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Paul George, Pacers Hoping to Sustain Early-Season Success
Coming into the season, not many knew what to make of Paul George and the Indiana Pacers. Not only was the team christening an entirely new playing style, but it was also (optimistically) anticipating...
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Doug McDermott Showing Progress for Bulls
With essentially no new faces on the team other than the head coach, one of the bigger storylines around the Chicago Bulls has been the development of second-year forward Doug McDermott. There’s been a...
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Stan Van Gundy Coaxes Pistons to Play Enough Defense to Beat Phoenix
AUBURN HILLS — Stan Van Gundy tried to say nice things about his team Wednesday night. He really did. In the bottom of his heart, he knew his Detroit Pistons deserved some praise for overcoming a...
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The Bucks are Bucking Expectations
Many thought the Milwaukee Bucks were going to take the next step this season. Their young core was still intact, Jabari Parker was coming back from injury and they added Greg Monroe, who seemed like...
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Breaking Down the Bulls’ Defense in the Clutch
It’s been very difficult to describe the early-season success of the Chicago Bulls. Fred Hoiberg’s squad currently has the third-best winning percentage in the NBA, but the 14th-best net rating. This...
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Recent Back-to-Back Shows Best and Worst of Pacers
During the first game of their four-game West Coast road trip, the Indiana Pacers caught a surprising curve: playing the Los Angeles Lakers on the day Kobe Bryant announced his official plans to retire...
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Bucks’ Struggles Continue in Loss to Pistons
AUBURN HILLS, MI — The Milwaukee Bucks put together a roster this year that was supposed to be a young, up-and-coming power in the Eastern Conference. So far, they’ve only succeeded in being young....
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Timofey Mozgov’s Struggles Putting Cavaliers in a Tough Spot
The Cleveland Cavaliers came into the 2015-16 season with some question marks surrounding starting center Timofey Mozgov. Could he handle a heavy workload after never averaging more than 25 minutes per...
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Pacers Could Use Some Frontcourt Help
As the Indiana Pacers have begun their smaller, faster makeover this season, the team has sacrificed some serious depth in its once-towering frontcourt. Sure, David West and Roy Hibbert both vacated...
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Let Bobby Portis Fly Like a Bird
Bobby Portis isn’t playing many meaningful minutes of NBA basketball for the Chicago Bulls. Reasons for that can be made in bunches. Maybe Fred Hoiberg is fearful that Joakim Noah will literally eat...
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Bulls’ Future Uncertain Amid Looming Free Agents, Lack of Cornerstones
The Chicago Bulls have had an eight-year stretch that most teams would die for. The franchise has made the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons, and this season will make it eight, assuming they make...
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Pistons Get Reality Check After Blowout Loss in Charlotte
There’s no question that the Detroit Pistons have one of their most talented teams in years, and a real shot at ending the franchise’s postseason drought. They just need to not get ahead of themselves....
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Finding Bench Player Tough Job for Stan Van Gundy, Pistons
It’s a wide-open Eastern Conference Playoff Race, and the Detroit Pistons are in it. Detroit is in 10th place, which seems disappointing. But the team is somehow only 2.5 games out of first! That’s as...
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Pistons Become Latest Detroit team to Lose a Last-Second Heartbreaker
AUBURN HILLS, MI — This has been a rough year for sports fans in Detroit when it comes to the local teams snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. All through the postseason, broadcasts would mention...
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Coming to Grips With Why the Bulls are Struggling Offensively
The Chicago Bulls aren’t bad; they’re bipolar. And the near-loss to the Los Angeles Clippers exemplified everything that’s both right and wrong with the team. They watched a 16-point lead dissolve in...
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How the Bulls Can Buy Time by Turning Back the Clock
The narrative has already set in: The Chicago Bulls lack a killer instinct. Time and again, they’ve let fourth-quarter leads slip away as their usually strong defense breaks down, with their punchless...
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