National Basketball League News and Rumors
Handling The Heat: The Pacers held the Heat to a season low as they …The Pacers held the Heat to a season low as they rolled 87-77. With Paul George blossoming and the team's defense stifling, Indy earned its best win of the year, writes Ben Golliver. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Nikola Pekovic had 25 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Andrei Kirilenko added 21 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Atlanta Hawks, 108-103, on Tuesday night. |
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Carmelo Anthony needs to lose the rabbit ears, pronto. Anthony needs to keep making the Knicks a threat to the Miami Heat and start tuning out opponents. |
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James Harden Does Whatever He Wants Against The Lakers; LeBron Loses A Battle With A Future StarJan 8
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com If you were busy trying to breakdown Mike D’Antoni‘s gameplan, which consisted of the coach determining subs by using “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,” you might’ve missed out on James Harden. He was only the best player on the floor by a mile in Housto… |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Gerald Green hustles on the fast break and denies a shot attempt from Mario Chalmers in tonight’s matchup between the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Steve Nash has been one of the best point guards in the NBA for the past decade, leading teams in Dallas and Phoenix to some of the best offensive seasons in the history of the league. He's an amazing facilitator, the kind of player who creates good sho… |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com One of the NBA’s finest passers, Ricky Rubio, had an amazing behind the back dime to Derrick Williams who knocked down the three-point jumper in tonight’s matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Atlanta Hawks. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Paul George had 29 points and 11 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers held Miami to a season-low point total in an 87-77 win over the Heat on Tuesday night. |
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard attempted to downplay the severity of his shoulder injury Tuesday, claiming that his labrum is not torn -- contrary to what the team had announced a day earlier. |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Phil Jackson told SheridanHoops.com that he has "no intention of ever coaching again." |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Anderson Varejao still has not been cleared to practice or play and will miss his 11th straight game Wednesday night when the Cavs host Atlanta. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing the officiating. |
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing the officiating. |
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Arash Markazi, ESPN.com Los Angeles Clippers forward Grant Hill went through a full practice for the first time in nearly three months Tuesday and will be a game-time decision for Wednesday's game against the Dallas Mavericks. |
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Dan Devine, 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: The NBA's YouTube channel. What this S… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman was not at the arena for Tuesday night's game against Atlanta due to personal reasons. |
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Anthony: I wanted to talk, not fight, with Garnett |
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Spencer Lund, dimemag.com The New Orleans Hornets (they’re not the Pelicans just yet) are a team in flux. They started the year with the specious ROY, Anthony Davis, and his inexorable brow grabbing most of the headlines. But it didn’t last. Davis went down with an ankle injur… |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - John Wall could be making his season debut Saturday for the Washington Wizards after months of rehabbing his injured left knee. |
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The Dallas Mavericks have signed veteran guard Mike James to a 10-day contract. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com If you thought Shane Battier had fallen out of love with karaoke, then friend, in the words of the super-funny Paul F. Tompkins, you need to go back to thinking school. The no-stats All-Star's been into rocking the mic for eons, and started using his pa… |
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Ian Begley, ESPN.com Carmelo Anthony sought out Kevin Garnett after the Knicks-Celtics game Monday to have "a one-on-one conversation with him" about words Garnett used toward Anthony during the fourth quarter of New York's loss. |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com While things are getting dicey in Los Angeles because the Lakers will rely on D-League call-ups and 10-day contracts to get them through the next few weeks, it’s the opposite in Utah. It has been all season. Before the year began, I noted that Utah’s … |
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Report: Grizzlies, Suns talk potential deal for Gay |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets general manager Billy King issued a statement Tuesday saying the team is aware that a member of the squad is involved in an ongoing police investigation. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com "Grrrreeeeeeeaaaaaaaaat." If you didn't check your teeth to see if you still had some spinach in there, referee Eli Roe, then you are a more confident man than I am. If Vince Carter told me I looked OK and then smiled like that, I'd probably b… |
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - Carmelo Anthony says he lost his cool after Kevin Garnett said things to him that he feels shouldn't be said to "another man.'' |
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Greg Payne, ESPN.com Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo said Tuesday he was simply making a joke with referee Rodney Mott when he bumped him in Saturday's game against the Atlanta Hawks. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com As a rookie with the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2010-11 season, Greivis Vasquez experienced some success against the San Antonio Spurs, going 3-1 in four regular-season meetings with Gregg Popovich's team and notching a first-round upset of the top-se… |
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ESPN.com, ESPN.com Our panel breaks down the Lakers' uncertain future. |
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Jamie O'grady, nytimes.com Alan Hahn, the MSG Network analyst, has written "100 Things Knicks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die," a book about the franchise's notable moments. |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Nets power forward Kris Humphries is available on Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers, and interim coach P.J. Carlesimo expects that he probably will play. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Andray Blatche has been questioned by Philadelphia police as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at a Philadelphia hotel early Tuesday morning. After questioning, the Brooklyn Nets forward/center was released and will not be charged … |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Indiana Pacers like where they're heading and they want Frank Vogel to finish the job. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Utah Jazz forward Marvin Williams will miss the next three games with inflammation in his right knee. |
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Michael Wallace, ESPN.com The Miami Heat took a key step toward addressing their rebounding problems Tuesday by working out free-agent veteran Chris Andersen at the team's practice facility, league sources confirmed. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com When the Milwaukee Bucks take the court to face the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night, they'll do so without Scott Skiles on the bench for the first time in four-plus seasons. The notoriously hard-nosed defensive coach and the team he's led since 2008 reach… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Each week Court Grip will bring you a prime basketball highlight made possible by having an edge – in skills, performance and technology. This week features NBA rookie Bradley Beal stopping on a dime and hitting two OKC defenders with a pump-fake, step-… |
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Cousins puts up 10 points as Kings fall to Grizz 113-81 |
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'I'm An Emotional Guy'Jan 8
Talent-wise, few compare with DeMarcus Cousins. But his behavior is starting to overshadow his skill. He sat down with Chris Mannix to discuss his reputation, Sacramento and more. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Rajon Rondo served a one-game suspension last night, because that's what Rajon Rondo does. The incident happened in the third quarter Saturday's win over Atlanta, when referee Rodney Mott whistled Rondo for a charge. Rondo freaked out a bit and approach… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Heading into Monday night, only one team had notched wins over both the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat and defending Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder this season — the bruising Memphis Grizzlies, owners of the NBA's fifth-best record.… |
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Notebook, ESPN.com The Celtics aren't quite dead in the Atlantic chase, Beckley Mason writes. |
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Jake Appleman, nytimes.com The Nets held only their third practice since Dec. 22, and they have a chance to gain some ground this week with a light game schedule. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com On a night where we all tried to watch a BCS championship that got so bad – think Spike running over the Little Giants – that Brent Musburger needed a hall pass by the end of the first quarter because he was getting distracted by A.J. McCarron‘s gir… |
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Ian Begley and Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com Carmelo Anthony approached the Celtics' locker room after New York's loss to Boston on Monday and was screaming, MSG Network reported. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 27 points, including four 3-pointers, and the Utah Jazz defeated the Dallas Mavericks 100-94 on Monday night. |
