Wednesday's games (9) review - Mar 11, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
New York K. - San Antonio S. 87-97
Manu Ginobili (6'6''-G-77, agency: Interperformances) scored 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs won for the fifth time in six games with a 97-87 victory over the New York Knicks, who guaranteed themselves a franchise-record ninth consecutive losing season. Tim Duncan (6'10''-F-76, college: Wake Forest) had 18 points and 9 boards, while Keith Bogans added 13 pts in this victory. In NY Knicks, David Lee collected 21 points and 10 rebs [read more]
New York K. - San Antonio S. 87-97 Manu Ginobili (6'6''-G-77, agency: Interperformances) scored 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs won for the fifth time in six games with a 97-87 victory over the New York Knicks, who guaranteed themselves a franchise-record ninth consecutive losing season. Tim Duncan (6'10''-F-76, college: Wake Forest) had 18 points and 9 boards, while Keith Bogans added 13 pts in this victory. In NY Knicks, David Lee collected 21 points and 10 rebs.
Charlotte B. - Philadelph.76 102-87 Gerald Wallace (6'7''-F-82, college: Alabama) scored 28 points on 9-for-10 shooting from the field, Stephen Jackson (6'8''-F-78, college: Butler Co.CC) added 24 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bobcats won their fourth straight game with a 102-87 victory over the reeling Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night. Tyson Chandler helped with 12 pts and 5 boards. In the loosing squad, Rodney Carney replied with 14 pts and 5 boards.
Memphis G. - Boston C. 111-91 Rudy Gay (6'9''-F/G-86, college: Connecticut) scored 28 points on Wednesday night to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory over the Celtics and give the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road win. The previous six were against non-contenders, but this was Memphis' first victory over the Celtics in seven tries. O.J. Mayo (6'5''-G-87, college: USC) helped with 17 points in this vicotry. The hosts got 17 points and 8 assists from Rajon Rondo.
Utah Jazz - Detroit P. 115-104 Deron Williams (6'3''-G-84, college: Illinois), who is 9-0 in his career against Detroit, led seven Utah players in double figures with 18 points and 12 assists. Paul Millsap (6'7''-F-85, college: Louisiana Tech) (9 rebs) and Mehmet Okur also delivered 18 pts each. In Detroit Pistons, Charlie Villanueva collected 19 points and 5 boards.
LA Clippers - Miami Heat 97-108 Dwyane Wade (6'4''-G-82, college: Marquette) had 27 points and eight assists, Jermaine O'Neal (6'11''-F-78) finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, and the Heat extended their longest home winning streak of the season to four games by beating Los Angeles 108-97. Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers helped with 15 and 12 points respectively. Rasual Butler answered with 31 points for the Clippers.
Toronto R. - Sacramento K. 90-113 Tyreke Evans (6'6''-G-89, college: Memphis) recorded his first career triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, leading the Kings to a 113-90 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. Beno Udrih (6'5''-G-82) drained 24 points and handed out 8 assists in this win. Andre Bargnani answered with 20 pts and 6 rebounds in loss.
Denver N. - Minnesota T. 110-102 Chauncey Billups (6'3''-G-76, college: Colorado) scored 25 points and got a huge lift from role players Smith, Chris Andersen (6'11''-C-78, college: Blinn JC) and Nene in the Nuggets' 110-102 victory over the Timberwolves on Wednesday night. Carmelo Anthony added 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. In Minnesota TWolves, Corey Brewer top-scored with 21 points.
N.Orleans H. - Oklah.City T. 83-98 Kevin Durant (6'9''-G/F-88, college: Texas) scored 29 points, Russell Westbrook (6'3''-G-88, college: UCLA) added 17 points and came up just shy of a triple-double, and the Thunder beat injury-depleted New Orleans 98-83 on Wednesday night. Nenad Krstic and Jeff Green (9 rebs) helped with 10 points each. The Hornets got 33 points from David West.
New Jersey N. - Dallas M. 87-96 Jason Kidd (6'4''-G-73, college: California) had 20 points and nine assists, hitting 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and the Mavericks recovered from a lethargic start to match the NBA's longest winning streak this season with their 13th straight victory. Caron Butler (6'7''-F-80, college: Connecticut) and Beaubois each added 16 points and Marion had 14 points and 13 rebounds. The Nets got 21 points and 7 assists from Devin Harris.
Clippers fire GM Mike Dunleavy - Mar 10, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager.
Now that arrangement is over, with the team announcing his departure in an e-mailed statement. Assistant general manager Neil Olshey will take over Dunleavy's job.
'The team has simply not made sufficient progress during Dunleavy's seven-year tenure,' the statement said [read more]
Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager.
Now that arrangement is over, with the team announcing his departure in an e-mailed statement. Assistant general manager Neil Olshey will take over Dunleavy's job.
'The team has simply not made sufficient progress during Dunleavy's seven-year tenure,' the statement said. 'The Clippers want to win now. This transition, in conjunction with a full commitment to dedicate unlimited resources, is designed to accomplish that objective.'
The Clippers were 12th in the Western Conference standings with a 25-38 record going into Tuesday night's game at Orlando.
Dunleavy stepped down as head coach on Feb. 4, and was replaced by assistant Kim Hughes.
At the time, Dunleavy said, 'I thought, 'It's time for me to give somebody else a shot, you're burnt out on this.''
Olshey had been serving as assistant GM since before the 2008-09 season. Previously, he was director of player development, assistant coach and director of player personnel.
The team said he played an important role in several transactions, including deals that brought Marcus Camby, Rasual Butler, Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw and Drew Gooden to the Clippers. Olshey also was part of the planning for the team's last four NBA drafts, including obtaining Blake Griffin as the No. 1 overall pick last season.
Griffin has missed this season because of injury.
The move comes with the Clippers having significant salary cap space in hopes of luring a top free agent this summer.
In 6{ seasons as coach, Dunleavy was 215-325, and Los Angeles made the playoffs just once in his first six seasons, getting within one game of the Western Conference finals in 2006. The Clippers haven't been back to the playoffs since, winning just 42 games in the past two seasons.
Last month, Dunleavy said, 'I wanted to stay with this organization, see things through, one way or the other. I would have rather done it as a successful coach, but on the other hand, I can see ahead. It was going to be a tough struggle all the way through.'
Grizzlies recall Hasheem Thabeet from D-League - Mar 10, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
The Memphis Grizzlies have recalled rookie center Hasheem Thabeet (7'3''-C-87, college: Connecticut) from the Dakota Wizards of the NBA Development League after less than two weeks in the minors.
The 7-foot-3 Thabeet was sent to the D-league on Feb. 25. He averaged 13.8 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.17 blocks in six games with Dakota.
Thabeet, the second overall pick last year out of Connecticut, had averaged 2.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 50 games for the Grizzlies [read more]
The Memphis Grizzlies have recalled rookie center Hasheem Thabeet (7'3''-C-87, college: Connecticut) from the Dakota Wizards of the NBA Development League after less than two weeks in the minors. The 7-foot-3 Thabeet was sent to the D-league on Feb. 25. He averaged 13.8 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.17 blocks in six games with Dakota.
Thabeet, the second overall pick last year out of Connecticut, had averaged 2.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 50 games for the Grizzlies.
The 23-year-old is the highest drafted player to play in the NBA's minor league.
With the Wizards, he started four of six games and had a career-high 19 points Feb. 28 at Fort Wayne and a personal-best 18 rebounds March 5 at Tulsa. The Wizards were 5-1 during his stay.
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