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| Blazers' Roy leaves with hamstring injury |
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01/20/2010 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Portland guard Brandon Roy missed the second half of the Trail Blazers' game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night because of a strained right hamstring. Roy, who is averaging 23.4 points, grabbed his right thigh after banking in a 10-footer with 1:02 left in the second quarter. The Blazers said Roy would not return and is listed as day-to-day. Roy scored 10 points in 18 minutes.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the |
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| Clippers get their beef back |
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01/20/2010 |
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| orey Brewer, Ryan Gomes and Kevin Love are doing their best to fit in as well. After three straight games with no more than nine points, Flynn got back to his early-season form with a season-best 29 points and nine helpers in a comeback win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. His 29 points were the most by a Minnesota rookie since Stephon Marbury posted 29 points against the Clippers in April of the 1996-97 campaign. Flynn is currently third among rookies in scoring for Minnesota, which ended a four-game slide |
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| Desert Storm: Suns play host to Nets |
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01/20/2010 |
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| 37 on the season and a 1-20 on the road. Kris Humphries added 21 points and seven boards off the bench in the loss, New Jersey's eighth straight overall. "We gave up 39 points in the first quarter," Nets guard Devin Harris said. "We gave them too much confidence. We have to find a better way to start the game." The Nets, who officially reach the mid-point of their season tonight, are on pace to finish with the most losses in NBA history, breaking the mark set by the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, who finished 9-73. |
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| Roy scheduled to return as Blazers visit Sixers |
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01/20/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to have Brandon Roy back in action when the team continues its present road trip with tonight's bout against the Philadelphia 76ers from the Wachovia Center. Roy, the Blazers' leading scorer at 23.4 points per game, has sat out the club's last two contests due to a strained right hamstring, but the two-time All-Star was able to practice without any problems on Tuesday and pronounced himself ready to go for tonight's tilt. Portland wasn't hampered by Roy' |
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| Sixers' Dalembert goes to Haiti with aid group |
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01/18/2010 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert is going to his native Haiti with the aid group Project MediShare to assist with the earthquake relief effort. The 76ers released a statement Monday night saying Dalembert did not return to Philadelphia with the team after a loss in Minnesota earlier in the day. He is being excused from practice Tuesday but is expected to play in Wednesday's home game against Portland. Dalembert is the NBA's only Haitian-born player. He has taped a public servic |
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| Love out with illness against Sixers |
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01/18/2010 |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love missed Monday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers because of an illness. Love did not make the trip to Target Center and the team says he is day to day. It's a big blow for the struggling Timberwolves, who have lost nine of their last 10 games. Love is second on the team with 15.2 points per game and leads the team with 12.3 rebounds. He's been impressive since missing the first 18 games of the season with a broken finger. His rebounding avera |
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| Sixers visit Twin Cities to take on Wolves |
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01/18/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers have been able to string together a few wins lately and hope to continue that trend on Martin Luther King Day against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center. The 76ers have won three of four games to improve to 13-26 on the season and recently handed the Sacramento Kings a 98-86 setback on Friday from the Wachovia Center. Thaddeus Young scored 20 points and both Allen Iverson and Samuel Dalembert recorded 17 for Philadelphia, which aims for its third consecutive |
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| Curious picks, and a call to alter All-Star voting |
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01/17/2010 |
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| etter shot of holding on to his No. 2 spot in the East, leading Vince Carter by more than 185,000 votes. He's listed with West players on the paper ballot after starting the season in Memphis, but his votes count in the East since he signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. He hasn't played at an All-Star level this season, but fans may be looking at what he's done in the past. ``A lot of times voting reflects career achievement as well as yearly achievements,'' McIntyre said. Allen also mentioned getting the co |
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| Wizards return home to face Kings |
NBA Basketball |
01/16/2010 |
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| possession charge and will face sentencing March 26. He has already been suspended indefinitely. Not even the return of top scorer Kevin Martin could help the Kings last night, as they opened a six-game road trip with Friday's 98-86 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center. Jason Thompson totaled 19 points and a season-high 16 rebounds for the Kings, who fell to 3-14 on the road. Martin returned to the Sacramento lineup after missing 32 games due to a fractured left wrist and scored 19 points, a |
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| Overrated no more; Dalembert delivers |
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01/15/2010 |
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| g used to provide safe water, temporary shelter systems and essential medical supplies and additional services to the estimated three million victims, at least half of whom are thought to be children. "My heartfelt thanks to Samuel Dalembert and the Philadelphia 76ers for their generous contribution," said Stern. "This will help provide essential life- saving supplies to the people of Haiti, especially for the thousands of children most in need without shelter, clean water, nutrition, and those separated from the |
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