Archive for February 11th, 2008
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Kobe and Pau Combine For 57, Lakers Muzzle Bobcats 106-97
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The Los Angeles Lakers’?travels away from Staples Center?have been somewhat successful thus far, going 6-2 on their 9-game road trip; Monday’s game against the Charlotte Bobcats was a lesson in what happens when the tag-team of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol are on the same page.? Bryant and Gasol combined for 57 points, leading [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Blazers’ Jones To Remain Out 3-5 More Weeks
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A vital source of 3-point shooting for the Portland Trail Blazers will be sidelined for a while longer as the team announced that James Jones will miss an additional 3 to 5 weeks with a sore left knee; team general manager Kevin Pritchard told SportsTicker, “Originally, we felt holding him out through the All-Star break [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Manu The Magnificent As Spurs Outlast Raptors 93-88
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Manu Ginobili had a double-double, scoring 34 points, and grabbing a career high 15 rebounds, as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Toronto Raptors Monday 93-88. Ginobili and teammate Tim Duncan accounted for 28 of San Antonio’s 46 rebounds for the game. The Spurs out rebounded the Raptors 46-34, Ginobili again was in the starting [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Raptors’ Mitchell Takes Leave After Family Death
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Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell, according to the Associated Press, is taking a leave of absence to fly home to Atlanta following the death of his father-in-law; a team spokesman said that Mitchell left Toronto and will not return until after the All-Star break.? Toronto’s first game after the break is at home against the [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Parker Back After All-Star Break Barry Return Uncertain
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The “San Antonio Express-News” reported Monday that San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich believes that Spurs starting point guard Tony Parker will start playing with the team when games resume after the NBA All-Star break. Parker has missed six straight games with a sprained left ankle. Popovich however said that the return status of veteran [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Agent Zero Should Be Ready For Duty In March
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The “Washington Times” Monday reported that Washington Wizards?guard, Gilbert Arenas who has played just 8 games in the 2007-2008 campaign, should be ready to play in March. The paper quoted Wizards coach Eddie Jordan, as saying that Agent Zero should start practicing with?the team?at the end of the All-Star break. Jordan said that a likely [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Stoudemire, Miller Selected Players of the Week
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Amare Stoudemire and Andre Miller today were selected the Western Conference and Eastern Conference Players of the Week for games played from Monday, February 4 to Sunday, February 10.? Stoudemire helped lead the Phoenix Suns to a 3-1 record by averaging 28.5 PPG, 13.5 RPG and 3.25 BPG; Stoudemire concluded his week with?a 31-point [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Lakers Ink Mbenga For Remainder Of Season
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Coming close to the end of his second 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, the team on Monday signed center D.J. Mbenga for the balance of the season.? Mbenga joined the Lakers on January 21 and signed a second contract on February 1.? In 8 games with the Lakers, Mbenga is averaging 2.3 [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Rasheed Wallace - Reluctant All-Star
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One would think that an NBA player who is being selected for the NBA All-Star game would be tickled pink about the opportunity to play against the world’s best basketball players.? Don’t tell that to Detroit forward Rasheed Wallace; Wallace, who was under the assumption that he wouldn’t be selected for the game, found out [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Doc Likes Status Quo, Says No Trades Are Needed
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The “Boston Herald” reported Monday that Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, says he is completely happy with his team as presently constituted. He says once everybody gets back to full strength health wise, he feels his team has a very bright future this year. The “Big Ticket” Kevin Garnett has missed the last seven games, [...]
