The Avalanche had a 21-15 edge on shots through 40 minutes.LeBron
James scored 24 points, and the Miami Heat won their 27th consecutive
game Monday night, overwhelming the Orlando Magic 108-94 at Amway
Arena.With this group, its more continuity, ball movement, a lot of pick
and roll action.The Portland Trail Blazers are running out of time to
make up ground in the Western Conference playoff race, and their
remaining schedule features teams either currently in postseason
position or battling for it like themselves.Theyve been outscored 40-22
on the road this year 19-7 in the first period.Coach Randy Carlyle
praised the work ethic of Lupul, who has three goals and five assists
during a six-game point streak against the Senators."To me, its a game
that got away from us," coach Todd Richards said.Blues coach Ken
Hitchcock thought his club showed improvement after an embarrassing 3-0
home-ice loss to Edmonton on Tuesday night.
LeBron James was in
perfect position for the rebound he needed for a triple-double.Tuesday
was the first of four road games in five nights that includes stops at
Houston and San Antonio.Architect AECOM, tapped to build a new Kings
arena, recently completed the Barclays venue.His loss is a major one for
the Grizzlies, whose plus-3.Allen said Prince, who won the 2004 NBA
title with Detroit, and Daye, a four-year pro out of Gonzaga University,
have blended beautifully with the Grizzlies.That counts Leandro
Barbosa, who was lost for the season to a knee injury and was dealt to
Washington in the Crawford deal.
You cant necessarily gauge them
against other teams, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Monday night, after
Miami topped Orlando 108-94.But we did a good job keeping the lead,
knowing when we needed a bucket and getting one.I was finding guys and
they were knocking down shots.Our historic run is about winning
championships, Heat star LeBron James said.It almost has to be where
your 4-man has to be able to shoot the corner 3, he said.
Chris
Kunitz added a goal and an assist as the Penguins capped a giddy 24
hours by dominating the Southeast Division leaders.The Columbus Jackets
were struggling terribly on the road 3-9-2 in their last 14 while the
Edmonton Oilers were 0-7-5 when coming home from a road trip of two
games or longer.The Shockers are big and tough under the basket, but
could struggle to keep up when the Buckeyes use an undersized lineup."We
know that when we go out there we do our job and we do it well.Thus,
Johnson and his group put together a downtown arena plan.
We know
that Chicago is going to be a tough game for us, and playing in that
building.Fleury suffered a minor upper body injury in a win over
Montreal on Tuesday and was scratched for Thursdays game against the
Jets .Weve known all along that we need to present the NBA a first-rate,
quality place for them to play."He ray ban sunglasses probably gets a little winded still but hes playing well.
The
Jazz jumped out to a big early lead and didnt let up, blowing out the
Philadelphia 76ers 107-91 on Monday night to halt a four-game skid.The
Sharks scored the only goal in the first period as Pavelski received a
fortuitous bounce to collect his 10th of the season.Defense needs to be a
team effort each and every night.NOTES: Niemi had consecutive shutouts
last season against Calgary and Columbus on each side of the All-Star
break.The Bulls still dont have injured point guard Derrick Rose back in
the lineup and have lost 13 of their last 22 games.
We started
watching and stopped skating, Winnipeg forward Andew Ladd said.Neither
team has any doubt Wichita State 29-8 belongs on the same court with the
mighty Buckeyes 29-7 for a chance to go to Atlanta."He was unhappy
about the move and felt picked on.Masters after he ground out a
two-under-par round of 70 to make the cut on the number at one-under.
Joe
Thornton took the puck from Brian Lashoff on the forecheck and slid a
pass to Burns, who beat Jimmy Howard up high to make it 2-0.Just getting
back into the playoff hunt was an accomplishment for Dallas, which sat
10 games under .Mondays game began a stretch of eight of the final 12
games at home for the Jazz, who went 0-3 on a Texas road trip that ended
with a 113-108 loss in Dallas on Sunday.8 assists over his last five
games and scored 31 in Sundays 102-100 loss to Brooklyn."Its really
disappointing and Im going to leave it at that.
