Homer D. Sayson
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NBA EAST FINALS — Too much Heat dooms Celtics in Game 1
IT LOOKS like the Miami Heat won't have to breathe hard to earn a return trip to the NBA Finals. After a see-saw first half that ended in a 46-46 tie, the…
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NBA WEST FINALS – Manu Ginobili carries Spurs over Thunder in Game 1
THEY haven't lost a game since April 11, a winning streak spanning 19 games and 46 days. And Saturday night at the AT&T Center, the San Antonio Spurs just kept on rolling.…
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NBA PLAYOFFS — Celtics win Game 7 over Sixers, meet Heat in the East Finals
The Boston Celtics are through to the Eastern Conference Finals where they will meet bitter rivals the Miami Heat beginning with Game 1 Monday night at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.…
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NBA – Orlando Magic fires head coach Stan Van Gundy
THE Orlando Magic annouced on Monday afternoon that it had fired head coach Stan Van Gundy. The team also parted ways with its general manager, Otis Smith. "It's time for new leadership,…
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NBA PLAYOFFS – Spurs sweep Clippers, enter West Finals
THE San Antonio Spurs didn't need to come back from a 24-point deficit this time, but they went through a scare in the final seconds of the fourth quarter before pulling off…
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NBA WEST SEMIS — Spurs pound Clippers, take 1-0 lead
AFTER an eight-day layoff, the San Antonio Spurs finally got to host the other half of the Western Conference's playoffs semifinal Tuesday night at the AT@T Center in San Antonio. The extended…
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NBA EAST SEMIS — Heat not looking so hot without Chris Bosh
No Bosh. No worries. For the Indiana Pacers, that is. Playing only against a Big Two instead of the usual Big Three, the Indiana Pacers edged the Miami Heat, 78-75, in Game…
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Serious power shortage in Miami
A DUNK plus a hard foul plus a cruel twist of fate. Add all that up and it equals one wounded All-Star. Chris Bosh. The injury bug, which bit Chicago and ended…
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NBA PLAYOFFS — Heat ousts Knicks, storms through Round 2
SINCE the 2012 playoffs began last April 28, LeBron James has been wearing a mouthpiece inscribed with the roman numerals XVI, which represents the number of wins the Miami Heat needs to…
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NBA PLAYOFFS — Pacers finish off Magic, advance to 2nd round
THE No.3 seeded Indiana Pacers became the first team in the Eastern Conference to earn a berth in the second round of the 2012 NBA playoffs when they knocked out the No.6…
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NBA PLAYOFFS – Spurs sweep Jazz, advance to second round
THE San Antonio Spurs exorcised the ghosts of their recent playoffs past by sweeping the Utah Jazz in their opening round series and punch a ticket to this year's Western Conference semifinals…
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LAKERS VS NUGGETS — Size matters but speed kills
WITH Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol at the helm , the Los Angeles Lakers frontline has an imposing 14 inches in length, easily dwarfing over the Denver Nuggets who only have unheralded…
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NBA PLAYOFFS — Rondo’s triple-double shoots down Hawks
FLIRTING with disaster, the Boston Celtics squandered an 11-point fourth quarter lead before luckily hanging on to beat an undermanned but upset-minded Atlanta Hawks, 90-84 in overtime, Friday night at the TD…
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NBA PLAYOFFS — LeBron shines, Heat leads Knicks 3-0
THE good news is that after surrendering 204 points in their Games 1 and 2 defeats, the New York Knicks held the Miami Heat to a mere 87 points Thursday night at…
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NBA PLAYOFFS – Spurs blast Jazz, take 2-0 lead
The San Antonio Spurs followed its Game 1 rout of the Utah Jazz with another blowout, this time a 114-83 conquest in Game 2 of their series Wednesday night at the AT&T…
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NBA PLAYOFFS – Knicks can’t stand the Heat, go down 0-2
IT'S official. The Knicks can't stand the Heat. Two days after their 100-67 spanking at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the No. 7 seed New York Knicks faltered again Monday night,…
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NBA PLAYOFFS – Heat looking like beast in the East
AGAINST the No.2 seed in the Eastern Conference, the No.7 seed New York Knicks were given a puncher's chance to topple the mighty Miami Heat when the 2012 NBA playoffs unreeled Saturday…
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ALL SET FOR 2012 NBA PLAYOFFS
HALF the journey is over. In golf parlance, it means the front nine is history and it's now time for the back nine, where champions are made. After 123 days and 66…
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NBA – High price for World Peace
TWO days after he violently threw an elbow to the side of the head of Oklahoma City Thunder forward James Harden, LA Lakers forward Metta World Peace got his deserved punishment Tuesday…
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Milwaukee Bucks’ playoffs hopes dashed
TRAILING by three games with four games left in their regular season schedule, the Milwaukee Bucks' playoffs aspirations is on death watch. And no thanks to a brutal 118-109 pounding at the…
