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| Hawks look to stay unbeaten in their nest |
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11/20/2002 |
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| orts Network) - The Atlanta Hawks look to extend their winning streak to four games and stay perfect at home when they battle the Minnesota Timberwolves at Philips Arena Wednesday. The Hawks captured their third straight win on Monday by downing the Toronto Raptors at home, 117-92. Shareef Abdur-Rahim poured in 27 points on 12-of-15 shooting, despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter, to lead the Hawks to the blowout win. Jason Terry chipped in 11 points and nine assists for Atlanta, which improved to 4-0 |
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| Rising Suns shoot for fifth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
11/19/2002 |
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| th a strong dribble to his right, and used the glass on a high-arching layup to give Phoenix an 88-87 lead with 6.3 seconds left to play. Meanwhile, the Jazz return home from a 2-3 road trip. Utah finished the swing on a positive note, defeating the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, 82-78. Matt Harpring had game-highs of 23 points and 13 rebounds for Utah. John Stockton and Karl Malone each added 15 points for the Jazz, who snapped a two- game slide. Harpring was inserted into the starting lineup because Andrei Kiril |
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| Hawks attempt to remain unbeaten at home |
NBA Basketball |
11/18/2002 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Hawks try to remain unbeaten at Philips Arena when they play host to the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. Toronto is coming off an 82-78 loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday. Alvin Williams scored 20 points, and Antonio Davis chipped in with 18 points and eight rebounds for the Raptors, who are still without Vince Carter (strained left quadriceps tendon). "We couldn't score, but that's been a problem for us all season," Williams said. "We also played poor defensively." Th |
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| Detroit tries to remain unbeaten at home |
NBA Basketball |
11/16/2002 |
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| nt from the floor and is off to a 7-2 start for a second straight season. The Pistons are 4-0 at home this season and 5-2 against the Western Conference. The Nuggets have dropped two straight and four of their last five, most recently falling to the Toronto Raptors on Friday. The Raptors came back from a seven-point deficit with under five minutes remaining to beat the Nuggets. James Posey had 24 points and 12 rebounds, but turned the ball over seven times for the Nuggets. Mark Blount had 14 points and nine re |
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| Raptors N'diaye sidelined four weeks |
NBA Basketball |
11/15/2002 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - Toronto Raptors center Mamadou N'diaye will be sidelined four weeks with a stress fracture in his right heel, further complicating the team's injury problems. The seven-foot N'diaye, who missed the final 26 games of last season with the same injury, is averaging 5.5 points and 3.3 rebounds in six games this season. The Raptors are already without star forward Vince Carter, who has a strained left quadriceps tendon, and bench players Lamond Murray, Eric Montross and Nate Huf |
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| NBA suspends Billups |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2002 |
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| d in the Pistons' 114-75 loss in Dallas on Saturday. Billups, who was signed as a free agent by Detroit in July, will sit out Tuesday night's home game against New Orleans. He is averaging 10.1 points and 3.1 assists in seven games for the Pistons this season. The 26-year old Billups was originally selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round (third pick overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft. Playing in his sixth season, Billups has also played for the Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves. |
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| Pacers go for fifth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2002 |
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| NBA history, try to win their fifth straight game on Tuesday when they battle the Cleveland Cavaliers at Conseco Fieldhouse. On Saturday, Brad Miller scored 23 points and Ron Artest added 17, as the Indiana Pacers used a big second half to crush the Toronto Raptors, 108-84. Jermaine O'Neal contributed 15 points and 16 rebounds for Indiana, which outscored the Raptors 64-27 in the final 24 minutes. Al Harrington netted 14 points and Jamaal Tinsley chipped in 13 points and eight assists for the Pacers. Erick Str |
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| Wounded Raptors battle Magic |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2002 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - The battered Toronto Raptors look to snap a two-game losing streak on Tuesday when they travel to Orlando to face the Magic at TD Waterhouse Centre. Vince Carter (left quadriceps), Antonio Davis (rib cage), Lamond Murray (foot) and Jelani McCoy (back) are all sidelined with injuries for Toronto and will miss Tuesday's game. The Raptors have 31 lost games to injury in just six contests so far this season and have used three different starting lineups. Toronto was routed in its la |
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| Pacers aim to win fourth straight game |
NBA Basketball |
11/09/2002 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - The Indiana Pacers will shoot for their fourth straight victory this evening when they host the hobbled Toronto Raptors at Conseco Fieldhouse. Indiana extended its winning streak to three games on Friday with a 107-94 victory over the New York Knicks. Ron Artest scored 27 points and Brad Miller added 19 to lead the Pacers in the win. Jermaine O'Neal netted 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while teammates Jamaal Tinsley and Al Harrington both finished with 14 points for |
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| "Air Canada" Carter grounded four weeks |
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11/08/2002 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - Toronto Raptors star guard/forward Vince Carter will miss the next four weeks with a strained quadriceps tendon in his left knee. Dr. James Andrews confirmed that diagnosis on Thursday. Carter suffered the injury midway through the first quarter against Houston on November 2nd. Carter, who had surgery on the same knee last March, won't need surgery to repair the tendon, Raptors general manager Glen Grunwald said. A three-time All-Star, Carter averaged 12.7 points and 2.3 re |
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