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Getting Better (Can't Get Worse)
4 hours ago | NY Times
The great thing about inheriting an awful situation - and the Knicks are awful - is that it does not take much to please the fans. Especially in New York, where they are desperate for a hint of winning.
Celts? Rondo draws Rivers? praise
4 hours ago | Providence Journal
He played almost 34 minutes, sank 7 of his 14 shots for 15 points, picked off three rebounds, passed for four assists, made two steals and turned the ball over just three times.
Had enough Bull? Jerry Reinsdorf should sell team
4 hours ago | Chicago Sun-Times
By his own estimation, Jerry Reinsdorf is the world's only perfect human being. Never has he done anything wrong, even when his nose is growing and the neon sign across his forehead flashes "I SCREWED UP."
Orlando Magic collapse at crunch time - again
4 hours ago | Orlando Sentinel
Money time came. The Magic left. Please don't stop if you've read this before.
Despite sad end, Orlando Magic season was uplifting
4 hours ago | Orlando Sentinel
Another heart-wrenching loss. Another Motown meltdown. Another horrible ending.
Jazz look to steal pivotal game tonight on Lakers' homecourt
4 hours ago | Salt Lake Tribune
The last thing the Jazz heard when they walked off the Staples Center court last Wednesday were the chants for a sweep from Lakers fans.
It's time to raise expectations for the Jazz
4 hours ago | Salt Lake Tribune
Maybe the expectations were too reasonable, about like my daily goals of finishing breakfast, hitting the golf ball in a forward direction and spelling all the words correctly in my column.
Millsap brings solid numbers
4 hours ago | Salt Lake Tribune
The last time the Jazz played in Los Angeles, Carlos Boozer got into foul trouble early and spent most of the time on the bench.
Sources: Jackson to talk with Suns
4 hours ago | East Valley Tribune
While Mike D?Antoni is trying to teach everyone with the New York Knicks how to pronounce his name, the Suns are pressing forward to come up with the name that will replace him.
D'Antoni better be himself
4 hours ago | Newsday
Mike D'Antoni heard the cynicism ricocheting around the NBA, not just here in New York, that he wasn't the right coaching hire for the Knicks, and he came prepared yesterday with a few jokes and deft comebacks.
D'Antoni must remember money can't buy wins
4 hours ago | Newsday
Mike D'Antoni strolled outside the Garden yesterday afternoon, working the Seventh Avenue end on a brilliant New York day flanked by photographers and the usual MSG gatekeepers.
Suns could be eyeing Spurs' assistant
4 hours ago | San Antonio Express-News
Another Spurs playoff run, another run on Gregg Popovich?s coaching staff.
Spurs repeat slip: Hornets seize control
4 hours ago | San Antonio Express-News
Given the nightmarish nights they have experienced here over the past week, you wouldn?t blame the Spurs if they never wanted to step foot in New Orleans Arena again.
Hornets show they weren't kidding around
4 hours ago | San Antonio Express-News
After dropping two games in San Antonio and surrendering control of the Western Conference semifinals, the New Orleans Hornets returned to the Big Easy and found everyone wanted to send them on a scavenger hunt.
This time, West becomes Duncan
4 hours ago | San Antonio Express-News
Don?t look for a virus to blame. And don?t blame Joey Crawford.
Crawford's ruling upsets Spurs' Popovich
4 hours ago | San Antonio Express-News
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Tuesday he would contact NBA vice-president of basketball operations Stu Jackson about what he believed was an incorrect interpretation of the rules by referee Joey Crawford near the end of the first quarter of Tuesday's game.
Hornets show they weren't kidding around
4 hours ago | San Antonio Express-News
After dropping two games in San Antonio and surrendering control of the Western Conference semifinals, the New Orleans Hornets returned to the Big Easy and found everyone wanted to send them on a scavenger hunt.
Lopsided outcomes perplex Popovich
4 hours ago | New Orleans Times-Picayune
One odd thing about the Hornets/Spurs series to date: The games haven't been close. Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich said he can't explain why one team -- the home team -- has won big in the first four games.
Chandler says he'll be ready
4 hours ago | New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tyson Chandler bruised his left foot in the fourth quarter of Game 5 against the Spurs on Tuesday night after landing awkwardly, but he said he will be available to play Thursday night in Game 6 in San Antonio.
Advantage, Hornets
4 hours ago | New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Hornets waited two games, almost as patiently as any team could, for the return of the intensity, aggressiveness and energy that they thought brought them to the Western Conference playoffs.
Big shots give Spurs early lead
4 hours ago | New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Spurs probably wouldn't have even held their slim halftime lead -- 47-44 -- if it weren't for 3-pointers. And once that deserted them in the second half it was over.
It All Comes Out in Walsh
4 hours ago | New York Post
Donnie Walsh was at his brother's apartment in Manhattan, waiting to watch the start of the Kentucky Derby, when his cell phone rang.
Rip Hamilton passes Isiah to become Pistons' all-time leading playoff scorer
5 hours ago | Detroit Free Press
The Pistons have a new playoff scoring leader. Guard Richard Hamilton needed only 11 points in Game 5 to pass Isiah Thomas. He had that by the second quarter and finished the game with 31 points.
Despite 'amazing' improvement, Billups plays it safe and sits out of Game 5
5 hours ago | Detroit Free Press
Point guard Chauncey Billups felt encouraged when he took part in Tuesday morning's shoot-around, but ultimately he decided he wasn't ready to play on his strained right hamstring.
Hoop looks a little tighter in Boston
5 hours ago | Cleveland Plain Dealer
Imagine being a Boston Cel tic fan. Your team goes from 24 wins in 2006-07 to 66 this season. Your team was 31-10 on the road!
Lakers look to avoid a big role-reversal
5 hours ago | Los Angeles Times
A sobering realization for Lakers fans: Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol & Co. could be finished for the season long before June. . . .
Bryant skips practice again but says he's ready to play
5 hours ago | Los Angeles Times
Kobe Bryant didn't practice, didn't even shoot the ball Tuesday, but reiterated he would be part of the Lakers' most important game so far this season.
Ridicule tops this Nuggets survey
6 hours ago | Denver Post
Survey says: A.I. and J.R. can coexist in the backcourt and the foreground.
A parent's plea? ... Apparently
6 hours ago | Boston Globe
Paul Pierce really wanted to remain mum on the subject. But the Celtics captain knew everyone would be interested in what LeBron James's mother had to say to him when she rose from her courtside seat along the baseline of Quicken Loans Arena in defense of her son after Pierce fouled James hard in the second quarter of Game 4 Monday night.
Celtics are at a loss to explain problems
6 hours ago | Boston Globe
Celtics forward Kevin Garnett can be very introspective in postgame media sessions and often comes up with some of the most interesting analogies.
Bulls so soft even a mom looks tougher
6 hours ago | Chicago Tribune
Forget about getting the right coach. What we have to question now is whether the Bulls have the right group of players' moms.
Expect Knicks to take their best shot after shot
6 hours ago | New York Daily News
NBA suits who had forgotten where the Garden was located for what seems like the past five years were suddenly everywhere at Tuesday's big press conference in the lobby outside the Theater, meaning that either they had stumbled across a map or the Knicks are officially back in the league's good graces.
Walsh quickly finds guy to make fast break with past
6 hours ago | New York Daily News
This was after the press conference Tuesday, after all the interviews, all the ways the questions had been asked about whether Mike D'Antoni will ever be able to get his Knicks to defend a simple pick-and-roll.
Kobe's sore back still painful, but much better
6 hours ago | Daily Herald
Jazz looking to steal road win in tonight's pivotal Game 5 LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant walked a bit gingerly as he emerged from the training area at Lakers headquarters to speak with reporters Tuesday, remaining ...
NBA - Playoffs Schedule
6 hours ago | WFMY-TV Greensboro
New Orleans protected home court advantage and move one win away from a berth in the NBA's Western Conference finals with a 101-79 decision over visiting San Antonio.
Stephen Smith: Smith From the bullpen
6 hours ago | Times Record News
Most people have an "I love me" wall somewhere in their home or office - ' it's where you place your certificates, awards and other mementos earned over the course of a distinguished career.
2008 NBA Playoffs - Day Twenty-Five - May 13
6 hours ago | About.com
Here at About.com, we'll be following each day of the 2008 NBA Playoffs - nothing too in-depth with these posts, but a bit of a recap that gives a couple of brief sentences or so, the final results, as well as ...
Jazz, Lakers battle in pivotal Game 5 of West semis
6 hours ago | Sports Network
The Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz meet for Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series tonight at the Staples Center.
Cavaliers: Time to win on road is now
7 hours ago | Star Tribune
Cavaliers coach Mike Brown knows it. More important, however, his team knows that they cannot and will not make a second consecutive trip to the NBA Eastern Conference finals without being able to win on the ...
Heat, noise and ... oh yes, a game
7 hours ago | Inside Bay Area
Did you catch Game 2 of the Celtics-Cavaliers series? Ben Wallace didn't. At least not all of it.
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- 1. Assessing the Hawks' roster as decisions loom
- 5 days ago | Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Thirteen hours after their season ended with a brutal Game 7 loss to Boston, the Hawks began cleaning out their lockers and preparing for an offseason full of promise and uncertainty.
- 2. A parent's plea? ... Apparently
- 6 hours ago | Boston Globe
- Paul Pierce really wanted to remain mum on the subject. But the Celtics captain knew everyone would be interested in what LeBron James's mother had to say to him when she rose from her courtside seat along the baseline of Quicken Loans Arena in defense of her son after Pierce fouled James hard in the second quarter of Game 4 Monday night.
- 3. Bickerstaff will only be appreciated in absence
- 5 days ago | Charlotte Observer
- I don't pretend to be an expert on many things; you don't want me looking under the hood of your car or fixing your pipes.
- 4. Had enough Bull? Jerry Reinsdorf should sell team
- 4 hours ago | Chicago Sun-Times
- By his own estimation, Jerry Reinsdorf is the world's only perfect human being. Never has he done anything wrong, even when his nose is growing and the neon sign across his forehead flashes "I SCREWED UP."
- 5. Cavaliers' LeBron James practices in empty Q to sharpen shot
- 1 day ago | Cleveland Plain Dealer
- This is why he was at The Q hours early, without the screams, only the sweat; without the witnesses, only the work.
- 6. Stackhouse: Carlisle fits Dallas Mavericks
- 3 days ago | Dallas Morning News
- Some will look at Rick Carlisle, shrug and wonder what the Mavericks see in him.
- 7. Pick and roll with it
- 2 days ago | Denver Post
- 1. Melo & Marcus for Dirk. 2. Move The Answer and sign The Question. This is a test, an Artest.
- 8. Rip Hamilton passes Isiah to become Pistons' all-time leading playoff scorer
- 5 hours ago | Detroit Free Press
- The Pistons have a new playoff scoring leader. Guard Richard Hamilton needed only 11 points in Game 5 to pass Isiah Thomas. He had that by the second quarter and finished the game with 31 points.
- 9. Baron Davis, Warriors not in same ballpark on extension
- 4 days ago | San Jose Mercury News
- Might Baron Davis still opt out? After weeks of informal conversations, Davis' agent, Todd Ramasar, met with Warriors officials Thursday to discuss a potential contract extension for his client.
- 10. Battier and Alston have surgery
- 4 days ago | Miami Herald
- Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier and guard Rafer Alston each had surgery on Friday.
- 11. I forgot about Diener
- 4 days ago | Indianapolis Star
- It didn't take long for me to realize I forgot to mention Travis Diener's name in the list of players coach Jim O'Brien believes is part of the team's core group.
- 12. Clippers limp into uncertain offseason
- 24 days ago | The Press-Enterprise
- Two years ago at this time, the Clippers were about to begin a playoff run that ended one win shy of the Western Conference finals.
- 13. Lakers look to avoid a big role-reversal
- 5 hours ago | Los Angeles Times
- A sobering realization for Lakers fans: Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol & Co. could be finished for the season long before June. . . .
- 14. Muddled moves, but bringing back coach not one
- 11 days ago | Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Muddled moves, but bringing back coach not one By Geoff Calkins Saturday, May 3, 2008 Marc Iavaroni has been retained as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies.
- 15. Heat needs the old D-Wade back
- 3 days ago | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- He still has a place in Charles Barkley's Fave 5, but he hasn't been featured in the NBA's 16-team tournament, his presence felt only during countless commercial breaks.
- 16. Bucks G Mo Williams undergoes thumb surgery
- 6 days ago | Tuscaloosa News
- Bucks point guard Mo Williams had surgery to repair ligament damage in his right thumb and is expected to be ready for training camp in October.
- 17. Randy Foye to represent Wolves in outreach program in Turkey
- 6 days ago | Star Tribune
- Some of the Minnesota Timberwolves will be teaching their game to another part of the world this summer.
- 18. Kiki Nets New Post with Jersey
- 5 days ago | New York Post
- When the Nets brought Kiki Vandeweghe aboard as Rod Thorn's special assistant in December, they noted he was hired through the draft.
- 19. Advantage, Hornets
- 4 hours ago | New Orleans Times-Picayune
- The Hornets waited two games, almost as patiently as any team could, for the return of the intensity, aggressiveness and energy that they thought brought them to the Western Conference playoffs.
- 20. Getting Better (Can't Get Worse)
- 4 hours ago | NY Times
- The great thing about inheriting an awful situation - and the Knicks are awful - is that it does not take much to please the fans. Especially in New York, where they are desperate for a hint of winning.
- 21. Orlando Magic's players believe they can win
- 1 day ago | Orlando Sentinel
- Dwight Howard ended his workout Monday at RDV Sportsplex with a light-hearted 3-point shooting contest against rookie backup Marcin Gortat, who proceeded to remind him that he belongs on a different part of the basketball court.
- 22. Sixers interesting; Now they have to get better
- 6 days ago | Philly.com
- The 76ers, as they drift into their most important off-season in a decade, have accomplished the easy part now.
- 23. Suns in no rush for new coach
- 2 days ago | Arizona Republic
- And the new Suns coach will be . . . not known for a while. The process of Phoenix's first off-season coaching search since 1988 officially begins Monday with General Manager Steve Kerr calling to arrange candidate interviews in a selection process that is expected to last weeks.
- 24. Former OSU hoops star Greg Oden looks ahead, doesn't dwell on what might have been
- 9 days ago | Mansfield News Journal
- Greg Oden is simply not the type to dwell on the misfortune of his first season in the NBA.
- 25. Hornets show they weren't kidding around
- 4 hours ago | San Antonio Express-News
- After dropping two games in San Antonio and surrendering control of the Western Conference semifinals, the New Orleans Hornets returned to the Big Easy and found everyone wanted to send them on a scavenger hunt.
- 26. NBA, Cal Expo reach agreement on Kings arena
- 4 days ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
- Negotiators for the National Basketball Association and Cal Expo on Friday announced they'd reached an agreement to move forward jointly on a plan to build a Kings arena in the state fairgrounds.
- 27. Oklahoma City stakes claim for Sonics
- 4 days ago | The Seattle Times
- Oklahoma City officials want Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz to know they expect the Seattle SuperSonics to relocate, regardless of who owns the team.
- 28. Trading Calderon the best option for the Raptors
- 4 days ago | Slam Sports
- Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell, shouts instructions to guard Jose Calderon during Game 5 in the playoff series against Orlando Magic.
- 29. It's time to raise expectations for the Jazz
- 4 hours ago | Salt Lake Tribune
- Maybe the expectations were too reasonable, about like my daily goals of finishing breakfast, hitting the golf ball in a forward direction and spelling all the words correctly in my column.
- 30. Grunfeld Aims to Keep Arenas, Jamison
- 4 days ago | The Washington Post
- In his annual postseason news conference, Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld said his summer priorities are to retain Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison.
