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| NBA Playoff Preview - LA Lakers vs. Utah |
NBA Basketball |
04/18/2009 |
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| . He's also not equipped to keep up with Williams, meaning Phil Jackson may have to call on Jordan Farmar or Shannon Brown a little more than he would like. EDGE: JAZZ SHOOTING GUARD: LeBron James deserves the MVP award this season after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their best regular season in franchise history but ask around the NBA and most still feel the reigning MVP, Bryant, is still the best all-around player in basketball. Bryant was his usual stellar self on the offensive end this season, averaging 2 |
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| Cavs F Wright has successful thumb surgery |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lorenzen Wright underwent successful surgery to repair his fractured left thumb at the Cleveland Clinic on Friday. The procedure, which was performed by Dr. Peter Evans and Dr. Richard Parker, will sideline Wright for up to six weeks. Wright, who suffered the injury in Wednesday's regular-season finale against Philadelphia, averaged 1.4 points and 1.5 rebounds in 17 games this season for the Cavaliers. For his career, Wright has averaged eight points an |
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| James, Nowitzki named NBA Players of the Month |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for the games played in April. James helped Cleveland finish the season with the best record in the NBA as the team went 5-3 in April. He averaged 29.9 points, 6.6 assists and 6.0 rebounds. He posted 27 points and 10 assists in a 102-92 victory over Philadelphia on April 10 and had 37 points and five assists in a 117-109 v |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - Cleveland vs. Detroit |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Pistons could use Maximus Meridius right about now because they are about to get thrown to the lions in a first-round playoff matchup with the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. The eighth-seeded Pistons will have to play like gladiators in order to stop or even slow down MVP candidate LeBron James and the cruising Cavs, especially since Cleveland captured homecourt advantage throughout the entire postseason with an NBA-best 66-16 record. The Cavaliers were also a remarkable 39-2 at Qu |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - Orlando vs. Philadelphia |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| re ready to take a step further in their quest for a championship. The third-seeded Magic will take on the No. 6 seed Philadelphia 76ers in first-round action. Orlando was within striking distance of the top seed in the Eastern Conference before the Cleveland Cavaliers went on a roll to capture the prestigious honor. The Magic enjoyed a strong 2008-09 season in which they recorded 59 wins, the most since the 1995-96 squad went 60-22. They won the Southeast Division title for a second straight time and have reached |
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| Personal Fool: What's More Pathetic? |
This Day in Sports |
04/17/2009 |
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| NFL Combine, tested positive for a banned or illegal substance, despite having advanced notice that the they'd be tested for banned and illegal substances at the Combine? Hey, quick, what's more pathetic? That the Philadelphia 76ers had to take the Cleveland Cavaliers into overtime to win by ONE point on Wednesday, even though Cleveland rested all their starters, OR...the Detroit Pistons under Allen Iverson? And if you scored higher than 10 in this round, then congratulations! YOU'RE most pathetic. -------- Bam R |
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| NBA playoffs to begin Saturday |
NBA Basketball |
04/16/2009 |
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| time when we lost to them, they were a better team." Chicago, which was pushed to the seventh seed after a home loss to Toronto Wednesday, is in the playoffs after a one-year hiatus, this time with rookie sensation Derrick Rose. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to the best record (66-16) in the NBA and will take on Detroit in the first round, with that best-of-seven set starting Saturday at 3 p.m. (et). The Cavs made it to the conference semifinals last season before falling to the Celtics, while th |
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| Cavs rest James, several others in season finale |
NBA Basketball |
04/16/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - Despite having a chance to match the NBA record of 40 home regular season wins in a season, the Cleveland Cavaliers sat superstar LeBron James for Wednesday's tilt against the Philadelphia 76ers. In addition to James, Mo Williams, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Joe Smith all sat out for Cleveland, which had already clinched home-court advantage for the entire playoffs with the best record in the league. The Cavs, though, lost 111-110 in overtime to Philadelphia, finishing 39-2 at Quicken |
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| Cavs aim to make more history vs. slumping Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The NBA's top team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, will try to match the best home record in a season tonight when they welcome the sliding Philadelphia 76ers to Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland has won 16 straight home games and is one win away from matching Boston's 40-1 home mark established during the 1985-86 campaign. Its last loss at home was on February 8 versus the Lakers. The top-seeded Cavs have won five straight overall and recently posted a 117-109 triumph at Indiana on Monday. MVP candidat |
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| Lowly Wizards wrap up campaign in Boston |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2009 |
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| ters en route to 31 points on that one as Boston handed the reeling 76ers a 100-98 loss. Tony Allen scored 18 and Glen Davis had 15 points for Boston, which was coming off its worst loss of the season on Sunday, a 107-76 drubbing at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Rajon Rondo had 11 points and seven rebounds while Kendrick Perkins brought down 12 boards and blocked four shots in the win. Forward Kevin Garnett missed the contest with his balky right knee. The All- Star has sat out 22 of Boston's last 26 games |
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