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| Blazers battle Sonics in Northwest affair |
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03/11/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics hope to end a two-game skid when they welcome the playoff-bound Portland Trail Blazers to KeyArena tonight. Portland has won five of its last seven games, most recently a 94-80 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Rasheed Wallace finished with 23 points and 14 rebounds, while Dale Davis added 17 points and 10 rebounds. Derek Anderson added 18 points to the win. "This was a game of desperate measures for us," Scottie Pippen said. "I thought we played all aspects o |
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| T'wolves TO: Wounded by Western powers |
NBA Basketball |
03/08/2003 |
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| e on the road for the T'wolves, who are currently on a five-game swing. Minnesota could struggle to claim just one victory on the trip, as it concludes with tough matchups in Phoenix and Dallas. The Wolves started the losing streak by falling to the Seattle SuperSonics on Tuesday, 92-83. Minnesota ran into a red-hot Ray Allen, who totaled 29 points, nine rebounds, six assists and three steals. Minnesota followed that up with perhaps its most heart-breaking loss of the season -- a 96-95 overtime setback to the Sacr |
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| NBA fines Seattle's McMillan, James |
NBA Basketball |
03/07/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The NBA fined Seattle SuperSonics head coach Nate McMillan and center Jerome James on Friday for criticizing referees after a loss at Utah earlier in the week. McMillan was fined $7,500 and James was fined $5,000 for their actions following a 94-83 loss on Wednesday night that halted Seattle's five-game winning streak. James is averaging 5.6 points and 4.2 rebounds going into Friday night's game against Philadelphia. |
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| Kings tangle with Jazz in Salt Lake |
NBA Basketball |
03/07/2003 |
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| inging to the sixth position in the West and hold just a 1 1/2- game lead over the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers. Utah has won back-to-back games on the heels of a three-game losing streak. Most recently, the Jazz posted a 94-83 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday. Karl Malone had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Jazz. Andrei Kirilenko totaled 19 points and a career-high 11 boards for Utah. Utah returned to the comfort of its own home, where it is now 22-9 on the season. The Jazz had just fi |
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| Desert Diary: Much-needed win in San Antonio |
NBA Basketball |
03/05/2003 |
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| primarily be focused on the teams creeping up from behind. Houston and Golden State are both 30-30 on the season and just two games in back of the Suns. The Warriors are particularly scary considering they have won their last six contests. Also, the Seattle SuperSonics have won five straight games and are only 3 1/2 games behind Phoenix. Feeling the pressure, the Suns came through with a big 104-97 victory over the Spurs on Tuesday. Phoenix became just the fifth visiting team to win at the SBC Center this season. |
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| Allen, Sonics look to stay hot against Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
03/05/2003 |
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| Salt Lake City, UT (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics try for their sixth straight win when they travel to Utah to take on the Jazz at Delta Center. Seattle is coming off a 92-83 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Ray Allen continues to pay dividends since coming over from the Milwaukee Bucks at the trading deadline. Allen scored 29 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out six assists in the victory. Allen is definitely enjoying his new surroundings. "There's nothing special to our game plan exc |
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| Garnett, Webber square off in Sacramento |
NBA Basketball |
03/05/2003 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Timberwolves continue their five-game road trip with a difficult test tonight at ARCO Arena against the Sacramento Kings. Minnesota watched its seven-game winning streak come to an end 92-83 to the Seattle SuperSonics at KeyArena on Tuesday night. Kevin Garnett scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the loss, while Troy Hudson added 21 points. The Timberwolves turned the ball over 15 times, and the Sonics turned the miscues into 23 points. It was not exactly th |
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| Hornets go for seventh straight victory |
NBA Basketball |
03/03/2003 |
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| f defense itself when the other team doesn't get the opportunity to score." New Orleans is 14-11 against Western Conference foes. Los Angeles has dropped five straight and 11 of its last 13 games. The Clippers are coming off a 109-101 setback to the Seattle SuperSonics. Corey Maggette led LA with 17 points while Andre Miller chipped in with 15 points in the losing effort. Elton Brand has missed three straight games with what was initially believed to be a deep bone bruise in the lower left leg. As it turns out, he |
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| Hawks fly to Windy City |
NBA Basketball |
02/28/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Hawks try to snap a three-game slide when they travel to Chicago to take on the Bulls at United Center tonight. Atlanta has dropped eight of its last 10 games, most recently a 93-76 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics. Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Glenn Robinson added 15 points and six boards to the losing effort. "We were tentative with the ball," said Hawks coach Terry Stotts. "I thought it was a game of two halves. The first half wa |
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| Knicks notebook: New York Salutes a Pivot Legend |
NBA Basketball |
02/27/2003 |
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| truth and lies. Ewing's career in New York ended a year earlier than it should have. He felt unappreciated and his skills were diminishing. Longtime pal Dave Checketts, who was MSG's sovereign at the time, did his player a favor and dealt him to the Seattle SuperSonics. One more year of allowing Ewing to growl around the locker room would have saved the Knicks a ton of cap headaches -- most notably ridiculous contracts for Travis Knight, Luc Longley and Glen Rice. Desirable free agents couldn't even consider comin |
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