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| Bobcats visit lowly Nets |
NBA Basketball |
04/12/2010 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The playoff-bound Charlotte Bobcats can still move up in the Eastern Conference standings and will pay a visit to the New Jersey Nets tonight at the IZOD Center. Charlotte is currently seventh in the conference, just two games behind Milwaukee and Miami for the fifth seed, and has won eight of its last 11 games. In a 99-95 home victory versus Detroit on Saturday, D.J. Augustin sank the go-ahead jumper in the final two minutes and Larry Hughes ended with 18 points for the Bobcats, who can fi |
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| Nets and Pacers collide in Indy |
NBA Basketball |
04/10/2010 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A pair of teams hoping to finish the NBA season strongly meet in Indianapolis Saturday when the New Jersey Nets visit the Pacers. Indiana has been playing much better recently and won its third straight game over the LeBron James-less Cavaliers last night in Cleveland. Danny Granger scored 13 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth quarter in that one, as the Pacers pulled out a 116-113 victory to deal Cleveland just its fifth home loss of the season. All five Indiana starters scored in do |
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| Bulls resume playoff push in New Jersey vs. lowly Nets |
NBA Basketball |
04/09/2010 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bulls are still alive for the final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference and will hit the road for two straight games starting with Friday's bout against the New Jersey Nets at the IZOD Center. Chicago is even with Toronto in the eighth slot and is coming off Thursday's 109-108 victory over the LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers from the United Center. Joakim Noah's tip-in with 1:21 left put the Bulls ahead for good and the former Florida star ended with 17 points and 15 |
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| Playoff-bound Bucks visit sorry Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
04/09/2010 |
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| e and Miami are currently tied for the fifth spot in the conference, with Charlotte sitting two games behind the No. 8 position. The Bucks have won three in a row and improved to 14-5 in their last 19 games with Wednesday's 108-89 triumph versus the New Jersey Nets at the Bradley Center. John Salmons has been a savior for the Bucks and posted 22 points against the Nets, while Jerry Stackhouse netted 18 off the bench and fellow reserve Ersan Ilyasova added 15 points for the Bucks. Salmons has scored 20 or more |
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| Vote on Nets ownership won't take place next week |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2010 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov is probably going to have to wait a little longer before becoming the new owner of the New Jersey Nets. The NBA announced on Thursday that its board of governors probably won't vote next week on whether to approve Prokhorov's deal to buy the Nets because the state of New York has not taken over all the land seized under eminent domain at the site of the team's Barclays Center in Brooklyn. ``The Board will vote on Mr. Prokhorov's purchase of th |
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| NBA likely to delay vote on Nets ownership |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2010 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov is probably going to have to wait a little longer before becoming the new owner of the New Jersey Nets. The NBA announced on Thursday that its board of governors probably won't vote next week on whether to approve Prokhorov's proposal to buy the Nets because the state of New York has not taken over all the land seized under eminent domain at the site of the team's new Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Joel Litvin, the NBA's president of league and |
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| Salmons helps Bucks get past Nets |
NBA Basketball |
04/07/2010 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbooks) - John Salmons scored 22 points to help the playoff-bound Milwaukee Bucks beat the New Jersey Nets, 108-89, at the Bradley Center. Jerry Stackhouse netted 18 off the bench and fellow reserve Ersan Ilyasova added 15 for the Bucks, who clinched their first postseason berth in four seasons in Tuesday's win over the Bulls. Both Brandon Jennings and Kurt Thomas scored 12 points as the Bucks won their third straight game and remained tied with Miami for the fifth seed in the Eastern C |
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| Bucks tangle with Nets in Brew City |
NBA Basketball |
04/07/2010 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Fresh off clinching their first postseason berth in four years the Milwaukee Bucks get back to work on Wednesday by hosting the NBA's worst team, the New Jersey Nets. John Salmons scored 26 points against his former team last night as the Bucks clinched a playoff spot with a 79-74 victory over the Bulls, hurting Chicago's own chances for getting into the postseason. Ersan Ilyasova added 17 points and seven rebounds for Milwaukee, which secured its first playoff berth since 2006 and will hea |
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| Bobcats eye playoff spot in New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
04/07/2010 |
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| on the break, shared the ball; we did a lot of great things." The Hornets, meanwhile, dropped their third straight game Saturday in New Jersey when Chris Douglas-Roberts paced eight New Jersey players in double- figure scoring with 17 points, as the New Jersey Nets put forth perhaps their best effort of the season in a 115-87 romp. David West had 25 points to lead the Hornets, who have lost three in a row and five straight on the road. Marcus Thornton scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds. "We wanted to |
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| Nellie stands on the precipice of history as Warriors visit Wizards |
NBA Basketball |
04/06/2010 |
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| fifth straight game because of flu-like symptoms. Ellis is averaging 25.5 ppg this season. The Wizards will wrap up a three-game homestand Tuesday and has won two of three games since a miserable 16-game losing streak. In a 109-99 triumph versus the New Jersey Nets on Sunday, Andray Blatche ended with 20 points, a career-best 13 assists and nine rebounds in a losing cause. In 26 games since the All-Star break, Blatche has averaged 22.0 points and 8.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, With 1,009 points on the |
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