National Basketball League News and Rumors
Source: Amare socks extinguisher, hurts handIan Begley, ESPN.com Amare Stoudemire suffered lacerations on his left hand after the New York Knicks' loss to the Miami Heat on Monday night, a team spokesman confirmed. |
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Miami took care of business at home -- and made it look easy again. The Heat cruised to a 104-94 win over the Knicks, grabbing a 2-0 lead as the first-round series shifts to New York. |
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Pacers surge in 3rd, stop Magic to even seriesApr 30, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com David West had 18 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Orlando Magic 93-78 on Monday night and even the Eastern Conference first-round series at one game apiece. |
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Wade notches 25 as Heat go up 2-0 on KnicksApr 30, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Dwyane Wade scored 25 points, Chris Bosh added 21 and the Miami Heat beat New York 104-94 on Monday night, sending the Knicks to an NBA-record-tying 12th straight postseason loss. |
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Knicks will evaluate Lin further later this weekApr 30, 2012
The New York Knicks sound hopeful that Jeremy Lin's return to the lineup may come sooner than later. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com It's been well-established that the Memphis Grizzlies did not have a particularly good Sunday night, what with blowing Game 1 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers after holding a 27-point lead in the second half. While they thoro… |
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Lakers forward Hill charged with assaultApr 30, 2012
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jordan Hill faces a felony assault charge after his girlfriend accused him of choking and shoving her in Houston earlier this year. |
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LOWE: Injuries deal major blow to title contendersApr 30, 2012
The Clips capped a crazy start to the playoffs, but that wasn't the weekend's top story. As Zach Lowe explains, major injuries have turned some teams' title hopes into mere fantasies. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Coming off perhaps the worst regular season in NBA history, the Charlotte Bobcats announced Monday that head coach Paul Silas would not return to coach the team during the 2012-13 NBA season. Rod Higgins, Charlotte's president of basketball operations, … |
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Mavs F Marion defends his defense vs. DurantApr 30, 2012
Jeff Caplan, ESPN.com Shawn Marion of the Dallas Mavericks sticks up for his job on defense in Game 1 against Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant. |
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Denial of Anthony Gives Knicks All Types of ProblemsApr 30, 2012
Rob Mahoney, nytimes.com The Miami Heat's decision to deny Carmelo Anthony the ball by fronting him has led to an array of complications for the Knicks. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com On average, NBA players have lots of tattoos. It's part of the culture, for one thing, but also an opportunity for players to bring attention to people or places that have played a central role in getting them to where they are. Think Stephon Marbury's … |
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Condensed NBA schedule appears to be taking its toll in playoffs with Derrick Rose and Iman Shumpert lost to injuriesApr 30, 2012
No one knows if the 66-game season and rush to start the playoffs have anything to do with injuries to Iman Shumpert and Derrick Rose, but right now the wear-and-tear of the season is the primary suspect. |
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Did Derrick Rose's Shoes Cause His Knee Injury?Apr 30, 2012
Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Today, Chicago froths at a Nike shoe designer, Jason Petrie, who tweeted on Saturday that Derrick Rose should have signed with Nike, like LeBron did. LeBron, wrote Petrie, was only getting stronger, while Rose, thanks to his high-top adiZero Rose 2.5's,… |
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Atlanta Brings Out the Weirdness in the CelticsApr 30, 2012
Peter May, nytimes.com In their 2008 playoff series, the Celtics lost all three games in Philips Arena, and in each of those defeats something bizarre happened. |
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LOWE: Anatomy of a comeback -- and collapseApr 30, 2012
Somehow, some way, the Clips stormed back after trailing by 24 to steal Game 1 -- all in eight minutes. How? Zach Lowe breaks down the anatomy of a comeback, and collapse. |
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Rondo ejected as Hawks rip C'sApr 30, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) Talk about a tough playoff opener for the Boston Celtics . |
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Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com He did manage to successfully complete two other dunks during yesterday's win over the Jazz, but neither was as much fun to watch as this. [The Basketball Jones] |
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Stern: Injuries are not related to scheduleApr 30, 2012
ESPNChicago.com, ESPN.com NBA commissioner David Stern said Monday that he doesn't believe Derrick Rose's ACL tear, or the other major injuries plaguing the league this season, had anything to do with a schedule condensed by a lockout. |
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Chandler Says He'll Be in Knicks' Lineup for Game 2Apr 30, 2012
Howard Beck, nytimes.com Tyson Chandler (flulike symptoms) and Baron Davis (stiff back) played limited minutes in Game 1, but are expected to be in the lineup for Game 2 against the Miami Heat on Monday night. |
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Brooklyn Basketball Will Be Black and WhiteApr 30, 2012
Ken Belson, nytimes.com The Brooklyn Nets officially came into being on Monday, and they unveiled their new logos and color scheme. |
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Knicks' Chandler to play Game 2 despite fluApr 30, 2012
Ian Begley, ESPN.com Knicks center Tyson Chandler, battling through flu symptoms, will start for the Knicks in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Miami Heat on Monday night. |
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The draw for the men's and women's Olympic basketball tournaments was held on Monday as qualified teams for both groups were divided into two groups of six teams each. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Well, here they are — the images and icons launching the new look of the newly rebooted Brooklyn Nets. The surprise was mitigated a bit (or perhaps spoiled completely, depending on your view of things) by advance shots of the probable (and now confirmed… |
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Los Angeles Clippers forward Caron Butler is likely out for the rest of the playoffs after breaking his left hand in Game 1 against Memphis. |
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Chris Paul has jokes for Craig Sager, Tony Allen has infinite sadness after Clips/Grizz Game 1 (VIDEO)Apr 30, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com With 28.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Game 1 on Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies found themselves clinging to a one-point lead after a furious comeback by a Los Angeles Clippers team that had been down as many as 27 points late in the third. Vinn… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Yesterday's "Dear Abby" column featured "Good dad in Cleveland," who's seeking advice on what to do with his eight-year-old son, understandably driven to animal abuse by the frustrations of being a Cleveland sports fan. Little Junior… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com An awful lot of sports fans — especially those on the East Coast, exhausted after 7.75 NBA playoff games in less than two days — probably went to sleep somewhere around the end of the third quarter of Sunday's Game 1 between the Memphis Grizzlies and … |
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Notebook, ESPN.com The Clippers stunned the Grizzlies coming back from a 27-point deficit |
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Clips rally from 27 down for 1-0 lead vs. GrizApr 30, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com The Clippers rallied from 27 down to beat the Grizzlies 99-98 Sunday night in the opening game of this Western Conference series. |
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Miami Heat and LeBron James outclassed NY Knicks in Game 1, and even a Jeremy Lin return likely wouldn't help KnicksApr 30, 2012
A day after they scored 67 points and were outclassed in every way imaginable by the Miami Heat in their playoff opener, the Knicks allowed Jeremy Lin to speak to the media. |
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Andrew Bynum Ties NBA Playoff Record; Rajon Rondo Gets Ejected; Clippers Pull Off Historic ComebackApr 30, 2012
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com The only thing seemingly happening more often than freak injuries through the playoffs first two days are blocked shots. We saw Roy Hibbert sending away all sorts of shots from the Orlando Midgets. Kevin Durant somehow had four of them. And Serge Ibaka … |
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How Can the Knicks Counter Miami's Fronting?Apr 30, 2012
The adjustments a coach makes between games (and during them) in a playoff series can decide whether his team makes a run to the Conference Finals or ... |
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Without Rose, the Bulls Play Up the Rip FactorApr 30, 2012
Even before Derrick Rose went down on Saturday, the Chicago Bulls were exploiting the other pieces of their offense. Guard Rip Hamilton is one of the ... |
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About Last Weekend: Clippers Tame the GrizzliesApr 30, 2012
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The Clippers finished with a 28-3 run to stun the ... |
