'Boobie' prize: NBA Finals
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CLEVELAND -- Daniel Gibson will never, ever have to worry about getting a table at this city's hottest restaurant. A phone call will get him a seat on the 50-yard line at Browns Stadium or backstage passes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. After what he did last night, he might even give the sainted LeBron ...
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DENVER (Ticker) - Power forward Nene, who led Brazil to a bronze medal in the Goodwill Games in 2001, will have through at least the 2005-06 season to help the Denver Nuggets contend for an NBA title.
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SAN ANTONIO -- The drumbeat continues for Boobie. It's not as if Daniel "Boobie" Gibson is buried on the Cavaliers' bench. He played more minutes than three starters in Game 1 and outscored all of his teammates, including LeBron James . But with Larry Hughes struggling, Cavs coach Mike Brown may have to make a decision about giving his rookie ...
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The Uefa president gets up to a lot more than we thought according to your efforts. This week's lucky winner is David Squires, who wins a Â£100 bet with BlueSquare. Second prize, Carlton Books's The England Cricket Miscellany, goes to John O'Reilly. Next week we want to see your takes on Lord Coe's Olympic logo shenanigans. Send them to gallery@guardian.co.uk by 6pm on Tuesday June 12 as a jpeg or gif, complete with a TITLE and CAPTION. Anybody who forgets will be made to listen to Sir Alex Ferguson's iPod.
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At the Jazz and Laker game, I realized there was something noticeably absent from the rafters. No, not the name of a waste management company, we have one of those. It was Adrian Dantley's retired jersey.
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Winning the NBA title in dominating fashion apparently earns you the respect of one-third of your peers. The results of the league&#39;s annual survey of its 30 general managers was released last week, and 33% of
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Carmelo Anthony found out yesterday the price of a sucker punch. His coach, George Karl, found out yesterday the price for rubbing it in to someone who was mean to his friend. The cost? Let's just say the NBA can dramatically upgrade the hors d'oeuvres at the office holiday party thanks to the impending (and mandatory) donations from the Denver ...
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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 NBA finals continue to draw far fewer viewers than last year.
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Bostonâs Kevin Garnett, the most valuable player of the 2003 All-Star Game, was the leading vote-getter for this seasonâs game with 2,399,148 votes, according to totals announced Thursday.
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Stephon Marbury no longer has Kevin Garnett as a teammate. He doesn&#39;t have Garnett&#39;s Most Valuable Player award or his playoff wins.
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Detroit Pistons celebrate their NBA championship after defeating Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the Finals. (AP Photo). By DEAN SCHABNER.
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Reigning league MVP Kevin Garnett has picked up where he left off last season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The same canât be said for the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons.
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CHARLOTTE -- To help fans forget the departure of the Hornets, the NBA brought Commissioner David Stern and rapper Nelly to Charlotte to roll out a red -- or orange -- carpet for the Bobcats.
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Bryon Russell has been to the playoffs every year but one and has played in the NBA Finals three times. It's just the kind of experience the Denver Nuggets could use.
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A select group of sports fans will watch the National Basketball Association All-Star game on Sunday in the first-ever live high-definition 3D sports telecast that NBA officials hope will create a buzz about profiting from the new technology.
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You'll be hard pressed to find anyone down here who thinks the NBA Finals is anything more than a preordained coronation for the Spurs. There already are Spurs championship T-shirts for sale in a shop on Commerce Street. Las Vegas has made the three-time champions 5-1 to make it four. The Cavaliers, who were 2-0 against the ...