Practice makes Marbury near perfect
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No, not by hopping the next flight out of Athens, which was what all the US men&#39;s basketball players no doubt felt like doing after shooting bricks and playing like strangers in their miserable first week of the Olympics.
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Jamal Crawford scored 30 points, Stephon Marbury had 15 assists and Tim Thomas scored 17 to lead New York past Toronto on Saturday.
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Two weeks after the death of his father, and one week after taking bereavement leave from the Knicks for the second time, Stephon Marbury practiced with the team and will play Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
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Scoring is nice. So are defense, consistency, and staying in games. But not if they're coming in losing efforts.
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Jamal Crawford scored 30 points, Stephon Marbury had 18 points and 15 assists and Tim Thomas scored 17 to lead the New York Knicks to a 108-102 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Saturday.
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It&#39;s been almost one year since Stephon Marbury arrived in New York and former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy was touting the combination of Marbury and Allan Houston as the NBA&#39;s premier backcourt.
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Already there are tales of Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford finishing each other&#39;s sentences. The energetic backcourt tandem officially began trading phone calls when
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For long stretches on Saturday, the Hoyas flashed the poised and precise attack that should make them a national-championship contender.
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When Andre Miller led the NBA with 10.9 assists a game in 2001-02, he had the first stamp of success required to enter the league&#39;s pantheon of premier point guards.
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These are the kind of performances from their developing nucleus that give the Philadelphia 76ers optimism for the future. Andre Miller smartly and unselfishly leading the offense. Samuel Dalembert racking up a double-double. Andre Iguodala dunking and driving toward another 20-point game.
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Roy Hibbert had a big game at the other end of the court.
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New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury was asked yesterday if his club had done anything special to try to keep Raptors guard Vince Carter in check.
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Greg Oden's first collegiate start was almost perfect.
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New York Knicks&#39; Stephon Marbury scores in the second quarter against the Orlando Magic in Orlando, Fla. Monday, Dec. 27, 2004.
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Stephon Marbury keyed a fourth quarter run to help the United States beat Spain 102-94 in the quarter-finals of the men&#39;s Olympic basketball tournament on Thursday.
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Jamal Crawford had been practising crazy shots over and over again recently, preparing himself for the opportunity to make a game-winning basket.
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By dominating the Cleveland Cavaliers through two games of the N.B.A. finals, the San Antonio Spurs are again setting the standard for precision, dedication and teamwork.