Utah Jazz point guard Deron Williams was sidelined again for Friday’s game against Charlotte, as coach Jerry Sloan acknowledged they brought him back too soon from a left ankle injury. With sixth man Andrei Kirilenko also sitting out with a sprained right index finger and center Mehmet Okur missing his third straight game to be [...]
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Kevin Durant will be a game-time decision for the Oklahoma City Thunder against the New York Knicks because of a sore left ankle. A team spokesman said Durant is listed as probable for Friday night’s game against the Knicks. The reigning rookie of the year participated in Friday morning’s shootaround at Madison Square Garden after [...]
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The NBA has suspended Steve Nash and Matt Barnes of Phoenix and Rafer Alston of Houston for their roles in a fight. Alston and Barnes were suspended for two games without pay and Nash for one. The league also fined Shaquille O’Neal $35,000 and Tracy McGrady $25,000 on Friday for their actions during the Rockets’ [...]
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Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa returned to Brazil after his mother died. He flew to his hometown of Sao Paulo late Thursday after learning of the death of his mother, Ivete Barbosa. Team officials are not sure when Barbosa will return. His mother had been ill, and he missed two weeks of training camp because [...]
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Knicks rookie Danilo Gallinari received another cortisone shot for his ailing back and will have an “extended period of rest” while seeking additional opinions on treatment. Gallinari met with two specialists Thursday and received the shot. He will get more opinions in the next few weeks on his “long-term management options,” the Knicks said Friday.
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Allen Iverson scored 23 points and Rasheed Wallace hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 107-102 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night. After losing their first two games with Iverson, the Pistons have won the first two games on their four-game road trip.
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They barely had time to work up a sweat before the Chicago Bulls found themselves trailing by 19 points Thursday night against the Dallas Mavericks. And less than six minutes into the game, the boos started rolling across the United Center. “It’s only the first quarter of an NBA game, so I knew we’d come [...]
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They barely had time to work up a sweat before the Chicago Bulls found themselves trailing by 19 points Thursday night against the Dallas Mavericks. And less than six minutes into the game, the boos started rolling across the United Center. “It’s only the first quarter of an NBA game, so I knew we’d come [...]
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In the locker room at halftime, Cavaliers coach Mike Brown forced his players to watch a horror flick — highlights of their defense in the first half. “We were watching film and it was as ugly as it looked,” Mo Williams said. After allowing 61 points in a first-half track meet, the Cavaliers buckled down, [...]
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LeBron James just missed his first triple-double this season, but got something even more rare: A win over good buddy Carmelo Anthony. James scored 22 points, most of them coming with Anthony guarding him, but Cleveland’s megastar was on the bench when Mo Williams and the Cavaliers finally put away the Denver Nuggets and won [...]
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