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And the Timberwolves continue to reinvent themselves

SCOTT JACOBS
Bill Laimbeer is coming back to the NBA, but his second stint in the league (this time as a coach) will not be coming with the team that made him a household name, and one of the most rugged defensive forces in the sport.
Instead, the former Notre Dame [...]

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Orlando’s franchise center has the talent to take over the basketball universe, but does he have the drive and the maturity to truly become great?  That is the question
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The man with the million dollar smile and the multi million dollar contract sat on the podium, taking questions from reporters just minutes after a discouraging [...]

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Maybe it was the look that Kobe Bryant had in his eyes during game one when the LA Lakers disposed of Orlando in one of the largest shellackings in NBA history.  Maybe it was the goaltend that wasn’t called, and the shot that wasn’t made as time expired in game two, giving the Lakers [...]

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The Magic had no answers for the unstoppable Kobe Bryant, but can they make the necessary adjustments in game two?
NEIL DOUGH
Stan Van Gundy is still awake. He’s sitting in his hotel room breakfast nook, reading his morning paper, gently sipping on his mocha choka latte, and throwing down his Denny’s Grand Slam. He [...]

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Magic or Lakers?  Juiced Sports’ finest take their crack at predicting the 2009 Finals (LeBron James not included)
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The Nike Puppets have gone to the witness protection program (pun intended) and Vitamin Water has replaced the Black Mamba and The King with Superman.  The Cavs called in sick, and so in place of the much [...]

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LeBron James may be the King, but tonight Superman earned his cape
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They asked if Dwight Howard could stop joking around for just a few months, and finally get serious. They wondered if Stan Van Gundy, “the Master of Panic” was a good enough coach to take his team beyond the conference finals and into [...]

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A dream meeting of LeBron and Kobe in the finals may be on the brink of collapse, but in the world of sports you have to expect the unpredictable.

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All they do in Beantown: play game sevens.  Add a winner take all showdown between the Magic and Celtics at the new Garden on Sunday Night to the list
SCOTT JACOBS
The NBA: Where Amazing Happens.
Boston, MA: Where Game Sevens Happen.
With the Burins and now Celtics going to game sevens in their second round series’ respectively, Boston [...]

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