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NBA Rumors – Toronto Raptors Undecided on Kyle Lowry Trade
Are the Toronto Raptors trading or keeping Kyle Lowry? Their success, winning record and his ability point towards him remaining until the end of the season, while his contract situation and the overall direction the franchise is trying to take suggest he’s still out there for teams to try and get.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – It’s Easy Against the Injured Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are used to playing with injuries, but there comes a point when it’s too difficult to make up for some of them. Joakim Noah didn’t play against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which made things quite easy for Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and a very surprising Ronny Turiaf.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Playing Perfect Basketball
We’re running out of superlatives, but that doesn’t really matter to Kevin Durant, who keeps leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to wins through his amazing scoring ability, this time saving his best for last, including a game-winning shot with 2.1 seconds left in the game to beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-109.
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Duke Beats Pittsburgh – Things Are Looking Up
In a game that was very important to both Pitt and Duke, the Blue Devils were the ones who came away with the impressive 80-65 road victory thanks to big nights from Jabari Parker and Andre Dawkins, showing it’s way too soon to count them out.
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Toronto Raptors, The Kryptonite of the Brooklyn Nets
Since everyone turned their calendars to 2014, the Brooklyn Nets have beaten teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat; they’ve beaten everyone they’ve faced since the turn of the new year, except for the Toronto Raptors, who got a huge clutch play from Patrick Patterson to beat the Nets for the second time this month.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Keeping Omer Asik
Despite previously trying to trade him, the Houston Rockets might hold on to Omer Asik for this season and the next one. How much of this is actually true, and what might this actually mean for Jeremy Lin remains to be seen.
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NBA Rumors – Kobe Bryant Sending Carmelo Anthony Mixed Messages
Does Kobe Bryant want Carmelo Anthony to leave the New York Knicks and join him and the Los Angeles Lakers next season? Probably, but he’s being a little less than direct about it.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Better Without Russell Westbrook?
The recent winning streak the Oklahoma City Thunder are on, combined with an incredible scoring run by Kevin Durant makes it a reasonable thing to bring up: Are they better off without Russell Westbrook playing?
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Golden State Warriors – Stephen Curry Can be Too Much to Handle
In a game between two teams with players that love focusing on shooting from beyond the arc, it was Stephen Curry, slightly expected, that stood head and shoulders above the rest, leading the Golden State Warriors to 103-88 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Nets vs Celtics – Mostly About Nostalgia
It’s easy to forget about the lackluster basketball with so much emotion in the air as Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce made their return to the TD Garden, playing against the Boston Celtics. They didn’t play very well, but got the win and the love of their former home fans.