06 Oct
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers canceled training camp practice scheduled for Monday. Saying he wants to give the defending NBA champions a day off before they prepare for their first preseason game.
Boston takes on the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday at the University of Massachusetts’ flagship campus in Amherst.
“I liked the way we were going so [...]
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06 Oct
Sunday NBA Preseason Boxes.
At Miami
DETROIT (95)
Prince 3-7 0-0 6, Wallace 2-10 0-2 5, Johnson 1-3 0-2 2, Billups 2-5 2-2 6, Hamilton 5-8 0-0 12, Stuckey 8-15 7-7 23, McDyess 4-8 2-3 10, Maxiell 5-7 3-5 13, Herrmann 3-5 3-4 11, Afflalo 0-3 0-0 0, Brown 1-1 1-1 3, Sharpe 0-3 0-0 0, Bynum 1-4 [...]
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06 Oct
Chandler sprains right ankle.
Hornets center Tyson Chandler sprained his right ankle in the first quarter of New Orleans’ preseason opener against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night.
Chandler sat out the rest of the game, but returned to the bench in his warmups to watch the second half and stood without apparent pain to chat [...]
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06 Oct
Sunday National Basketball Association Capsules.
NEW ORLEANS 106, GOLDEN STATE 103
NEW ORLEANS David West scored 19 points and Hilton Armstrong added 14 off the bench as the New Orleans Hornets opened their preseason slate with a 106-103 victory over the Golden State Warriors.
Chris Paul had 13 points and six assists for the Hornets, who had one [...]
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01 Oct
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers considered taking his team on a tour. Of the historic Newport mansions, then he realized it might be a waste of time.
“For some of my players, their mansions might be bigger,” Rivers said after the first day of training camp amid the polo pony and sailboat set. “They might not [...]
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01 Oct
Yao Ming birthday wish getting through an NBA season without getting hurt.
The 7-foot-6 center - who turned 28 on Sept. 12 - has missed more than 80 games across the last three seasons with four separate injuries. In 2005-06, he contracted an infection in his left big toe that required surgery, then broke his left [...]
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01 Oct
Elton Brand wasn’t shy in his first practice with the Philadelphia 76ers. Swinging a pass on the wing to Kareem Rush before setting up in the post.
“Hey, hey!” the power forward yelled, with arms waving above him, demanding the ball back from Rush before turning and hitting a jumper off the glass for an easy [...]
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01 Oct
The Raptors signed free-agent forward Jamal Sampson. A cousin of Ralph Sampson who is expected to give Toronto frontcourt depth after the loss of Nathan Jawai.
The Raptors announced Monday that Jawai will be held out of practice because of concerns from a routine cardiac screening. The first indigenous player from Australia to be drafted by [...]
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01 Oct
The Nets effort to move to Brooklyn has suffered a setback in New York State Appellate Court. A ruling that should ensure thatthe basketball team will remain at the Meadowlands for at leastthree more seasons.
The court, in a decision made public on Monday, declined todismiss a lawsuit challenging New York State’s authority to useeminent domain [...]
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01 Oct
Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol might sit out some of the Los Angeles Lakers preseason games after a hectic offseason.
Bryant helped lead the United States to a victory over Gasol and Spain in the gold medal game in the Summer Olympics. Bryant and Gasol each took only a few weeks off before reporting for the [...]
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