Monday's action is better than only those of the LA Clippers (.200), Washington (.167) a |
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| NBA Northwest: Blazers bringing back memories |
NBA Basketball |
12/05/2008 |
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| or the first time since the 1990-91 team won its first 12 contests against the Eastern Conference. Roy leads the Blazers with 21.1 points per outing and has scored 20 or more points in a game 14 times this season. TIMBERWOLVES' MILLER GETS GOOD NEWS Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Miller left Wednesday's loss at Orlando with an ankle injury and was able to return. MRI results were negative, but the sharp-shooting Miller is listed as questionable. Miller was helped off the court and taken to the locker room before r |
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| Magic battle lowly Thunder at Amway Arena |
NBA Basketball |
12/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Orlando Magic wrap up a short two-game homestand tonight when they welcome the expansion Oklahoma City Thunder to Amway Arena. Orlando opened the residency with a 100-89 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, as Dwight Howard finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks to lead the way. Rashard Lewis also scored 23 points and Hedo Turkoglu added 22 for the Magic, who shot 56.9 percent from the floor to win for the fifth time in six tries. Rookie Courtney Lee netted a care |
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| Nets host T-Wolves |
NBA Basketball |
12/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets will try to get back on track tonight when they close out a short two-game homestand versus the Minnesota Timberwolves at the IZOD Center. The Nets had their three-game winning streak come to an end after Tuesday's 108-88 setback to the Washington Wizards in the opener of the stand. Devin Harris scored 18 points for the Nets a game after posting 47 points against Phoenix. Vince Carter added 16 points on 6-of-17 shooting for New Jersey. Keyon Dooling had 14 points in the loss, w |
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| Reeling Grizzlies welcome woeful Clips to Memphis |
NBA Basketball |
12/05/2008 |
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| and fell to 1-6 as the guest. Al Thornton added 24 points and nine boards, while Marcus Camby posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Baron Davis scored 13 points and dished out nine assists in defeat. Los Angeles will also visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on the current trek. Clippers big man Chris Kaman has missed the past three games because of a foot injury and could miss another week of action. Memphis will try to put the brakes on a seven-game slide when it hosts the Clippers on Friday. In Wedne |
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| Howard leads Magic past T-Wolves |
NBA Basketball |
12/03/2008 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - Dwight Howard finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds and blocked six shots to help the Orlando Magic to a 100-89 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rashard Lewis also scored 23 points, while Hedo Turkoglu added 22 for the Magic, who shot 56.9 percent from the floor. Courtney Lee shot 8-of-10 to add 19 points off the bench for Orlando, which rebounded from a loss to Boston on Monday to win its fifth out of six. Al Jefferson had 19 points and eight rebounds to pace Minnesota, which h |
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| Bobcats host Thunder in Charlotte |
NBA Basketball |
12/03/2008 |
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| ternated wins and losses over their last six games and will close out a three-game homestand Wednesday night at Time Warner Cable Arena. Charlotte improved to 1-1 on the residency and 5-7 as the host this season with Monday's 100-90 triumph over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jason Richardson scored a season-high 25 points and Emeka Okafor added a season-best 24 points to go along with 10 rebounds in a winning effort. Raymond Felton chipped in a season-high 14 assists and 14 points for the Bobcats, who are 5-7 as the ho |
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| Magic host T-Wolves in Orlando |
NBA Basketball |
12/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Orlando Magic will try to right the ship tonight when they welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves to Amway Arena. Orlando had a four-game winning streak come to an end with Monday's 107-88 loss to the defending champion Boston Celtics at TD Banknorth Garden. Rashard Lewis scored 30 points while Hedo Turkoglu contributed 19 points and Dwight Howard ended with 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks in defeat. The Magic played without their starting backcourt again as Jameer Nelson (hip flexor) and M |
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| Wizards face Nets at Izod Center |
NBA Basketball |
12/02/2008 |
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| eight assists and seven rebounds while Vince Carter finished with 28 points and five assists for the Nets, who got 14 points from Yi Jianlian. Harris is averaging 33.0 points and 7.0 assists during the current win streak. The Nets will also host the Minnesota Timberwolves and are 3-4 at home. Washington has lost two straight and seven of eight games, including Saturday's 102-98 setback to the Atlanta Hawks in the finale of a three-game homestand at the Verizon Center. Antawn Jamison scored a game-high 26 points, grab |
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