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| Shaq to miss first five games of season |
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10/28/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal will begin the 2002-03 season on the injured list, meaning he'll miss at least the first five games of the campaign. O'Neal is recovering from surgery on his arthritic right big toe and won't be eligible to play until the November 7 game in Boston. O'Neal underwent surgery to remove painful bone spurs at UCLA's Outpatient Surgery Center on September 11. He has been suffering from a case of sesamoiditis, a form of tendinitis in the area |
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| Fox suspended for six games, Christie gets two |
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10/28/2002 |
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| New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Los Angeles Lakers forward Rick Fox was suspended for six games and Sacramento guard Doug Christie will be benched for two games as a result of their altercation during Friday night's preseason finale at Staples Center, NBA senior vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson announced Monday. The fight added fuel to an already heated Lakers-Kings rivalry, as Fox and Christie exchanged punches on the court before the bout later continued in the runway near the locker room. F |
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| Sacramento Kings 2002-03 Season Preview |
NBA Basketball |
10/25/2002 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. That must be what the Sacramento Kings are thinking after coming within a few missed free throws of dismissing the mighty Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals this past June. Sacramento seemed to have everything on its side with Shaquille O'Neal slowed by his big toe injury and home court advantage for the series, but once again Rick Adelman's club came up on the short end against the Lakers. The Kings clearly outplayed the Lakers in the s |
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| Los Angeles Clippers 2002-03 Season Preview |
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10/24/2002 |
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| geles Clippers have assembled a talented young core of players thanks to years of sub-.500 seasons and lottery picks. Will the 2002-03 season finally be the year that the Clippers break through and make the playoffs? Playing in the same arena as the Los Angeles Lakers is a difficult shadow to emerge from, but the Clippers seem intent on qualifying for the NBA's postseason tournament for the first time since 1997. The team's biggest offseason move came when GM Elgin Baylor sent popular swingman Darius Miles to Cle |
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| Toronto Raptors 2002-03 Season Preview |
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10/23/2002 |
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| round series with Detroit, so the summer arrived with a bit of a letdown. When Draft night arrived, the Raptors decided to do a little wheeling-and- dealing. They acquired guard Lindsey Hunter and the draft rights to forward Chris Jefferies from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for guard Tracy Murray and the draft rights to guard Kareem Rush. The teams also agreed to swap second-round picks in a future Draft. After the Draft, it became apparent that Keon Clark, Toronto's promising young big man, would be headed |
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| Shaq expected to miss first five games of season |
NBA Basketball |
10/23/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal will likely begin the 2002-03 season on the injured list, meaning he'll miss at least the first five games of the campaign. Lakers coach Phil Jackson told The Los Angeles Daily News that O'Neal needs about two more weeks to recover from September toe surgery. "We're pretty comfortable that we'll be playing a week and a half or two without Shaquille, and we'll have to hold the fort, so to speak, until he gets back," Jackson told the LA |
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| Boston Celtics 2002-03 Season Preview |
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10/22/2002 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Boston Celtics rode two superstars to the Eastern Conference Finals last season. They ultimately fell short of a nostalgic date with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals. There are moments that the team will rue entering this season. Paul Pierce missed some key free throws with games on the line, and the New Jersey Nets were able to get off the deck and win the series, even after the Celtics made huge double-digit leads evaporate into thin air. Like most teams do in the offseason, the |
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| Shaq hurting after surgery on arthritic toe |
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10/16/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - After having surgery on his arthritic right big toe, Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal is hurting again. The center did some light jogging on the treadmill before practice Monday and said on Tuesday that his foot was sore. O'Neal underwent surgery that removed painful bone spurs on September 11 at UCLA's Outpatient Surgery Center. He is now suffering from a case of sesamoiditis, a form of tendinitis in the area beneath the toe, ever since the operation. O'Neal is schedul |
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| Magical night at Basketball Hall of Fame |
NBA Basketball |
09/27/2002 |
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| Springfield, MA (Sportsbooks) - Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson was among those inducted to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Friday. Fittingly, Boston Celtics legend and Hall of Famer Larry Bird introduced Johnson. "I was going to write up a big speech because I wanted to talk from my heart, but I said, 'damn, he broke my heart so many times, do I have anything left?'" said Bird. The Bird-Magic rivalry began in 1979, when Johnson's Michigan State team beat Bird's Indiana State squad |
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| Sunderland reportedly to take over as Lakers' announcer |
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09/24/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Paul Sunderland has reportedly reached an agreement in principle on a one-year contract to become the play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers. Sunderland would become just the second play-by-play announcer for the NBA team since it moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles in 1960. The Los Angeles Times reported the deal on Tuesday and citing sources said Sunderland would get a one-year deal worth about $300,000. Sunderland would replace legendary announcer Chick Hearn, wh |
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