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Trail Blazers: Nice stretch of wins, but upon further review...; news, notes and links
Behind The Blazers Beat | Oregonian — Blazers taking advantage of soft part of schedule
Portland Trail Blazers 13 mins agoCeltics laugh at the Lakers
Locker Talk | Orange County Register — Boston coach Doc Rivers wanted to motivate his team, so he found an newspaper article that described the team’s woes, and how the writer said “based on their current attitude and work ethic, the home team wasn’t “a championship team.’’ Rivers seemingly was desperate after another embarrassing loss and the story seemed to do just that. The players [...]Celtics laugh at the Lakers is a post from: Lakers blog
Los Angeles Lakers 50 mins agoUp next for Clippers: Monday vs. New Orleans
Los Angeles Times — The Clippers have lost 12 straight games to the Hornets, including three this season. The Clippers have lost 12 straight games to the Hornets, including three this season.
Los Angeles Clippers 4 hours agoEvans' roll continues as he leads Kings over Minnesota
Sacramento Bee — Tyreke Evans leaps to the rim in front of the Minnesota Timberwolves' Nathan Jawai.Two of the five Evans brothers stood outside the Kings' locker room Sunday night at Arco Arena. While Tyreke got dressed inside and answered questions about his near triple double in the Kings' 114-100 win over Minnesota, Reggie and Doc waited for the CEO of Blueprint Inc. while chatting with Timberwolves rookie Jonny Flynn. For anyone who was watching closely in June before the Kings drafted Evans fourth overall out of the University of Memphis, this moment was a fitting time to reflect on what could have b...
Sacramento Kings 5 hours agoKings notes: Kahn on the road to boost T-wolves
Sacramento Bee — David Kahn knew it wouldn't be easy, for him or anyone else affiliated with these young and inexperienced Minnesota Timberwolves. So the team's president of basketball operations decided to take the unorthodox approach in his first season on the job. While most front-office types attend only a handful of road games during the course of the season, he has been a road regular. The motive, Kahn said, was to join forces with first-year coach Kurt Rambis and his players for a season that all involved knew would test their wills. "It would have been especially hard on (Rambis), coming from the La...
Sacramento Kings 5 hours agoKings: Week ahead
Sacramento Bee — A look at the Kings' opponents this week: Today vs. Thunder Time: 6 p.m. TV: CSNCA. The skinny: No other team exemplifies building through the draft like Oklahoma City. It doesn't hurt that the Thunder used the second pick in the 2007 NBA draft to select Kevin Durant after Portland took Greg Oden. But don't overlook Russell Westbrook's development at point guard. He's shown he can be a playmaker. Tuesday at Trail Blazers Time: 7 p.m. TV: CSNCA. The skinny: Nate McMillan's name doesn't get mentioned much for Coach of the Year, but it should. The Blazers remain in playoff contention despite inj...
Sacramento Kings 5 hours agoUp next for the Lakers: Monday at Golden State
Los Angeles Times — The Lakers' victories over the Warriors this season have been by an average of 16.3 points. Lakers Tonight
Los Angeles Lakers 5 hours agoCarter provides key role for Nuggets
Denver Post — Most point guards Anthony Carter's age are no longer point guards. They're assistant coaches or yachters or car dealers.
Denver Nuggets 6 hours agoEvans just misses another triple-double as Kings beat Timberwolves
St. Paul Pioneer Press — SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Heading into the fourth quarter with a 33-point lead and victory nearly assured, the biggest drama remaining for the Sacramento Kings was whether Tyreke Evans would get his second triple-double in five days.
Minnesota Timberwolves 6 hours agoRookie Tyreke Evans schools Timberwolves as Sacramento rolls
St. Paul Pioneer Press — SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Heading into the fourth quarter with a 33-point lead and victory all but assured, the biggest drama remaining for the Sacramento Kings was whether Tyreke Evans would get his second triple-double in five days.
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- A.M. Cleveland Cavaliers Links: Wild Thing; Former teammate; Role reversal Plain Dealer Scott Shaw/The Plain DealerAnderson Varejao Anderson Varejao is a thorn in the side of many opposing teams, especially the Boston Celtics. For the second straight game against the Celtics, Varejao had his way on back cuts and offensive rebounds. He...
- The Browns making deals; the Cavaliers beat the Celtics; and the madness begins - Cleveland Sports Blog Network Plain Dealer The Browns and Cavaliers were both busy yesterday. Cleveland's sports bloggers broke everything down from the win over Boston to the trades of Brady Quinn and Kamerion Wimbley.
- Doug will return Doug Smith's Toronto Raptors Blog | Toronto Star A late game and an early flight mean that Doug Smith won't be able to do his usual post this morning. He'll be back soon. -Star.com editors
- Monday's Charlotte Bobcats links Inside the NBA | Charlotte Observer Monday's Charlotte Bobcats links: Bobcats, Jackson beat Magic / Charlotte Observer Biggest win of the season / Charlotte Observer Observations: Felton snookers Superman / Charlotte Observer Scott Says: Five things I liked about win / Charlotte Observer Photo gallery /...
- Vote: What’s the best team in the NBA? Magic BasketBlog | Orlando Sentinel The Dallas Mavericks’ 13-game winning streak snapped against New York this weekend. Orlando’s eight-game winning streak stopped last night against the Charlotte Bobcats. In fact, the Bobcats have beaten the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers recently as well. Cleveland and Los Angeles lead their respective conferences with Orlando and Denver behind them. The race for second is [...]
- Washburn: Is boredom an excuse? Celtics Blog | Boston Globe The Globe's Gary Washburn says there's no reason to believe the Celtics can turn it on once the playoffs come around.
- Fantasy: Top Shooting Guards 2009-10 Hoops World HOOPSWORLD's own resident fantasy guru Tommy Beer provided a position-by-position breakdown of the NBA's top performers right before the start of the season, as well as compiling an overall TOP 100 Fantasy list . With fantasy playoffs in sight, we wanted to take a look at those preseason predictions by comparing each player's current cumulative rank to their preseason placing. This will be interesting to examine – we can pat Tommy on the back for those on-the-money predictions, and we'll try hard not to hold him personally responsible for any off-the-mark rankings he made (unles...
- Week 21 Fantasy Basketball Planner CBS Sports The playoffs get under way in most Head-to-Head Fantasy Hoops leagues this week. Will owners be able to count on Chicago's Derrick Rose? That's just one topic that our Sergio Gonzalez tackles in his latest Fantasy Planner. foo
- Forecaster: March Madness, NBA style ESPN Neil Tardy previews Week 21 in fantasy basketball, and wonders who will be the surprise player to emerge in March.
- Working the Wire: Cheap pickups for keeper leagues ESPN Josh Whitling highlights players who could be picked up for cheap in many leagues now but could be a major contributor next season.
- Full-strength Lakers a Fantasy headache CBS Sports Now that the Lakers seem healthy for one of the few times this season, some of their regular Fantasy contributors have taken a step back. Our Jamey Eisenberg advises owners on what to do with Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum and others down the stretch.
- Waiver Wire: Birdman set to take flight? CBS Sports Chris Andersen is filling the Kenyon Martin void in Denver. Can he help you fill a void in your Fantasy lineup? Our Sergio Gonzalez touches on that and the up-and-down values of both T.J. Ford and Delonte West in his Playing the Waiver Wire.