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'Melo out 3 weeks with broken hand (AP)
Yahoo NBA - 3 hours 1 min ago
Denver Nuggets All-Star Carmelo Anthony will miss at least three weeks with a broken bone in his shooting hand -- but won't need surgery. The team said Tuesday that Anthony will be fitted for a removable splint after breaking a bone in his right hand in a victory over the Indiana Pacers the night before.
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Suns release PG Dee Brown (AP)
Yahoo NBA - 6 hours 8 min ago
The Phoenix Suns have released Dee Brown less than two weeks after signing him to fill the team's need for a backup point guard. Brown appeared in two games for Phoenix and averaged 2.5 points and 1.5 assists. Brown was signed by the Suns on Dec. 24 after appearing in 17 games with the Washington Wizards to begin the season.
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Nuggets G Smith to appear in NJ court (AP)
Yahoo NBA - 9 hours 22 min ago
Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith is due to appear in a New Jersey municipal court next week to face traffic summonses stemming from a car crash that killed a friend in 2007. A Monmouth County grand jury in October declined to indict the New Jersey native on vehicular homicide charges that could have carried a jail term.
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Millsap, Williams lead Jazz by Warriors (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Tue, 01/06/2009 - 02:09
Paul Millsap is helping the Utah Jazz get by without Carlos Boozer. Millsap scored 19 points and had 14 rebounds to lead the Jazz to a 119-114 victory over the Warriors on Monday night. It was his 18th consecutive double-double in place of Boozer, who has missed 23 straight games since injuring his left knee on Nov.
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Redd, Villanueva help Bucks top Raptors (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:56
Charlie Villanueva thought any win the Milwaukee Bucks could get without Andrew Bogut would be big. This one was Villanueva's first. Michael Redd scored a season-high 35 points and Villanueva added 13 of his 25 in the fourth quarter Monday night, leading Milwaukee to its first victory without Bogut in 21 months, 107-97 over the Toronto Raptors.
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Nets hand Kings 11th straight road loss (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:11
With leading scorer Devin Harris sidelined in the second half, the New Jersey Nets turned to Vince Carter and couple of other things that have not been as reliable -- Yi Jianlian and defense. Carter scored 29 points, Yi added 22 points and a season-high 13 rebounds and the Nets limited Sacramento to 36 second-half points in handing the Kings their 11th straight road loss, 98-90 on Monday night.
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Spurs use strong 4th to beat Heat 91-84 (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:02
The circus comes to Miami this week, so it seemed appropriate for the Heat to force the San Antonio Spurs into walking the proverbial tightrope. For the surging Southwest Division leaders, it wasn't a problem. Tim Duncan scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and the Spurs trailed for only one possession in a nip-and-tuck 91-84 win over the Heat on Monday night, San Antonio's 14th victory in...
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Wizards jab at LeBron for 'crab dribble' (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 21:03
Add LeBron James' "crab dribble" to the lengthy list of talking points in the Cavaliers-Wizards rivalry. "I'll have to check in my book to see what a 'crab dribble' is. I'm not quite sure," Washington interim coach Ed Tapscott said with a smile Monday. "I do know that we don't seem to get away with very many of them, whatever they are." James and the rest of the Cavaliers were given Monday off by...
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Suns G Richardson facing DUI charges (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 20:32
Suns guard Jason Richardson is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol in an American Indian tribal community in metropolitan Phoenix. A citation filed in court says the ex-Michigan State star was stopped by a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community police officer in the early morning of Dec.
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Antoine Walker arrested on DUI suspicion (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 14:57
Former NBA player Antoine Walker was charged with suspicion of drunk driving in Miami Beach early Monday morning, further hurting his chances of playing again this season. Walker was driving a black Mercedes without the lights on when he was pulled over at 5:39 a.m., according to the arrest report. Officers detected a strong odor of alcohol and wrote in the report that Walker had a sleepy look on...
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Bryant scores 40 as Lakers beat Jazz (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 03:09
Sure, Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, but it was Trevor Ariza's quick hands that saved the Los Angeles Lakers. Ariza came up with two of his season-high five steals in the last 2:22 and scored two fast-break baskets to help the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 113-100 Friday night for their fifth straight win and 17th in 18 home games.
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Hornets win fourth straight, top Blazers (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 02:22
The New Orleans Hornets didn't unravel after Tyson Chandler was kicked out. Instead, they regrouped. David West had 25 points, Chris Paul added 17 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds and the Hornets beat the stunned Portland Trail Blazers 92-77 on Friday night. West and Paul teamed to lead New Orleans' rally, with the Hornets outscoring Portland 41-19 in the final 15 minutes for their fourth...
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Mavs close strong, win 96-86 over 76ers (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 01:08
The Dallas Mavericks are good at finishing. Now they must figure out how to get off to better starts. Dirk Nowitzki had a 16-point fourth quarter and scored 31 points, Jason Terry added 21 and the Mavericks rallied from another deficit for a 96-86 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. Erick Dampier had 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Mavericks, who've won six of seven and were...
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Anthony's late 3 gets Nuggets by Thunder (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 00:56
Kevin Durant had just made a clutch 3-pointer over Carmelo Anthony with 2.7 seconds left, putting the Oklahoma City Thunder on the verge of an unexpected victory over the Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets. Then friend Carmelo Anthony upstaged him. Anthony took the ensuing inbounds pass from Kenyon Martin and answered with a 3-pointer of his own from the corner with 0.1 seconds left, capping...
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Stuckey's 38 help Pistons push run to 6 (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 00:40
Rodney Stuckey knew he wasn't going to get much help. He didn't need it. Stuckey scored 13 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter, and the undermanned Detroit Pistons won their sixth straight game with a 98-92 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. "I knew going in that I was going to have to play a lot of minutes and score a lot of points," Stuckey said.
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Pierce nearly perfect as Celtics cruise (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 00:23
Road-weary Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics couldn't miss on their comfortable homecourt. Especially against the lowly Washington Wizards. Behind Pierce's 26 points and nearly perfect shooting, the team with the best record in the NBA roared back from a rough road trip and beat the team with the worst record in the Eastern Conference 108-83 on Friday night.
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Nets' Carter's 3 beats OT buzzer, Hawks (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 00:21
Vince Carter added another buzzer beater to his resume, and this one was from really long range. Carter ran down a tipped inbounds pass in the backcourt and hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer from about 10 feet behind the arc and the New Jersey Nets rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit to beat Atlanta 93-91 on Friday night, ending the Hawks' six-game winning streak.
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Cavs go 17-0 at home behind LeBron (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Sat, 01/03/2009 - 00:11
The Cleveland Cavaliers weren't about to follow one big loss with another one. Anderson Varejao scored a career-high 26 points -- the majority of them off passes from LeBron James -- and James had a triple-double as the Cavaliers stayed unbeaten on their floor with a 117-92 win Friday night over the Chicago Bulls after learning center Zydrunas Ilgauskas will miss a month with a fractured bone in...
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Magic win 10th straight vs. Heat, 86-76 (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 23:57
Dwyane Wade scored when he wanted to Friday night, until the Miami Heat needed him most. Wade, who had 33 points in the first three quarters, was double-teamed in the final quarter and missed all three of his shots, allowing the Orlando Magic to pull away for an 86-76 victory. Rashard Lewis had 17 points and Jameer Nelson scored 16 for Orlando, which has won nine-straight home games.
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Raptors snap 3-game skid, beat Rockets (AP)
Yahoo NBA - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 23:43
The Houston Rockets didn't feel much like winners after grinding out a four-point home victory on Wednesday. They were surefire losers in Toronto on Friday night. Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani each scored 19 points and the Raptors snapped a three-game losing streak with an emphatic 94-73 victory over the Rockets, handing Houston its fourth defeat in six games.
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