CHARLOTTE — If the Charlotte Bobcats lose the rest of their games, they will go down in the record boks as having the worst winning percentage of any team in NBA history. In an effort to avoid that distinction, they have brought in a new player — NBA veteran Jamario Moon. He is expected to be in uniform tonight when the Bobcats, losers of 15 consecutive games, play host to the Boston Celtics. A four-year NBA veteran, the 6-foot-8 Moon has played in
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As Mark Heisler continually points out in his Power Rankings (Wednesday edition), we have an actual postseason tournament to properly rank the teams, but placing them from 1-30 on a weekly basis is not only fun, it gives us a chance to check in on the relative strengths and weaknesses of teams we otherwise might pay little or no attention to. For this week’s rankings, I am including two wishes: A Miami-New York first-round series, to give a new generation a
Two down, one to go for the Celtics in this back-to-back-to-back. The amazing Kevin Garnett (21 & 12) led all scorers and Brandon Bass (18 & 11) played well again — his third double-double in four games — despite a sore knee that could use some rest. Though Deron Williams had 12 points and 14 assists in the losing cause, Kris Humphries was held to 6 PTS and 10 REB by the Boston big men. Nets rookie PF-C Jerome Williams had 12
Usually, the winners make the headlines. In today’s roundup, however, the losers were the story of Saturday night as a handful of teams fighting to make the playoffs came up short. With three different teams — Milwaukee, Utah and Phoenix — still within reach of the eighth and final playoff seed in their respective Conferences, how many of them came out with a victory? None. Starting with the most inexplicable blowout of the night – the only game on national television – the Spurs
So how many seasons are the Miami Heat going to act like the NBA championship is their birthright and merely a formality? Not one, not two, not three, not four … It’s sometimes hard to tell whether the Heat are bored, whistling in the dark or still trying to figure it out. But one thing is certain: the basketball they are playing right now is not good enough to win a title. “We all know we have to take a real big step forward as a
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