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| Hawks, Heat head to Game 7 in Atlanta |
NBA Basketball |
05/03/2009 |
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| ith O'Neal's status. The big man did travel to Atlanta and will be a game-time decision. The Hawks are just 2-8 all-time in Game 7 situations, having lost the last six such contests, including last year's debacle in Boston against the eventual champion Celtics. Their last Game 7 win came April 1, 1961 when the franchise was located in St. Louis. That was a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. The winner advances to play the top-seeded Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals beginning Tuesday in Cleveland. |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - LA Lakers vs. Houston |
NBA Basketball |
05/02/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers continue their quest for their 15th NBA championship when they face the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals. The Lakers are the team to beat in the West and gained the No. 1 seed in the conference by virtue of an impressive 65-17 regular season record. LA, which lost in six games to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals last season, summarily dismissed an overmatched Utah Jazz team in five games during the West quarterfinals. All-Star Kobe Brya |
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| Wade lifts Heat over Hawks to force Game 7 |
NBA Basketball |
05/02/2009 |
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| ) with the winner advancing to play Cleveland. The Hawks are 2-8 all-time in Game 7 situations, having lost the last six such contests. Their last Game 7 win came April 1, 1961 when the franchise was located in St. Louis. That was a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. "The positive side of all this is we put ourselves in this position," said Hawks coach Mike Woodson. "We can go back home and try to wrap it up. That's our goal." The Heat led 51-42 at the half and then exploded for a 16-2 surge to begin the third. |
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| Cooper to leave Sparks for USC job |
Womens College Basketball |
05/01/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Michael Cooper will leave his post as head coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks after the upcoming season to take over as Southern California women's head basketball coach. The former Los Angeles Lakers great replaces Mark Trakh, who resigned last month after guiding the USC women's program for five seasons. Trakh's teams went 90-64 in his time (2005-09) at USC, with a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. "I'm very honored to have this opportunity to coach at a great universi |
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| National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules |
NBA Basketball |
05/01/2009 |
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| nference quarterfinal series in six games. Yao Ming totaled 17 points and 10 rebounds for the fifth-seeded Rockets, who won their first playoff set since 1997, ending a string of six straight first-round exits with the 4-2 series win. The top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers await in the conference semifinals, starting Monday at 10:30 p.m. (et). The Lakers, led by perennial All-Star Kobe Bryant, swept the Rockets in four games this season. The Rockets also accomplished the feat without standout swingman Tracy McGrady, w |
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| Blastoff: Rockets finally advance to Round 2 |
NBA Basketball |
05/01/2009 |
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| nference quarterfinal series in six games. Yao Ming totaled 17 points and 10 rebounds for the fifth-seeded Rockets, who won their first playoff set since 1997, ending a string of six straight first-round exits with the 4-2 series win. The top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers await in the conference semifinals, starting Monday at 10:30 p.m. (et). The Lakers, led by perennial All-Star Kobe Bryant, swept the Rockets in four games this season. "Off the court Kobe is a good friend of mine, but when we're on the court we abso |
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| Celtics aim to eliminate Bulls in Windy City |
NBA Basketball |
04/30/2009 |
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| 17th NBA championship. The Celtics were deadlocked 2-2 in its series with Atlanta, Cleveland and Detroit last season, before going on to beat the Hawks and Cavs in seven games and the Pistons in six. They then won the NBA title in six games over the Los Angeles Lakers. Ben Gordon, playing with a balky hamstring, scored a team-high 26 points, while Joakim Noah added 11 points and a team-best 17 boards. Derrick Rose's stat line was again a mixture with 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists but also a game-high |
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| Bulls, Celtics meet in pivotal Game 5 at TD Banknorth Garden |
NBA Basketball |
04/28/2009 |
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| be blanketed with around-the-clock protection. Things will be much less hectic now that the series is shifting back to Beantown but Game 6 in Chicago still looms on Thursday. The Celtics won three Game 5s during last year's postseason en route to their 17th NBA championship. Boston was deadlocked 2-2 in its series with Atlanta, Cleveland and Detroit last season, before going on to beat the Hawks and Cavs in seven games and the Pistons in six. They then won the NBA title in six games over the Los Angeles Lakers. |
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| Lakers fend off Jazz, advance to West semis |
NBA Basketball |
04/28/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Kobe Bryant scored 31 points and the Los Angeles Lakers weathered a late Utah run to beat the Jazz, 107-96, to wrap up their Western Conference quarterfinal series in five games. Lamar Odom added 26 points and 15 rebounds, while Pau Gasol notched 17 points and 11 boards for the top-seeded Lakers, who will play either Portland or Houston in the next round. The fifth-seeded Rockets hold a 3-1 lead in that opening-round set and can wrap up their first playoff series win since 1997 |
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| Lakers aim to finish off Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
04/27/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The reeling Utah Jazz hope to stave off elimination in Hollywood tonight when they resume their Western Conference quarterfinals series against the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers. It won't be easy. Utah has already dropped the first two games of this series in LA and have lost 11 straight games at Staples Center. The Jazz were also just 15-26 away from Salt Lake City in the regular season this year, beating only one team with a winning record, the New Orleans Hornets. Kobe Bryant quickly p |
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