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| Mavs' Cuban fined again |
NBA Basketball |
03/30/2009 |
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| y. Cuban used an online social network called Twitter to protest a non-call on the Nuggets' J.R. Smith, who came off the bench during the game to taunt a Dallas player. Earlier this season, Cuban was fined $25,000 for protesting another non-call on an apparent elbow thrown by Smith at a Mavs player. Cuban has been dealt numerous fines since taking over the Mavs, most notably a $250,000 penalty for his verbal abuse of the officials following Game 5 of the 2006 NBA Finals between Dallas and the Miami Heat. |
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| Hawks' defense stifles Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
03/29/2009 |
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| ints, and the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 86-76, to keep a firm hold on the fourth position in the Eastern Conference. Flip Murray contributed 14 points for the Hawks, who stopped a two-game slide and hold a 3 1/2 game lead on the Miami Heat for home-court in the first round of the playoffs with eight games to play. Joe Johnson had only 10 on 4- of-18 shooting, but Atlanta held the Lakers under 20 points in three of the four quarters played and held the West leaders to a season-low in p |
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| Wade, Heat overwhelm Bucks |
NBA Basketball |
03/28/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Dwyane Wade donated 27 points, seven assists and three steals to lead the Miami Heat in a 102-85 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks at American Airlines Arena. Udonis Haslem earned his 100th career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Heat, who still only have three wins in their last eight attempts. James Jones and Michael Beasley added 11 points each. Jermaine O'Neal chipped in 10 points and five helpers for Miami, which sits in fifth place in the Eastern Conferenc |
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| Faltering Bucks visit South Beach to take on Heat |
NBA Basketball |
03/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat will try and regain their footing tonight when they host the fading Milwaukee Bucks in South Beach. The idle Heat did regain possession of the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race on Friday and stand one-half game in front of Philadelphia after the Sixers laid an egg against Charlotte. But, Miami has struggled recently. Most recently, the Heat lost its second straight contest in Chicago on Thursday when John Salmons finished with 27 points, and the playoff-h |
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| Bulls host Pacers in Windy City |
NBA Basketball |
03/28/2009 |
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| l try to close out a perfect three-game homestand Saturday afternoon versus the Central Division- rival Indiana Pacers at the United Center. Chicago has won three straight overall and improved to 2-0 on the residency with a 106-87 victory versus the Miami Heat on Thursday. John Salmons finished with 27 points, while Ben Gordon netted 18 and Tyrus Thomas added 15 points and 12 rebounds in the win. Kirk Hinrich also scored 15 points and started in place of rookie Derrick Rose, who saw 30-plus minutes of act |
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| Kings, Grizzlies square off in Sacramento |
NBA Basketball |
03/27/2009 |
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| inish its residency with games against Phoenix and New Orleans. The Grizzlies, meanwhile, dropped the opener of a four-game road trip in South Beach on Monday when Dwyane Wade dropped 27 points, breaking his own franchise season scoring mark, as the Miami Heat downed Memphis, 94-82. O.J. Mayo paced the Grizzlies with 21 points and Mike Conley had 11 with five assists as Memphis lost for the 17th time in 19 tries and slid to 5-29 on the road this season. Memphis will finish its trip with visits to Portland |
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| Bulls strengthen playoff chances by beating Heat |
NBA Basketball |
03/26/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - John Salmons finished with 27 points, and the playoff-hopeful Chicago Bulls logged a 106-87 win against the Miami Heat at the United Center. Ben Gordon netted 18 and Tyrus Thomas 15 points with 12 rebounds in the win. Kirk Hinrich also scored 15 and started in place of rookie Derrick Rose, who saw 30-plus minutes of floor time and posted nine points, seven assists and five boards. Rose sat for Tuesday's win against Detroit with a wrist injury, but both X- rays and an MRI ex |
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| Bulls, Heat square off in Windy City |
NBA Basketball |
03/26/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The playoff-hopeful Chicago Bulls will resume a three-game homestand Thursday versus the Miami Heat at the United Center. Chicago is clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and opened the residency with a 99-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday. Kirk Hinrich stepped up for an injured Derrick Rose by scoring 24 points and handing out eight assists for the Bulls, who are one game behind the Detroit Pistons for the seventh seed in the conference a |
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| Late Heat rally falls short in Indiana |
NBA Basketball |
03/26/2009 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - Danny Granger scored 10 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, and Dwyane Wade's buzzer-beating three-point attempt was off the mark, as the Indiana Pacers survived to defeat the Miami Heat, 90-88. T.J. Ford contributed 20 points and nine rebounds for the Pacers, who have defeated the Heat at home 14 straight times. Jarrett Jack added 13 points, while Brandon Rush scored 11 to go with eight rebounds in the win. "That was an outstanding defensive effort by our team the |
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| Young leads Sixers past Timberwolves |
NBA Basketball |
03/25/2009 |
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| rebounds for the victors. Andre Iguodala shot just 4-of-14 from the floor but finished with 15 points, seven boards and six assists for the Sixers, who were coming off a moderately successful 3-2 road trip and sit a half-game behind the fifth-place Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference playoff race. "We showed chemistry and poise (on the recent road trip) and that carried over. When we weren't good, we hung in, we fought and found a way to win," Sixers head coach Tony DiLeo said. Former Sixer Rodney Carne |
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