noreply@blogger.com (Basket)Sun, 6 Oct 2024 20:52:37 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com13125http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/en-usnonoreply@blogger.comhttp://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/celtics-stuck-on-number-they-cant.htmlBasketballNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Wed, 9 Jun 2010 06:44:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-8479121251731334253Not by any of those unfortunate enough to meet a Phil Jackson team in the postseason. Certainly not by the Boston Celtics.They'll be reminded about it every time someone puts a microphone in their face over the next few days. They'll think about it as they ride to the Staples Center on Sunday for a Game 2 that suddenly doesn't seem nearly so interesting anymore. 47-0. A number so daunting 1http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/wolves-jefferson-pleads-on-dwi-charge.htmlBasketballnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Sat, 29 May 2010 01:28:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-3759279575760015992Minnesota Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson will serve two years probation as part of his sentence for driving drunk.Jefferson pleaded guilty Thursday to fourth-degree driving while impaired. He was arrested Feb. 28 near downtown Minneapolis a few hours after a home loss to Portland. Hennepin County District Judge Mel Dickstein ordered Jefferson to perform 40 hours of community service and0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/magic-look-to-put-pressure-on-celtics.htmlBasketballNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Wed, 26 May 2010 03:49:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-3755221694446177221The Philadelphia Flyers cap Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace has been wearing to support his hometown team might not be something Boston fans want to see.Especially now.More than a week after the Bruins blew an 0-3 series lead to the Flyers, the Celtics are getting an unwanted trip back to Orlando. They'll try to close out the Magic again Wednesday night or put a city that knows all too 0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/stoudemire-responds-leads-suns-past.htmlBasketballnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Mon, 24 May 2010 08:41:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-5665403465769606740Amare Stoudemire had been criticized for just about everything: his defense, his rebounding, even his desire.The Phoenix forward listened calmly all week, then responded with a monster game. Stoudemire attacked the Los Angeles Lakers relentlessly, matching his career playoff high with 42 points and grabbing 11 rebounds to power the Suns to a 118-109 victory Sunday night. The win sliced the 0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/celtics-on-brink-of-nba-finals-after.htmlNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Mon, 24 May 2010 08:39:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-262175235842905384Rajon Rondo finished with 11 points and 12 assists as Boston moved a step closer to their second NBA finals berth in three years with a 94-71 thumping of Orlando Saturday.Rondo also had four steals and Glen Davis scored 17 points for the Celtics who have a commanding 3-0 series lead in their best-of-seven semi-final series against the Magic who barely put up a fight at TD Garden arena. "We 0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/stoudemire-scorches-lakers-as-suns-win.htmlBasketballnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Mon, 24 May 2010 08:35:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-168110510005081951The Phoenix Suns turned up the heat in the Western Conference finals by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 118-109 in Game Three on Sunday.Outgunned in the first two games of the series, the Phoenix defense stepped up while Amare Stoudemire delivered 42 points and 11 rebounds to help the Suns close the gap in the best-of-seven series to 2-1.Point guard Steve Nash put up 17 points and 15 assists0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/revoked-scholarships-surprise-college.htmlBasketballNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Mon, 24 May 2010 08:32:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-1258519970808107338After scoring just 22 points all season in mop-up duty, Missouri freshman forward Tyler Stone has no illusions of bolting college for the NBA after a single year.Instead, the 6-foot-7 Memphis native is a different sort of one-and-done: a college athlete leaving a school sooner than his family expected as a prized recruit takes over his scholarship."I can't see how a school can love him to 0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/dragon-enters-singapore-combat-cage.htmlBasketballnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Mon, 24 May 2010 08:25:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-2537269867884807175Fired up and furious, 'The Dragon' prowled the dressing room as the seconds ticked down toward his turn to fight in the cage.Fists, feet, elbows and knees thudded into the coach's training pads as Mitch Chilson worked up his fight sweat.His coaches and cornermen, eyes narrowed searching for flaws, looked on quietly, proudly, anxiously. They had invested much in Chilson. Walking away without0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/singapore-to-host-nba-basketball.htmlNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Fri, 21 May 2010 09:01:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-6885108609492878676NBA players will visit Singapore from June 28 through July 1 as part of the Basketball Without Borders program under a deal announced on Tuesday between the US league and the Singapore Sports Council.The NBA and world governing body FIBA use the Basketball Without Borders program to stress education and health and will visit Southeast Asia for the first time to work with 60 youth basketball0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/cleveland-fans-to-lebron-please-please.htmlNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Thu, 20 May 2010 08:56:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-8522227607704888784They're saying it on billboards, in song, in letters, in petitions and more.Whatever the format, the message from Clevelanders is the same: Dear LeBron James, please don't go. Please please please don't go.This hard-luck city on the shores of Lake Erie is desperately trying to show its NBA superstar that, with free agency looming July 1, the best spot for him is right up the road from his 0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/stern-excited-about-playoffs-but.htmlNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Wed, 19 May 2010 08:41:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-4187031700853870428NBA commissioner David Stern says the excitement surrounding free agency might force him to hide in his office until players such as LeBron James decide where to play next season.James could lead one of the deepest free agent classes in years, with Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire all eligible to walk.With politicians and fans already making their pleas and pitches, Stern knows0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/howard-frustrated-by-celtics-in-game-1.htmlBasketballnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Tue, 18 May 2010 08:48:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-1424420915463355445Dwight Howard knew what the Boston Celtics had planned. Whenever he got the ball in the post, someone was going to hit him, bump him, push him, do whatever it took to keep him from getting into rhythm.It wasn't a new approach.The Celtics simply do it better than just about everyone else.Howard made only 3 of his 10 shots from the floor Sunday, continuing what's been a yearlong offensive 0http://topbasketballnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/suns-smirk-at-jacksons-traveling.htmlNBAnoreply@blogger.com (Basket)Sun, 16 May 2010 08:53:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355226856270282609.post-3168435035381248336The Phoenix Suns have reacted with a collective smirk to Phil Jackson's suggestion that Steve Nash travels with the basketball.Nash even had a subtle retort worthy of Jackson himself."It's news to me. I'm fortunate. I don't know if I've been called for a carry yet," he said after the Suns practiced Saturday, then he added straight-faced: "I've never heard anyone accuse me of carrying it. I 0