NBA finals feature record nine non-US players
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A record nine international players will take part in the best-of-seven National Basketball Association Finals, which will be televised to 205 nations in 46 languages starting here Thursday.
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New talk of adding European teams to the National Basketball Association within a decade has some appeal to the league's European stars, but they want to see the details.
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Gilbert Arenas set a franchise record with 60 points, 16 of them in overtime, to lead the Washington Wizards to a 147-141 victory over Kobe Bryant and the Lakers last night in Los Angeles.
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The New York Liberty has overcome injuries to key players, a coaching change and a switch in home arenas to reach the Eastern Conference finals with only nine active players.
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A confident American team enters the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship on an impressive run but some familiar faces are blocking the US path to reclaiming the global throne.
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By James Walker, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 9--CLEVELAND -- Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell never worried about jersey sales.   Magic Johnson and Larry Bird didn't compete for fans in China and Japan.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio  - LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 9,000 career points in helping the Cleveland Cavaliers edge the Milwaukee Bucks 104-99 in double overtime on Monday.
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Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett and Chinese center Yao Ming remain the top vote-getters overall and among non-US players in National Basketball Association All-Star Game voting totals announced Thursday.
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The versatile 39-year-old forward won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls between 1991 and 1998, playing alongside legendary shooting guard Michael Jordan.
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Scottie Pippen announced his retirement from the Chicago Bulls, the team he and Michael Jordan led to six NBA titles in the 1990s.
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The Houston Rockets' Yao Ming, helped by the ability of fans to cast votes on the NBA's multi-lingual website, received a record total of 2.56 million votes for the 54th All-Star Game.
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Chris Paul, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire head the list of seven reserves added to the Western Conference team for the NBA all-star game, the league announced Thursday.
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Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups are expected to be linchpins of USA Basketballâs next team, which begins Olympic qualifying in Las Vegas on Aug. 22.
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LeBron James became the  youngest player in NBA history to score 9,000 career points in  helping the Cleveland Cavaliers edge the Milwaukee Bucks 104-99  in double overtime on Monday.
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The Seattle SuperSonics have the Sacramento Kings' number.
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Kevin Garnett and LeBron James lead the way among voters for the National Basketball All-Star Game in balloting announced Thursday while Chinese center Yao Ming sets the pace among non-US players.
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The NBA has come to booming, basketball-crazy China &#151; but it doesn't expect to make any money soon. The league flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China, featuring the Houston Rockets &#151; with Chinese-born star Yao Ming &#151; and the Sacramento Kings.