Topic: NBA Southwest

Nowitzki's Mavs get their revenge over Miami

The National Basketball Association season started with "The Decision" and ended with vindication.The Los Angeles Lakers were chasing history by pursuing another title and the Miami Heat were partying on South Beach even before the season started, but it was the Dallas ...

Mavericks retool for another championship run

(Reuters) - Fans of the Dallas Mavericks may find themselves wondering who all the new faces are when the team raises their championship banner to the rafters on Christmas Day as the curtain goes up on a shortened National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

Cohesiveness, fitness favors Miami Heat in 2011-12

(Reuters) - The starter's gun sounds Christmas Day on an National Basketball Association (NBA) sprint of a season that will reward cohesiveness and fitness in a compressed 66-game campaign that has the Miami Heat as clear front-runners.Miami's 'Big Three' of LeBron James, ...

NBA star Nowitzki gets German sports award

NBA star Dirk Nowitzki has been named Germany's Sportsman of the Year, the first basketball player to take the award.In a poll of 1500 sports journalists, the 33-year-old, who led the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA title in June and took the ...

Hornets re-sign forward Landry

(Reuters) - The New Orleans Hornets have re-signed forward Carl Landry as they prepare to play without traded All-Star guard Chris Paul, the National Basketball Association team said Saturday.Details of the contract were not announced.Landry, 28, averaged 11.8 points and 4.1 rebounds ...

Bulls beat Pacers in NBA pre-season opener

The Chicago Bulls opened the pre-season with a 95-86 win over the Indiana Pacers behind 16 points each from MVP Derrick Rose and Luol Deng.The game was a rematch of last season's National Basketball Association first-round playoff series and one of four ...

Timberwolves sign ex-Mavericks guard Barea

(Reuters) - The Minnesota Timberwolves injected some energy into their backcourt by signing free agent guard Jose Juan "J.J." Barea, the National Basketball Association (NBA) club said on Thursday.Terms of the contract offer were not disclosed.The 27-year-old Barea, a native of Puerto ...

Grizzlies confirm Gasol signs new four-year agreement

(Reuters) - The Memphis Grizzlies have re-signed Spanish center Marc Gasol, the team said Wednesday, after he helped them to their most successful season by reaching last season's conference semi-finals.Gasol, who had used his Twitter page to say a tentative agreement had ...

Hornets complete NBA deal to send Paul to Clippers

The NBA-owned New Orleans Hornets have finally reached an agreement to trade all-star Chris Paul, six days after the league vetoed a trade that would have seen Paul join the Los Angeles Lakers.On Wednesday, the Hornets announced they had dealt guard Paul ...

Clippers land Paul to end trade saga

(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Clippers acquired point guard Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday in a deal that ends a week-long saga involving the sought after All Star.In exchange for sending Paul and two 2015 second round picks ...
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