Reading Rockets got their second defeat of the season in an intensive sport performance with a well organized, well motivated and aggressive Thunder team who rolled all the game throughout. The absence of Dave Titmuss, the head coach of the team, because of illness notable influenced the game. Assistant Matt Johnson was dreadfully dissatisfied with a poor display.
Paul Pierce had nineteen points and twelve assists. Kevin Garnett scored twenty-two points and the Celtics broke open a truly tight game in the 4th quarter to beat the
Jackson has signed a 2-year extention extension to coach the LA Lakers for about twelve million dollars a season. Phil Jackson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame earlier this year. On Wednesday, Jackson met with the Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss and said he was going to accept the offer, a raise from the 3-year contract for thirty million dollars he signed in 2005. Phil Jackson has dated Jerry Buss’ daughter Jeanie since September of 1999.
The SuperSonics could not find a way to counter Bryant, who scored thirty-five points in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 106-99 victory. Seattle has now lost eleven of their thirteen games this season, including their last 5 matches. Los Angeles used the SuperSonics’ futility to break their own 3-game losing streak. Odom scored twenty points for the Lakers, while Bynum added twelve points and ten rebounds, and Fisher scored fourteen points and eight assists.
Lebron James scored forty-five points yesterday, propelling the Cavaliers to a 97-86 victory over the Timberwolves. Lebron James also had 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Drew Gooden contributed seventeen points and 9 rebounds. The Timberwolves has lost 8 of 9 games this season. Jefferson had thirty points and 8 rebounds for Minnesota. Lebron James has scored at least forty points in twenty National Baseball Association games. He has hit thirty or even more in 5 straight matches against the Timberwolves.
Howard rode the Magic’s surprising success to the National Baseball Association’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week award. The 6-foot-11, 268-pound franchise center averaged 23.3 points and 13.3 rebounds last week as Orlando compiled 4 consecutive wins. It is already the 2nd time in Dwight Howard’s 3+year National Baseball Association career he’s won this award. Denver’s Allen Iverson won the NBA Western Conference award.
The Celtics won’t go undefeated this year. Howard scored twenty-four points, Lewis had twenty-two, and the Magic sent visiting
A big game from Howard yesterday night boosted the Mavericks to a 105-92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Josh Howard scored twenty-seven points and helped Dallas go on a 28-11 run to close the 1st period. That gave the Mavericks a 33-18 lead and San Antonio tried without success for the rest of the night to catch up. San Antonio came no closer than ten points during the final 3 periods, in this season’s 1st meeting of the powerful Southwest Division rivals
The Knicks fined Stephon Marbury over 180 thousand dollars after he blew off Tuesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns. According to the National Baseball Association’s collective bargaining agreement, players are docked 1/110th of their salaries for a missed match without any reasonable excuse. With Stephon Marbury scheduled to earn over 20 million dollars this year, that would be about $182,800. the player did not start in the New York Knicks’ 84-81 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, but he entered the match late in the 1st quarter and finished with thirteen points.
If the Seattle SuperSonics do not stop their losing streak that has already grew to 8 games after Tuesday’s 103-76 loss to the Orlando Magic, tonight in
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