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Basketball: NBA results and standings

12/11/2012 8:42:31 AM

Results and standings after Monday's National Basketball Association games:

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10TH RESULTS

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GOLDEN STATE 104, CHARLOTTE 96

PHILADELPHIA 104, DETROIT 97

MIAMI 101, ATLANTA 92

SAN ANTONIO 134, HOUSTON 126 (OT)

DALLAS 119, SACRAMENTO 96

PORTLAND 92, TORONTO 74

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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION SUBSTANDINGS

THROUGH MONDAY, DECEMBER 10TH

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

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ATLANTIC DIV. W L PCT GB

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NEW YORK 15 5 .750 -

BROOKLYN 11 8 .579 3 1/2

PHILADELPHIA 12 9 .571 3 1/2

BOSTON 11 9 .550 4

TORONTO 4 18 .182 12

CENTRAL DIV. W L PCT GB

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CHICAGO 11 8 .579 -

MILWAUKEE 10 9 .526 1

INDIANA 10 11 .476 2

DETROIT 7 16 .304 6

CLEVELAND 4 17 .190 8

SOUTHEAST DIV. W L PCT GB

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MIAMI 14 5 .737 -

ATLANTA 12 6 .667 1 1/2

ORLANDO 8 12 .400 6 1/2

CHARLOTTE 7 13 .350 7 1/2

WASHINGTON 2 15 .118 11

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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NORTHWEST DIV. W L PCT GB

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OKLAHOMA CITY 17 4 .810 -

UTAH 12 10 .545 5 1/2

MINNESOTA 9 9 .500 6 1/2

DENVER 10 11 .476 7

PORTLAND 9 12 .429 8

PACIFIC DIV. W L PCT GB

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LA CLIPPERS 14 6 .700 -

GOLDEN STATE 14 7 .667 1/2

LA LAKERS 9 12 .429 5 1/2

SACRAMENTO 7 13 .350 7

PHOENIX 7 15 .318 8

SOUTHWEST DIV. W L PCT GB

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SAN ANTONIO 18 4 .818 -

MEMPHIS 14 4 .778 2

DALLAS 11 10 .524 6 1/2

HOUSTON 9 11 .450 8

NEW ORLEANS 5 14 .263 11 1/2

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH SCHEDULE

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NEW YORK AT BROOKLYN 7:00 PM

LA LAKERS AT CLEVELAND 7:00 PM

DENVER AT DETROIT 7:30 PM

WASHINGTON AT NEW ORLEANS 8:00 PM

LA CLIPPERS AT CHICAGO 9:30 PM

(ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN)

NBA: Spurs fined for resting stars

12/1/2012 1:06:07 AM

NBA commissioner David Stern slapped the San Antonio Spurs with a $250,000 fine after the club rested a number of their top players in a game against the Miami Heat on Thursday.

Stern ruled that coach Gregg Popovich's decision not to have Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green make the trip to Florida was in violation of league policy against resting players "in a manner contrary to the best interests of the NBA."

The Spurs said they needed a rest because they were playing for the fourth time in five days in the finale of a six-game, nine-day road trip.

Despite being without four of its top five scorers, San Antonio's motley crew of bench warmers led 92-85 against the defending NBA champion Heat with under five minutes to go before Miami woke up to win 105-100.

"The result here is dictated by the totality of the facts in this case," said Stern.

"The Spurs decided to make four of their top players unavailable for an early-season game that was the team's only regular-season visit to Miami.

"The team also did this without informing the Heat, the media, or the league office in a timely way. Under these circumstances, I have concluded that the Spurs did a disservice to the league and our fans."

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NBA: Storm-delayed Nets-Knicks game rescheduled

11/1/2012 10:49:52 PM

Due to the devastation from Hurricane Sandy, the Brooklyn Nets will have to wait almost a month to entertain their uptown NBA rivals, the New York Knicks.

The league announced that the Nets-Knicks game, originally scheduled for Thursday, had been rescheduled for November 26 at the new $1 billion Barclays Center.

It will become the third game in four days for the Nets, all of them at home, with the Los Angeles Clippers visiting on November 23 and Portland following two days later, then the Knicks the next night.

The Knicks will play host to Detroit on November 25 before making the trek from Manhattan the next evening.

Killer storm Sandy knocked out electricity and damaged buildings and trees as well as touched off flooding, including severe damage to the New York subway system, typically a primary method of transportation to the new arena.

The Nets-Knicks showdown was to have been the first home game for a Brooklyn-based sports team since Major League Baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.

The Nets, who moved from New Jersey after last season, are now set to open the new NBA season at home on Saturday against Toronto. Should that game also be rescheduled, Brooklyn's next chance would be Monday against Minnesota.

New York will now open the season on Friday at home against Miami barring any further issues with hurricane damage.

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NBA: NBA results

10/31/2012 5:29:16 AM

Results on Tuesday in the National Basketball Association:

Cleveland 94, Washington 84

Miami 120, Boston 107

Dallas 99, LA Lakers 91

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Basketball: Russian national coach Blatt resigns

10/30/2012 2:56:24 PM

Russian national basketball squad's Israeli head coach David Blatt has resigned, the RIA Novosti news agency said on Tuesday.

The 53-year-old coach, who took over the squad in March, 2006, led the team to victory in the 2007 European championships and bronze in the 2011 edition, as well as bronze in this year's Olympics in London.

Blatt said in a statement that he stepped down "with feelings of mixed sorrow and joy" as well as pride for having leading the team to success. His resignation was a "personal decision", he added, without elaborating.

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'Dream Team' end the dream Games - London 2012 - Basketball

8/12/2012 12:00:00 AM

It was the closest Basketball final since the USSR beat the USA 51-50, 40 years ago.

Kevin Durant scored 30 points to lead the USA, while LeBron James had 19 and Kobe Bryant 17 as the USA ran out 107-100 winners in front of the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Boris Johnson, David Beckham and Henry Kissinger.

Russia snatched the bronze away from Argentina as they triumphed 81-77 in the dramatic final seconds of the third-place play-off.

Earlier, Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich stunned the Kenyan challenge to clinch a surprise gold medal in the Marathon on The Mall.

The 23-year-old burst past Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang around the 38km mark to leave his two rivals trailing and claim only Uganda's second-ever Olympic gold in Athletics.

Kiprotich followed in the footsteps of his compatriot John Akii-Bua, who was 400m Hurdles champion 40 years ago, and crossed the line in 2:08:01.

Kirui took the silver, 26 seconds adrift, and long-time leader Kipsang finished with the bronze.

Russia became the first team in the history of men’s Olympic Volleyball to win the final from two sets down as they stunned Brazil at Earls Court.

For the best part of three sets the Europeans looked a shadow of the side that had demolished Bulgaria in the semis and Brazil picked points at will to lead 2-0 and 22-19.

But Russia then embarked on one of the most staggering comebacks the sport has seen to win 19-25 20-25 29-27 25-22 15-9 and wrap up a fourth Olympic title.

France also created history in the men’s Handball after becoming the first country to retain the Olympic title following a nervy 22-21 victory against Sweden.

France, who won gold at Beijing 2008 and are also reigning world champions, survived a late Scandinavian comeback to seal their place as the greatest team of all time.

Croatia secured their first men’s Water Polo Olympic gold medal with an 8-6 victory over Italy.

The Balkan outfit have been the outstanding side of the London 2012 tournament, with eight wins from eight matches, and end it as worthy champions.

Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko won his second Boxing title after outclassing Soonchul Han in the men's Light Weight final at the ExCeL.

The champion from the now-defunct Feather Weight division, regarded by some as the world's best amateur, romped to a 19-9 victory over his Republic of Korea opponent.

Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana was earlier crowned Fly Weight champion after beating Tugstsogt Nyambayar.

Carrazana, 18, won by a score of 17-14 over his older Mongolian opponent in what was an exciting contest.

Kazakhstan's Serik Sapiyev claimed the Welter Weight crown with a 17-9 win over home favourite Fred Evans.

Russia's Egor Mekhontcev took Light Heavy Weight gold after the tightest contest possible against Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov.

The bout was scored 15-15 and the fighters could not even be separated by countback, with Mekhontcev winning courtesy of the judges’ individual preference.

The final bout of the Olympic Boxing competition had those in the ExCeL on their feet as Britain's Anthony Joshua survived an Italian appeal to beat defending Super Heavy Weight champion Roberto Cammarelle on countback.

Japan won their first male Wrestling gold in 24 years as Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu defeated India's Sushil Kumar in the final of the 66kg Freestyle.

Kumar, a railway worker from Delhi, was looking to become India's first-ever Olympic champion wrestler, but Yonemitsu overcame him 1-0 3-1 to record a historic win for Japan at the ExCeL. Jake Varner of the United States took the 96kg men's Freestyle title.

Russia won their fourth consecutive gold in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group competition after two stunning performances in the final at Wembley Arena.

The final piece of Gymnastics action at London 2012 did not disappoint, with Russia scoring 28.700 in their five balls routine before 28.300 with the ribbons and hoops earned them a total of 57.000 to retain their title. Belarus (55.500) won silver ahead of Italy (55.450) in bronze.

The final gold medal of the London 2012 Games went to Lithuania courtesy of Laura Asadauskaite in the Modern Pentathlon. Britain’s Samantha Murray finished second ahead of Brazil’s Yane Marques.

With the sport complete, attention then turned to the spectacular Closing Ceremony, as the world bid farewell to London 2012 - a truly memorable Olympic Games.