Basketball
Windhorst's handbook for coaching LeBron James
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 08:03
WHEN THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS interview candidates for head coach this week, how to manage LeBron James will be a major topic. It always is.It's a challenging, complicated, stressful, public and often embarrassing experience. It's also enriching, fulfilling and an often wonderful experience.It can be hard to get your arms around it. It can be even harder to define. It's…
How Brook Lopez turned 'Splash Mountain' into a Bucks game-changer
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:54
MILWAUKEE -- There aren't many 7-foot centers who make enough 3-pointers to weigh the relative merits of their go-to celebrations.Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks is one such anomaly. He coveted Eric Bledsoe's three-finger salute but didn't want to be a copycat, so he settled on blowing on the fingers of his shooting hand."I'm cooling it off a little bit,"…
Westbrook vows to play better after loss
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:04
PORTLAND, Ore. -- After Tuesday's deflating 114-94 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 2, the Oklahoma City Thunder are heading back home in an 0-2 series hole with Russell Westbrook taking responsibility for the team's poor performance and vowing to play better in Game 3."Starting with myself, I've got to play better," Westbrook said. "And tonight, the loss,…
Nuggets coach used Clippers' rally as inspiration
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:31
DENVER -- The Denver Nuggets, the second seed in the Western Conference, were down by 16 points to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night and about 18 minutes away from falling into a disastrous 0-2 hole in the series.Denver coach Mike Malone called for timeout with 5:45 remaining in the third quarter with his team trailing 73-57 and conjured…
Raptors find the best version of themselves for a critical Game 2 rout
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019 23:36
TORONTO -- Just over a minute into Game 2 against the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry sniffed out a mismatch against center Nikola Vucevic and went to work.Lowry, who had been held scoreless in Game 1, collected the dribble-handoff from teammate Marc Gasol and drove into the body of the Magic's big man, hurling the ball over his…
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