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Lakers Trade Fan Favorite Derek Fisher to Houston
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Lakers got younger and shed more than $9 million in player costs Thursday, saying goodbye to two longtime franchise standards but getting quicker in the process. The Lakers acquired point guard Ramon Sessions and seldom-used...Tags: Minnesota Timberwolves, Jordan Hill, Twitter, Inc., Kevin McHale, NBA Draft
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Kobe Bryant Says He Will Play in Season Opener
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is expected to play in the season opener Sunday against Chicago, saying his right wrist "should be fine." Bryant sustained a torn ligament in the wrist while trying to break his fall in Monday's exhibition game...Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Times, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Clippers
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Mavericks Beat Heat to Win First NBA Championship
KTLA News(Reuters) - The Dallas Mavericks ended three decades of frustration by capturing their first championship with a 105-95 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday to win the best-of-seven NBA Finals 4-2. Veteran guard Jason Terry came off the bench to score...Tags: Human Interest, Sports, Athletes, Basketball, Dallas Mavericks
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Who's got next? Heat await winner of Celtics-76ers
South Florida Sun SentinelThere was a point during the latter stages of the regular season when some speculated that the Miami Heat were positioning themselves to avoid the Boston Celtics in the opening rounds of the postseason. There was a point just over a week ago when...Tags: NBA Playoffs, Frank Vogel, Shane Battier, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics
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Letters: Kings are in, Lakers are out
Now that the Kings are back in the Stanley Cup playoffs, a little advice:
"The curvature of the blade of the stick shall be restricted in such a way that the distance of a perpendicular line measured from a straight line drawn from any point at the...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Phil Jackson, Dean Lombardi, David Stern, AEG
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Wade, LeBron too tough, too much for Pacers
When the final buzzer sounded, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James hugged each other in a silent arena. Or maybe they weren't hugging. Maybe they were holding each other up after carrying the Heat past Indiana this final time. "Are they tough enough?" TNT's...
Tags: Udonis Haslem, Frank Vogel, Dexter Pittman, Indiana Pacers, Sports
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Winderman's view: Heat 105, Pacers 93
South Florida Sun SentinelObservations from Thursday night's 105-93 victory over the Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse: -- It's as if Dwyane Wade was back in the 2006 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. -- Somewhere Mark Cuban was cringing. -- (He's the owner of...Tags: Paul George, Frank Vogel, Shane Battier, Eddy Curry, National Basketball Association
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Shaq declines invitation to discuss Magic GM job
NBA great Shaquille O'Neal has declined an invitation to interview for the Orlando Magic's vacant general manager position. O'Neal earlier had expressed interest in the job. “When I first heard about the vacancy for the Orlando Magic general...
Tags: Stan Van Gundy, Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando Magic, National Basketball Association
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Playoffs report card: Metta World Peace
This is the first in a series of posts grading the Lakers on their efforts in the 2012 NBA playoffs Player: Metta World PeaceHow he performed in the postseason: Averaged 11.7 points per game on 36.7% shooting in 39.3 minutes through six contests. The...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Danilo Gallinari, Los Angeles Lakers, Ron Artest, Oklahoma City Thunder
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Schmitz’ Take: Van Gundy loses Howard power struggle
Orlando Sentinel’s Magic BasketBlogWe all saw this one coming, didn't we? Stan Van Gundy was fired Monday, the coach losing a power struggle with superstar Dwight Howard. A great coach is gone, and Magic CEO Alex Martins said that Howard had nothing to do with it. Martins even said that... -
Stan Van Gundy deserved classier exit than this
Next season, Stan Van Gundy has no plans to push a superstar to greatness, harass referees, zing David Stern and win lots of games. At least that's what those closest to him tell me after his title was altered to former Magic coach on Monday. Van...Tags: New York Knicks, Charlotte Bobcats, Stan Van Gundy, Indiana Pacers, Rich DeVos
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Magic fire Stan Van Gundy, part ways with GM Otis Smith
Coach Stan Van Gundy and General Manager Otis Smith did not want the uncertainty about their futures with the Orlando Magic to drag on and on. The doubts have ended, and the Magic have begun an overhaul of their basketball-operations department that...
Tags: Nate McMillan, Jameer Nelson, Marcin Gortat, Stan Van Gundy, NBA Draft
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May 25, 2012
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May 25, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 23, 2012
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May 21, 2012
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May 21, 2012
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May 21, 2012
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