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Paul George wins Most Improved Player Award

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Indiana’s Paul George will go for his second consecutive playoff triple-double tomorrow night. Today, he gets to bask in the glory of an award. George, who earned his first All-Star Game berth en route to leading the Pacers to the Central Division crown and the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, is the winner of the 2012-13 NBA Most Improved Player Award. George received 311 of a possible 1,080 points, including 52 first-place votes, from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters

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Playing Hardball: Reds & Giants Bats Look Good Tonight

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Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues With two day-night doubleheaders and one 6:35 Eastern start, “only” 13 of the 17 MLB games are included in today’s DraftStreet leagues, which close at 7:05. The Red Sox tilt against Oakland is off the board. Fortunately, they will be back to a normal evening start time in Boston by Friday. It will be ridiculously cold (again) in Denver,

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The Morning Shmooze: CP3 gives Clips 2-0 Lead; Bulls win; Luke Babbitt Makes the News

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Sleep deprivation and sofasores come with the territory at this time of year. If you live on the East Coast, like me, you sacrifice both your days and your nights to the basketball gods and pray that it’ll all be worth it. Last night, it was. With Tony Allen defending him and trying to force him to go left, Chris Paul went to his right anyway and sank the game-winning shot with one-tenth of a second left to give the Los Angeles

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SH Blog: Breakdown of what went wrong for Warriors, writer calls Melo an overrated ball hog

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When Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets played their first game on Saturday in Game 1 of the opening round of the playoffs, most expected a high-scoring game between two of the better offensive teams in the league. The final score of the contest? 97-95. Not exactly what we had in mind. [Related: Why the Warriors can beat the Nuggets in 6 games] Both teams suffered from what appeared to be a case of the butterflies, and the Warriors actually did a better

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Tweet of the Night: Bill Simmons shares thoughts on Grizzlies’ mistake against Jamal Crawford

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Memphis is making a mistake - they should be matching TA vs. Jamal whenever Jamal is in. Like when NHL teams want to shut down hot scorers.
April 23, 2013 12:17 am via Twitter for BlackBerry®ReplyRetweetFavorite
@BillSimmons
Bill Simmons
Talk about a statement game for Jamal Crawford. After failing to capture the Sixth Man of the Year award – it went to New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith – as he had hoped, Crawford went out against the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of the first round of the Playoffs on Monday with a purpose: he shot six-of-seven from the field on an array of dribbles and crossovers against anyone in his path (Jerryd Bayless in particular) to score

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“Homer Announcing” is Becoming “Homer Voting”

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In a conference call last week, NBA commissioner David Stern made it clear that he wasn’t a huge fan of “homer” announcers. But it’s one thing to watch a broadcast of the Portland Trail Blazers – or any team – and get an earful of blind support for the home team. It’s entirely another when some of these broadcasters extend their undying support when they vote on the NBA’s season-ending awards. Knicks guard J.R. Smith won the Sixth Man Award today. The

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Tweet of the Day: Roy Hibbert / David Lee

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Many pundits lament the fact that too many of todays star players are friends on and off the court. They relish the old days when teams were rivals and players were loath to be friends with opposing players. With the advent of AAU youth basketball, high-profile basketball camps and the restructured schedule and commitment to USA Basketball, most players are friends on and off of the court these days. That’s not to say that heated rivalries don’t exist, and the existence of

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