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| Kings Strive For Five |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2003 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - The Sacramento Kings try for their fifth straight win when they welcome the Seattle SuperSonics to ARCO Arena. Seattle has won two straight, most recently an 82-80 victory over the Utah Jazz. It was the Sonics' fifth win in six games, but it may be a case of too little too late. Seattle is two games behind the Phoenix Suns for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Phoenix is at Denver tonight. The Houston Rockets, who host the Portland Trail Blazers tonigh |
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| T'wolves TO: Hoping to emerge from West mess |
NBA Basketball |
04/08/2003 |
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| Portland has six contests remaining on its regular season slate. Fortunately for the Wolves, four of Portland's final six games come on the road and the team still has clashes with the Lakers and Spurs. Meanwhile, the Lakers are heading to the postseason on fire, having won four straight and seven of their last eight. They have five games left in the regular season, but still have to face Dallas and Sacramento. Minnesota's toughest opponent the rest of the way in terms of record is the 38-38 Seattle SuperSonics. |
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| Knicks conclude road trip |
NBA Basketball |
04/05/2003 |
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| The Knicks have still lost four of their last six road games and are 12-26 away from home this season. New York is 14-13 against the Western Conference. The Clippers lost for the sixth time in seven games on Friday by suffering a 101-93 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics. Eric Piatkowski led the Clippers with 21 points and Elton Brand contributed 15 with a game-high 19 rebounds. Lamar Odom contributed 19 points for LA. The Sonics led by as many as 15 points in the second half, but Los Angeles tied the contest at 88- |
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| Blazers' Wallace agrees to attend drug counseling |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2003 |
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| t Court Monday to have a misdemeanor drug charge dropped. Wallace agreed to attend drug counseling, pay a $650 fine and avoid legal problems for the next six months in order to have marijuana charges against him dropped. Following a game against the Seattle SuperSonics in late November, Wallace and teammate Damon Stoudamire were passengers in a vehicle that was pulled over for speeding on a highway outside Chehalis. Police searched the vehicle and found a small amount of marijuana. Stoudamire, Wallace and driver E |
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| T'wolves TO: Cold play in Minnesota |
NBA Basketball |
03/31/2003 |
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| back at it Wednesday," Szczerbiak said. "We need to get back to the fundamentals on defense and communicate. We need to stop giving up easy baskets. We need to use these couple of days off to figure things out and correct them." The Wolves host the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday before embarking on a three-game road trip. The swing features a huge game in Portland on April 6. Minnesota holds a 2-1 edge over the Blazers this year, meaning a win in their last meeting would give the Wolves the tie-breaker should t |
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| Joe Forte suspended by Sonics |
NBA Basketball |
03/27/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics have suspended reserve guard Joe Forte for Friday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies for conduct deemed detrimental to the team. Forte will miss only one game and is expected to return to practice on Saturday. The club did not go into details of the incident that earned Forte the suspension. The 22-year-old Forte has only played in 15 games this season. He was drafted by the Celtics with the 21st pick overall in 2001 NBA Draft. |
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| Sonic Rumblings: Stayin' alive |
NBA Basketball |
03/25/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics just won't go away. The team has won four of its last five games to pump some life into its playoff hopes. At 33-36, Seattle currently sits 3 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets for the eighth and final postseason spot in the Western Conference. The Sonics are coming off an immensely important 82-73 victory in Phoenix on Monday. The Suns had been tied with Houston in the standings prior to the contest. "This is a real big win because of where we are and the teams we are |
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| Warriors hope to halt 15-game losing streak to Mavs |
NBA Basketball |
03/14/2003 |
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| ord in the NBA, but their cushion in the Midwest Division has dwindled to just 2 1/2 games over the San Antonio Spurs. The Mavs have dropped back-to-back games on the heels of a four-game winning streak. Dallas is coming off a 107-100 setback to the Seattle SuperSonics on Thursday. Dirk Nowitzki paced Dallas with 27 points and 12 rebounds in the loss, and Nick Van Exel totaled 26 points for the Mavericks. Steve Nash scored 18 points and Michael Finley added 10 for Dallas, which lost despite shooting 49 percent fro |
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| Sonics aim to end skid |
NBA Basketball |
03/13/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics try to end a three-game slide when they welcome the Dallas Mavericks to KeyArena. The Mavericks are coming off a 92-83 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which snapped a four-game winning streak. Dirk Nowitzki scored 37 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while Michael Finley scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Dallas came back from an 18-point deficit to tie the game, but ran out of gas. The Mavs' bench only managed 12 points in the setback. "It was a wei |
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| Raptors invade Portland |
NBA Basketball |
03/12/2003 |
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| ce foes. Portland is currently the fourth seed in the Western Conference, one-half game ahead of the fifth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves and 3 1/2 games behind the third-seeded San Antonio Spurs. The Trail Blazers are coming off a 92-77 win over the Seattle SuperSonics. Rasheed Wallace scored 23 points and Derek Anderson added 18. Zach Randolph added 17 points to the victory. Scottie Pippen scored 10 points and grabbed 13 boards. "Scottie's 6-foot-8, so he can cover a lot of ground," Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks s |
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