espn.go.com - 12 days ago
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By Henry Abbott
One of the stranger games of the NBA season happened in Portland last night. In a game of two stars -- Portland's Brandon Roy and Minnesota's Al Jefferson -- neither much mattered as Portland rolled to the victory powered by the likes of LaMarcus Aldridge and Andre Miller.
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sportingnews.com - 11 days ago
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sportingnews.com —
Wouldn't it be nice if all player-team issues
could play out the way things have gone in
Portland? In the preseason, when it was clear that Blazers coach Nate McMillan preferred to keep Steve Blake in the role of starting point guard and use ...
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Power Poll: Portland Blazes Trail Into Top 10
twolvesblog.com - 12 days ago
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twolvesblog.com —
Wolves record: 1-6 Box Score From the Associated
Press: Minnesota (1-6) dropped its sixth consecutive game. The
Timberwolves have lost nine straight games to the Blazers, and eight consecutive in Portland. From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: After intermission, the ...
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Wolves 93, Blazers 116
scores.espn.go.com - 12 days ago
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MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB
DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS
Ryan Gomes , F 33 7-14 1-4 0-1 2 4 6 4 0 1 1 1 -10 15 Oleksiy Pecherov , PF 14 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 -8 4 Al Jefferson , C 25 4-11 0-0 4-5 2 8 10 3 2 1 ...
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November 08, 2009
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Full Court Press
Blazersedge —
... by forcing turnovers." Ever since coach Nate McMillan arrived in Portland in 2005, he said he wanted the Blazers to run. But Portland has always been among the most deliberate half-court teams in the NBA. McMillan said they didn't run because they didn't get defensive stops. Or that he didn't trust his young point guards to take care of the ball. Or that the players were better suited for halfcourt sets.
Henry Abbott on last night's game...
This season the Blazers have been a ...
Wolves Updates 11/10
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles —
... From TrueHoop: Five thoughts about Timberwolves at Blazers
In the last few weeks, I have heard Corey Brewer mentioned three or four times as the butt of jokes. It's getting to be time for that ...
Not in the face!
Canis Hoopus —
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I suppose you could take something of a moral victory away from the fact that the Wolves have pulled even in the oReb% category but keep in mind that the Warriors have a significantly smaller number of misses to fool around with.
Let's try something different for tonight's post. Let's talk about the positives. First and foremost is Corey Brewer. Here's what True Hoop's Henry Abbott had to say about Brew after the Portland game:
In the last few weeks, I have heard Corey Brewer mentioned three or four ...
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bustabucket.com 18 days ago — Email from some promotions person:
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