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Dwight Howard Trade

March 15, 2012 by · Comments Off on Dwight Howard Trade 

Dwight Howard Trade, The final hours until Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET NBA trade deadline have disintegrated into complete chaos surrounding the future of Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard.

After Howard repeatedly changed his mind Wednesday on whether to sign a waiver for his contract’s early termination option for the 2012-13 season – he told Magic officials he would be back next season then told them later in the day he wouldn’t commit to signing the waiver, allowing him to enter free agency on July 1 – he delivered a late-night interview to a basketball website that incredibly reversed course again.

Howard told RealGM he would sign the paperwork for the waiver to remain with the Magic through the 2012-13 season and forgo free agency.

“Man, listen, you know my heart, my soul and everything I have is in Orlando,” Howard told RealGM. “I just can’t leave it behind.”

Howard also said in the interview that he had received “bad advice” in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline.

“I apologize for this circus I have caused to the fans of our city,” he said. “They didn’t deserve none of this.”

Lebron James Twitter

January 12, 2011 by · Comments Off on Lebron James Twitter 

Lebron James Twitter, (AP) – The Los Angeles Lakers were humiliated the Cleveland Cavaliers, while sending them straight to their doom 11, rolling to a 112-57 victory Tuesday night in their best defensive performance at the time clock.

Ron Artest and Andrew Bynum each scored 15 points, while Pau Gasol scored 13 points and 14 rebounds. Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom and Shannon Brown also scored 13 points for the NBA champion Lakers, who led worst team in the league by 32 points at halftime on the way to win their fifth consecutive year.

Alonzo Gee reserves scored 12 points and Ramon Sessions 10. Point total of Cleveland was a record by an opponent Lakers. The Cavs shot 30 percent, were outscored 52-28 in the paint and committed 19 turnovers in losing for the 21st time in their last 22 games. They fell to 8-30 overall, 3-18 on the road and 1-5 against the Western Conference.

Brown hit a 3-pointer from halfcourt just inside the end of the third quarter and the lead to 92-41 Los Angeles, the first time an NBA team led by three since the number after November 8, 2001, when Chicago was ahead of Minnesota.

Since the offseason departure of LeBron James, the Cavaliers went from a team playoff perennial to 7-3 against the Lakers in their previous 10 meetings of a team struggling with injuries and losses mounting.

And after their acrimonious split, James seems to delight in embarrassing the performance of his former team. Although not clear what he was referring to Twitter, it showed that while the game was getting out of hand: “Crazy Karma is ab….. Gets you every time it is not good to wish bad. Everyone. God sees everything! ”

The Cavs were without starting center Anderson Varejao, who tore his right ankle in a routine exercise conditioning. Also missing was missing Joey Graham (right quad strain), Daniel Gibson (sprained left ankle), Leon Powe (right torn meniscus) and Anthony Parker (lower back pressure).

Notes: The Lakers improved to 6-2 in the first game of back-to-back. They will visit Golden State on Wednesday. … Gibson joined the Cavs in Los Angeles and will continue rehabbing his sprained left ankle, as the team travels to Denver and Utah. … Lakers F Matt Barnes had surgery on a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee Tuesday morning. It should be available eight weeks. … Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, Medal of Honor recipient of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, made the ball at center court before the game.

Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Monta Ellis

December 26, 2010 by · Comments Off on Monta Ellis 

Monta Ellis, (AP) – Monta Ellis again made the Golden State Warriors return another victory.

Ellis had 39 points and the Warriors scored 11 straight to erase a deficit of six points in the fourth quarter and beat the Portland Trail Blazers 109-102 on Saturday night in their first home game for Christmas.

Ellis, who is third in the NBA in scoring at 26 points per game, has offset 119 points the last three games, the best part of the rating of his career.

“He’s our MVP,” Coach Keith Smart said. “He did the work that is necessary for a player like him who can do many things for a team. He’s our MVP and he moves in this select group of NBA players who play at a high level every night and that are what he does. ”

David Lee added 21 points and Dorell Wright scored five of his 16 during the decisive push to help the Warriors win games back-to-back for the first time since November 8 to 10.

After losing their first 17 games when trailing after three quarters, the Warriors overcame late deficits to win the last two games.

They did not have to dig us out of a deep hole as they did Tuesday night when they rallied from 16 points in the fourth quarter to beat the Sacramento Kings in overtime. But they still needed clutch plays late to snap Portland series of three consecutive victories.

“It’s really the mark of a good team,” said Lee. “We must find a way to win these games and grind some of these if you can win these gams is the difference of being a 35 or 40 -… team-win or win 50 games”

LaMarcus Aldridge gave the Blazers a lead of 97-91 with just over 5 minutes left and it looked like Portland was in position to win for the second consecutive time in Oakland after nine straight losses here.

But Wesley Matthews Ellis fouled on a 3-pointer on Start, Run Golden State. Ellis made all three free throws, and Wright hit a tying 3-pointer on the Warriors’ next possession. Wright then stole a pass from Rudy Fernandez and went the other way for a dunk that gave the Warriors their first lead of the quarter.

Reggie Williams ended the run with another 3-pointer that made 102-97. Ellis put the game away with a long jump, followed by theft and layup that gave the Warriors a lead of 106-99 1:04 to play.

The Blazers shot 31 percent in the fourth quarter, missed 10 straight shots on the ground in a key stretch.

“We got after,” said Ellis. “We played defense, contested every shot and did everything he needed to do to get this win because we needed it.”

Matthews led Portland with 25 points and added 18 Nicolas Batum. Aldridge scored 15 and Andre Miller had 12 points, 14 assists and seven rebounds.

“They had momentum on their side and they just ran with it,” said Aldridge, who missed a dunk in the fourth quarter. “We have to take care of the ball better. We do not mark but we have been turning more and they were short get easy shots on us. ”

The teams met for the second consecutive year Saturday night, after last week’s 96-95 victory by the Blazers in Portland when Ellis missed a potential game winner at the buzzer. Portland won the game despite the absence of injured starters Brandon Roy, Batum and Marcus Camby. Roy was the only one of these three steps back for this game, missed his fourth consecutive quarter with a left knee injury.

Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is back after missing six games with a sprained right ankle. Curry was more a host of shooting game, with 11 assists and only four points on 2-for-15 shooting.

It was a tight first half with neither team leading by more than five points at any time. Ellis alone kept the Warriors close, scoring 18 of his 24 points in the first half the second quarter. He scored a scintillating backhand of the left hand to cut the lead to 49-48 as the Portland fans chanted “MVP!” repeatedly at the end of the half.

He just missed a half court shot at the buzzer, shortly after Matthews gave a lead of 57-56 with a dunk Portland. This marked the fourth time this season, Ellis has scored at least 24 points in the first half – a mark reached only seven times by everyone in the NBA.

“He’s very aggressive,” Portland coach Nate McMillan said. “He can flat score. He fears nothing goes to the basket. When he has his shot going, it is very difficult to defend, and he had to start over. ”

Notes: Warriors’ 11th game this Christmas since moving West in 1962-63. They last played at Christmas in 1984 in Portland. … The Blazers fell to 14-3 on Christmas Day, including five victories against Golden State in 1977-84. … The warriors wore shoes with red socks green.

Copyright © 2010 the Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Steelers Vs Patriots

November 15, 2010 by · Comments Off on Steelers Vs Patriots 

Steelers Vs Patriots, (AFP) – Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes and scored once himself as New England bounced back from an embarrassing NFL defeat with a 39-26 victory over Pittsburgh.

The Patriots’ superstar quarterback on Sunday completed 30 of 43 passing attempts for 350 yards with no sacks or interceptions, and took his career total of touchdown passes against the Steelers to 14.

Brady engineered an opening 70-yard drive on New England’s first possession that ended with his 19-yard scoring pass to rookie Rob Gronkowski.

Gronkowski caught all three of Brady’s touchdown passes, including another that capped New England’s opening drive of the second half and gave the Patriots a 17-3 lead.

Brady, who had said he was embarrassed by his team’s 34-14 loss at Cleveland last week, was noticeably emotional, shouting during huddles and upbraiding teammates for penalties.

Brady connected with Gronkowski for a third time on a 25-yard toss that took the score to 36-18.

At 7-2, the Patriots share the American Conference’s best record with AFC East division rivals the New York Jets.

The Jets posted a 26-20 overtime victory over Cleveland. New York’s San Antonio Holmes scored on a 37-yard touchdown pass from Mark Sanchez with 16 seconds left in overtime

Buffalo captured their first victory of the season, their success coming at the expense of a Detroit team that set a record for on-the-road futility with a 25th straight away defeat.

Fred Jackson ran for a season-best 133 yards and scored twice in leading the Bills to a 14-12 victory over the Lions, who broke their own previous record for consecutive losses on the road of 24 — set from 2001-03.

Star Colts quarterback Peyton Manning failed to throw a touchdown pass for just the second time this season, but the Colts scored 13 points off five Cincinnati turnovers to beat the Bengals 23-17.

Kelvin Hayden returned an interception for a touchdown and Javarris James ran for his third touchdown in two weeks for the Colts, who improved to 6-3.

Miami snapped a five-game home losing streak, including three defeats this season, with a 29-17 victory over Tennessee.

The Dolphins prevailed despite injuries to starting quarterback Chad Pennington and backup Chad Henne, with third-stringer Tyler Thigpen left to seal the victory with an 85-yard drive in the fourth quarter.

Kerry Collins started at quarterback for the Titans but departed after one half with a calf injury.

He was replaced by Vince Young, who was nursing a sprained left ankle and was unimpressive. New Titans arrival Randy Moss caught just one pass.

Chicago defeated Minnesota 27-13 as the Bears capitalized on three interceptions from Vikings quarterback Brett Favre and tied Green Bay for the NFC North Lead. The Packers were idle this week.

San Francisco rallied for a 23-20 overtime win over St. Louis, whose defeat allowed Seattle — 36-18 winners over Arizona — to take sole possession of first place in the NFC West division.

It came down to the wire in Jacksonville, where Mike Thomas caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from David Garrard on the final play of regulation time to give the Jaguars a 31-24 victory over Houston.

There was no suspense in Denver, where the Broncos routed Kansas City 49-29.

The Dallas Cowboys, playing for the first time since coach Wade Phillips was sacked, defeated the New York Giants 33-20, and Tampa Bay beat Carolina 31-16.

Lakers Championship Ring 2010

October 27, 2010 by · Comments Off on Lakers Championship Ring 2010 

Lakers Championship Ring 2010, LOS ANGELES: Lakers 2010 championship ring was as impressive as the game of the Lakers, Rockets. It was a historic moment for the Lakers, who started his first game in the high notes. They were able to defeat their rivals in their first match rocket. This means that the message is clear that nobody can mess with your computer. The players are united and have only the dream of winning the title.

This is reflected in the way they celebrated their victory. It was a demonstration of friendship between the players as they all were united in celebrating the victory. Phil Jackson was pick up his ring. As if that was not enough for some good uttered some words about Luke Walton. That was not the end of history as Walton also praised Lamar Odom.

In return, Odom came off the bench area, waving to Ron Artest, and so on. The players are not gelling well in the field but also outside. This is a signal for a Lakers united opposition would be difficult to be defeated.

With the home crowd on his side, would be very difficult for any team to beat. But it is too early to say anything. sharp images only when the product will more game. Returning to the conclusion, the Lakers showed exceptional unit. Commissioner David Stern, was also there to honor players for their spectacular performance.

In addition, Jackson credited Tim Harris, senior vice president of business operations for all this. He said: “I thought I was single, I thought it was personal, I thought it was in honor of the team. It was a good idea.”

Brown was very happy with the way things developed in the late Tuesday after the victory. After the fight was over, said: “We have the opportunity to be more personal with the show itself was going to not just going out there and play basketball together, but in fact have become a family sets. Do .

Everybody knows much of the world, about his personal life and things like that. All the time we spent together, everyone will not have a great day every day. Someone will come in the crazy, something that happened the night before, something is happening or whatever-whatever. For us to be picked up and win a championship is a great thing. “

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