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| Pacers Try To Ascend Against Struggling Cavs |
NBA Basketball |
04/02/2003 |
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| ch Isiah Thomas said. The Pacers are 13-23 on the road and have a 30-16 mark within the Eastern Conference. Indiana has dropped 11 straight road games entering tonight's contest. Cleveland has lost three straight, most recently a 110-106 loss to the Boston Celtics. Ricky Davis scored 38 points and dished out nine rebounds, while Carlos Boozer added 20 points and 16 boards to the losing effort. The Cavs need two more victories to avoid the franchise's worst record of 15-67. Cleveland has won three of its last |
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| The Boston Beat: Backing into the playoffs |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The primary factor in the revival of the Boston Celtics franchise last season was its commitment to defense. The loss of that commitment is causing their decline in this season's stretch run. Boston has dropped six of its last eight games to slip dramatically in the Eastern Conference standings. At 40-34, the Celtics now hold the sixth spot in East after dipping as low as seventh. Boston still only trails fifth-place New Orleans by one game and leads seventh-seeded Orlando by one game. Ove |
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| Magic host Timberwolves |
NBA Basketball |
03/27/2003 |
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| ce he got it going, you could see the whole spirit of the game change." The Magic trailed by 18 points at the half before storming back. Orlando is now the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, with an identical win-loss record to the sixth-seeded Boston Celtics. Orlando is just two games behind the fifth-seeded Hornets and 3 1/2 games behind the fourth-seeded Indiana Pacers. The Magic have a 3 1/2-game edge on the eighth-seeded Washington Wizards. Orlando has won nine of its last 12 home games and is 23-14 |
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| Celtics activate Mark Bryant |
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03/21/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Celtics activated forward Mark Bryant from the injured list on Friday. Bryant, 37, landed on the injured list March 8 with right knee tendinitis. He has yet to play a game for Boston since being traded from Denver in February. In a related move, the team placed center Bruno Sundov on the injured list with a strained right hamstring. He has averaged 1.8 points in 26 games this season. |
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| Hollywood Happenings: Rivalry intensifies |
NBA Basketball |
03/21/2003 |
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| aid. "I don't think they're too comfortable with this win. They had us where they could make a run at us, and we came back on them. Come playoff time, it's all a new season anyway." Los Angeles has no time to reflect on the loss, as they welcome the Boston Celtics to Staples Center on Friday night. Boston is currently the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, one-half game behind the fifth-seeded New Orleans Hornets and three games ahead of the seventh-seeded Orlando Magic. The Celtics are coming off a 102-72 |
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| Hornets look to move up in the East |
NBA Basketball |
03/14/2003 |
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| e New Orleans Hornets try to continue their ascent in the Eastern Conference playoff standings when they travel to Miami to take on the Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena. New Orleans has won 13 of its last 18 games but is coming off a 93-65 loss to the Boston Celtics. New Orleans' point total matched a franchise record for futility. Baron Davis finished with 16 points and Jamal Mashburn added 11 on just 4-of-13 shooting from the floor. The Hornets were playing the second half of a back-to-back and also their thi |
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| Nets host Celtics |
NBA Basketball |
03/13/2003 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The Boston Celtics and New Jersey Nets will battle it out tonight in a crucial Eastern Conference showdown at Continental Airlines Arena. Boston knocked off the New Orleans Hornets 93-65 on Wednesday night. The Celtics held the Hornets to an output that equaled a franchise low. Antoine Walker scored 23 points and dished out eight assists while Paul Pierce added 21 points. Probably even more important was Pierce's defensive effort on New Orleans' Jamal Mashburn. Mashburn |
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| Hornets, Celtics jockey for playoff positioning |
NBA Basketball |
03/12/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Two teams locked in a virtual tie in the Eastern Conference playoff race meet up on Wednesday when the New Orleans Hornets tangle with the Boston Celtics at the FleetCenter. At 36-27, the Celtics are percentage points ahead of the 37-28 Hornets for the fifth position in the East. Both teams are just one-half game behind fourth-seeded Philadelphia. The Hornets won for the ninth time in 10 games on Tuesday by topping Central Division rival Indiana, 81-71. Baron Davis scored 20 poi |
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| Bucks' Trends: Eight is enough |
NBA Basketball |
03/11/2003 |
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| ngy defense in a magnified postseason series. Last season, the Pistons claimed the second seed in the East and struggled before getting past Toronto in the first round. Detroit then was run out of the second round by another high-scoring team -- the Boston Celtics. Milwaukee also doesn't match up well with second-place New Jersey or third- seeded Indiana. The Bucks have captured just one win in three meetings with the Nets this year and have dropped all three encounters with the Pacers. Unfortunately, only fo |
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| Word around the Hive: Baron's return has Hornets buzzing |
NBA Basketball |
03/11/2003 |
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| s a lot slower." Tuesday's game is the start of a four-game road trip for the Hornets. With 14 games remaining and playoff seeding on the line, this road trip is crucial. "These four games are really crucial, but I think we can get all four," Davis said. "This trip is all business." After their trip to Conseco Fieldhouse, the Hornets take on the Boston Celtics at FleetCenter on Wednesday. New Orleans travels to AmericanAirlines Arena on Friday to face the Heat, then concludes the trip on Saturday at Orlando. |
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