The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2008–09 NBA season, and the conclusion of the season’s playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Orlando Magic, 3rd seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, four games to one in a best-of-seven series.
North American broadcast coverage of the Finals [...]
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Pau Gasol is from Spain, Mickael Pietrus from France. So when they have a confrontation on the court, what language is it in?
“I said it in English to make sure he understood it,” Gasol said. “If I would have known it in French, I would have said it in French.”
Pietrus [...]
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Former NBA player and University of Cincinnati star Corie Blount was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in a plea arrangement resulting from drug charges.
Blount, 40, had pleaded guilty in Butler County Common Pleas Court last month to two felony counts of marijuana possession after prosecutors dropped two trafficking [...]
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NEW YORK, May 12, 2009 — Boston Celtics forward Leon Powe has been named the recipient of the NBA Community Assist Award for April in recognition of his outstanding efforts in the community and for his ongoing philanthropic and charitable work.
Powe is being honored, in part, for the recent launch of his mentor program at [...]
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HOUSTON — With the help of a cane, Dikembe Mutombo sauntered up to Yao Ming in the locker room long before tipoff Sunday afternoon.
“That’s my guy,” Mutombo bellowed in that familiar deep voice with the consistency of sandpaper. “He joined my club.”
“What club is that?” shot back Yao, sitting back with his left leg propped [...]
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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons made plenty of enemies while winning titles and throwing blows two decades ago. Chuck Daly, though, was universally admired for his class and coaching acumen.
“I never understood how a great man and nice guy coached the Bad Boys,” Charles Barkley said.
Daly died Saturday morning at 78 in Jupiter, Fla., [...]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville says coach Rick Pitino is not interested in returning to the NBA. The university insists there is no truth to a Yahoo! Sports report that said Pitino had inquired about the Sacramento Kings’ vacant coaching job. Louisville spokesman Kenny Klein said Pitino was in his office Friday but did not [...]
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Rafer Alston of the Orlando Magic and Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers have each been suspended one game without pay for their roles in separate incidents last night, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations Stu Jackson announced Thursday.
Alston has been suspended for swinging and making contact with the head of Eddie House of [...]
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MANILA (AFP) – – The Philippines Thursday called on the public to keep their distance from boxer Manny Pacquiao at a homecoming parade which the government had asked him to postpone amid fears he could spread swine flu.
The six-time world champion — largely considered the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighter — has insisted he plans to [...]
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NEW YORK, May 6, 2009 — Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, winner of the 2008-09 Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Motors, and guard Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today. By totaling 55 points overall, including 27 First Team votes, Howard [...]
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