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Kevin Durant, Carlos Boozer named conference players of the week
Jan 21, 2013, 1:45 PM EDT
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Carlos Boozer and Kevin Durant were named Eastern and Western Conference players of the week, for games played from Jan. 14 to Jan. 20. Chicago and Oklahoma City were both 3-1 during that stretch. Here are the numbers, from the official release: Carlos Boozer, Chicago Bulls Jan. 14 vs. Atlanta: Tallied 20 points, 13 rebounds…
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Bobcats president says team is ‘very active’ as trade deadline approaches
Jan 21, 2013, 1:07 PM EDT
The Bobcats opened the season with a record of 7-5, and were exciting to watch on both ends of the floor. Kemba Walker was spectacular at times, and the team’s energy was enough to guide them to some early-season success. Since then, however, Charlotte has put together a dismal record of just three wins against…
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Lindsey Hunter introduced as Suns head coach, details emerge on reasons the team made a change
Jan 21, 2013, 12:10 PM EDT
PHOENIX — Lindsey Hunter met the media on the Suns practice court Sunday, just hours after formally being offered the position of interim head coach and running the team through practice. Almost two full days after Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby held a press conference but didn’t offer up a lot in terms…
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Kobe says he’ll have to push through tired legs unless Lakers ‘are going to do something roster-wise’
Jan 20, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
After making just 10 of his 32 shots in a loss to the Raptors on Sunday, Kobe Bryant pointed to “tired legs” afterward as the reason he’s struggled from the field for a second straight game. In the game before, during a loss at the hands of the Miami Heat, Bryant shot just 8-of-25. Combine…
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Blake Griffin leads the break, finds DeAndre Jordan for the alley-oop slam (VIDEO)
Jan 20, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
We can probably find some sick Blake Griffin highlights from just about every one of the Clippers’ games this season. But usually he’s on the receiving end of one of these plays, not the one leading the break and throwing the perfect pass. Midway through the third quarter of Saturday night’s win over the Wizards,…
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The Lakers lost to the Raptors in Toronto on Sunday by a final of 108-103, dropping them six games under .500 with three teams ahead of them for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Los Angeles played the entire second half without Dwight Howard, who was ejected with 1:18 to play…
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Vinny Del Negro sees trade rumors surrounding Eric Bledsoe as a positive
Jan 20, 2013, 3:30 PM EDT
When Chris Paul missed three straight games for the Clippers with a bruised right kneecap, the team didn’t miss him nearly as much as you might have thought. That’s because they have an athletic and capable backup in Eric Bledsoe, who started in place of Paul and had two above average performances in helping L.A.…
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The Heat have the best record in the Eastern Conference, yet they haven’t been anywhere near invincible this season. In the games they’ve lost, Miami has been crushed on the boards, and it’s been an ongoing concern throughout the season. The team took action to improve in that category by signing Chris Andersen to a…
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Richard Jefferson throws down the reverse dunk against Hornets (VIDEO)
Jan 20, 2013, 9:30 AM EDT
Richard Jefferson has had a hard time getting on the court for the Warriors this season, but with more plays like this one, the team may be inclined to try to find him some additional opportunities. Early in the second quarter of the Warriors win over the Hornets on Saturday, Jefferson received the ball in…
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Almost two days after parting ways with Alvin Gentry, Suns name Lindsey Hunter interim head coach
Jan 20, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
UPDATE 11:17 a.m. ET: The Suns have named player development coordinator Lindesy Hunter as interim head coach, the team announced this morning. We’ll have more on Hunter following this afternoon’s press conference. PHOENIX — In case you weren’t sure of what the plan was in Phoenix to right the sinking Suns ship, we have some…
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It certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Grizzlies will take the result. Memphis was able to hold off a shorthanded Bulls team in overtime for the 85-82 win in Chicago on Saturday, thanks to some timely rebounding from Zach Randolph and some well-placed shot making from Marc Gasol. Chicago was without its leading scorer in Luol…
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Shawn Marion fined $25K for public criticism of officiating after loss to OKC
Jan 19, 2013, 10:30 PM EDT
Shawn Marion has been fined $25,000 for public criticism of officiating, the league announced on Saturday. Marion’s comments were made after his Mavericks lost to the Thunder in overtime on Friday, behind a career-high 52 points from Kevin Durant. Free throws accounted for 21 of Durant’s 52, and that was the point of contention for…
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Clippers send promotional material to coaches to try to get Jamal Crawford voted in as an All-Star
Jan 19, 2013, 9:01 PM EDT
The All-Star reserves will be announced this Thursday, and with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin both already in as members of the Western Conference starting lineup, there isn’t a great possibility that another player from the Clippers will make it as the team’s third representative. But that isn’t stopping the Clippers organization from trying. With…
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We see players bobbing their heads or lip-syncing in layup lines all the time before games get started, but rarely do we get a closeup of someone singing along to one of his current favorite jams. Russell Westbrook was caught on camera doing just that on Friday, clearly enjoying himself while singing along to “Die…
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adidas announced the launch of the D Rose 3.5 this week, the midseason edition of the company’s signature basketball shoe for Derrick Rose. From the official release: “My main thing is always sharpening up my game and improving my body and with the D Rose 3.5 adidas took that same approach,” said Rose. “This shoe…
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Pau Gasol wants to start, but Mike D’Antoni may continue to bring him off the bench
Jan 19, 2013, 3:30 PM EDT
The Lakers don’t need any more problems in this troubled season, one in which the team is merely trying to figure things out just enough to sneak back into the playoff picture before time runs out. But there may be one brewing between Pau Gasol and Mike D’Antoni. When Gasol missed five games due to…
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Vince Carter dunks on Ibaka, makes sure to get his ‘motorcycle’ celebration in afterward (VIDEO)
Jan 19, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
The best part of this dunk wasn’t the fact that in crunch time of a tight game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Vince Carter went strong to the rack and threw it down over Serge Ibaka. No, the awesomeness came a second or two later, when Carter made sure to get in his patented motorcycle-revving…
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Joakim Noah says Kevin Garnett uses ‘cheap shots’ to throw guys off their game
Jan 19, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
The Bulls beat the Celtics in overtime on Friday, on the strength of a couple of big plays that went their way down the stretch of both regulation and the extra session. Joakim Noah continued his All-Star caliber play, especially defensively where he was able to hold Kevin Garnett to just 5-16 shooting. He was…
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PHOENIX — Brandon Jennings, and to a lesser extent, Monta Ellis, are on the bubble in terms of potential players who could be named to the All-Star team as a reserve. We discussed this on the podcast this week — once you get past Kyrie Irving, there really aren’t any locks to make the team…
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Steve Nash says Suns firing Gentry may be a good thing for his former head coach
Jan 19, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Steve Nash had a good relationship with Alvin Gentry in Phoenix, his former head coach who led Nash and the Suns to the Western Conference finals back in 2010. Not surprisingly, Nash had good things to say in the wake of Gentry’s dismissal from the organization on Thursday. Nash essentially said that the parting of…
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Kevin Durant scores career-high 52 points, hits overtime game-winner to get win over Mavericks
Jan 19, 2013, 1:13 AM EDT
Kevin Durant scored 52 points, a new career-high in leading the Thunder to a 117-114 overtime win in Dallas against the Mavericks. None of his shots were as ridiculous or as important as the one you see in the video clip above. With under 27 seconds remaining in overtime and the game tied at 114,…
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Jrue Holiday with the layup to send Sixers to overtime against Raptors (VIDEO)
Jan 19, 2013, 12:02 AM EDT
Jrue Holiday is doing his best to remind coaches that he deserves a spot on the Eastern Conference All-Star team this season. Holiday finished with a career-high tying 33 points, to go along with 14 assists while scoring all 12 of his team’s overtime points to lead the Sixers to a 108-101 win over the…
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Marco Belinelli hits the game-winner in overtime to send Bulls past Celtics (VIDEO)
Jan 18, 2013, 11:15 PM EDT
This was an amazing shot by Marco Belinelli, one that gave the Bulls a hard-fought 100-99 overtime victory over the Celtics in Boston on Friday. But it shouldn’t have come to this for the Celtics. Boston led this game by three with 20 seconds left in regulation. After a free throw from Kirk Hinrich cut…
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Lou Williams suffers knee injury, leaves in a wheelchair (VIDEO)
Jan 18, 2013, 9:22 PM EDT
Midway through the second quarter of the game between the Hawks and the Nets on Friday, Lou Williams was forced to leave the game with a non-contact injury to his right knee. As Williams planted on the fast break, the knee seemed to buckle, and he immediately limped off the floor after feeling the injury…
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PBT Podcast: Lakers-Heat, All-Star reserves, and a conversation with Gary Payton
Jan 18, 2013, 2:55 PM EDT
In this edition of the podcast, Kurt Helin and I sit down to talk about the epic Thursday night matchup between the Lakers and the Heat. We wonder if anyone can beat this Miami team when LeBron James has it going like that, and discuss the Lakers overall improvement and how Pau gasol might be…
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