Cavaliers star LeBron James is tired of watching basketball and ready to start playing again. James missed two games after twisting his right ankle last Friday against Detroit, but is likely to play at Philadelphia on Friday night. "I'm always a guy who wants to play every game, but I think now looking back it was definitely the right decision to give the injuries I had some rest,"...
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:01:30 PST]
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Miami Beach police say Heat forward Dorell Wright has been charged with DUI and driving with a suspended license. Wright was stopped around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, then booked. Bond was set at $1,000, according to Miami-Dade County corrections officials. The team did not have an immediate comment, and Wright did not return a message left on his cell phone Thursday afternoon.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:27 PST]
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Officials broke ground Thursday on a much-delayed 22-acre development project that will bring the NBA's New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn. As protesters chanted and staged a mock funeral for the "soul" of Brooklyn, supporters enjoyed a lavish spread catered by developer Bruce Ratner. "Today is a great day for Brooklyn and for the soul of Brooklyn, which is very much alive," said...
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:21 PST]
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Top scorer Dirk Nowitzki was struggling, and the Dallas Mavericks needed points from other sources. Jason Kidd, Caron Butler, rookie Roddy Beaubois and Shawn Marion picked up the slack. Kidd had 20 points and nine assists, hitting 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and the Mavericks recovered from a lethargic start to match the NBA's longest winning streak this season with their 13th straight victory,...

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:54:42 PST]
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The Memphis Grizzlies keep winning on the road. And now they're even beating Boston. Rudy Gay scored 28 points on Wednesday night to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory over the Celtics and give the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road win. The previous six were against non-contenders, but this was Memphis' first victory over the Celtics in seven tries.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:24:31 PST]
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Soaring through the air for a jaw-dropping, 360-dunk off an alley-oop pass, J.R. Smith showed everyone what teammate Chauncey Billups already knew -- the Denver Nuggets are so much more than a two-man team. Even though they held Billups and Carmelo Anthony in check for much of the game, the Minnesota Timberwolves were still powerless against a deeper and far more talented opponent.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:45:41 PST]
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Most NBA coaches would be thrilled by their team scoring 247 points in two nights, especially in consecutive road victories. Jerry Sloan, though, wasn't impressed. A night after putting up 132 points in a rout of Chicago, Sloan's Utah Jazz put on another offensive show, beating the Detroit Pistons 115-104 on Wednesday.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:15:42 PST]
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Rodney Stuckey doesn't know when he will play again, but he hopes it will be this season. Three doctors cleared Stuckey for exercise Wednesday after extensive cardiac tests. He collapsed on the bench during Friday's game at Cleveland and was taken away on a stretcher. He missed Sunday's game against Houston and will be out again Wednesday against Utah.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:42:30 PST]
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Since point guard Chris Paul went out with a knee injury, rookie Darren Collison has been able to duplicate the All-Star's production against just about anyone the New Orleans Hornets play. Just not the Oklahoma City Thunder. Kevin Durant scored 29 points, Russell Westbrook added 17 points and came up just shy of a triple-double, and the Thunder beat injury-depleted New Orleans 98-83 on...

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:51:44 PST]
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