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Bucks Continue to Recover From Ugly Start
The Milwaukee Bucks might be ready to take a step forward in the Eastern Conference after all. After beating the New York Knicks 99-92 on Friday night, the Bucks are back to .500 and, more importantly,...
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The Distancing Kevin Love
The title here would lead one to assume that the three-time All-Star forward is looking to break away from the Cavaliers, but that’s not the case. Rather, this is about Love’s game, which over the...
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Why Kobe Bryant’s Decline Should Be Cautionary Tale For LeBron James
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is the latest example of what happens when you hang around the NBA for too long. In the midst of his 20th season in the pros and looking to put a proper bow on a...
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Pistons Start Circus Trip With Solid Performance in Phoenix
Friday night, the Detroit Pistons started a nine-day road trip that will provide some early evidence about their first fast start in eight years. After one game, a 100-92 victory at Phoenix that moved...
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New Paul George Looking Like Old Paul George
Not many people know what to expect from Paul George to start this season. Coming off an awful compound leg fracture, the sixth-year pro played in just six minute-restricted games last season, making...
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Today’s Fastbreak Roundtable: Are Pistons Legit?
The Detroit Pistons are 5-1 after completing a stunning comeback against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night. With the Pistons facing the league-best Golden State Warriors on Monday night,...
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Kevin Love Key to LeBron, Cavaliers Early Success
Despite missing Kyrie Irving, Cleveland has been very successful early in the season. After dropping the season opener to Chicago, Cleveland has rattled off six straight wins. LeBron James has managed...
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Andre Drummond’s Video Game Stat Lines Have Pistons Winning Games
Andre Drummond’s numbers just keep getting more ridiculous. He’s the first player to put up 135 points and 135 rebounds in the first seven games of a season since Wilt Chamberlain in 1970. Coming into...
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Mo Williams Flourishing as Cavaliers’ Third Option in Kyrie Irving’s Absence
One of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ biggest questions coming into this season was how they’d compensate for the absence of All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, who’s still sidelined by knee surgery. Would...
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Pacers’ Bench Will Miss Myles Turner
Other than Paul George’s return to elite form, the best thing about the Indiana Pacers’ uneven start to the season has been the play of rookie center Myles Turner. The big man out of Texas has already...
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Joakim Noah is Having a Historically Odd Season
Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg’s decision to bring Joakim Noah off the bench to begin the season made sense idealistically. Noah, who really, really struggles to score the ball could bring some...
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Jabari Parker Reclamation Process Starting to Take Shape
His rookie season was basically a bust, but the return of Jabari Paker this season made many a Milwaukee Bucks fan feel extra confident coming into the year. For good reason, too. The Bucks played very...
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Monta Ellis Showing Off Other Side While Waiting on Shooting Touch
When Monta Ellis signed with the Indiana Pacers last summer, the move raised a few eyebrows. Yes, Ellis gave Indiana the type of lead scoring guard it required for its new spread offense, but the last...
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Do the Bucks Need Fixing?
It hasn’t been the strong start the young and long Milwaukee Bucks had hoped for. At an even 5-5 after 10 games, these Bucks resemble more so the 2006 Chicago Bulls than a blossoming Eastern Conference...
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Pistons Collapse on West Coast as Reggie Jackson Struggles
Suddenly, Brandon Jennings has become one of the most popular players in Detroit sports. When the Pistons beat Phoenix to start their six-game west coast trip, and then outscored Portland 41-11 in the...
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Short-Handed Cavaliers Need J.R. Smith to Step Up
For 13 years, Cleveland Cavaliers fans have become witnesses at the throne of four-time MVP and future Hall of Famer LeBron James (save for his four-year stint in Miami). However, the Cleveland...
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Pacers’ Defense Propping Up Offense That Remains a Work in Progress
After an offseason shift toward a faster, spacier offense, the Indiana Pacers were supposed to be a team that scored a bunch of points and won games through its offense. Instead, Frank Vogel and the...
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LeBron James Disgusted by Lack of Toughness in Loss to Pistons
AUBURN HILLS — LeBron James was not a happy man. Standing outside the tiny visitor’s locker room at the Palace of Auburn Hills Tuesday night, he didn’t mince words. “This is not a very good basketball...
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Reggie Jackson Bounces Back in a Big Way Against Cleveland
AUBURN HILLS — Reggie Jackson had two choices after Stan Van Gundy called him out at the end of Detroit’s six-game road trip. He could pout in the corner, or he could figure out what was going wrong....
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C.J. Miles Handling Power-Forward Dirty Work for Pacers
During the offseason, Larry Bird and the rest of the Indiana Pacers talked a lot about Paul George playing power forward. Bird first suggested it at the end-of-season press conference, George soon...
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