March 20th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Playing their usual style of plodding half court offense and defense almost paid off Thursday night for the Portland Trail Blazers, but per usual LeBron James willed the Cavs to yet another home win, as the Cavs topped Portland 97-92 in overtime. James had another triple-double, putting up 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. [...]
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Tigers Survive Late Bulldogs Rally, Advance 75-71
The 8th-seeded LSU Tigers. to their credit, have been to the Final Four recently. Meanwhile, the 9th-seeded Butler Bulldogs – while somewhat regular visitors to the big dance – haven’t quite been that far along in the tournament but are capable of an upset at any given time. They nearly pulled it off on the [...]
Boilermakers To Get Moore Tournament Action, Edge Panthers 61-56
They were beat up and bandaged – sort of like the walking wounded, so to speak. Yet the 5th-seeded Purdue Boilermakers, in their game against the 12th-seeded Northern Iowa Panthers on Thursday, were just that. And they needed a maximum effort from both the hurt and the healthy – especially E’Twaun Moore - as they held off a late charge, holding off [...]
Huskies Find Unexpected Hero, Claw Bulldogs 71-58
The Washington Huskies, in their game Thursday against the Mississippi State Bulldogs, faced a bit of a dilemma in their contest: with their team captain in foul trouble and a broken nose and their top two scorers basically ineffective, who would they turn to for offense? Unheralded Quincy Pondexter, who averaged 11.5 PPG during their regular [...]
Sallie’s 35 Powers Tigers Past Matadors 81-70
Despite tragedy and heartbreak just to get into the 2009 NCAA Tournament, the Cal State-Northridge Matadors had their hands full as they went up against the Memphis Tigers on Thursday in Kansas City, MO; the Matadors obviously did not foresee the offensive explosion of Tigers guard Roburt Sallie; Sallie exploded for 35 points as Memphis disposed [...]
Oden Homecoming A Good One, Trail Blazers Spank Pacers 95-85
The Portland Trail Blazers had the ideal opponent – or at the very least center Greg Oden did – in the Indiana Pacers as both teams are going in opposite directions. Both teams got together for a game Wednesday night at Conseco Fieldhouse; Oden is originally from the Indianapolis area, so the game was a [...]
Hawks Win Streak Up To 4, Claw Kings 119-97
Tuesday’s game between the Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks was a game of contrasts; the Kings are a team basically lottery-bound and still trying to find themselves while the Hawks are trying to stay ahead of the Miami Heat for playoff positioning. A summary of the massacre? Atlanta shot 56% while Sacramento shot only 39%, [...]
LBJ Scores 43 As Cavaliers Steal Orlando’s Magic 97-93
With a playoff like atmosphere in the crowd, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic waged war like two teams that know an eventual match-up may very well be coming for the right to end to the NBA Finals in June on Tuesday night. The match-up went back and forth, and it wrapped up with a [...]
