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Iverson sorry for missing Thanksgiving practice
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Allen Iverson apologized Friday for skipping a Detroit Pistons practice on Thanksgiving and insisted it won’t happen again.
The standout guard was the only player who didn’t show up when the Pistons worked out Thursday.
“First of all, I have no excuses,” […]

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Knicks suspend Marbury one game for actions in Detroit
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Knicks needed Stephon Marbury to play, then suspended him a game and docked him nearly $400,000 in salary Friday after claiming he refused.
The disgruntled guard insists he never told coach Mike D’Antoni “no” […]

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Western Conference Insider: Popovich teaching more than ever
 By Art Garcia, NBA.com
Gregg Popovich was strolling over to the assembled media at one end of the Spurs practice facility when he made a quick detour. Tom James, the team’s PR rep, had already begun gathering the press for the post-shootaround chat.
Pop, though, […]

WASHINGTON POWERS SMB TO REPEAT WIN OVER AIR21

Beermen end 3-game skid to firm up hold of second

Jay Washington did a little of everything in San Miguel Beer’s 98-78 repeat victory over the Air21 Express Wednesday night that snapped the Beermen’s thee-game slump in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
Washington registered […]

Air21 has something to prove

The first time Air21 and San Miguel Beer met this season, it needed two overtime periods to decide a ‘controversial’ game.
The Beermen actually won, 130-129, last Nov. 5, but the Express insisted they won it in the first OT following a three-pointer by Ranidel de Ocampo, but the referees ruled it […]

Air21, SMB settle scores

This game will sell itself — for a reason most obvious to the two protagonists and to their respective fans.
“We want to prove to everyone that we beat them the last time,” Air21 coach Bo Perasol said of his Air21 crew’s clash Wednesday with San Miguel Beer, which won their bitterly disputed […]

Slumping Bulls enlist Kings’ Holper
Red Bull beefed up its frontline yesterday with the acquisition of Fil-Am forward Mike Holper in a trade with Barangay Ginebra in a move the Photokina franchise hoped could help check its slide in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup.
The Bulls made the deal on the heels of a five-game slump sending […]

Bucks’ Bogut out at least a week with bruised knee
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bucks center Andrew Bogut will be sidelined for a week to 10 days after sustaining a bone bruise to his left knee Monday night in a loss at Orlando.
The announcement from Milwaukee general manager John Hammond said the injury was revealed in an […]

LeBron ‘flattered’ by N.Y. attention, but focus is on Cavs
NEW YORK (AP) — Even Spike Lee, that noted Knicks superfan, was a LeBron James guy Tuesday night.
And when New York guard Nate Robinson saw the producer had turned traitor and was wearing a pair of the special red “Big Apple” sneakers James was debuting […]

Bobcats’ Richardson practices, could play Wednesday
 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Bobcats’ top-scorer Jason Richardson practiced Tuesday for the first time since undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery and could play Wednesday in Toronto.
Richardson has missed six straight games since waking up with pain and swelling his right knee on Nov. 12, a day after scoring 23 points […]