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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard Hits the one That Matters Most
A very bad performance from Damian Lillard will be forgotten because he hit the shot that mattered most, winning the game for the Portland Trail Blazers in overtime with a huge off-balance jumper that went in to give them the 111-109 win, carrying on with their impressive start to the season at the expense of the Detroit Pistons.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets & Philadelphia 76ers Trading For Omer Asik
The Houston Rockets are trying to get rid of Omer Asik for quite some time. It didn’t start out that way, but the center has been asking to leave since the offseson, and might be closer to getting his wish with a trade to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Interested in Trade For Iman Shumpert
With plenty of injuries in their backcourt and age also being quite the issue, the Los Angeles Lakers might turn to Iman Shumpert, a player the New York Knicks have been trying to get rid of for quite some time.
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NBA Rumors – Miami Heat Interested in Trading For Jordan Crawford
A talented player, but difficult to predict. Jordan Crawford is doing reasonably well with the Boston Celtics this season, but on a team that’s more or less tanking that might mean he’s up for a trade, giving the Miami Heat, looking to add some talent to its backcourt, an opportunity to trade for the 25-year old shooting guard.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Trying to Trade Jeremy Lin
In a rumored move that is surprising pretty much no one, the Houston Rockets seem to be shopping around the NBA, looking for any taker on Jeremy Lin, their usually very good point guard who just doesn’t seem to have the trust of the coaching staff behind him in order to play the way he should, instead preferring a different style and different key players in something that clearly doesn’t suit him abilities.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Three Point Wonderland
The Portland Trail Blazers continue to set impressive offensive marks on their even more impressive start to the season, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 139-105 while setting a new franchise record as they hit 21 three pointers, improving to 20-4 this season.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Wasn’t Going to Lose Forever
At some point, the rust was going to wear off Kobe Bryant, and along the same line, his first win this season since coming back from his injury was going to happen, sooner or later. It turned out to be after four games, beating the Charlotte Bobcats 88-85, putting up his best performance since returning.
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Miami Heat – Big Three Like They’re Supposed to Be
When the Miami Heat built the big three concept and assembled it, this is what they had in mind. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all scored in the 20’s, leading the NBA champions to a 114-107 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers that somehow got a lot more complicated than it should have been.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony And The Newly Found Effort
One of the things that’s quite easily noticed about the New York Knicks this season is their tendency to simply quit on basketball games early on, or go numb during fourth quarters. For once, they played the whole game through, with Carmelo Anthony putting on what might be his best performance this season, leading to a 111-106 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
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Arizona Wildcats – Love Making it Interesting
What’s the point of being 11-0 without making a few wins tense and nail biters? Arizona came back from a first half deficit for the fourth time this season with a 72-70 win in Michigan which should keep them at #1 for one more week, carried by some great basketball from Brandon Ashley and Aaron Gordon when it matters the most.