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11/14/2008 |
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| Suspended Phoenix Suns forward Matt Barnes and Houston Rockets guard Rafer Alston two games; suspended Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash one game; fined Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O'Neal $35,000 and Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady $25,000. |
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| NBA suspends Nash, Barnes and Alston |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The NBA has suspended Steve Nash and Matt Barnes of the Phoenix Suns, as well as Houston's Rafer Alston, for their roles in an altercation Wednesday. Barnes and Alston were the main participants in the incident. Both were ejected during Wednesday's game and on Friday were handed two-game suspensions. Nash was suspended for one game for escalating the fracas. In the third quarter of Houston's 94-82 win in Phoenix, Barnes threw a shoulder into the chest of Alston, who went bac |
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| Suns, Kings square off in Sacramento |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Phoenix Suns attempt to get back on the winning track Friday when they travel to Sacramento to face the Kings at ARCO Arena. Houston's Tracy McGrady scored 27 points -- including 15 in the third quarter -- to lead the Rockets to a 94-82 win over the Suns in a game marred by a fracas toward the end of the third quarter Wednesday. With 27.6 seconds left in the third, McGrady hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a commanding 74-55 advantage, but a melee broke between Phoenix's Matt B |
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| Suns' Barbosa leaves team after passing of his mother |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa has returned to his native Brazil following the passing of his mother, Ivete. Barbosa will not be with the team in Sacramento, where the Suns face the Kings on Friday. His return is undetermined. Barbosa, the 2006-07 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, is averaging 10.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists in nine games this season. |
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| Rockets wrap up trek at San Antonio |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| - The Houston Rockets close out a five-game road trip Friday by visiting the injury-riddled San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center. Tracy McGrady scored 27 points -- including 15 in the third quarter -- leading the Rockets to a 94-82 win over the Phoenix Suns in a game marred by a fracas toward the end of the third quarter on Wednesday. With 27.6 seconds left in the third, McGrady hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a commanding 74-55 advantage, but a melee broke out between Phoenix's Matt Barnes and |
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| Shoving match overshadows Houston's rout of Suns |
NBA Basketball |
11/13/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Tracy McGrady scored 27 points -- including 15 in the third quarter -- leading the Houston Rockets to a 94-82 win over the Phoenix Suns in a game marred by a fracas toward the end of the third quarter. With 27.6 seconds left in the third, McGrady hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a commanding 74-55 advantage, but a melee broke out thanks to Phoenix's Matt Barnes and Houston's Rafer Alston. To the right of McGrady, Barnes appeared to shove Alston, who was setting a pick. |
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| Colangelo to chair USA Basketball's board from 2009-12 |
Olympics |
11/12/2008 |
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| Colorado Springs, CO (MySportsbook) - Jerry Colangelo, the chairman and managing director of the Phoenix Suns, has been elected as chairman of USA Basketball's Board of Directors for the 2009-2012 term. Colangelo, who is currently the senior men's team chairman and managing director, will succeed USA Basketball President Val Ackerman. "I'm honored to have this opportunity, and I look forward to serving USA Basketball over the next four years," said Colangelo. "There's a great legacy at USA Basketball, an |
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| NBA Pacific: Bynum hopes to help Lakers take the next step |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| experience. "You are always going to be able to hang in there when you play good defense in the fourth quarter," Bynum recently said. TWO HORSE RACE If anyone is going to challenge the Lakers in the Pacific Division this season, it's going to be the Phoenix Suns. Questions engulfed the Suns during the offseason when the franchise decided to pull the plug on coach Mike D'Antoni and his seven-seconds-or-less offense in favor of the defensive-minded Terry Porter. With Shaquille O'Neal on hand and in the twilig |
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| Knicks pay a visit to Memphis |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| s while David Lee ended with 15 and nine boards. The Knicks are posting 84.3 points in its three losses this season compared to 110.5 in the four triumphs. Memphis has lost two straight and three of four games, including Monday's 107-102 loss to the Phoenix Suns in the finale of a four-game road trip. Rookie O.J. Mayo had 33 points and Rudy Gay added 20 for the Grizzlies, who went 1-3 on the previous trek. Marc Gasol had 15 points and rookie Darrell Arthur added 10 and seven rebounds in defeat. The Grizzlie |
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| James, Stoudemire earn NBA weekly honors |
NBA Basketball |
11/10/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for the period ending November 9. James posted a league-high 34.5 points per game as the Cavs finished the week a perfect 4-0, including two 41-point efforts in a pair of wins over Chicago. On November 3 against Dallas, the six-year pro picked up a steal which made him the youngest player in NBA history to reach 1 |
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