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| Heat pay a visit to lowly Nets |
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03/22/2010 |
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| () - The Miami Heat aim to take another step towards seizing a playoff berth in tonight's game against a New Jersey Nets team hoping to avoid getting closer to setting a dubious NBA record when it takes the IZOD Center court this evening. Miami will enter the Meadowlands holding the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference and moved into that spot with Saturday's 77-71 victory over visiting Charlotte. The win pushed the Heat a half-game ahead of the Bobcats in the standings, with Toronto lurking onl |
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| Raptors cut down Nets |
NBA Basketball |
03/21/2010 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ () - Chris Bosh poured in 23 of his 36 points in the second half and Toronto continued its push for a playoff spot with a 100-90 victory over the New Jersey Nets. Bosh went 10-of-14 from the field over the final 24 minutes to help the Raptors win for just the second time in their last eight games. Jarrett Jack had 15 points, Hedo Turkoglu 13 and Antoine Wright 11 for the Raptors, who lead Chicago by 2 1/2 games for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. "I was tryi |
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| Raptors guard Marco Belinelli out with sore back |
NBA Basketball |
03/20/2010 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Toronto backup guard Marco Belinelli was a late scratch for the Raptors' game against the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night because of a sore lower back. The Raptors didn't make the announcement until roughly 45 minutes before game time. Belinelli is averaging 7.6 points in 57 games. Guard Antoine Wright, who missed the Raptors' last two games with a sore right ankle, returned to the lineup.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information con |
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| Raptors make a stop in New Jersey |
NBA Basketball |
03/20/2010 |
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| () - The Toronto Raptors are clinging to the eighth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference, and hope to stay there when they open a short trip Saturday against the New Jersey Nets at the IZOD Center. The Raptors will also visit Minnesota and are 10-23 away from Canada this season. They are currently 2 1/2 games ahead of Chicago, which has dropped 10 in a row to hamper its playoff chances. Toronto has lost six of seven and 10 of its last 12 games, including Friday's 115-89 setback ve |
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| Nets' Harris and Yi expected back Saturday |
NBA Basketball |
03/19/2010 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Point guard Devin Harris and power forward Yi Jianlian are returning to the New Jersey Nets lineup in a bid to help the team avoid the worst record in NBA history. Harris and Yi practiced on Friday and both said they would play for the Nets (7-61) on Saturday against the Toronto Raptors at the Izod Center. The Nets need to win three of their final 14 games to avoid tying or breaking the league's record for single-season futility, a 9-73 mark set by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1 |
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| Knicks and Sixers meet for second time this week |
NBA Basketball |
03/19/2010 |
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| uare Garden, including a hard-fought 141-127 overtime decision on October 31. Monday's setback to the Knicks had extended the 76ers' losing streak to five games, a slide the club was able to snap with Wednesday's 108-97 home victory over the hapless New Jersey Nets. The triumph was only Philadelphia's second in its last 12 overall outings. Andre Iguodala netted 20 points and dished out eight assists for the Sixers, who jumped out to a 33-22 advantage after one quarter and led the rest of the way. The advantage |
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| Basement brawl: Woeful Nets visit lowly Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
03/17/2010 |
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| () - The bottom two teams of the Atlantic Division will go head- to-head for the final time of the 2009-10 campaign this evening at the Wachovia Center, where the homestanding 76ers aim for a season sweep of the dismal New Jersey Nets. Both clubs enter tonight's clash mired in five-game losing streaks, with the Sixers suffering their 10th defeat in 11 outings with Monday's 94-84 home setback to the New York Knicks. Philadelphia saw an 11-point halftime lead evaporate in their latest loss after b |
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| Hawks rout Nets in New Jersey |
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03/16/2010 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ () - Jamal Crawford led all scorers with 25 points, as the Atlanta Hawks handed the New Jersey Nets yet another loss, this time a 108-84 defeat at the IZOD Center. Both Al Horford and Marvin Williams added 15 for the Hawks, who won for just the second time in their last 16 games in New Jersey. Horford also grabbed 11 rebounds and Maurice Evans chipped in with 12 points off the bench as the Hawks won their third game in a row. "I thought we were pretty good defensively as well |
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| Hawks visit lowly Nets |
NBA Basketball |
03/16/2010 |
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| () - The Atlanta Hawks will hit the road for two straight games starting with tonight's showdown against the lowly New Jersey Nets at the IZOD Center. Atlanta will visit Toronto as well and is 16-16 as the guest this season. It is currently third in the Eastern Conference standings, just a half-game ahead of Boston, and has won two straight and eight of the last 11 games. In a 112-99 victory versus Detroit on Saturday from Philips Arena, Joe Johnson finished with 26 points and Josh Smith added 1 |
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| Jazz visit Thunder in key Western Conference matchup |
NBA Basketball |
03/14/2010 |
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| is expected to play for Utah, which hasn't lost back-to-back games since a three-game losing streak from Dec. 31-Jan. 4. The Thunder, meanwhile, were a bit lackadaisical in their last affair but came out on top of a 104-102 decision over the hapless New Jersey Nets on Friday. Kevin Durant poured in 32 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in that one. Durant's 30-point game was his 36th this season, breaking Spencer Haywood's franchise mark set from the 1972-73 season. Jeff Green had a season-high 27 points to go |
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