The Miami Heat’s LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Jan. 2, through Sunday, Jan. 8. James helped the Heat to …
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USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, named the 20 finalists for the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team today. The team consisted of eight of the players that featured in the 2008 Olympic team that won the gold medal, 10 players of …
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ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Johnson scored 25 points, Ivan Johnson hit the clinching free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Hawks rallied from 18 points down to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 93-91 on Saturday night. Kevin Love missed …
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Twelve games into this hectic, compressed 66-game NBA season and alarm bells are ringing in New York. And Mike D’Antoni, once the NBA’s anointed modern-day Guru of Go thanks to the Steve Nash-powered ‘Seven Seconds or Less’ product he oversaw …
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Carpe Diem. Or “seize the day, putting as little trust as possible in the future.” That’s Kobe Bryant’s motto. And to this day, it’s still the driving force behind what makes him one of the greatest to ever set foot …
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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers drives in for a basket against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Staples Center on January 13, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 42 points in his third straight …
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dwight Howard broke Wilt Chamberlain’s nearly 50-year-old NBA record for most free throw attempts in a game, making 21 of 39 in the Orlando Magic’s 117-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night. The …
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