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Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Rim: Spurs secret weapon
ESPN.com
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FROM THE BASELINE
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I'm the Man!
(Line o' the day)
An impressive win over the Jazz as Chris Webber did just about everything. |
Webber |
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FG |
REB/AST |
STL |
PTS |
| 42 |
11-23 | 6/8 |
8 | 26 |
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Shoulda stayed in bed
(Stinker o' the day)
Well we go and do a feature or two on Donyell Marshall and the Jazz, and then look what happens. |
Marshall |
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FG |
REB |
AST |
PTS |
| 20 |
0-4 | 2 |
2 | 0 |
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Ouch, my knee! (Injury update)
It's been a bad year for the Warriors. Danny Fortson might have led the NBA in rebounding had he suited up in more than 6 games. Marc Jackson might have won the Rookie of the Year ... if he had more than three months of solid play. Larry Hughes could be a star. With Fortson announced as done for the year last week after breaking his foot in November, now comes word Jackson (groin) and Hughes (shoulder) might be done as well.
Number on our mind
The percentage that Charlotte's Eddie Robinson is shooting in the last 15 games. Not too shabby. |
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What are you thinking?
"Gary's been great. I know it's been hard on him, but he's been a pleasure to work with. He practices hard and tries as hard as he can when he gets in. We still have every intention of re-signing him. Yo, Don Nelson, the Gary in question, Gary Trent, has played in all of 43 games the last two seasons.
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Trent |
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They said it
"I think a rivalry is when two teams are competing with each other to win championships or something like that. I don't look upon it as a real rivalry because when you have a rivalry you have more at stake."
-- Vince Carter on when the Canadian teams get together.
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Carter |
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Mon., March 12
On a team with Tim Duncan and David Robinson, a team that won a world title two seasons ago and still has talented players from that team in Sean Elliott and Avery Johnson, it's a newcomer doing a lotta damage for the Spurs.
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| Anderson |
The latest player of the week in the NBA is Derek Anderson, a two-guard who is also playing some three and is, at times, taking over. As the Spurs won four big road games last week to tie the Jazz for the best record in the Midwest, Anderson averaged 22.8 points and 6.3 rebounds.
These weren't merely wins over the Clippers and Warriors, either. Anderson's highlights included scoring a team-high 25 points with six rebounds and two steals in a 91-77 victory at Vancouver on Monday; scoring 16 points with five assists and four rebounds in a 101-73 triumph at Seattle on Tuesday; tying his season-high with a team-leading 29 points, including a career-best five of seven from three-point range in a 93-79 victory at Portland on Thursday; and recording 21 points, eight rebounds and three steals in a 93-89 triumph in Los Angeles against the Lakers on Friday.
"Derek was incredible," Duncan said of Anderson after the Blazers win. "He shot the fire out of the ball. He kept attacking, kept them on their heels. He made big shots all night long. He was our catalyst."
Are the Spurs better than the team that won it all that lockout season? Some say that title was tainted because it was a shortened season.
"I really don't care about comparing (this year to the 1999 championship season), because this is a different team, a different time," David Robinson said. "But I like this team a lot. I like this team as much as I liked the championship team.
"The championship team had a nice chemistry, and we're beginning to develop that. We're beginning to kind of fight out some games like we did during the championship."
Just some thoughts
A lot of you have written about the stat on Friday about Fred Hoiberg and his assists. The Mayor's remarkable 25 assists over two games is of course not a record, but when you throw in the phrase "without a turnover" then it is. Thanks to all of you for noticing.
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| Stockton |
John Stockton, with 1,320 games played, needs to appear in 10 more to overtake Moses Malone (1,329) for third place on the all-time list; Sam Perkins, with 1,270, needs one more to pass John Havlicek and take sole possession of seventh place on the all-time list; and Stockton's teammate, Karl Malone, with 1,253 games played, needs two more to surpass Paul Silas (1,254 games) and claim ninth place all-time.
Barring illness and injury, Perkins should achieve his milestone on Tuesday when the Pacers visit Houston; Malone on Friday, when Utah visits Portland; and Stockton on March 30, when the Jazz hosts Cleveland.
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| Armstrong |
People ripped Larry Brown when he dealt loyal Theo Ratliff out of town. Will Darrell Armstrong be next? Word out of Orlando is that if the Magic get a healthy Grant Hill back next season, scrappy point guard Armstrong might have to be traded. Doc Rivers admits he wants to play Hill, Tracy McGrady and Mike Miller together. Maybe Armstrong, a key guy getting the Magic to .500 last season and to the playoffs this year, will be better elsewhere.
"Over the course of the last week, I haven't seen anybody smile on the court, I haven't seen any high-fives, I haven't seen any chest-bumping. It's become more like a job for us. This shouldn't be considered a job, and we have to approach it like that."
Man, it must be tough be a Blazer these days, right Damon Stoudamire. Just a thought for Damon and other Frank Thomas wannabes in the NBA, you don't want to go down this path.
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While you make a fair point about the Rockets, and how their record is mainly as good as it is by the way it beats on the East, you miss an important point. If they were in the East, then their schedule would include more teams from that conference, and less from the West. I doubt very much if they'd be outside the top four for the playoffs.
Paul Bailey
Peterborough, UK
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