| |
| Durant chosen as NBA's top rookie |
NBA Basketball |
05/01/2008 |
| |
| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Seattle SuperSonics swingman Kevin Durant has been selected as the NBA's Rookie of the Year. Durant was a runaway winner, receiving 90 first-place votes and a total of 545 points from a panel of 125 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Atlanta's Al Horford finished a distant second in the balloting with 30 first- place votes and a total of 390 points. Houston's Luis Scola was the only other player to garner first-place votes, with five, and was th |
|
| |
| Durant to be NBA's top rookie |
NBA Basketball |
04/30/2008 |
| |
| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Seattle SuperSonics swingman Kevin Durant has reportedly been selected as the NBA's Rookie of the Year. The winner won't officially be announced until Thursday, but the Seattle Times cited league sources as saying Durant beat out Atlanta's Al Horford for the honor. Durant led all first-year players in scoring, despite the Sonics posting a franchise-worst record of 20-62 this past season. He will become the first Seattle player to capture the rookie award. After a stellar freshman y |
|
| |
| Rockets try to stay alive against Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2008 |
| |
| r. 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 |
|
| |
| National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2008 |
| |
| was outscored 23-15 to remain perfect in the postseason. J.R. Smith led Denver with a playoff-career- high 26 points off the bench, while Allen Iverson scored 22 for the Nuggets, who became the first team in NBA history to win 50 regular-season games but be swept in the first round. Denver has lost in the first round of the playoffs five straight years while winning only four games in that span, and has not won a postseason series since 1994, when they upset the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics in the first round. |
|
| |
| Nuggets shown another quick playoff exit by Bryant, Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2008 |
| |
| 0 regular-season games but be swept in the first round. Denver has lost in the first round of the playoffs five straight years while winning only four games in that span, and has not won a postseason series since 1994, when they upset the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics in the first round. "If we get some type of defense into our game, I think we'll be right there," Iverson said. "I don't think we're far away. It was evident tonight and throughout this whole series that we've got a lot of work to do. "I've never be |
|
| |
| Lakers go for sweep in Denver |
NBA Basketball |
04/28/2008 |
| |
| that span. They fell in five games in the opening round to Minnesota in 2004, San Antonio in 2005, 2007 and the Clippers in 2006. The last time the Nuggets advanced to the second round of the playoffs was during the 1994 postseason. Denver upset the Seattle SuperSonics in five games, 3-2, in the opening round that season, but was ousted in seven games by Utah in the Western semifinals. The Lakers were 3-0 against the Nuggets during the regular season. LA defeated Denver twice at the Staples Center and on December |
|
| |
| Rockets attempt to knot series with Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
04/26/2008 |
| |
| r. 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 |
|
| |
| Bobcats' Vincent out as head coach |
NBA Basketball |
04/26/2008 |
| |
| The search for his replacement will begin immediately. The 44-year old Vincent -- a former Dallas Mavericks assistant -- succeeded Bernie Bickerstaff, who coached the Bobcats in their first three seasons and remains the club's general manager. He guided the Bobcats to a 32-50 record in his lone season on the job. A former point guard, Vincent played seven NBA seasons and was a teammate of Bobcats' managing partner Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls. He also played for Bickerstaff with the Seattle SuperSonics. |
|
| |
| Desperate Nuggets host Kobe, Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
04/26/2008 |
| |
| that span. They fell in five games in the opening round to Minnesota in 2004, San Antonio in 2005, 2007 and the Clippers in 2006. The last time the Nuggets advanced to the second round of the playoffs was during the 1994 postseason. Denver upset the Seattle SuperSonics in five games, 3-2, in the opening round that season, but was ousted in seven games by Utah in the Western semifinals. The Lakers were 3-0 against the Nuggets during the regular season. LA defeated Denver twice at the Staples Center and on December |
|
| |
| Rockets, Jazz series continues in Utah |
NBA Basketball |
04/24/2008 |
| |
| r. 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 going to have to win in the postseason without All-Star center Yao Ming, who last played on February 24. Yao has been sidelined with a stress |
|
| |
