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05/23/2008 |
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| g some team would lose so we could get in the playoffs,'' All-Star guard Cappie Pondexter said. ``So that's something this season we don't want again.'' Following their championship run last year, Phoenix lost head coach Paul Westhead to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics and are without second-leading scorer Penny Taylor (17.8 points per game in 2007), who is training with the Australian national team and won't rejoin the Mercury until the stretch run after the Olympics. Also complicating matters, Phoenix was with |
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| Chicago Bulls win No. 1 pick in NBA draft lottery |
NBA Basketball |
05/21/2008 |
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| ``Having the pick puts you in a unique position to make your team better.'' The Miami Heat, who had a 25 percent chance of landing the top pick thanks to their NBA-worst 15-67 record, fell to second. The Minnesota Timberwolves will go third. The Seattle SuperSonics, who moved up to No. 2 last year to pick Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant, fell from second to fourth. Memphis will pick fifth, followed by New York, the Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee, Charlotte and New Jersey. Indiana has the 11th pick, followed |
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| NBA's losing teams hope for big score in lottery |
NBA Basketball |
05/19/2008 |
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Lucky Lefty and Larry Legend are the latest characters looking for a big score in New Jersey. Mike D'Antoni will try to make the Knicks fortunate before he can make them good, and the Seattle SuperSonics are sending Kevin Durant in hopes of landing the next, well, Kevin Durant. They are all expected Tuesday night at the draft lottery, the NBA's shortcut to go from loser to winner. Just like last year, two stud freshmen are the top prizes. The Miami Heat have the best chance to win the right to choose betw |
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| With BC-BKL--WNBA Preview Capsules |
Womens Basketball |
05/16/2008 |
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| nd San Antonio in the playoffs before beating Detroit in five games to win their first championship. Phoenix thrived under coach Paul Westhead's frenetic pace, averaging a league-best 89.0 points per game. Westhead, however, left to join the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, replaced by assistant and protege Corey Gaines. Also, second-leading scorer Penny Taylor (17.8 ppg) is training with the Australian national team and won't rejoin the Mercury until the stretch run after the Olympics. Gaines has more than 20 years |
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| Sparks open as favorites to win third championship |
Womens Basketball |
05/16/2008 |
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| nd San Antonio in the playoffs before beating Detroit in five games to win their first championship. Phoenix thrived under coach Paul Westhead's frenetic pace, averaging a league-best 89.0 points per game. Westhead, however, left to join the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, replaced by assistant and protege Corey Gaines. Also, second-leading scorer Penny Taylor (17.8 ppg) is training with the Australian national team and won't rejoin the Mercury until the stretch run after the Olympics. Gaines has more than 20 years |
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| Durant, Horford headline NBA rookie team |
NBA Basketball |
05/13/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Seattle SuperSonics swingman Kevin Durant, the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year, and Atlanta Hawks big man Al Horford headlined the NBA's All-Rookie team, announced on Tuesday. Horford, the runner-up to Durant for Rookie of the Year honors, was the only unanimous selection on the team, receiving 58 points, while Durant compiled 57. Horford averaged nearly a double-double during his freshman season, turning in 10.1 points and 9.7 rebounds, while Durant led all rookies in scoring at 2 |
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| Documents from potential Sonics buyers to remain sealed |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2008 |
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SEATTLE (AP) -A federal judge ruled documents subpoenaed from a group that attempted to buy the Seattle SuperSonics from their Oklahoma-based owners can remain sealed. U.S. District Judge Martha Pechman ruled Thursday that documents from Seattle developer Matt Griffin's group that were labeled for ``attorney's eyes only'' can remain confidential. In seeking to have the documents unsealed, attorneys for SuperSonics owner Clay Bennett accused the potential owners and the city of Seattle of duplicity in an eff |
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| Troy Weaver is Sonics' new assistant GM |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2008 |
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SEATTLE (AP) -Former Utah Jazz player personnel director Troy Weaver is the new assistant general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics. Sonics general manager Sam Presti made the announcement Thursday. Weaver will replace Scott Perry, who spent one season with Seattle before recently returning to the Detroit Pistons as their vice president of basketball operations. Weaver was with the Jazz for four seasons. He spent the first three years as the team's head scout. ``Troy comes from a very successful organiza |
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| Celtics, Hawks meet for decisive Game 7 |
NBA Basketball |
05/04/2008 |
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| ies. It happened last year when the Golden State Warriors upset the Dallas Mavericks in six games, 4-2, in the first round of the postseason. Two other eighth-seeded teams defeated a one seed in the first round of the playoffs. Denver eliminated the Seattle SuperSonics, 3-2, in the first round of the 1994 playoffs, while the New York Knicks knocked out the Miami Heat in five, 3-2, during the opening round of the 1999 postseason. On Friday, Joe Johnson scored eight of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, as the Haw |
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| McGrady, Rockets attempt to force Game 7 versus Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
05/02/2008 |
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| s. The last time the Jazz were eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs was in 2003, when they were knocked out by the Sacramento Kings in five games, 4-1. The Rockets are trying to win their first playoff series since 1997. They defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in seven games, 4-3, in the West semis, before losing to the Jazz in the conference finals, 4-2. Houston is trying to win in the postseason without All-Star center Yao Ming, who last played on February 24. Yao has been sidelined with a stress fractu |
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