Posts Tagged ‘Troy Murphy’

Sources: Troy Murphy Joins Boston Celtics

Kevin Garnett’s Opportunity To Prepare For April Murphy is a guy who can stretch the floor and rebound the rock extremely well.  Expect Troy to contribute and pay big dividends for Boston’s second unit. According to ESPN, power forward Troy Murphy noted through e-mail that he will sign with Boston after spending time contemplating between [...]

Pacers Remain Hot At Conseco, Beat Knicks 113-105

I cannot, for the life of me, explain the recent surge by the Indiana Pacers as they have won seven of their last nine, prior to their game Wednesday night against the New York Knicks at Conseco Fieldhouse. If they had played this well around November or December, thye could be chasing a playoff berth in [...]

Granger Helps Pacers Win Eighth Straight At Conseco, Beat Kings 102-95

The Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers have at least one thing in common: both are not going to the playoffs. But one thing Sacramento has that Indiana cannot lay claim to is that they have a decent core of youth players. That is not to say that the Pacers’ roster is crap. Far from it; [...]

Anthony’s 34 Helps Nuggets Outlast Pacers 122-114

The Denver Nuggets had some negatives going against them as they entered Friday night’s game against the Indiana Pacers at the Pepsi Center. They had lost two straight road games to the Lakers and Suns; but to be fair, they did thrash Oklahoma City on Wednesday. But they also had some injuries to deal with [...]

Haywood Double-Double Helps Mavericks Spank Pacers 91-82

Brendan Haywood, ever since being traded from the Washington Wizards, has accomplished two things: He made Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban look like a genius. He made Washington Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld look like a buffoon. All of the above. Nonetheless, Haywood and the Mavericks welcomed the Indiana Pacers to American Airlines Center, who were without [...]

Turnovers, Poor Shooting Help Pacers Get Scalded By Heat 114-80

The Indiana Pacers, during their visit to American Airlines Arena Sunday, had a formidable task at hand, which was to cool off the surging Miami Heat. Suffice it to say, the mission was not accomplished. The Pacers did just everything wrong, including 18 turnovers, 31% shooting and only 64% from the charity stripe. Nothing went [...]

Late Duncan Dunk Helps Spurs Edge Pacers 100-99

The San Antonio Spurs seem to have gotten healthy at the right time, especially with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili returning from injury and coach Gregg Popovich limiting Tim Duncan’s time on the floor to around 32-35 minutes a game. Apparently, the move by Pops has done the Spurs a world of good. The Spurs [...]

Superman Gets 20-20 Vision, Magic Trumps Pacers 106-98

The Indiana Pacers, usually a run-and-gun type of team, had to tweak their playbook as they visited Amway Arena to take on the Orlando Magic Monday night. After all, they were going against the best center on the league, one Dwight Howard. Of course, it doesn’t hurt knowing they also have Vince Carter. Nonetheless, the [...]