Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis scored 20 points apiece and the Orlando Magic overcame Dwight Howard’s foul trouble to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 98-88 on Thursday night. With All-Star center Howard limited to only four minutes in the first half, the Magic got strong performances from Tony Battie and Lewis, who picked up the rebounding [...]
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Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis scored 20 points apiece and the Orlando Magic overcame Dwight Howard’s foul trouble to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 98-88 on Thursday night. With All-Star center Howard limited to only four minutes in the first half, the Magic got strong performances from Tony Battie and Lewis, who picked up the rebounding [...]
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Chauncey Billups’ vertical has diminished and his speed in the open court slowed. That’s fine with the Denver Nuggets — they just like him for his winning touch. The Mile High City native led the Detroit Pistons to six straight Eastern Conference finals with his impeccable decision-making abilities and clutch shooting.
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Utah’s Jerry Sloan can become the first NBA coach to win 1,000 games with the same team when the Jazz host Oklahoma City on Friday night. The Jazz are 999-596 since Sloan took over as coach in December 1988. Sloan, the longest tenured coach in professional sports, discounted the approaching milestone after Utah improved to [...]
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The winless Los Angeles Clippers were giving the unbeaten Los Angeles Lakers all they could handle until they took a fourth-quarter lead. Suddenly, the game turned. Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, and the Lakers used a late 22-0 run to beat the Clippers 106-88 Wednesday night, giving them six straight wins over their crosstown rivals.
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The winless Los Angeles Clippers were giving the unbeaten Los Angeles Lakers all they could handle until they took a fourth-quarter lead. Suddenly, the game turned. Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, and the Lakers used a late 22-0 run to beat the Clippers 106-88 Wednesday night, giving them six straight wins over their crosstown rivals.
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Don Nelson is committed to giving his young Warriors players a chance and also to decreasing the minutes of Al Harrington after describing the forward as “disgruntled” while he waits to be traded. Nelson got great production from his bench and his old standbys. Stephen Jackson had 29 points and seven assists and Golden State [...]
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The undefeated Utah Jazz looked to their smallest and oldest player to give them a spark when the game looked out of hand. Brevin Knight, who joined the Jazz in the offseason, played the final 15 minutes and engineered a comeback that pushed Utah past the Portland Trail Blazers 103-96 on Wednesday night.
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