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| Nuggets host division-rival Jazz at Pepsi Center |
NBA Basketball |
04/02/2009 |
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| being ejected in the third quarter following a confrontation with the Blazers' Joel Przybilla, who was also dismissed from the contest. Deron Williams finished with 16 points and eight assists, while Ronnie Brewer contributed 14 points and six rebounds for Utah, which is seventh in the West standings, just one game behind the fifth-seeded New Orleans Hornets. Utah is 2-1 against Denver this season and has won 11 of 14 and 14 of the last 20 meetings. These two teams have split the last eight meetings in Colorado. |
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| Report: Arizona to hire USC's Floyd as head coach |
College Basketball |
04/02/2009 |
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| to the NCAA tourney before losing in the second round to Michigan State. The well-traveled Floyd has already held head coaching jobs at Idaho (1986-88), New Orleans (1988-94), Iowa State (1994-98) and also in the NBA with Chicago (1998-2001) and the New Orleans Hornets.(2003-04). His coaching mark was 90-231 in the regular season in the NBA and during his 16 seasons at the collegiate level is 328-180. Russ Pennell assumed the role of interim head coach at the University of Arizona on October 24 in the wake of Lute |
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| Hornets face lowly Clippers in Hollywood |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - After opening their road trip with a hard-fought win on Tuesday, the New Orleans Hornets will be aiming to improve their playoff standing in tonight's clash with the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center. New Orleans nearly got this important trek off to an undesired start, trailing Sacramento by two points in the final seconds of last night's game with the Kings. However, the Hornets pulled out a thrilling 111-110 victory on Rasual Butler's three-point basket at the final buzzer. Sacramen |
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| Butler's triple at buzzer leads Hornets over Kings |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2009 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - David West scored a game-high 40 points and Rasual Butler drilled a three-pointer as time expired to lift the New Orleans Hornets past the NBA-worst Sacramento Kings, 111-110, at ARCO Arena. With the score tied at 108, Chris Paul stole the ball from Andres Nocioni with 37 seconds remaining. Paul went racing down the court for a layup, but Francisco Garcia came charging from behind for the block. After Nocioni got his own rebound off a missed layup, Beno Udrih settled things down. |
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| Hornets' Posey sidelined with elbow injury |
NBA Basketball |
03/31/2009 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey is sidelined with an elbow injury and is not expected to play for a few games, starting with Tuesday's contest at Sacramento. Posey was hurt in a March 27 game against the New York Knicks. He was also given a one-game suspension for his actions in that contest, as he tossed the ball at the feet of official Gary Zielinski to protest a foul called against him. The suspension forced Posey to sit out Sunday's 90-86 win over San Antonio. In 71 g |
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| Spurs try to get back on track in clash with Thunder |
NBA Basketball |
03/31/2009 |
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| their third division title in five years, but first must get back in the win column tonight versus the Oklahoma City Thunder at the AT&T Center. San Antonio holds a slim half-game edge over the Houston Rockets and a 2 1/2- game lead ahead of the New Orleans Hornets in the Southwest Division with nine games remaining in the regular season. The Spurs are also just a half-game in front of both Denver and Houston in the Western Conference standings. The Spurs had a three-game winning streak come to an end with Sun |
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| Hornets face lowly Kings in Sacramento |
NBA Basketball |
03/31/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Hornets start up a three-game road trip against Western Conference also-rans tonight at Sacramento's ARCO Arena, where they'll take on a Kings team trying for its first winning streak since November. New Orleans enters this soft stretch in seventh place in the West but sits just a half-game behind Portland and Utah in the conference standings. The Hornets are also in the hunt for a Southwest Division title, as the team is presently 2 1/2 games behind front-running San Antonio wi |
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| Jazz try to extend home win streak vs. Knicks |
NBA Basketball |
03/30/2009 |
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| t eight assists, as the Bobcats continued their uphill climb for a possible playoff spot with a 96-85 victory. Wilson Chandler and Al Harrington finished with 18 points apiece for the Knicks, who were coming off an impressive 103-93 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday, but dropped their seventh game in eight tries. David Lee notched his 58th double-double with 14 points and 10 boards for the Knicks, who fell to 10-25 on the road and are six games off the final playoff spot in the East with nine games le |
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| NBA |
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03/30/2009 |
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| Suspended New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey one game for throwing a ball at an official; Fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $25,000 for publicly criticizing officials after a March 27 game against Denver.. |
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| Hornets' Posey suspended for one game by NBA |
NBA Basketball |
03/30/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey has been given a one-game suspension by the NBA for his actions in a game against the New York Knicks on March 27 at Madison Square Garden. The veteran took exception to a foul called against him and tossed the ball at the feet of official Gary Zielinski with 5:46 left in the fourth quarter. As a result Posey did not play when New Orleans beat San Antonio, 90-86, on Sunday. In 71 games this season, Posey is averaging 8.9 points and 4.9 reboun |
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