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Boston Comes Back From 27 Down To Top The Magic

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Published on 01-27-2012 12:16 PM

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orlando Magic trudged out of Boston this week, toting only embarrassment following a lopsided 31-point loss to the Celtics.

For a while it appeared as though the Magic would return the favor. Instead, the Celtics took advantage of Orlando's fourth-quarter meltdown and erased a 27-point deficit to hand the Magic an even more humbling defeat on their home floor, 91-83 on Thursday night.

Paul Pierce had 24 points and 10 assists, and E'Twaun Moore added 16 points off the bench to help Boston beat Orlando for the second time this week.

Pierce and Moore had 10 points each in the fourth quarter to surge past a Magic team that led by 11 points entering the fourth quarter before shooting 2 for 17 from the field in the ...

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Cavs Hand The Knicks Seventh Loss In Eight Games

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Published on 01-26-2012 10:50 AM

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CLEVELAND -- After he dressed following another disturbing loss, Carmelo Anthony was asked about his injured right thumb, the All-Star's newest ailment.

"It's messed up," he said.

So are the Knicks.

One night after finally getting its offense to flow as designed, New York made 23 turnovers and never mounted a serious comeback in the fourth quarter Wednesday night, falling 91-81 to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Knicks' seventh loss in eight games.

Anderson Varejao had 16 rebounds, a powerful dunk down the stretch and outhustled Anthony and Amare Stoudemire to help the Cavs end a four-game losing streak.

Antawn Jamison added 15 points for the Cavs, who won their ...

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Raptors Edge Jazz In Double OT
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Published on 01-26-2012 10:31 AM
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey knew the Utah Jazz would try to deliver a big punch early -- and they did, pulling ahead by 18 points in the first quarter Wednesday night.

Toronto, however, was ready with the counter-punch.

Reserve Linas Kleiza scored a season-high 25 points, including four of the Raptors' 10 3-pointers, and Toronto rallied for a 111-106 victory in double overtime for its first win in Utah since 2004.

"It was huge," Casey said. "Our guys came out and battled after the first quarter. Linas really battled and got us back into the game."

Jose Calderon hit a 3-pointer to tie it at the end of regulation, and Andrea Bargnani ...

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Lakers Still Rule In The Battle Of LA As They Take Down The Clippers
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Published on 01-26-2012 10:20 AM
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LOS ANGELES -- Moments after the final buzzer sounded on the Los Angeles Lakers' latest extravaganza of hard fouls, trash talk and outright wrestling matches with the Los Angeles Clippers, Pau Gasol might have topped it all when he patted Chris Paul on the head.

Anybody who still believes the Staples Center co-tenants don't have a rivalry should get his own head checked.The Lakers' 96-91 victory Wednesday night is only going to heat up the simmering campaign for city supremacy.

Kobe Bryant scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, and Gasol had 23 points and 10 rebounds as the Lakers rallied ...

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Pacers Mascot Breaks Backboard At Highschool Game
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Blazers Vs Grizzlies Highlights
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Magic Vs Pacers Highlights
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Raptors Vs Suns Highlights
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Cavs Vs Heat Highlights
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Alonzo Gee With A Monster Dunk
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Published on 01-25-2012 10:51 AM
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Knicks End 6 Game Skid
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Published on 01-25-2012 10:00 AM
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If you think this has been a crazy NBA season already, try this one on for size: Carmelo Anthony was held to a career-low one point and the New York Knicks won by 33.

Yep, that's crazy.

And yet that's exactly what happened Tuesday night as the Knicks routed the Charlotte Bobcats 111-78 to snap a six-game losing streak.

Tyson Chandler had 20 points and 17 rebounds to help the Knicks overcome another poor shooting night from Anthony, whose only point came on a technical free throw in the third quarter.

Anthony missed all seven shots from the field.

Only once in his previous 42 games with the Knicks had Anthony failed to finish in double digits. That came last March 18, when he had ...

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Bosh Has Big Fourth Quarter Vs Cavs To Lead The Heat To Victory
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Published on 01-25-2012 09:48 AM
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MIAMI -- LeBron James was not at his best, and a game against his former team was slipping away.
Chris Bosh made sure that didn't happen.

Bosh scored 17 points in the fourth quarter -- the biggest final period by any Miami player this season -- and finished with a game-high 35 points, carrying the Heat to a 92-85 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night. Bosh shot 10 for 16 and reached the 30-point mark for the fourth time this season as Miami improved to 4-1 against Cleveland since James joined the Heat.

"Whenever I play and I don't hesitate, good things happen," Bosh said.

He was all about the points down the stretch, literally and figuratively. The 17-point final quarter ...

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Memphis Comes Back From 20 Down To Top The Warriors
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Published on 01-24-2012 10:14 AM
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Memphis Grizzlies built their longest winning streak in six seasons with a flurry of fast starts. They kept it going with one of the best finishes in franchise history.

Maybe now coach Lionel Hollins' team will be taken seriously.

Rudy Gay scored 23 points, three in the final 23 seconds, and the surging Grizzlies rallied from 20 points down in the second half to beat the Golden State Warriors 91-90 on Monday night.

"That was a big win for us," said Gay, who added nine rebounds and four assists. "We went through a lot to get it. We showed what we're made of and we showed our toughness."

Memphis (10-6) needed a 39-point fourth quarter to get it done.

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Duncan Hits Game Winning Shot To Take Down The Hornets
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Published on 01-24-2012 10:03 AM
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NEW ORLEANS -- As Tim Duncan strode forcefully into the lane for a running hook in the final seconds, Tony Parker could not help but be reminded of a couple of the greatest players the NBA has ever known.

"It was a mix of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, a kind of sky-hook, and we'll take it," Parker said of Duncan's 13-foot game winner over Hornets center Emeka Okafor with 1.4 seconds left.

The shot capped a season-high 28-point performance by the Spurs' 15-year veteran star forward and sent New Orleans to an eighth straight loss, 104-102 on Monday night.

"Okafor played pretty good defense, and that's the shot I had had, and just luckily ...

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Short Handed Celtics Destroy Magic By 31
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Published on 01-24-2012 09:51 AM
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BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics' injuries didn't affect what coach Doc Rivers always wants -- solid defense.

Paul Pierce and former Magic forward Brandon Bass each scored 19 points to carry the injury-riddled Celtics to an 87-56 win over Orlando on Monday night.

The Magic set franchise lows for points and field goals (16).

"Defensively that was as good as you can get," Rivers said after his team matched a club record for fewest points allowed in the shot-clock era, also done last season against Milwaukee.

Boston was minus starters Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo and three bench players, drastically reducing its roster.

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Clippers Knock Off The Raptors For 8th straight loss
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Published on 01-23-2012 03:14 PM
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LOS ANGELES -- After Mo Williams' big fourth quarter helped the Los Angeles Clippers send the Toronto Raptors to their eighth straight loss, he preferred to share the credit with his teammates.

"I didn't do it by myself. I mean, let's get that straight," Williams said after scoring his team's first 17 points of the fourth quarter finishing with 26 in the Clippers' 103-91 victory on Sunday.

"Anytime you're doing something, you're not doing it alone. You can't play one-on-five -- not in this league. It might look like it because I'm the guy making the baskets. But trust me, there's a lot of things that have ...

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Bucks Cool off the Heat
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Published on 01-23-2012 02:49 PM
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MIAMI -- Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles figured the most logical way to win in Miami would be to keep the Heat from running in their typical high-octane style.

Fortunately for the Bucks, the weary-legged Heat cooperated with that plan.

Brandon Jennings scored 23 points, Ersan Ilyasova added 16 off the bench and the Bucks -- despite shooting 35 percent -- snapped Miami's three-game winning streak with a 91-82 victory on Sunday night. It was the second straight road win for Milwaukee, which started 0-8 away from home and held Miami to a season-low 37 percent from the floor.

"Huge," said Milwaukee guard Shaun Livingston, who started ...

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Hibbert Leads Pacers Past The Lakers
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Published on 01-23-2012 02:43 PM
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LOS ANGELES -- Roy Hibbert wasn't going to let a broken nose stop him, especially against the Los Angeles Lakers and twin towers Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. The Indiana center just kept playing and ended up having a big finish to help the pull out a tough road win.

Hibbert, the Pacers' second-leading scorer, left the court with the broken nose after fouling Kobe Bryant with 6:46 left in the first quarter. But Hibbert persevered and scored eight of his 18 points in the fourth to help them beat the Lakers 98-96 on Sunday night.

"Kobe spun baseline, I jumped straight ...

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Love's last minute 3 ends Clippers home win streak at 7
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Published on 01-21-2012 03:35 PM
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LOS ANGELES -- Now that they are on their first three-game winning streak in almost two years, Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves are enjoying the ride.

Love hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer after Ricky Rubio's tying 3 with 20 seconds to play, lifting the Timberwolves to a pulsating 101-98 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.

The Timberwolves, coming off consecutive home wins over Sacramento and Detroit, have won three straight for the first time since a four-game stretch from Jan. 29 to Feb. 6, 2010. After that, they lost 29 of their final 31 games.

"In the last two games, we've missed a ...

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Glen Davis Pulls Down His Shorts & Gets A Tech?
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Published on 01-20-2012 12:18 PM
So naturaly, when you get called for a foul you don't think you commited, you take down your shorts to reveal your displeasure with the ref's call right? Whats that? No you say? I guess you dont live in same universe Glen ''Big Baby" does then, because thats exactly what he did.

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Marion Goes Off As Mavs Pull Out A Close Win In Utah
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Published on 01-20-2012 11:53 AM
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SALT LAKE CITY -- After back-to-back last-possession losses, the Dallas Mavericks easily could have let another one get away.

Instead, the defending champs used veteran leadership to hold off the Utah Jazz 94-91 on Thursday night.

"We hung in there," Mavs forward Shawn Marion said. "We knew they were going to make a run. They're a young and energetic team. They play hard in this building. We kept our composure. We were able to respond after every run they made."

Marion, a 12th-year pro, scored a season-high 22 points, including a late layup off a pass from Jason Kidd. It came after a 3-pointer by Jason Terry broke an 87-all tie with 2:26 remaining.

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Even With The Flu LeBron & Heat Take Down The Lakers
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Published on 01-20-2012 11:37 AM
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MIAMI -- LeBron James was sitting at his locker after the game, a bottle of cold medicine at his side.

The Los Angeles Lakers would be hard-pressed to believe it was needed.

James shook off flu-like symptoms to put up 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists -- hours after being told to stay away from the team's shootaround practice after calling in with a cough and chest congestion -- and the Miami Heat topped the Lakers 98-87 on Thursday night. Chris Bosh scored 15 for Miami, which won its second straight after a three-game slide.

"A chest cold can get to you at times," James said. "But I felt like I could help the ...

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Rockets Hold Off Hornets In OT
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Published on 01-20-2012 11:24 AM
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HOUSTON -- The Houston Rockets seemed to be rolling in the first half against New Orleans, shooting well and building a double-digit lead.

Luis Scola knew better.

"We weren't executing the right way," the Rockets forward said. "They came back, and that's what happens when you don't play good."

Houston survived one of the worst fourth quarters in team history to hold off the Hornets 90-88 in overtime on Thursday night. Kevin Martin scored 27 of his 32 points in the first half, Samuel Dalembert grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds and the Rockets won their fifth straight game.

Barely.

"It just looked like the life was ...

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No. 1 Overall Draft Pick Kyrie Irving May Play For Australia In The Olympics
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Published on 01-19-2012 01:31 PM
Cavaliers rookie guard Kyrie Irving hasn't ruled out playing for Australia this summer at the London Olympics.

Irving was born in Australia when his father, Drederick, played there professionally. However, if he were to play for the Australians, Irving doesn't know if he would be allowed to play for the U.S. team in future Games and world basketball tournaments.

The No. 1 overall pick in this year's NBA draft says his ...

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Rondo Injured As Celtics Snap Five-Game losing Streak
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Published on 01-19-2012 12:28 PM
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BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics had two reasons to be thankful Wednesday night: Their five-game losing streak was finally over and a scary fall by point guard Rajon Rondo resulted in only a sore right wrist.

Rondo still led the Celtics with 21 points before leaving the game late in the third quarter of a 96-73 win over the Toronto Raptors, giving Boston its first win in two weeks.

"I got some wide open looks at the rim. I made some easy ones, I made some tough ones. I was just trying to stay aggressive," said Rondo, who spent several frightening minutes on the floor after being leveled on a flagrant foul by Linas Kleiza with 2:12 left in the ...

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Behind Miller's Big Game Denver Hands Philadelphia Its First Home Loss
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Published on 01-19-2012 12:17 PM
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PHILADELPHIA -- Andre Miller had all the right moves against his old team.

Miller scored a season-high 28 points off the bench, Nene had 20 points and 14 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-104 in overtime Wednesday night.

"It's always good to win against your former team, but I enjoyed these guys and my time here," said Miller, who played for the Sixers from 2006-09.

Miller scored Denver's last 10 points in regulation and got another big basket in OT. His jumper put the Nuggets ahead 106-104 with 42.9 seconds left. Miller then made a steal on Jrue Holiday's errant pass to seal the Nuggets' fourth consecutive win. ...

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Suns Take Down The Struggling Knicks
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Published on 01-19-2012 12:00 PM
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NEW YORK -- Steve Nash provided the beautiful point guard play that once made Mike D'Antoni's offense hum and now is sorely lacking.

Then, Shannon Brown crushed the Knicks with a 3-pointer that nearly bounced over the basket before bouncing in, a shot as ugly as this game.

"Probably about par for the course," Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry said.

Nash had 26 points and 11 assists, and the Suns snapped a five-game losing streak with a 91-88 victory over the Knicks on Wednesday night.

Brown and Grant Hill each scored 14 points for the Suns, who bounced back from an embarrassing 118-97 loss to a Chicago team without Derrick Rose a night earlier.

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Wizards Shock The Thunder To Get Second Win Of The Season
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Published on 01-19-2012 11:52 AM
WASHINGTON -- Wizards coach Flip Saunders decided to put Andray Blatche back in the starting lineup, and the home crowd responded by booing the struggling forward. When Washington got off to a slow start, they booed more heartily.

However, they were cheering by the end of the night as the Wizards got just their second win of the season, beating Oklahoma City 105-102 Wednesday night and ending the Thunder's seven-game winning streak.

John Wall scored 25 points, Nick Young had 24 and Jordan Crawford added 18 for Washington, which had lost 12 of its first 13 games.

Blatche missed three games with a sprained ...

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Chandler Parsons Dunk Machine
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Published on 01-18-2012 11:28 AM
Two highlight dunks in two nights for Parsons

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Delambert On A Roll As The Rockets Win 4 Straight
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Published on 01-18-2012 11:20 AM
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HOUSTON -- Playing for the fourth time in five nights, the exhaustion was finally starting to set in for Samuel Dalembert.

The nine-year veteran drew on his experience and finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds in 34 minutes to lead Houston to a 97-80 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, giving the Rockets their fourth straight win.

"At some point, there's back and forth, you start to get a little fatigued a little bit," said the 30-year-old Dalembert, who signed with the Rockets less than a week before the season began. "And then you just say, 'Hey.' You tell yourself you keep lying to those legs," ...

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David Lee Has A Big 4th Quarter To Propel The Warriors To Victory Over The Cavs
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Published on 01-18-2012 10:40 AM
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CLEVELAND -- Monta Ellis' jersey was splattered with blood and his nose was cut and swollen.
Golden State's second straight road win wasn't painless.

David Lee scored a season-high 29 points -- 13 in the fourth quarter -- and Nate Robinson added 17 points, leading the Warriors to a 105-95 win Tuesday night over the road-worn Cleveland Cavaliers.

Lee scored seven straight points midway through the final period to help the Warriors pull away from the Cavs, who looked spent after playing seven straight road games and committed a season-high 25 turnovers.

After losing their first four road games, the Warriors, who ...

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Bulls Without MVP Derrick Rose Rout The Suns
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Published on 01-18-2012 10:20 AM
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CHICAGO -- As it turned out, the Chicago Bulls didn't need Derrick Rose against the Phoenix Suns.

Carlos Boozer scored 26 of his season-high 31 points in the first half, leading the short-handed Bulls to a 118-97 win over the Suns on Tuesday night.

Boozer hit 12 of 15 shots in the opening half and scored eight points during a 12-point burst that opened up a 20-point lead for Chicago, which was playing without Rose -- the reigning league MVP -- for the second straight game because of a sprained left big toe.

Chicago was coming off its worst loss of the season, a 102-86 setback at Memphis on Monday that ended a five-game winning ...

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Jazz Take The Air Out Of The High Flying Clippers
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Published on 01-18-2012 09:47 AM
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SALT LAKE CITY -- The Los Angeles Clippers call their high-flying style Lob City.

The Utah Jazz did a pretty good impersonation in Tuesday night's 108-79 blowout win.

"Not to toot our own horn, but I think we took that title," said Jazz forward Paul Millsap, who scored a team-high 20 points.

The Jazz held a 56-36 advantage on points in the paint, 16 off dunks -- five of which were alley-oops.

Millsap picked up where he left off Sunday when he scored 16 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter in a win over Denver. He started 4 of 4 against the Clippers as the Jazz jumped out to a 13-2 lead.

"Offensively, everything was clicking and the ball was moving," said Jazz point guard Devin Harris, who had 13 points. "Defensively, ...

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Magic Stay Hot, Win 5th Straight Game
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Published on 01-18-2012 09:30 AM
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- With little down time during this fast-paced NBA season, Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy has been anticipating a night when his team had to rely on unconventional methods to stay in games.

Van Gundy's predictions finally came to fruition Tuesday night against Charlotte as the Magic needed late baskets from unusual suspects and timely defensive stops to preserve a 96-89 win -- their fifth straight -- over the Bobcats.

Dwight Howard had 25 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Magic, which survived 18 turnovers to win for the 10th time in 12 games.

Jameer Nelson added 17 points, Hedo Turkoglu had ...

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Lebron Has A Huge Game As The Heat Roll Past The Spurs
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Published on 01-18-2012 09:19 AM
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MIAMI -- First half, all San Antonio.

Second half, all Miami -- and then some.

LeBron James had 33 points and 10 assists, Chris Bosh scored 30 points -- the 6-foot-11 forward going coast-to-coast for a dunk to punctuate his effort -- and the Heat used a historic third-quarter turnaround to erase what was a 17-point deficit and beat the Spurs 120-98 on Tuesday night, snapping a three-game slide in a most unpredictable manner.

"We have a great luxury with three players who can do special things when you need it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

And one of them was in street clothes. Dwyane Wade sat out his fourth game of the season, this time because ...

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Baron Davis To The Rescue ?
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Published on 01-17-2012 02:02 PM
Baron Davis could begin practicing with the Knicks next Monday, and perhaps playing not long after that. Davis, who is recovering from a herniated disk, is running and doing individual basketball drills, working to increase his stamina before being cleared for contact.

He will be reassessed by the medical staff later this week. “You don’t know how he’s going to react to contact until he starts doing it,” Coach Mike D’Antoni ...

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DeShawn Stevenson Admits He Fouled Blake Griffin To Send A Message
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Published on 01-17-2012 01:45 PM
The Nets' DeShawn Stevenson admitted his flagrant foul on Blake Griffin was an attempt to send a message to the Los Angeles Clippers’ power forward after Griffin had been pushing the Nets around and throwing down dunks at will in the first half. “He was dunking all over the place,” Stevenson said of Griffin, whom he bumped from behind when Griffin went up for another one of those lob passes with 3:22 remaining in the second ...

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Javale McGee Gets Benched For Showboating Dunk
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Published on 01-17-2012 11:47 AM
McGee’s coach, Flip Saunders, believes some plays are best saved for those type of competitions, not an actual, competitive NBA game. So, he was understandably disappointed on Monday, when McGee was alone on a fast break and decided to provide a dunk that will surely make the top 10 list of most highlight shows. Saunders called it “unacceptable.”

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Losses Adding Up For The Celtics
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Published on 01-17-2012 11:23 AM
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BOSTON -- Russell Westbrook hit a 3-pointer and then shimmied his hands down his torso, bent his body at the knees and strutted down the sideline in celebration.

Just 39 seconds later -- this time with less than a minute left in the game -- he did it all over again.

Westbrook scored 26 points, including two of Oklahoma City's four 3-pointers in the final 2 minutes, to help the Thunder beat the slumping Boston Celtics 97-88 on Monday night. Kevin Durant scored 28 with seven rebounds for Oklahoma City, which won its seventh consecutive game.

"They started doubling K.D. later in the game," Westbrook said. "I just tried ...

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76ers Top The Bucks To Remain Undefeated At Home
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Published on 01-17-2012 10:51 AM
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PHILADELPHIA -- Without a true superstar, the Philadelphia 76ers are keeping their super start going.
Up ahead, first place in the East.

Jrue Holiday scored a season-high 24 points and Andre Iguodala had 21 to help the 76ers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-82 on Monday and remain unbeaten at home.

Everything is going right for the Sixers this season. They've won three straight, nine of 10 overall and already hold a four-game lead over the second-place New York Knicks in the Atlantic Division. At home, the Sixers are 6-0.
Philadelphia trails Chicago by one game for first place in the Eastern Conference.

Yes, it's early. But for a franchise that hasn't won ...

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