January 3rd, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in The Minnesota Timberwolves, fresh off an embarrassing loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday in which they surrendered a 29-point lead, needed a game that was the polar opposite of that debacle. Enter the short-handed Golden State Warriors, who were missing Brandan Wright with a sprained wrist and Corey Maggette with a problematic hamstring. Apparently this [...]
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Jefferson Scores 32, Leads Timberwolves Past Warriors 115-108
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Stuckey’s 38 Helps Pistons win Sixth Straight, Beat Kings 98-92
Because the Detroit Pistons are rather thin on their roster – they’re missing Richard Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess due to injury – they had to do some tinkering with their roster as they started Kwame Brown and Amir Johnson in their game Friday night against the Sacramento Kings at The Palace at Auburn [...]
LBJ Gets Triple-Double As Cavaliers Bully Bulls 117-92
The Cavaliers spent the New Year doing what they seem to do best – beating mediocre teams at home. Friday night they erased some of the issues they had been having as of late getting off to slow starts, and pounded the Bulls with a 32-17 first quarter en route to an easy 117-92 victory. [...]
Jack’s Late Jumper Helps Pacers Edge Knicks At MSG 105-103
Friday night’s game between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks was one of halves; the Pacers dominated the first half while the Knicks took over the majority of the second half – except the last 0.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Jarrett Jack scored his team’s last 6 points, draining a jumper just [...]
Roy Questionable vs. Hornets
The likelihood of Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy taking the floor against the New Orleans Hornets does not appear very high as The Oregonian is reporting that Roy has upgraded himself from doubtful to questionable for Friday’s game after testing his hamstring during Thursday’s practice; based on that, if there’s no marked improvement within the [...]
Marbury To Become A Celtic?
And the never-ending Stephon Marbury saga continues. Count it as a rumor for right now, but depending on future dealings between the embattled guard and the New York Knicks, there is the possibility of Marbury winding up with the Boston Celtics, according to the New York Post; a source close to the situation has said [...]
NBA 2009 All Star Voting Returns
Below are the most recent returns from voting for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, which will take place on February 15 in Phoenix; results are as of January 1: EASTERN CONFERENCE FORWARDS: LeBron James, Cleveland, 1,521,272; Kevin Garnett, Boston, 1,101,541; Yi Jianlian, New Jersey, 959,324; Chris Bosh, Toronto, 601,204; Paul Pierce, Boston, 387,105; Hedo Turkoglu, [...]
Pietrus Shelved With Broken Wrist
One of the integral pieces of the Orlando Magic’s bench will be sidelined for at least the short-term future as the Detroit News reports that Magic guard/forward Mickael Pietrus will be out indefinitely after breaking his wrist on Monday; Pietrus was injured during Orlando’s game against the Detroit Pistons when during the second quarter, he [...]
