Archive for December, 2009

Injury-riddled Blazers lose center for rest of season

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

Trail Blazers center Joel Przybilla is out for the season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured right patella tendon. Przybilla hurt his leg during Portlands 85-81 victory at Dallas on Tuesday night. He went up for a rebound and came ...

NBA Capsules

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

SACRAMENTO, Calif -LeBron James had 34 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers held the Sacramento Kings scoreless in overtime to pick up a 117-104 win Wednesday night. Zydrunas Ilgauskas hit three 3-pointers in the extra session ...

Wizards almost shut out on offensive boards

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

The Washington Wizards almost became the second team in NBA history to fail to grab an offensive rebound since the stat began being kept in 1973. In Wednesday nights game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Washington finally got its only offensive board ...

Down 35, Kings rally past Bulls

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

The buzzer sounded, the 35-point comeback was complete and both the ecstatic Sacramento Kings and the stunned Chicago Bulls had trouble describing what had just happened. Wow! All I can say is, Wow! Tyreke Evans said after dominating down the stretch ...

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Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

MIAMI -Dwyane Wade had 25 points and seven assists, Michael Beasley added 22 points and the Miami Heat were in control throughout an easy 104-86 victory over the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic on Thursday night. Dorell Wright and Quentin Richardson ...

Wade, Heat beat Magic again

Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

Dwyane Wade emerged from the training room wearing a black robe and with a thick bag of ice strapped to his aching right wrist. Its all right now, Wade said. Unlikely as it seemed a few days ago, so are the Miami ...

Warriors center Moore to have heel surgery

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

Golden State Warriors center Mikki Moore will be sidelined indefinitely with bone spurs in his right heel. The team announced the injury Wednesday and said Moore will have surgery later this week. The team says it will have more details about ...

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Sunday, December 13th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CHICAGO -Rajon Rondo had 16 points and 14 assists, and the Boston Celtics won their 10th straight, beating the struggling Chicago Bulls 106-80 on Saturday. Rasheed Wallace and Eddie House scored 15 apiece, Kevin Garnett added 12 points and 10 ...

Knicks 93, Trail Blazers 84

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

The Portland Trail Blazers came to New York without their franchise center and coach, both forced to have surgery a day apart in the same city. That doesnt mean they showed up with no hope. Larry Hughes scored 21 points, David Lee ...

Still coming up short

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

After the Warriors 104-88 loss to Oklahoma City on Monday night at the Ford Center, Monta Ellis ambled out of the shower, sat at his locker and blankly stared at nothing in particular for a full minute. I was just ...