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| Spurs meet Mavs in Texas-sized playoff opener |
NBA Basketball |
04/18/2009 |
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| Finals collapse against the Miami Heat. It's been a steady if not precipitous decline for Mark Cuban's franchise since bowing to Miami. The following year, the team sprinted to the finish line with 67 wins but were stunned in the first round by the Golden State Warriors. Last year, the New Orleans Hornets did the dirty work, bouncing Dallas in the first round yet again. Now the Mavs will hope to avoid a third consecutive first- round exit. A late season spurt helped Dallas reach the 50-win plateau for the ninth con |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - San Antonio vs. Dallas |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| er considered a serious title contender. It's been a steady if not precipitous decline for Mark Cuban's franchise since bowing to Miami. The following year, the team sprinted to the finish line with 67 wins but were stunned in the first round by the Golden State Warriors. Last year, the New Orleans Hornets did the dirty work, bouncing Dallas in the first round yet again. Now the Mavs will hope to avoid a third consecutive first- round exit. A late season spurt helped Dallas reach the 50-win plateau for the ninth con |
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| National Basketball Association Game Capsules |
NBA Basketball |
04/16/2009 |
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| 13 in defeat. LA dropped nine of its last 10 games to close the season. Final Score: Phoenix 117, Golden State 113 Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Grant Hill tied a season high with 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns past the Golden State Warriors, 117-113, in the season-finale for both clubs at US Airways Center. Leandro Barbosa ended with 18 points and Shaquille O'Neal 15 for the Suns (46-36), who closed the season with three straight wins. Matt Barnes totaled 12 points, while Jason Richard |
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| Suns conclude campaign with win over Warriors |
NBA Basketball |
04/16/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Grant Hill tied a season high with 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns past the Golden State Warriors, 117-113, in the season-finale for both clubs at US Airways Center. Leandro Barbosa ended with 18 points and Shaquille O'Neal 15 for the Suns (46-36), who closed the season with three straight wins. Matt Barnes totaled 12 points, while Jason Richardson and Steve Nash scored 10 each. Nash also doled out 10 assists in the win. "It definitely wasn't a great season |
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| Playoff scenarios alive in Spurs, Hornets matchup |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2009 |
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| with a win tonight or a loss by Dallas. The Hornets will be seventh with a loss and a win by the Mavs. The Spurs are coming off an important win in Oakland on Monday when Drew Gooden finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds, as San Antonio routed the Golden State Warriors, 101-72. Tim Duncan, who sat out the team's previous contest with sore knees, returned to post 16 points and 13 boards for San Antonio. Tony Parker added 17 points as the Spurs won their third in a row. The Hornets, meanwhile, fell in Houston on Mon |
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| Suns host Warriors in the desert |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors will both close out disappointing seasons tonight when the Pacific Division rivals meet in the desert. The Suns are out of the playoff hunt for the first time in five years and are just the third team in NBA history to win at least 45 games and not earn a trip to the postseason. The Warriors were the last team to do it when they won 48 last season. The 1971-72 Phoenix team also failed to earn a playoff berth with a 49-33 record. The Suns won their second |
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| Spurs crush Warriors to keep pace in division race |
NBA Basketball |
04/14/2009 |
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| Oakland, CA (Sportsbooks) - Drew Gooden finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds, as the San Antonio Spurs routed the Golden State Warriors, 101-72, one night after winning on a controversial play. The Spurs notched a 95-92 win over Sacramento on Sunday, but only after Michael Finley drained a three-pointer with 1.3 seconds left. Replays showed the ball left his hands after the shot clock expired, but the basket stood as the play could not be reviewed. San Antonio won by a more comfortable margin Monday to stay i |
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| Spurs roll into Golden State |
NBA Basketball |
04/13/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The San Antonio Spurs hope to build off a controversial win tonight when they visit the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena. The Spurs, who are deadlocked with Houston atop the Southwest Division with just two games to play, got a gift Sunday when Michael Finley's three-pointer with 1.3 seconds left, lifted the San Antonio Spurs to a 95-92 win over the Sacramento Kings. Finley appeared to make the three after the shot clock expired, however. In what is destined to become a topic of offseason ru |
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| Rockets, Hornets meet in key Southwest Division matchup |
NBA Basketball |
04/13/2009 |
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| sion is still up for grabs and the Houston Rockets will try to stay alive in the race, as they host the New Orleans Hornets Monday at the Toyota Center. Houston and San Antonio are tied atop the division standings, with the Spurs slated to visit the Golden State Warriors tonight. The Rockets have won four straight games and recorded a 113-109 triumph at Golden State on Friday. Luis Scola scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Houston, which is tied with the Spurs and Blazers for the third seed |
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| Watson posts career-high, leads Warriors past Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
04/12/2009 |
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| Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbooks) - C.J. Watson poured in a career-high 38 points, doled out nine assists and hauled in seven rebounds to help the Golden State Warriors upend the Utah Jazz, 118-108, at EnergySolutions Arena. Robert Kurz donated a career-best 21 points and Kelenna Azubuike scored 18 for the Warriors, who have won four of their last six. Anthony Morrow ended with 13 points and Anthony Randolph 11 in the win. Deron Williams gave 26 points and 14 helpers for Utah, which dropped its third straight and |
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