Posts Tagged Professional basketball

Grizzlies try to extend best playoff run vs Spurs

San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan, left, and shooting guard Tracy McGrady celebrate on the bench during the fourth quarter of Game 6 of a Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — On the best playoff run in their short history, the Memphis Grizzlies refuse to be satisfied with just reaching their first Western Conference final.

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Documentary is an ode to NYC playground basketball

This film publicity image released by Doin' It In The Park, LLC shows female basketball player Niki Avery, second left, playing basketball in the Spanish Harlem section of New York during filming of the documentary "Doin' It In The Park.” (AP Photo/Doin' It In The Park, LLC)

NEW YORK (AP) — Half-moon hoops, double rims, chain-linked fences for out-of-bounds lines and no net that anyone can recall.

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Torah walk Sunday in honor of late Pistons owner

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Torah walk planned for Sunday in Farmington Hills will honor the memory of former Detroit Pistons owner William Davidson.

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Ex-NBA player stabbed, seriously injured in fight

In this July 3, 2005 file photo Predrag Danilovic, center, challenges for the ball with Antonello Riva, left during an basketball match, in Belgrade, Serbia. Danilovic, former basketball star who played for NBA’s Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, has been seriously injured in a bar fight. Police say Danilovic was stabbed during a brawl early Saturday in a cafe in a residential part of the capital, Belgrade. Doctors say Danilovic underwent an operation after suffering serious injuries to his abdomen, head and arms. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight.

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Pacers not talking about changes, Hill’s status

New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, left, goes up for a shot against Indiana Pacers' Paul George in the second half of Game 5 of an Eastern Conference semifinal in the NBA basketball playoffs, at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The Knicks won 85-75. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers head into Game 6 against the New York Knicks in unfamiliar territory.

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