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| Southeast skirmish: Hawks, Magic collide in Orlando |
NBA Basketball |
01/30/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A Southeast Division showdown is on tap tonight as the Orlando Magic play host the Atlanta Hawks. The two teams are dueling atop the division with Atlanta holding a slim one- half game advantage. The Magic opened a brief two-game homestand in positive fashion on Thursday by edging another Eastern Conference power, the Boston Celtics, 96-94. Rashard Lewis scored a game-high 23 points and hit the go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds remaining in that one lifting Orlando. Dwight Howard registered |
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| Eastern heavyweights clash as Celtics visit Magic |
NBA Basketball |
01/28/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference collide again at Amway Arena tonight, as the Boston Celtics pay a visit to the Orlando Magic. It will be the third of four meetings between the teams and the season series is knotted at a game apiece. After losing the first matchup in late November at TD Garden, the Celtics gained a measure of revenge on Christmas Day with an 86-77 victory in Orlando. The Magic, though, have won six of the past 10 matchups with Boston, which has dropped seven |
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| Lakers visit White House |
NBA Basketball |
01/25/2010 |
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| them for their NBA Championship won in June 2009. Obama, an avid basketball fan, was given a yellow Lakers jersey with his name stitched on the back by Finals MVP Kobe Bryant and a signed ball by Derek Fisher. Last June, Los Angeles knocked off the Orlando Magic in five games to conclude the 2008-09 NBA season with their 15th championship, the 10th for head coach Phil Jackson. "I want to congratulate [coach Jackson] on his 10th NBA Championship, the most in history. I do want to point out that six of them c |
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| Reeling Kings hope to avoid winless road trip in Miami |
NBA Basketball |
01/23/2010 |
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| percent from the field overall, and even better from three-point range, making 13-of-22 (59.1 percent). The Kings, meanwhile, fell to a miserable 0-5 on a six-game road trip Friday when Dwight Howard scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, as the Orlando Magic earned an easy 100-84 win over Sacramento at Amway Arena. Tyreke Evans poured in 19 points and Jason Thompson finished with 10 points and as many rebounds for the Kings, who have dropped six straight overall and 11 of their past 12 games. "We're goi |
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| Magic roll over struggling Kings |
NBA Basketball |
01/23/2010 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - Dwight Howard scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, as the Orlando Magic earned an easy 100-84 win over the Sacramento Kings at Amway Arena. Rashard Lewis and J.J. Redick each finished with 15 points for Orlando, which has won two straight after snapping a three-game slide with a 109-98 victory over Indiana on Wednesday. It was only the Magic's fourth win in their last 11 overall. Vince Carter ended with 11 points. "Our effort and intensity has been up after those losses t |
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| Iverson to start All-Star Game; Nash gets nod over McGrady |
NBA Basketball |
01/21/2010 |
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| a team that has been such a big part of my life throughout my career." The reigning league-MVP James and fellow forward Kevin Garnett (1,978,116) of the Boston Celtics will be joined in the frontcourt for the East by last year's leading vote-getter, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard (2,360,096). Toronto's Chris Bosh (1,164,007) finished third for the forwards, while Cleveland's Shaquille O'Neal was well behind Howard with 856,056 tallies. Garnett, now as 13 All-Star nods, is second among active players behi |
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| Howard, Magic down Pacers |
NBA Basketball |
01/21/2010 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - Dwight Howard poured in a season-high 32 points to go with 11 rebounds and four steals, as the Orlando Magic held off the Indiana Pacers, 109-98, at Amway Arena. Rashard Lewis added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Magic, who snapped a three-game skid. Jason Williams donated 14 points and nine assists off the bench while Matt Barnes tallied 10 points and a career-best 16 rebounds for Orlando, which improved to 15-4 at home this season. "It felt good to win but I just like |
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| Magic, Pacers clash in Orlando |
NBA Basketball |
01/20/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The slumping Orlando Magic hope a return to Amway Arena will help them break out of their current funk. The reigning Eastern Conference champions start up a two-game homestand with this evening's bout against an Indiana Pacers team seeking its second win over the Magic this month. Orlando wrapped up an unsuccessful four-game Western road trip with Monday's 98-92 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. The defeat was the Magic's third in a row on the swing and seventh in their last nine |
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| Kings, Hawks clash in Dixie |
NBA Basketball |
01/20/2010 |
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| on had 23 points in the recent loss to pace the Southeast Division- leading Hawks, who got 18 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists from Josh Smith in defeat. Al Horford scored 13 points to go with 10 boards. Atlanta is just a half-game ahead of the Orlando Magic in the standings. "I've got a lot of respect for Oklahoma City's team," Smith said. "They're young, they're exciting and they play hard. They play together. Even though Kevin Durant is the forefront of the team, he has a lot of mini-stars around him |
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| First place Hawks host Thunder |
NBA Basketball |
01/18/2010 |
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| - The Atlanta Hawks have clawed their way to the top of the Southeast Division and will try to stay there when they resume a five-game homestand versus the Oklahoma City Thunder on Martin Luther King Day. The Hawks sit just a half-game ahead of the Orlando Magic and have won three in a row and five of their last six games, including Friday's 102-101 victory versus the Phoenix Suns. Top reserve Jamal Crawford buried the game-winning three-pointer and ended with 21 points, while Josh Smith chipped in 20 point |
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