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| Former UNLV star Gondrezick passes away at 53 |
College Basketball |
04/28/2009 |
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| 8. "Gondo" finished as the 16th-leading scorer in UNLV basketball history with 1,311 points and was a key member of the 1977 Final Four squad. Gondrezick averaged 11.4 points per contest and finished ninth (831) on the Runnin' Rebel career rebounds list. He was a 1977 honorable mention All- American and 1987 inductee in the Rebel Athletics Hall of Fame. The collegiate hoops star went on to a six-season NBA career with the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets, averaging 5.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists. |
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| Nuggets' Billups wins NBA sportsmanship award |
NBA Basketball |
04/28/2009 |
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| New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups claimed the Joe Dumars Trophy presented to 2008-09 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner, the league announced on Tuesday. The 12-year veteran, who finished with 82 first-place votes totalling 2,478 points, beat out Boston's Ray Allen and Detroit's Antonio McDyess, who ended second and third, respectively, in voting done by NBA players. The award is given annually to the player that represents the NBA in all phases of sportsmanship, including eth |
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| Hornets hope to even series with Denver in the Big Easy |
NBA Basketball |
04/27/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Star guard Chris Paul willed the New Orleans Hornets back into their Western Conference quarterfinals series with the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. Now, Paul and Company hope to deadlock things when the teams resume the set in the Big Easy tonight. Paul posted game-highs with 32 points and 12 assists over the weekend as the Hornets escaped with a 95-93 win over the second-seeded Nuggets in New Orleans Arena. Veteran James Posey, who sprained his right knee in the game, connected for 13 point |
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| Paul helps Hornets sting Nuggets in Game 3 |
NBA Basketball |
04/25/2009 |
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| New Orleans, LA (Sportsbooks) - Chris Paul posted game-highs with 32 points and 12 assists as the New Orleans Hornets escaped with a 95-93 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of a Western Conference quarterfinal series. James Posey connected for 13 points and nine rebounds, including a key free throw in the final seconds for the Hornets, who picked up their first win of the series after dropping the first two on the road. David West racked up 19 points and nine boards before fouling out late, while Rasu |
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| Nuggets dominate Hornets again to take 2-0 series lead |
NBA Basketball |
04/23/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (Sportsbooks) - Chauncey Billups finished with 31 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a resounding 108-93 win over New Orleans in Game 2 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series. Billups' performance followed a 36-point effort in Game 1, which Denver won by a 113-84 score. The Nuggets now hold a firm 2-0 lead in this best-of-seven set, which continues Saturday as the Hornets host Game 3. "I'm in a nice little groove right now," Billups said. "The guys have been playing great, man, aroun |
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| Hornets try to even series with Nuggets |
NBA Basketball |
04/22/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The New Orleans Hornets didn't look like much competition for the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series, suffering a 113-84 drubbing to George Karl's team at the Pepsi Center on Sunday. The Hornets will try to right the ship tonight and even the series before things shift to the Big Easy. Chauncey Billups' first playoff game as a Nugget was a memorable one, as "Mr. Big Shot" connected on a stunning 8-of-9 from three-point range for a game- high 36 points |
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| Nuggets, Hornets cap first weekend of NBA playoffs |
NBA Basketball |
04/19/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Denver Nuggets, fresh off winning the Northwest Division, meet Chris Paul and New Orleans tonight in the opener of their Western Conference quarterfinals series at the Pepsi Center. A lot has changed in a year for the Nuggets. Last spring, Allen Iverson was getting ready to hurl 10 to 15 bad shots a game and star forward Carmelo Anthony created a distraction after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving shortly before George Karl's team played roadkill, with the skill of Academy A |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - Denver vs. New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A lot has changed in a year for the Denver Nuggets. Last spring, Allen Iverson was getting ready to hurl 10 to 15 bad shots a game and star forward Carmelo Anthony created a distraction after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving shortly before George Karl's team played roadkill with the skill of Academy Award winning actors to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference quarterfinals. Now, Iverson is in Detroit, being banned from Motor City casinos and Anthony has kept his nos |
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| Personal Fool: What's More Pathetic? |
This Day in Sports |
04/17/2009 |
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| tor Rich Chrismer, the over- officious, uber-official, who has threatened to prosecute the fan according to an arcane law that criminalizes the disclosure of the contents of a ballot? Hey, quick, what's more pathetic? The fact that "good" tickets to Denver Nuggets playoff games are retailing on StubHub for around $180 apiece, OR...that I think that's a mighty reasonable price for playoff tickets? Hey, quick, what's more pathetic? The fact that all first-round NFL draft picks will make more in their first cont |
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| NBA playoffs to begin Saturday |
NBA Basketball |
04/16/2009 |
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| help the cause in the low post. Bynum tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee at the end of January, but came back nearly a week ago. Utah faced the Lakers in last year's playoffs, losing in six games in the conference semifinals. The Denver Nuggets, fresh off winning the Northwest Division, gained the No. 2 seed and will meet Chris Paul and New Orleans in the first round, starting Sunday at 10:30 p.m. (et). Denver will have home-court advantage in the playoffs for the first time since 1988. Th |
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