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chuckiey

Western rosters

NO.   PLAYER (TEAM)                  POS.      HT.     WT.       BIRTHDATE        FROM
34     Ray Allen (Seattle)               G          6-5      205       07/20/1975        Connecticut
15   #Carmelo Anthony (Denver)    F          6-8      230       05/29/84            Syracuse
5    # i Carlos Boozer (Utah)          F-C        6-9      266       11/20/1981         Duke
24    *Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers)     G         6-6       220       08/23/78            Lower Merion HS
21    *Tim Duncan (San Antonio)    F          7-0      260        04/25/76           Wake Forest
21   *Kevin Garnett (Minnesota)     F          6-11     220        05/19/76           Farragut Academy (HS)
5     #Josh Howard (Dallas)            F           6-7     210        04/28/1980        Wake Forest
3    i Allen Iverson (Denver)           G          6-0      165       07/07/1975        Georgetown
31     Shawn Marion (Phoenix)       F           6-7      228        05/07/1978        UNLV
1    *Tracy McGrady (Houston)      G          6-8       210       05/24/79            Mt. Zion Academy (HS)
13    i Steve Nash (Phoenix)          G          6-3       195       02/07/1974        Santa Clara
41    Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas)              F          7-0      245       06/19/1978         Germany
9   #Mehmet Okur (Utah)             C          6-11     263      05/26/1979          Turkey
9     Tony Parker (San Antonio)     G          6-2       180       05/17/1982         France
1    Amare Stoudemire (Phoenix)    C         6-10     245      11/16/1982          Cypress Creek (Orlando, FL)
11   *i Yao Ming (Houston)            C         7-6      310        9/12/1980            China


* - denotes starter
# - denotes first-time selection
i - denotes injured and will not participate

my fav team ~~~> Portland Trail Blazers

Go Portland~~~~!!!!!

chuckiey

East team won.. 114- 100.. tadi tgk kat tv, shaq breakdance..

oobi

Originally posted by chuckiey at 18-2-2007 01:00 PM
East team won.. 114- 100.. tadi tgk kat tv, shaq breakdance..

that's the result for nba farm systems - d-league - all star game (d-league is development league for nba - just like minor league for baseball with AAA, AA and A). the real all-star game is tonight at 8 pm ET.

chuckiey

ler.. mlm ni ke.. patut le aku kurang kenal players utk team east & west.. buleh la cheer utk team west mlm ni.. go kevin garnett!go kobe!

oobi

These Road Warriors Traveling First Class


Geoff Lepper
MediaNews
Mon, Feb. 26, 2007

Link to original article

The Warriors left Monday on their last lengthy trip of the season, a five-game Eastern Conference tour with stops in Milwaukee, Chicago, New York, Washington and Detroit.

And while hitting five cities in seven days isn't easy under any circumstances, an NBA team travels in a style that most business travelers can only dream about.

The comfort begins at the airport, where the Warriors charter a specially retrofitted jet, and it carries right on through to the luxury hotel room. Things were a little different in Coach Don Nelson's day in the 1960s and '70s.

"You had a roommate on the road to save money. And the cheapest possible room you could get. You had these little single rooms," Nelson said, recalling one of his old Boston Celtics teammates, 7-footer Hank Finkel. "He'd actually have to pull a drawer out for his feet, because the beds were so small."

Back then, everybody flew coach class, even 6-10 Bill Russell, the league MVP "with his knees up against the seat in front of him," said Warriors broadcaster Jim Barnett, another former Celtic.

Today's Warriors fly charter on a jet that is configured with just 59 seats, less than half the number the jet had when it was in commercial use. The front of the plane houses the 18 largest seats. They can recline almost fully to make beds for the players.

"It's really got a lot of space, especially for the big guys," 6-11 center Andris Biedrins said. "We can extend our legs."

The pampering doesn't stop with the plane. Luggage is screened at the arena, so the team bus pulls right up to the plane for departure. On arrival, another bus is waiting to take the players to the hotel.

And the Warriors' roster of accommodations reads like something straight off a movie star's itinerary. Often, it's a high-end chain such as Ritz-Carlton, or maybe a locally renowned boutique location.

Eric Housen, the Warriors' travel manager, will lay out nearly $1,000 in tips to the bellhops who swarm over the team's bags. Players stay one to a room, and some will see nothing but the inside of their beds for most of their stay.

"It's like a cocoon," center Adonal Foyle said. "You come in at 3 in the morning (from a plane flight), or you go to practice, or you go to shootaround, and then you're back in your room. It has to be a Herculean effort just to go and watch a movie."

Some players do make like Hercules and pull themselves off the bed. After all, the $106 per diem meal money isn't going to spend itself.

Rookie guard Kelenna Azubuike said he might go sightseeing when the Warriors hit New York on Thursday. Foyle, a 10th-year veteran, has a plan for most cities; in New York, he's going out to dinner with friends to discuss politics, and in Washington, he wants to visit the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

On evenings when the team doesn't have a game, players will avail themselves of that city's nightlife -- up to a point, at least.

Finding your balance can be tricky, forward Al Harrington said.

"My first season, I didn't really play and I was on a team full of old guys, so none of them really went out anyway," he said. "But the next year, I was hanging out with Jalen Rose a little bit, and I just couldn't do it."

Although Nelson has used a curfew in the past, the Warriors don't have one.

"With the new travel arrangements, we leave right after the game, get in late into the (next) city, and most people have already done whatever they need to do to get down after a game," Nelson said. "They've done that on the plane, so when we get in, most guys are tired and go to bed. They're not going to go out. The bars are already closed."

That being said, Nelson doesn't just let his players run wild.

"I coach men, and I respect that fact," Nelson said. "But if they abuse (the lack of a curfew), I'll have one here. If I find out people are staying out late, it's a totally different deal."

The toughest part of the travel is catching up on shut-eye.

"For me, it's really tough to manage sleep," forward Mickael Pietrus said. "Usually I fall asleep at 11 (p.m.), and I feel like I'm taking a nap on San Francisco time. Then I wake up and I don't want to sleep anymore. Then comes an injury. That's what I'm scared about: getting hurt because you don't get enough sleep."

Said Foyle: "I tell people that I don't sleep for six months. I just take naps. There's just so many things that disrupt your patterns. Sleep is all about routine, and the NBA season is anything but. It's routine in its chaos, not routine in its routine."

For any number of reasons, winning on the road is hard. And it's harder for the Warriors; their 6-21 road record is tied for second-worst in the NBA.

"There might be a tough crowd, you might have an off night, you might not be used to the rims," guard Jason Richardson said.

"It could be a number of things. But that's what separates the good teams from the bad teams: winning on the road. You've just got to find a way. You can't make excuses."

ReuK

aku dah ketinggalan zaman

cluesan

MIAMI HEATS WILL WIN THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007!!!!! Tp dwayne wade injured eh? aku suka T-Mac, tp houston rockets lemau ckit. terlalu bergantung kat Yao Ming n T-Mac.

cluesan

argh, baru aku tau, mmg dywane wade injured bahu dia. tension!!!

oobi

Western Conference

(1) Dallas Mavericks



1. Sun, Apr 22

oobi

(3) Toronto Raptors



1. Toronto 91 - 96 New Jersey
2. Toronto 89 - 83 New Jersey
3. Toronto 89 - 102 New Jersey
4. Toronto 81 - 102 New Jersey
5. Toronto 98 - 96 New Jersey
6. Toronto 97 - 98 New Jersey



(6) New Jersey Nets

Nets win series 4-2



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oobi

(4) Miami Heat



1. Miami 91 - 96 Chicago
2. Miami 89 - 107 Chicago
3. Miami 96 - 104 Chicago
4. Miami 79 - 92 Chicago



(5) Chicago Bulls

Bulls win series 4-0



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oobi

(1) Detroit Pistons



1. Detroit 100 - 91 Orlando
2. Detroit 98 - 90 Orlando
3. Detroit 93 - 77 Orlando
4. Detroit 97 - 93 Orlando



(8) Orlando Magics

Pistons win series 4-0



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oobi

(4) Utah Jazz



1. Utah 75 - 84 Houston
2. Utah 90 - 98 Houston
3. Utah 81 - 67 Houston
4. Utah 98 - 85 Houston
5. Utah 92 - 96 Houston
6. Utah 94 - 82 Houston
7. Utah 103 - 99 Houston



(5) Houston Rockets

Jazz win series 4-3



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dexa

Bulls bounce NBA champs in playoff opener, Nets win

Sudanese-born forward Luol Deng scored 33 points and Ben Gordon added 24 to lead Chicago over defending champion Miami 96-91 here Saturday in a National Basketball Association playoff opener.

Deng, now a British citizen, scored back-to-back baskets, the last a three-point play, to give the Bulls a 92-83 lead with 1:51 remaining.
Miami answered with the next eight points but Gordon and Argentina's Andres Nocioni, who finished with 17 points, each hit two late free throws to hold off the Heat.

"They are the champs. We know they won't go down easy," Deng said. "That's why we're going to play them tough. It's going to be a good series."

In another best-of-seven Eastern Conference series opener, Richard Jefferson scored 28 points and former Toronto star Vince Carter added 16 to spark New Jersey past Toronto 96-91, while in Detroit, the Pistons held off a late-game challenge from the Orlando Magic to post a 100-92 victory.

The Bulls had a game-high 14 rebounds by Ben Wallace and a game-high 11 assists from Gordon, but it was Deng's hot hand in the second half that made the difference.

"I just took shots in a rhythm," Deng said. "We just did a good job moving the ball around. I was always open so I got good shots."

With Chicago clinging to a 92-91 lead, it was Wallace who tapped a rebound to Deng that led to Gordon's key free throws.

After Dwyane Wade, Miami's top scorer with 21 points, missed a 3-pointer, the Heat fouled Nocioni and the South American star sank two free throws with 9.8 seconds remaining to create the final victory margin.

"Our ball movement was really the big thing," Deng said. "If you don't move the ball well against them, you will be hurting. It was really the ball movement that won it for us."

Shaquille O'Neal had 19 points and six rebounds but had fouled out by the final dramatics as the defending champions, weakened by injuries all season, proved vulnerable to the new generation of the team Michael Jordan led to six NBA titles in the 1990s.

At Toronto, Carter made only 5-of-16 shots as Raptors supporters booed their former hero, but he scored nine points in the fourth quarter to help the Nets capture the first game of their series.

The Raptors made a 17-6 run to begin the fourth quarter but the Nets held off their hosts, thanks in part to a playoff career high 16 points by Bostjan Nachbar of Slovenia and 11-of-21 shooting by Jefferson.

"We understand with this much emotion ionvolved they were going to make a run," Jefferson said, adding that New Jersey's depth offset Carter's struggles.

"We're a team. It's not just about him. Even if someone has an off night, down the line we will play great."

Chris Bosh scored 22 points to lead the Raptors, who also had 21 points from T.J. Ford and 16 more from Anthony Parker.

The Raptors rallied within 83-82 with 4:08 remaining

Nachbar scored five points in the final 2:40 and Carter had four, including a layup and two free throws that kept the Raptors from taking the ball with a chance to pull even.

In Detroit, Chauncey Billups had 22 points and 11 assists but Tayshaun Prince nailed the biggest shot of the game as the Pistons held off the Magic.

Rasheed Wallace scored 16 points for Detroit, which has won three straight series openers in the first round. The Pistons reached the Eastern Conference finals last season and the NBA finals the two previous campaigns.

Billups shot just 5-of-13 from the field, including 1-of-6 from the 3-point arc, but was a steadying influence. The former NBA finals MVP continually drove Magic guard Jameer Nelson to the basket and got to the line at will - nailing 11-of-12 foul shots.

As a result, Detroit cruised to a 91-77 lead with 5:28 left in the fourth quarter before taking its foot off the gas. Orlando went on a 13-2 run - capped by Dwight Howard's monster dunk - to make it 93-90 with 54 seconds left.

But on the ensuing possession, the Pistons' experience paid dividends. Richard Hamilton drove the ball into the lane and found Prince, who darted along the right baseline, absorbed contact and converted a tough layup to make it 95-90 with 37 seconds left. He missed the ensuing free throw.

Prince shot 4-of-7 from the field and dished out six assists, and Wallace was 6-of-12, including 3-of-5 from the arc for the Pistons.

Howard collected 13 points and 19 rebounds for the Magic, who shot a blistering 58 percent but committed 20 turnovers.

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tengah best now -- NBA  playoff --
wish i were in north america --
sebab bila live kat espn -- waktu kerja lak kat sini -

oobi

(2) Phoenix Suns



1. Phoenix 95 - 87 Los Angeles
2. Phoenix 126 - 98 Los Angeles
3. Phoenix 89 - 95 Los Angeles
4. Phoenix 113 - 100 Los Angeles
5. Phoenix 119 - 110 Los Angeles




(7) Los Angeles Lakers

Suns win series 4-1



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oobi

(2) Cleveland Cavaliers



1. Cleveland 97 - 82 Washington
2. Cleveland 109 - 102 Washington
3. Cleveland 98 - 92 Washington
4. Cleveland 97 - 90 Washington



(7) Washington Wizards

Cavaliers win series 4-0



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oobi

(3) San Antonio Spurs



1. San Antonio 89 - 95 Denver
2. San Antonio 97 - 88 Denver
3. San Antonio 96 - 91 Denver
4. San Antonio 96 - 89 Denver
5. San Antonio 93 - 78 Denver




(6) Denver Nuggets

Spurs win series 4-1



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oobi

(1) Dallas Mavericks



1. Dallas 85 - 97 Golden State
2. Dallas 112 - 99 Golden State
3. Dallas 91 - 109 Golden State
4. Dallas 99 - 103 Golden State
5. Dallas 118 - 112 Golden State
6. Dallas 86 - 111 Golden State



(8) Golden State Warriors

Warriors win series 4-2



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dexa

Basketball / NBA: Bulls send champs Heat packing

MIAMI: The Chicago Bulls swept the defending NBA champions Miami Heat out of the playoffs on Sunday, winning a post-season series for the first time since the Michael Jordan era.

Ben Gordon scored 24 points, Luol Deng had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Chicago beat Miami 92-79 in Game 4 to finish off their first-round Eastern Conference series.

The Bulls, who will face Detroit in the second round, became the first team to oust a defending champion in the opening play-off series since Phoenix did it to San Antonio in 2000.

The coach of that Suns team Scott Skiles, who coaches the Bulls now