Archive for November 5th, 2007
Monday, November 5th, 2007
D-Wade Returns To Practice
Miami Heat point guard Dwayne Wade on Monday said like most NBA players he is not a fan of practice. But he said he was loving practice in his first day back after recovering from shoulder and knee surgeries. Wade who was given clearance by physicians last week to resume playing took part in practice […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Granger And McGrady Named NBA Player’s Of The Week
The NBA announced on Monday that Houston Rockets guard/forward Tracy McGrady and the Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger were named the NBA Player’s of the week for the first week of the NBA season. Granger who won the award for the Eastern Conference, averaged 22.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 1.3 blocked shots while shooting 50% from […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Amare Day To Day With Stiffness In Right Knee
Amare Stoudemire was not in Sunday’s game between his Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The reason was stiffness in his right knee which recently underwent arthroscopic surgery, to remove some floating matter in the knee cap. Doctors believe that it was simply a case of the power forward getting a little too ambitious in his […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Cavs’ Marshall injury worse than expected
The Cleveland Cavaliers, as a team, are in fairly decent shape - except in the frontcourt. Branson Wright of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Cavaliers forward Donyell Marshall is being listed as day-to-day with a right wrist injury that may be more serious than initially believed.
Marshall injured his wrist initially in the season […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Dissension in Toronto?
In what has to be one of the earliest times of the NBA season to be whining, Steve Buffery of the Toronto Sun is reporting that Toronto Raptors forward Jorge Garbajoisa is complaining about his lack of playing time, a whopping two games into this season. When asked by Buffery why he is averaging only […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Kings’ Hawes says he’s good to go
The Sacramento Kings are 0-3 this young season. They’re a team that has issues that have yet to be resolved. Firstly, there’s point guard Mike Bibby’s thumb injury. Then there’s newly signed guard Beno Udrih’s broken left index finger (he may be ready around November 9 or so). Then as with most rebuilding teams, […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Monday Night In The NBA A Texas Two-Step
Only one game on Monday night in the NBA, but it should be one worth watching! The Houston Rockets travel across the Longhorn State to take on their rivals the Dallas Mavericks. Houston is 3-0 for the first time since the 1996-1997 season, while the Mavericks come into the contest with a 2-1 record.
Houston of […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Kobe’s 33 leads Lakers past Jazz 119-109
The Lakers seem to have some success against division leading teams; tonight was no exception. Friday night the Lakers beat the Suns and tonight they defeated the Utah Jazz at the Staples Center 119-109. After three quarters and trailing 82-81, the Lakers pulled ahead 88-82 on center Andrew Bynum’s dunk and a pair of layups […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Nash Scores 30 As Suns Scorch Cavaliers 103-92
Allow me if if you would to let you read an excerpt of my preview of Sunday’s contest between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. ” The only way Cleveland can win this contest is a strong defensive effort and take the Suns out of their rhythm. The Cavaliers will not win this game in a […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Hornets remain unbeaten, defeat Nuggets 93-88
The New Orleans Hornets are on a bit of a hot streak at the moment; they went to 3-0 as they defeated the Denver Nuggets at Denver on Sunday. The Hornets last season started 4-0; the Nuggets haven’t won 3 straight to start a season since 1985-86. The Nuggets lost yet another guard, losing Michael Wilks to […]
