National Basketball League News and Rumors
Mayo, Mavs ride 31-3 run to win against KingsAssociated Press, ESPN.com O.J. Mayo scored 19 points and the Mavericks took control with 31-3 run in the first half to win their 17th straight regular-season home game against Sacramento with a 119-96 victory over the Kings on Monday night. |
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Raptors' Bargnani injured in game against BlazersDec 10, 2012
Forward Andrea Bargnani has left the Toronto Raptors' game at the Portland Trail Blazers with what appeared to be a right elbow injury. |
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Last time, just two weeks ago, the Knicks and Nets played as equals: Two local rivals on the rise, separated by a single game in the standings, both looking like contenders capable of carrying Miami to six games in a playoff series. The Nets were younge… |
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Parker nets first triple-double in Spurs OT victoryDec 10, 2012
Parker nets first triple-double in Spurs OT victory |
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Holiday scores 25 as Sixers put away PistonsDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Evan Turner had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Jrue Holiday scored 25 points and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Detroit Pistons 104-97 on Monday night. |
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Heat pull away from Hawks in second halfDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane Wade had 26 and the Miami Heat pulled away in the second half to beat the Atlanta Hawks 101-92 on Monday night, improving to 10-1 at home this season. |
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Rockets guard Harden out against SpursDec 10, 2012
Houston Rockets guard James Harden missed Monday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs with a sprained right ankle. |
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Curry exploits Bobcats to lift surging WarriorsDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Stephen Curry put on a show for his hometown fans Monday night, finishing with 27 points, seven assists and seven rebounds to lead the surging Golden State Warriors to a 104-96 win over the struggling Charlotte Bobcats. |
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Peter May, nytimes.com Derrick Williams, taken second over all in 2011, is the latest No. 2 pick to experience the growing pains of the N.B.A. |
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Rockets' Harden out vs. Spurs with ankle sprainDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Houston Rockets guard James Harden missed Monday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs with a sprained right ankle. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com At this point, most of the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interestin… |
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Bynum still has knee pain, not close to returnDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Andrew Bynum says pain in his left knee is keeping him from playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. |
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Sixers' Bynum hopeful of return from knee troubleDec 10, 2012
Andrew Bynum still has pain in his left knee that has kept him from making his debut with the Philadelphia 76ers. |
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Sixers' Bynum hopeful of knee recoveryDec 10, 2012
Andrew Bynum says pain in his left knee is keeping him from playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. |
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Heat scratch Haslem due to flu-like symptomsDec 10, 2012
Michael Wallace, ESPN.com The Miami Heat had to make yet another lineup change Monday, as starting power forward Udonis Haslem was scratched against the Atlanta Hawks because of flu-like symptoms. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com It's a fairly established NBA belief — and in the world as a whole, really — that practicing things helps people get better at them. A post player who develops new moves will become a force on the block, a point guard who works on his strength will fi… |
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Wolves' Williams staying patient through DNPsDec 10, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Derrick Williams says he is trying to stay patient through fluctuating playing time with the Minnesota Timberwolves. |
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Suns owner gives Gentry vote of confidenceDec 10, 2012
Chris Broussard, ESPN.com A day after the Suns lost their seventh straight game to fall to 7-15, team owner Robert Sarver told ESPN.com that head coach Alvin Gentry's job is safe. |
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Section 15: A Five-Hour PilgrimageDec 10, 2012
Jim Luttrell, nytimes.com The Off the Dribble team was interested in learning about Nets fans now that the team is in Brooklyn. Amy Creedon took Jamie Lohr on a five-hour journey to Section 15 so he could see his favorite team. |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: A Wolf Among Wolves. Ricky Rubio and A… |
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Sean Cochran, dimemag.com An NBA basketball team has more than five players for a reason. No matter how badly a coach may want to play his starters a full 48 minutes on any given night, he knows it’s not an option. One of his starters may roll an ankle. His center could commit t… |
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Wolves' Williams remains patient despite DNPsDec 10, 2012
The minutes have come and gone for Derrick Williams this season. Truthfully, they've been mostly gone for almost a month now. |
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Wolves' Williams staying patient through DNPsDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com The minutes have come and gone for Derrick Williams this season. Truthfully, they've been mostly gone for almost a month now. |
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What’s Wrong With The Lakers?Dec 10, 2012
Spencer Lund, dimemag.com The Los Angeles Lakers are 9-12 through the season’s first quarter of the season, and they’ve lost four of their last five. They’re still missing Steve Nash and Pau Gasol - though both may be back in the lineup this week – but the Lakers are going… |
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Are the Miami Heat ‘going to have to break up their team’ in 2014 due to salary concerns?Dec 10, 2012
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com The Miami Heat may be this year's defending champions and top pick to take the title next June, but they're paying the cost to be the Bosh boss. Even with only four players making more than the league's average salary this year, the Heat will shell out … |
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Tracy McGrady throws elbow, knocks down opponent who scored on, taunted him during Chinese game (VIDEO)Dec 10, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Here's Tracy McGrady, in an interview published Monday, describing his experience thus far in the Chinese Basketball Association, which he joined back in October: "You know, the competition has been good, everything about it has been good. I though… |
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The 10 Current NBA Players With The Most SwagDec 10, 2012
Rodger Bramley, dimemag.com Swag can be defined in an almost infinite number of ways. It is an abstract term taken by some to mean confidence, skill or style. Most abstract concepts need to be applied in a consistent manner in order to have any relevance, but swag can’t be boxed i… |
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Warriors look to go 4-0 on road for 1st time since '78 |
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Joakim Noah credits underwater training with surfer Laird Hamilton for his ability to play big minutesDec 10, 2012
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com By some metrics, Joakim Noah has taken a step-back in 2012-13 as his field goal percentage dipped and rebounding fell off. By just about all others, including the eye test, the Bulls center has enjoyed a fantastic start to the season, typified by his re… |
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The Atlanta Hawks' Josh Smith and the Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin on Monday were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 3, through Sunday, Dec. 9. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Reasonable people can differ in their attitudes toward the "Kiss Cam," the nearly ubiquitous form of mid-timeout in-arena entertainment predicated on finding presumed couples and putting them on the spot for a quick smooch to the cheers/jeers/… |
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Cavaliers guard Irving cleared to practiceDec 10, 2012
Sitting and watching his teammates play was torture for Kyrie Irving. Seeing the Cavaliers lose made it worse. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com It's always fun when a basketball team's bench takes on an identity of its own. Getting to watch a group of guys who are not quite good enough to be starters gel into a cohesive unit of their own adds another layer of excitement to the game, and so it's… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Twenty-one games into their season the Denver Nuggets do slightly resemble the outfit most NBAniks prognosticated before 2012-13 started. The group still plays without a superstar, and it looks for a new hero on both ends of the ball night in and night … |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com The NYC basketball community is divided like never before, and everyone is taking a side – Knicks or Nets. With the two teams meeting again this Tuesday, here’s a chance for two lucky Dime readers to declare their loyalty through their headphones. We … |
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Jason Kidd gets clocked in head, wears hockey helmet out for 2nd half of Knicks/NuggetsDec 10, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Necessity has been the mother of a pair of pretty ridiculous inventions for New York Knicks guard Jason Kidd this season. First, a whack to the head from Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson during a Nov. 18 Knicks win opened up a cut that needed to be… |
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Nets' Lopez practices, could return vs. KnicksDec 10, 2012
Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez participated in the team's 5-on-5 practice Monday and will be a game-time decision for Tuesday's game against the New York Knicks. |
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"Jimmer Got Moves, Dog. That **** Crazy.": DeMarcus Cousins Praises His Mormon TeammateDec 10, 2012
Tom Ley, deadspin.com We can all thank the guys at Cowbell Kingdom for bringing us this audio clip, in which Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins dishes out some fervent praise for teammate Jimmer Fredette. More » |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com The speech might be free, but the bail costs money. San Antonio Spurs swingman Stephen Jackson has been slapped with a $25,000 fine "for issuing a hostile statement directed to Serge Ibaka in a Twitter message," the NBA announced Sunday. The a… |
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Timothy Burke, deadspin.com On Friday JaVale McGee performed a terrible, wonderful, perfectly awful feat and helped lead the Nuggets to a big win. He was less effective last night against the Knicks, picking up as many fouls as he had rebounds and only scoring four points. That's … |
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Vasquez, Hornets tip Rockets to win third straightDec 10, 2012
Vasquez, Hornets tip Rockets to win third straight |
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Team defense, Melo's scoring lifts Knicks over Nuggets |
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6-foot-3 Russell Westbrook blocks 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert’s dunk at rim in Thunder win over Pacers (VIDEO)Dec 10, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Over the weekend, Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert made a little bit of noise by telling Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Marc J. Spears that, despite his early-season struggles to live up to the four-year, $58 million max-level contract he signed this offs… |
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'Mad Dog Personality'Dec 10, 2012
The experienced Knicks beat the Nuggets 112-106 by holding onto the basketball and stifling their opponent at the other end of the court, explains Paul Forrester. |
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Carmelo’s Triumphant Return Beats His Old Squad; Tracy McGrady’s Elbow Floors An OpponentDec 10, 2012
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com The return of Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks’ lineup kicked into overdrive in the fourth quarter. That’s when he and Jason Kidd turned a game between a sluggish New York team and a Denver team that had a hard time missing (56 percent in the game) into … |
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McMenamin: As bad as it gets for Lakers?Dec 10, 2012
Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com Coach says it all about the Lakers: 'Umm, you know, we're not very good right now' |
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Daily Dime: Lakers tumble againDec 10, 2012
Notebook, ESPN.com J.A. Adande on the Lakers outlook after falling to 9-12 |
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Team defense, Melo's scoring lifts Knicks over Nuggets |
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NY Knicks Carmelo Anthony changing for better this season, as former coach George Karl hoped he would with NuggetsDec 10, 2012
George Karl found a way to tweak Carmelo Anthony with kindness. In six months, Melo’s old coach and toughest critic went from saying he thinks Anthony can win a title to saying Anthony will raise a championship banner, presumably at Madison Square Garde… |
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Lakers' struggles continue as Jazz stay on rollDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Paul Millsap scored 24 points, Mo Williams added 22 and the Jazz defeated the Lakers 117-110 on Sunday night for their third straight victory. |
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NBA Countdown: The Celtics Are Rondo's TeamDec 10, 2012
Magic Johnson, Jalen Rose, and Bill Simmons detail how the Celtics are now Rajon Rondo's team and how Rondo has to adjust his game in order for the Ce... |
