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| The Unknown Superstar |
NBA Basketball |
12/19/2008 |
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| irits. You see, Roy may very well be the NBA's "Unknown Superstar." Roy's "paper bag" is the City of Portland, the nation's 23rd largest television market. While most of the East Coast was catching up on its shut-eye last night, Roy was torching the Phoenix Suns for a career-high 52 points at the Rose Garden. The University of Washington product capped his big night by burying the go- ahead jumper from beyond the arc with 1:01 remaining as Portland beat Phoenix, 124-119. But, just how many actually saw the |
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| Roy's 52 points powers Blazers over Suns |
NBA Basketball |
12/19/2008 |
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| Portland, OR (MySportsbook) - Brandon Roy established a career-high with 52 points and hit the go-ahead shot from beyond the arc with 1:01 remaining as Portland finally beat the Phoenix Suns, 124-119, at the Rose Garden. Roy went 14-of-27 from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-point range. He also hit 19-of-21 foul shots and had six assists and five rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who have won two in a row following a three-game skid. Steve Blake added 22 points, 10 assists and four steals for Portl |
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| Suns pay a visit to Blazers at Rose Garden |
NBA Basketball |
12/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Phoenix Suns shoot for their third straight win tonight when they take on the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden. The Suns have won two in a row and four of their last five games, including Monday's 111-103 home victory over the New York Knicks. Steve Nash scored 21 points and buried a big three-pointer with less than 30 seconds remaining to lift Phoenix to victory against former head coach Mark D'Antoni. Amare Stoudemire notched a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds, |
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| D'Antoni leads Knicks in return to Phoenix |
NBA Basketball |
12/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Knicks continue a five-game road swing Monday when they arrive in the Valley of the Sun for Mike D'Antoni's homecoming. The Knicks coach left the Phoenix Suns after last season and accepted a four- year, $24 million dollar offer to coach New York. Phoenix averaged a gaudy 58 wins in the last four seasons under D'Antoni's "seven-seconds-or-less," run- and-gun offense. After Phoenix fell to San Antonio in the first round of the playoffs last spring, DAntoni was given permissio |
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| NBA Southeast: No Howard, no problem for Magic |
NBA Basketball |
12/14/2008 |
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| ymore and should be on the beach somewhere with his gorgeous wife sipping martinis. The bespectacled Hall of Famer and coaching maniac is caught in a six-game losing streak and even traded away leading scorer Jason Richardson and Jared Dudley to the Phoenix Suns this week. Brown got guard Raja Bell, forward Boris Diaw and rookie point guard Sean Singletary in return, and later picked up forward Juwan Howard. Brown rid himself of smaller, wing-type players and added size and defense with the recent acquisiti |
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| Iverson helps Pistons edge Bobcats |
NBA Basketball |
12/13/2008 |
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| still dropped their sixth straight. D.J. Augustin went for 18 points and Raymond Felton 17 as Charlotte's new acquisitions couldn't help halt its losing streak. The Bobcats traded their leading scorer Jason Richardson along with Jared Dudley to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday for Sean Singletary, Boris Diaw and Raja Bell. Diaw logged seven points, nine boards and five assists while Bell contributed four points and five rebounds as both were inserted into the starting lineup to make their franchise debuts. De |
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| Jazz, Magic square off in Salt Lake City |
NBA Basketball |
12/13/2008 |
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| points in defeat and will miss Saturday's game for personal reasons. Millsap (thumb) is probable against Orlando. Meanwhile, the Magic will resume a five-game road trip Saturday and fell to 1-2 on the swing following Friday's 113-112 setback to the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center. Dwight Howard scored a team-high 19 points with seven boards despite leaving the game in the third quarter with a sore left knee. Howard is questionable for tonight's game. Rashard Lewis tallied 18 points and eight boards, whil |
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| Hill's layup lifts Suns over Magic |
NBA Basketball |
12/13/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Grant Hill's reverse layup with 2.7 seconds left gave the Phoenix Suns a 113-112 triumph over the Orlando Magic at US Airways Center. A Matt Barnes hook shot and a Steve Nash jumper gave Phoenix a 111-108 lead with 57.9 seconds left. Jameer Nelson came back on the other end with a running bank shot, cutting the lead to one with 48.2 left. A Nash miss opened the door for Hedo Turkoglu to sink a pull-up jumper for a 112-111 Orlando lead with 9.9 showing on the clock, giving Pho |
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| Orlando's Howard leaves with soreness in knee |
NBA Basketball |
12/13/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard left Friday's 113-112 loss to the Phoenix Suns with soreness in his left knee in the third quarter and did not return. Howard took himself out of the game at the 8:36 mark of the third after having landed awkwardly on his left leg minutes earlier. "I guess I came down the wrong way or something. I don't even remember what happened but I was trying to run back on defense and my knee started hurting," Howard said. "It's none of my ligaments -- |
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| Change in Phoenix |
NBA Basketball |
12/12/2008 |
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| s call change the ultimate inconsistency -- if something goes wrong, change it. Wherever you fall in the existential discussion of change, one thing is certain...things have certainly changed in the desert. Mike D'Antoni is long gone as coach of the Phoenix Suns and he took his free- wheeling, seven-seconds-or-less offense, a system that Steve Nash excelled in, to New York. Nash loved D'Antoni and his philosophy. He was the NBA's best pure point guard under his old coach, good enough to garner consecutive M |
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