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George, hot-shooting Pacers clobber Knicks

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Paul George scored 27 points and the Indiana Pacers powered their way closer to the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference by beating the New York Knicks 125-91 on Wednesday night.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Greg Monroe scored 10 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, stepping up with Brandon Knight on the bench nursing a hyperextended right knee, to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 105-99 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

There are two types of great buzzer-beaters. The first kind is the end result of a well-executed inbounds play, one that involves screens and misdirection and ends with a shooter getting open just long enough to rise up for a clean shot at the rim. (See…

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

As one of the disappointing cornerstones of the Brooklyn Nets, Joe Johnson has received his fair share of negative criticism this season, and not just after being dragged into ridiculous arguments about LeBron James. Yet, despite his 42.7 percent mark f…

nydailynews.com

Before the season started, the Nets thought they had the best backcourt in New York - better than the Knicks’ tandem of Raymond Felton and an aged Jason Kidd. Certainly the history of Deron Williams and Joe Johnson, playing at the top of their games,