humanhighlightblog.com - 17 days ago
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The star of the 97-91 Hawks win over the Portland Trailblazers was Jamal Crawford, who proved more than capable of borderline criminal distribution with his (7) assists off the bench to go with his game high (27) points.
That Crawford was able to score the basketball wasn't a surprise, after ...
Margin of Error
humanhighlightblog.com 17 days ago — The road win.
It's one of the more cherished pieces of the NBA season---a statistical mirror into a team's growth and their standing in the league.
You can see the curve: A bad team can hardly hold their own home court, much less get away from that comfort zone to pluck victory from another ...
Progress
humanhighlightblog.com 17 days ago — It's something when THHB can sit back and stroke their collective long, gray, novelty beards while the Good Guys appeared to be conserving energy and effort throughout a game, allowing an inferior team to hang around until the final quarter, where their good friend "Defense" waited for them to ...
Blazers/Hawks Pre-Thoughts
ripcityproject.com 18 days ago — After a short trip to the Southwest, the Blazers return to the cozy confines of the Rose Garden to begin a three-game homestand. At 2-2, these three home games are key not so much because of the .500 start but because of what lurks behind it: a good old fashioned, nasty, ...
Blazers 91, Hawks 97 Re-Thoughts
ripcityproject.com 18 days ago — This game was a bit of a mess. It was also a tightly contested, back-and-forth affair with each team exchanging sequences of good and bad. The Blazers led by as much as 12 early in the second quarter but, despite neither team having much in the way of scoring bursts or runs, the Hawks put [...] ...
A Quick Preview: Atlanta at Portland
myteamrivals.typepad.com 18 days ago — Atlanta comes into town tonight to take on the Blazers. This game would seem to be a test of the offensive firepower of a team with 5 players averaging in double figures (Atlanta) against the (alleged) re-committed defensive efforts of the Blazers. Portland has won 9 of 10 against Atlanta in ...
Game 5 Recap: Blazers 91, Hawks 97
blazersedge.com 18 days ago —
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by Sam Forencich - NBAE/Getty Images
Is this a dagger which I see before me? Oh no wait, that's Macbeth.
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The Blazers followed a familiar ...
NBA Power Rankings: #7 Portland Trail Blazers
thesportsbank.net 20 days ago —
By: David Kay
2008-09 Season Summary:
The Trailblazers made their expected jump into the elite of the Western Conference but they didn’t take the planned route to get there. After drafting Greg Oden two years ago and then losing him for the year and still improving by 9 games, the ...
Preview: Hawks at Kings, Game 5
sactownroyalty.com 17 days ago —
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by John Amis - AP
Mistaking him for teammate Delonte West, Cleveland Cavaliers' Daniel Gibson, right, checks Atlanta Hawks' Mike Bibby's hip pocket ...
The morning after
blogs.ajc.com 19 days ago —
The Hawks' frustrations were fueled by their own mistakes against the Lakers Sunday night at Staples Center.
LOS ANGELES – It probably feels just as nasty this morning as it did last night, that taste in the Hawks’ beaks after the Lakers ...
Kings sign swingman Udoka (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 17 days ago
The Sacramento Kings have signed swingman Ime Udoka to a contract. The team did not release terms of the deal announced Wednesday. Udoka spent the preseason with Portland before being waived last month. Udoka is averaging 6.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and ...
