on a 3-pointer Fitflops by Novak

The Warriors 4 1/2-game lead on the Lakers in the Pacific Division standings is the largest advantage over their California rivals at this point of the season since 1994.Smith felt the key to victory was New Yorks defense, which forced 20 turnovers that led to 17 points.With the dynamic point guard leading the way, the Warriors received contributions from all over.
Friday marked the ninth time in 11 games the Cavaliers were held to less than 100 points.A 5-12 record since the All-Star break has caused Utah 35-36 to fall one-game back of the Los Angeles Lakers in the race for eighth place.Stanford is two wins away from becoming the first program to reach six consecutive Final Fours, although Connecticut also has a chance to match that streak this season.The Columbus Jackets were struggling terribly on the road 3-9-2 in their last 14 while the Edmonton Oilers were 0-7-5 when coming home from a road trip of two games or longer.Another small Palace crowd showered the Pistons with boos as the game got more and more out of hand.Barea tied his season high with 21 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves made seven 3-pointers in the third quarter as they rolled to a 105-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons at The Palace.Detroit center Andre Drummond sat out his 22nd straight game with a back injury and reserve guard Will Bynum was sidelined by a right hand strain.San Jose scored late in the first period and early in the third to support their suddenly hot netminder, who has three shutouts this season and 22 for his career.
Crosby collected two assists - including a ridiculous no-look backhand feed to Chris Kuntiz for the games first goal - and Malkin scored in his return after missing nine games with an upper-body injury.---In the end, it was Columbus, which still cant figure its road woes.That wont be easy since the Flames can record their longest run at home since a 10-game streak Nov.Denver left him unguarded again as he made another 3 the next time down the court.Ryan Anderson scored 23 points and Brian Roberts, making his second NBA start, had 13 points and 18 assists as the New Orleans Hornets snapped the Denver Nuggets 15-game winning streak with a 110-86 victory."
But the bottom line is that this program has come from so far and I hope at some point in time, the seniors, the guys on this team will remember that they did things that hadnt been done first off in 20 years at Indiana but more importantly there are not any programs, whether it be Syracuse, Kentucky, Carolina, Duke, you name it that are the blue-blood programs of the country that have had to endure what these guys have had to endure.The Knicks led 84-69 entering the fourth quarter and took their biggest lead, 91-74, on a 3-pointer Fitflops by Novak.Lakers World Peace suffers torn meniscusThey will have their team barber at the game and ready to clip and shave.Scoring wasnt a problem Thursday for Columbus, which held leads in all three periods of a 6-4 defeat to Edmonton.Montreal has gone 9-0-1 in the past 10 home matchups, outscoring New York 42-18.Curry said his ankle wouldve been too sore to play on in the morning.Even if the final chapter ended a little earlier than anybody expected.
Because of you, were bidding farewell to the greatest basketball conference there ever was - and perhaps ever will be.Even if Sacramento approves the new arena, the NBA still could decide next month to approve the deal that would move the team to Seattle.But Duchene made a nice play, kind of curled it around the defenseman in the slot, got it up, and sort of nicked me and went in.Theyve got everything else necessary to play with the Buckeyes for those 40 minutes - and even pull off one more surprise in their charmed run through March."Yeah, weve been struggling but I know we can make shots," Rubio said.The loss was the fifth in a row for the Celtics 36-34.Golden State retained an 18-point cushion entering the fourth quarter.Even if you make big plays, its hard to get a good angle on that TV, you have to stand right on the edge of the court, Eagles forward Chase Fieler said.
Memphis had an injury issue of its own as center Marc Gasol missed his second straight game after aggravating an abdominal tear Friday at New Orleans."That overtime we had some open looks, we just couldnt knock them down," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said.City officials reached a preliminary arena agreement Saturday with the investment group, but the late negotiations left little time for community members to study the proposal before the vote.---
Johnson announced late Monday that Paul Jacobs, CEO of the international technology company Qualcomm, also agreed to become part of the Sacramento bid.The Jackets are still alive, though, despite sitting in 15th place a month ago, seven points and seven teams below the playoff cutline.Montreal had managed one goal over its past two games before scoring three times in the third Wednesday.I dont worry about it, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.Since signing a new equipment deal with Nike in the offseason, he has missed the cut in Abu Dhabi, lost in the first round of the WGC Match Play Championship and walked off mid-round at the Honda Classic when headed for another missed cut.But weve got focus on the stuff that we need to do going into the game.Architect AECOM, tapped to build a new Kings arena, recently completed the Barclays venue.
Longtime Pistons trainer Mike Abdenour missed the game after being placed on medical leave on Monday.The freshman was huge in Oregons victory over Saint Louis, scoring a career-high 23."We were right there, but just had some bad turnovers at the end, said Ilyasova, who returned after missing three games with a back injury and has averaged 21.The victory moved the Pacers percentage points back in front of the New York Knicks for the second seed in the Eastern Conference.