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Canelo vs Angulo – The Make Me Look Good Fight
After getting a boxing masterclass in his fight and first loss for stepping in the ring with Floyd Mayweahter, Canelo Alvarez was back to dominating and looking excellent with a 10th round TKO victory over the slow and defenseless Alfredo Angulo, not looking like a close fight for even a second.
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New York Knicks & Phil Jackson – Not a Match Made in Heaven
While the New York Knicks are once again planting (false?) hope among their fans with a streak of wins that might help them somehow get into the playoffs, the hottest topic in the big apple seems to be the possibility of Phil Jackson becoming the head of basketball operations on the team next season, with the option of coaching the team also in the air.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Wish They Could Play the Lakers Every Day
There are plenty of weaker teams than the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA, but no one actually gets this team motivated quite like the Lakers, helping them set a few records along the way. Two days later, facing the sliding Atlanta Hawks proved to be a lot more difficult, and if it wasn’t for Jeff Teague’s incompetency from the line, it could have ended very differently than a 109-108 win.
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San Antonio Spurs – Best Basketball in the NBA Right Now
Winning six consecutive games, getting everyone back from injury and not letting a huge win over the defending NBA champoints go to their heads, following it up with a 121-112 victory against the Orlando Magic as Tony Parker & Manu Ginobili bring out their best, as the San Antonio Spurs make it a three way-tie for the best record in the NBA.
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New York Knicks – The Playoffs Continue to Get Closer
We mentioned another misleading streak beginning yesterday. It seems it’s not over yet, as the New York Knicks came away with a 107-97 win over a direct rival for the final postseason spot, the Cleveland Cavaliers, after another impressive scoring performance by Carmelo Anthony and generally the offense-oriented lineup doing its job.
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Florida Over Kentucky – The Difference Good Coaching Makes
Home & away, Florida are simply too good of a team for Kentucky to handle. Too smart on the floor, with a better head coach on the sidelines. The face of one-and-done basketball, John Calipari, had his usual bag of excuses in the end, but that doesn’t offer the right kind of explanation of why his preseason number one team has looked so bad this season, beginning to look like recurring theme.
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Duke Over North Carolina – Overrated, But Still Pretty Good
Even if Duke get a bit too much love in the polls and don’t deserve to be a number one seed in the NCAA tournament when that decision is made, they’re still a pretty good team with two outstanding players in Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood, leading them to an impressive regular season ending win over North Carolina.
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Match Highlights – Chelsea vs Tottenham
Even if Chelsea were the better team from the start and already in the lead, Samuel Eto’o diving, Michael Oliver buying it and Younes Kaboul sent off ruined what could have been a much less one sided derby, with the league leaders beating Tottenham 4-0.
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Match Highlights – Arsenal vs Everton, West Brom vs Manchester United
The two bigger teams that really needed a win got what they came for, as Arsenal advanced to the FA Cup semifinal with a slightly deceiving 4-1 scoreline against Everton, while in the Premier League Manchester United claimed a 3-0 away win against West Brom despite not looking very impressive. The Gunners are headed into […]
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Houston Rockets – James Harden on Fire, Jeremy Lin Makes the Most of his Time
There’s no getting around it: The Houston Rockets are the best team in the NBA since New Year’s, and their 112-86 win over the Indiana Pacers, with another excellent performance from James Harden and Dwight Howard while Jeremy Lin made the most of the limited minutes he’s been getting.