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A top-five shakeup headlines the final NBA Power Rankings of the decade
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Sunday, 29 December 2019 11:39
Party in the city where the Heat is on!Welcome to No. 2, Miami.Jimmy Butler & Co. have the league's longest active win streak at five games, a run bookended by two tight victories over the Philadelphia 76ers. Miami's rise coincides with some shaky play from the Staples Center roommates, as the Los Angeles Lakers (losers in four of six) and…
AD: Lakers can 'beat any team' with effort on D
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Sunday, 29 December 2019 23:45
LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Davis said there's a simple solution to keeping the Los Angeles Lakers atop the league standings: lockdown defense."We just had to find ourselves again," Davis said after the Lakers' 108-95 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday at Staples Center. "We were able to get back to what we do defensively. And when we do that,…
Pelicans top short-handed Rockets to extend roll
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Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:39
NEW ORLEANS -- For the first two months of the season, the New Orleans Pelicans seemed to have little direction.Their season started with hopes of postseason play that seemed to get dashed early when Zion Williamson went down with a knee injury that has kept him out the entire season. Early on, injuries piled up and rotations were a bit…
Mavs' Doncic briefly in protocol after 'scary' fall
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Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:48
LOS ANGELES -- Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic briefly entered the concussion protocol during Sunday's loss to the Los Angeles Lakers after suffering a hard fall to the court during a first-half drive to the hoop.Doncic was fouled on the drive and stayed in to sink a pair of free throws, but he checked out of the game late…
Rockets' Harden (sprained toe) out vs. Pelicans
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Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:58
NEW ORLEANS -- Houston Rockets guard James Harden will miss his first game of the season Sunday night with a toe sprain, according to coach Mike D'Antoni."He probably could [play], but given the circumstances it's better that he doesn't," D'Antoni said before the game. "He's banged up a little bit."With Russell Westbrook also out (rest), the Rockets will start Austin…
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