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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Finally Unleash Bobby Portis
The Chicago Bulls were exhausted following a four-overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons, and were beaten into submission by the New York Knicks, although it would be wrong to pin their loss and the 15-10 record on fatigue alone.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers Live Up to Expectations
In a Saturday afternoon game, both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers played their part. The Lakers looked terrible, without Kobe Bryant playing, and the Thunder didn’t really need to work too hard in order to come away with the 118-78 victory.
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Jeremy Lin Still Getting Minutes, Charlotte Hornets Have a Kemba Walker Problem
The Charlotte Hornets losing 109-101 to the Washington Wizards came with some interesting points for thoughts about the season going forward: Jeremy Lin once again getting big minutes but maybe not involved enough, and Kemba Walker showing abysmal defense against John Wall, directly influencing his offense, for the worse.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Warming Up For Finals Revenge
As a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James has never lost to Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their December 2015 meeting in the Sixth City kept the tradition intact.
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Jeremy Lin Reminds Charlotte Hornets, NBA Just How Good He Is
An OK season for Jeremy Lin just turned into something that could be a lot bigger, as he puts in possibly his best game in over two years to lead the Charlotte Hornets in 109-99 overtime win over the Toronto Raptors, filling in for the sick Nicolas Batum, and forming quite the successful backcourt partnership with Kemba Walker.
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NBA Rumors: Chicago Bulls Liking the No-Mask Derrick Rose Thing
While it’s still early to tell if Derrick Rose is over his awful slump since the start of this season, his recent form and especially in his performance in the 98-85 win over the Memphis Grizzlies has to be a very encouraging sign for the Chicago Bulls.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers are Over Their Crisis
The Los Angeles Clippers have put their early season problems behind them and are putting together a nice run of wins, the most recent of them 103-90 over the Milwaukee Bucks.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Making it Look Easy Again
Because of the long time from their first loss of the season to their win against the Phoenix Suns, it seemed the Golden State Warriors were in some sort of crisis. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Jeremy Lin Can’t do Much When Charlotte Hornets Defense is Terrible
In one of their worst performances this season, the Charlotte Hornets lost 113-98 to the Orlando Magic, with Jeremy Lin having another one of those games in which he plays very well in the first half but struggles getting anything done in the second half.
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NBA Rumors – Denver Nuggets Doing More Than Anyone Expected
While it’s still unlikely that the Denver Nuggets are going to end up in the playoffs or even competing for a spot, they’re doing rather well for a team many predicted will be the worst in the conference.