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| Slumping Sixers host rival Celtics |
NBA Basketball |
04/14/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Longtime rivals meet for the final time in the regular season Tuesday when the Boston Celtics visit the reeling Philadelphia 76ers. The game could also be a preview of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Celtics have clinched the second seed in the East while the Sixers currently are seventh, one-half game behind Chicago with just two to play. The Celtics are coming off their worst loss of the season on Sunday, a 107-76 drubbing at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBr |
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| Cavs beat Pacers, lock up best overall NBA record |
NBA Basketball |
04/13/2009 |
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| e NBA Finals will now go through Cleveland (66-15), as the Cavs finished out their road schedule with a 27-14 record. The runners-up in the 2007 Finals will attempt to tie the 1985-86 Celtics squad for an NBA-record 40-1 home mark when they host the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. "I'd like to applaud all the guys in [our] locker room, from my coaches to the players," Cavs head coach Mike Brown said. "For this to happen with one game left, it's exciting and I'm proud of them." James added five rebounds and five |
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| Struggling Heat host Knicks in Miami |
NBA Basketball |
04/12/2009 |
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| ork) - The Miami Heat must get their act together if they plan on securing the fifth seed in the East, as they welcome the New York Knicks to AmericanAirlines Arena this evening. Miami is fifth in the conference standings, just one game ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers and 1 1/2 games in front of the Chicago Bulls. The Heat have lost two straight and six of their last nine games, including Friday's 105-98 road defeat against the Boston Celtics. Dwyane Wade scored 31 points and handed out nine assists for the Heat, |
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| 76ers try to snap funk in Toronto |
NBA Basketball |
04/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers are headed in the wrong direction at the worst possible time, as they try to get back in the win column before the playoffs begin with a Sunday showdown up north against the Toronto Raptors. Philadelphia has lost four straight games and currently sits sixth in the Eastern Conference, just a game behind No. 5 Miami. Chicago is also on the prowl, as it is 1 1/2 games behind the Heat for the fifth spot in the East. The Sixers continued their losing ways with a 102-92 decisi |
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| Cavs hope to clinch top seed in East vs. Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
04/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Cleveland takes its quest for the NBA's best record to the City of Brotherly Love tonight as the Cavaliers visit the reeling Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavs also hope to secure homecourt advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs with a triumph tonight or a Boston loss against the Miami Heat. Most recently Cleveland improved to 63-15 this season and remained four games ahead of Boston for the top spot in the East with four games to play after a 98-86 win over the woeful Washington Wizar |
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| Bulls hope to keep up Windy City success against struggling Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
04/09/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers have already clinched a playoff berth, but are playing subpar basketball as of late. They will try to get back on track before the postseason Thursday on the road against the Chicago Bulls. The Sixers are coming back-to-back losses against New Jersey and Charlotte to open a three-game trek, and fell to 16-22 as the visitor following Tuesday's 101-98 setback to the Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena. Andre Miller ended with 23 points and seven assists, while Andre Iguodal |
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| Celtics try to stay hot vs. Nets |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2009 |
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| away from the Meadowlands this season. The Nets will be officially eliminated from the postseason race with a loss tonight or a Detroit win at New York. The Nets have won two of their last three games and are coming off Sunday's 96-67 blowout of the Philadelphia 76ers at the IZOD Center. Vince Carter led the way with 15 points and Bobby Simmons scored 14 for the Nets, who got 13 points apiece from Brook Lopez, Devin Harris, Jarvis Hayes and Chris Douglas- Roberts. Boston is aiming for its second straight four-gam |
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| Bobcats blow 20-point lead, but edge Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2009 |
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| Charlotte, NC (MySportsbook) - Raymond Felton scored a career-high 32 points and Gerald Wallace poured in 29 more, as the Charlotte Bobcats kept their playoff hopes alive with a thrilling 101-98 win over the playoff-bound Philadelphia 76ers at Time Warner Cable Arena. Wallace added 11 rebounds for the Bobcats, who snapped a three-game skid. Boris Diaw had 17 points, six boards, and six assists for the Bobcats, who have never made the postseason in franchise history. "We got the stops when we needed it, we got |
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| Desperate Bobcats host Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
04/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Time is running out on the Charlotte Bobcats, who are still alive for the first playoff berth in franchise history. Tonight they will try to put the brakes on a three-game losing streak versus the Philadelphia 76ers at Time Warner Cable Arena. The Bobcats are three games off the final postseason spot in the East with five games to go and are coming off a 104-97 loss in Detroit on Sunday at The Palace of Auburn Hills. D.J. Augustin had 22 points and Raymond Felton ended with 18 points for the B |
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| A.I.'s tarnished legacy |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2009 |
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| fensive end, ignores his own teammates and loathes practice? I didn't always think that way. In fact, I used to be an Iverson apologist, enamored with his enormous talent and gritty play. But, I handed in those keys back in December of 2006 when the Philadelphia 76ers finally shipped Iverson out to the Rocky Mountains. After spending a decade enabling his behavior, Iverson's blowup in Philly actually made me feel kind of foolish. The storm clouds gathered a few days before the deal when the New York Post's Peter |
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