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| Hornets attempt to stay unbeaten in their nest |
NBA Basketball |
12/06/2002 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Hornets attempt to protect their perfect home mark on Friday, when they welcome the Houston Rockets to New Orleans Arena. The Hornets improved to 10-0 at home this season with a 89-74 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Baron Davis returned to the lineup and contributed 18 points, eight rebounds, five assists and five steals, as the Hornets pulled away in the fourth quarter. Davis missed the previous two contests with recurring back spasms. Jamaal Magl |
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| Something has to give in Cleveland as Bulls battle Cavs |
NBA Basketball |
12/04/2002 |
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| se of a team suspension, but is expected to start Wednesday. The Cavs are 1-6 at home this season and 0-10 against the Eastern Conference, including an 0-3 mark against the Central. The Bulls' skid reached seven games on Tuesday, as they fell to the New Orleans Hornets at home, 115-90. Jalen Rose paced Chicago with 19 points. Jay Williams added 15 points and Donyell Marshall chipped in 14 for the Bulls, who have also dropped 13 of their last 15 contests. Chicago has dropped its last 10 road games since opening the |
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| Bulls attempt to snap six-game losing streak |
NBA Basketball |
12/03/2002 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Hornets are again expected to be without guard Baron Davis Tuesday when they take on the slumping Chicago Bulls at the United Center. Davis missed the first game of his career on Sunday, a 95-86 loss to the Boston Celtics, due to recurring back spasms suffered in Saturday's overtime loss at New York. Davis ended a streak of 264 straight games played. A herniated disk and back spasms could keep Davis out of the lineup for the next four games. The Hornets, who have dro |
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| Back problems may keep Hornets' Davis out |
NBA Basketball |
12/02/2002 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Hornets guard Baron Davis is hampered with a herniated disk and back spasms that could keep him out of the lineup for the next four games. Davis missed the first game of his career on Sunday, a 95-86 loss to the Boston Celtics, due to recurring back spasms suffered in Saturday's overtime loss at New York. Davis ended a streak of 264 games played, while the Hornets have dropped six of their last eight road games. He is averaging 16.6 points per game and is fifth in th |
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| The Boston Beat: Shooting woes not hurting, yet |
NBA Basketball |
12/02/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Boston Celtics won for the fifth time in six games on Sunday despite shooting 40.5 percent from the field against the New Orleans Hornets. Paul Pierce ended with 30 points against the Hornets, but hit only 8-of-24 field goals. Antoine Walker finished with 28 points on just 11-of-26 shooting. The Celtics are 24th in the NBA in field goal percentage (41 percent), but own an 11-5 record and sit in second place in the Atlantic Division. "It was an ugly game tonight," Pierce said. "We're just tr |
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| Cavs hope to end 14-game slide |
NBA Basketball |
12/02/2002 |
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| ad this season and 0-9 against the Eastern Conference. Meanwhile, the Knicks have won their last two games to double their win total on the season (4-10). After downing the Raptors in Toronto on Wednesday, the Knicks needed overtime to knock off the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday, 92-86. Allan Houston scored 20 points and Latrell Sprewell contributed 19 for New York. Othella Harrington finished with 17 points and 14 rebounds. With New York down two, Kurt Thomas made a pair of free throws to tie the game at 80-80 |
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| Celtics battle Magic in Atlantic clash |
NBA Basketball |
12/02/2002 |
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| ding a 3-0 mark within the Atlantic Division. Meanwhile, the Celtics have won five of their past six games and sit 1 1/2 games ahead of the Magic in the Atlantic and two behind first-place Philadelphia. Boston is coming off a 95-86 home win over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday. Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Antoine Walker added 28 to lead the way. Walker hit just 11-of-26 field goal attempts, but drained 5-of-10 three- pointers. Pierce, who reached the 30-point plateau for the fourth time in five games, shot |
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NBA Basketball |
11/27/2002 |
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| families on Thursday, that will still be the case. Philly will host the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. The Sixers, who lead the Atlantic Division by one-half game over New Jersey, are a perfect 8-0 at home this season and most recently defeated the New Orleans Hornets on their court on Monday, 108-87. Allen Iverson scored 29 points to power the Sixers. Todd MacCulloch collected 15 points and Aaron McKie and Keith Van Horn chipped in 14 points apiece for the 76ers, who avenged a loss at the buzzer to the Hornets s |
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| Word around the Hive: Size Matters |
NBA Basketball |
11/27/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Hornets coach Paul Silas wants his team to learn from its mistakes. On November 16, the Hornets lost the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena -- largely because they lived and died with the jump shot. As the two teams get ready to square off in the new Hive on Wednesday night, Silas wants his team to get the ball inside. "I want to go right at them [Hawks] and exploit them inside," Silas said. "If we do that, I think we can shut them down pretty good. But, if we start casting up the jumpe |
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| Hornets aim to stay unbeaten in their nest |
NBA Basketball |
11/27/2002 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Hornets try to protect their perfect home record when they welcome the Atlanta Hawks to New Orleans Arena. Atlanta snapped a three-game losing streak with a 119-116 overtime victory over the Seattle SuperSonics at Philips Arena on Tuesday. Glenn Robinson tallied a season-high 37 points and Shareef Abdur-Rahim chipped in with 31 as the Hawks overcame a season-high 27 turnovers. Over the course of their three-game slide, the Hawks have turned the ball over 53 times |
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