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| Bobcats face big test in Motor City vs. Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2009 |
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| return and is listed as doubtful for tonight's contest. The Pistons left the door open for the Bobcats with a loss in the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday. Andre Iguodala scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed nine rebounds in that one, as the Philadelphia 76ers clinched a playoff berth of their own with a 95-90 victory over Detroit. Rodney Stuckey totaled 23 points for the Pistons, who dropped their third straight and sixth in eight tries. Kwame Brown dropped a season-high 15 points and Richard Hamilton al |
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| Nets welcome Sixers to the Meadowlands |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Atlantic Division rivals clash in New Jersey Sunday as the Philadelphia 76ers make the short trek up I-95 to take on the Nets. The Sixers clinched a postseason berth with a win over Detroit on Saturday in the City of Brotherly Love. Andre Iguodala scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed nine rebounds in that one, as Philadelphia downed the Pistons, 95-90. The Sixers are now locked in a virtual tie with Miami for the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff picture, two games behind Atla |
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| Sixers lock up playoff berth with win against Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
04/04/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Andre Iguodala scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed nine rebounds, as the Philadelphia 76ers clinched a playoff berth with a 95-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons at the Wachovia Center. Philadelphia is locked in a virtual tie with Miami for the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. The Sixers hold a .001 advantage over the Heat in win percentage due to two fewer games played. Philly is two games behind Atlanta for the fourth seed. "I credit it to the te |
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| Young-less Sixers welcome Bucks to Philly |
NBA Basketball |
04/02/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers continue their playoff push tonight without one of their top players, as they welcome a desperate Milwaukee Bucks team to the Wachovia Center. The Sixers had a good news/bad news type of night in the opener of a three- game homestand on Tuesday. They used a balanced team effort following the loss of second-year star Thaddeus Young to a sprained right ankle in the first quarter, and the Sixers got past Atlanta, 98-85. Andre Iguodala led the way with 19 points and Andre Mi |
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| Sixers' Young to miss 2-3 weeks |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia 76ers forward Thaddeus Young will miss two to three weeks with a right ankle sprain and bone bruise suffered in Tuesday's 98-85 win against the Atlanta Hawks. Young had an MRI exam Wednesday morning, which showed the injuries. He is walking with crutches and wearing a removable air cast. The injury occurred late in the first quarter, when Young went up for a block and landed on the foot of Atlanta's Josh Smith, exiting with 2:15 remaining. The second-year pro had |
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| Sixers' Young leaves with right ankle sprain |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia 76ers forward Thaddeus Young left Tuesday's 98-85 win against the Atlanta Hawks late in the first quarter with a sprained right ankle. Young went up for a block and landed on the foot of Atlanta's Josh Smith, exiting with 2:15 remaining. The second-year pro had scored 20 or more points in seven straight games entering Tuesday but did not return. He was helped into the locker room and had x-rays which were negative. Young, who ended with six points on 3-of-8 shooti |
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| 76ers, Hawks square off at Wachovia Center |
NBA Basketball |
03/31/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The playoff-hopeful Philadelphia 76ers attempt to put the brakes on an inopportune two-game losing streak when they open a three-game homestand against the Atlanta Hawks at the Wachovia Center tonight. The Sixers currently hold the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture, one game behind Miami and five full games behind Atlanta for the fourth spot. Philadelphia dropped its second straight in Auburn Hills on Sunday when the team went ice cold in the fourth quarter. The lightly-rega |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 2009 Preview |
MLB Baseball |
03/30/2009 |
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| Philadelphia Phillies will enter a season as defending World Series Champions. It had been a long drought for the City of Brotherly Love. Twenty-five years and 100 seasons between titles, the Phillies gave their city its first championship since the Philadelphia 76ers in 1983. It was also just the Phils second title since forming in 1883 and first since 1980. Not that it came easy. After overcoming a seven-game deficit with 17 games to play in 2007 to win its first National League East title since 1993, Philadelp |
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| Fourth-quarter surge helps Pistons down Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
03/29/2009 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Will Bynum scored nine of his 12 points in the fourth quarter to spark the Pistons to a 101-97 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in a game with Eastern Conference playoff implications. With the win, Detroit pulled within 1 1/2 games of the Sixers for the No. 6 seed in the East and gained a one-game advantage on the eighth-seeded Bulls after Chicago's overtime loss to Toronto earlier Sunday. Tayshaun Prince led the way with 21 points, while Rodney Stuckey and Richard Hamilton |
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| Pistons' Iverson returns |
NBA Basketball |
03/29/2009 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit Pistons guard Allen Iverson returned to the court against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday after a 16-game absence due to a back injury. Iverson had been sidelined since his last game on February 25, and the Pistons went 8-8 without the perennial All-Star. On Sunday, the former MVP came off the bench and logged eight points in Detroit's 101-97 win over his former mates. In 51 games for Detroit prior to Sunday, Iverson averaged career-lows of 18.0 points and 37.7 minute |
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