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| Bulls forward Luol Deng day-to-day with Achilles tendinitis, sits out Sacramento game |
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01/05/2008 |
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CHICAGO (AP) -Bulls forward Luol Deng missed the game against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday because of left Achilles' tendinitis and is day to day. Although an MRI on Friday revealed no major structural damage, the Bulls are taking a cautious approach with their second-leading scorer. ``We'll sit him out tonight, give him a couple days rest and see how he is on Tuesday,'' interim coach Jim Boylan said. ``Hopefully, the rest will do him some good. He seems to be feeling a little bit better, so we're ke |
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| Bulls, Kings square off in Windy City |
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01/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The disappointing Chicago Bulls attempt to get back on the winning track, as they host the Sacramento Kings tonight at the United Center. This is the first of two meetings between the squads this season. Sacramento is scheduled to host the Bulls on February 2nd at ARCO Arena. The Kings have won four in a row over the Bulls. Sacramento has won two in a row and seven of its last eight at Chicago. Chicago plays the middle contest of a three-game homestand. On Thursday, Brandon Roy scored 25 poi |
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| Spurs continue dominance of Knicks |
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01/05/2008 |
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| reat effort, but our intelligence needs to catch up to our effort right now." New York played without starting forward Zach Randolph, who was suspended one game by the league for throwing his headband at an official in Wednesday's 107-97 loss to the Sacramento Kings. San Antonio was also shorthanded, playing its fifth game without Manu Ginobili, who has a sprained left index finger. The Spurs led 27-24 after one quarter and carried a 51-44 edge into halftime. New York cut the deficit to 76-71 going into the fou |
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| Knicks' Randolph suspended |
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01/04/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Knicks forward Zach Randolph was suspended for one game without pay for throwing his headband and hitting an official during the team's game with the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. The incident occurred with 1:47 remaining in the third quarter of the Knicks' 107-97 loss. Randolph will serve the suspension on Friday when New York visits San Antonio. |
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| Knicks open road trip at Spurs |
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01/04/2008 |
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| eight contests in the series. New York has lost four straight and five of its last six at San Antonio. New York enters tonight's game on a five-game losing streak. John Salmons had a career-high 32 points and added 11 rebounds and six assists as the Sacramento Kings downed the Knicks, 107-97, on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Eddy Curry finished with 24 points in the loss, while Nate Robinson collected 19 points off the bench for the Knicks, who have dropped 11 of their last 13 games overall. The Knicks, w |
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| Cavs host Kings |
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01/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will close out a short two-game homestand this evening versus the Sacramento Kings at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland has won three of four and five of its last eight games, including Wednesday's 98-94 victory over the Atlanta Hawks in the opener of the stand. James scored 36 points, including 32 in the second half, to lead the Cavaliers to a 9-6 home mark so far this season. Larry Hughes scored 14 points, while Drew Gooden had 13 points and seven rebo |
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| Suns open homestand versus Sonics |
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01/03/2008 |
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| ey welcome the Seattle SuperSonics tonight to US Airways Center. The Pacific Division-leading Suns have won three in a row as the host and are 9-3 at home this season. They have won three in a row overall, including Sunday's 117-102 triumph over the Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena. Amare Stoudemire scored 31 points and had 17 rebounds, leading six Phoenix players in double figures. Shawn Marion added 25 points and Leandro Barbosa scored 22 off the bench for Phoenix, which has won four of its last five games. Ste |
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| Salmons' career night helps Kings end skid by topping Knicks |
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01/03/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - John Salmons had a career-high 32 points and added 11 rebounds and six assists as the Sacramento Kings downed the New York Knicks, 107-97, at Madison Square Garden. Brad Miller added 26 points and 16 rebounds while Francisco Garcia totaled 22 points for the Kings, who snapped a four-game losing streak. "As a team we all stepped up," said Salmons. "We knew if we can rebound and not turn the ball over we'd have a chance, and we did that. It was definitely important to come out ear |
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| Though Knicks in last place, Thomas talking about leaving 'championship legacy' |
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01/02/2008 |
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| the worst teams in the NBA. And the same coach. ``I know people will laugh even more at me, but I'm hell bent on getting this accomplished and making sure that we get it done,'' Thomas said Wednesday night the New York Knicks' 107-97 loss to the Sacramento Kings. ``And I'm not leaving until we get it done.'' The Knicks fell to 8-22, last in the Atlantic Division and ahead of only Miami in the Eastern Conference. Still, Thomas, also the team president, said he doesn't expect the Knicks to be active befor |
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| Kings' Artest out 3 to 4 weeks after right elbow surgery |
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01/02/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Ron Artest had surgery on his right elbow Wednesday and will miss three to four weeks, another blow to the injury-depleted Sacramento Kings. After missing two games, Artest had an MRI in his hometown of New York, and it was decided to have the procedure to remove five bone chips right after. Artest is averaging 19.1 points in 19 games, having missed the first seven games of the season while serving an NBA suspension. The Kings are already without leading scorer Kevin Martin (strained rig |
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