torontosun.com - 4/26/2008
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Back-to-back three-point shooting titles in the NBA, not to mention consecutive seasons of some pretty gaudy three-point numbers, are a testament to Jason Kapono's ability to shoot from long distances. But for the better part of the calendar year, that one NBA all-star night in New Orleans notwithstanding, the Raptors' Kapono has not been getting his shot off like he's capable. The onset of ...
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T.Jose Caldesports —
QUICK STAT: The Magic--who had the 2nd best road record in the NBA this season--have not lost back-to-back road games since mid-January Around the 'net, seeing what's being said about this series: IN ORLANDO "That's as good a pick-and-roll game in this ...
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... lot you feel better knowing you can afford to miss a couple of shots." Chris Bosh, a guy as happy as anyone to see Kapono draining threes like he did earlier in the season, said he had been on Kapono to shoot. "There were a couple of times where I don’t know if he wasn’t sure in his shot, but, you know, we knew he could flat-out shoot the ball and most of the time when he lets it go it’s going in. So we encouraged him to shoot the ball and he knows it. He knows he has to let it go." - Toronto Sun By hounding Orlando point guards almost every foot of the court on almost every ...
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