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David Aldridge | Bad rap for NBA in Vegas
The event was linked unfairly to crimes.

In the wake of what are, charitably, unclear media reports about what exactly happened in the streets of Las Vegas during the NBA's All-Star Weekend, there are parallel criticisms being leveled. Some are accurate, some are specious.
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  • Better late than never for Sixers

    The 76ers walked glumly into the unusually cold Memphis night thinking they had hit rock bottom after being mauled by the Grizzlies, the team they were fighting for the dubious distinction of having the NBA's worst record.
  • On the NBA | 'Angry Shaq' ready to battle all comers

    Shaq is getting ornery. "I don't foul my man," he said Wednesday, responding to Pat Riley's plea to stay out of foul trouble. "I haven't fouled my man in a while. The only time I get in foul trouble is when I... help... . We have to do a better job as a team."
  • NBA | James leads Cavs to win over Raptors

    LeBron James kept up his midseason scoring surge with 36 points and Larry Hughes added 27, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to an easy 120-97 win over the Toronto Raptors last night.
  • Sixers' streak continues with third win

    The 76ers needed to sweat and struggle and even go to overtime against one of only two NBA teams with a record worse than theirs. But when you've had to wait nearly four months to match a season highlight, what's an extra five minutes?
  • Former teammates bid farewell to D.J.

    Four months after the death of team patriarch Red Auerbach, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge reunited in grief yesterday to say goodbye to former Boston Celtics teammate Dennis Johnson.
  • Three in a row has Sixers smiling

    THE WAY STEVEN Hunter looked at the 76ers' 117-112 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, the real key wasn't anywhere in the statistics.
  • Injury derailed rookie Lowry

    Tony Barone Jr. never had any doubt that Kyle Lowry would become a starting point guard in the NBA. He just didn't know he'd have to wait until next season to see it happen.
  • NBA | Bucks beat Raptors; Wizards top Hawks

    Michael Redd scored 21 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors, 94-81, last night for their third straight victory.
  • Hot off the Suns, Sixers hope Memphis makes three

    When the 76ers try again tonight to match their season-high winning streak, they will be more susceptible to a letdown than the last three times they tried it.
  • Carney out with tear in shoulder
    Rodney Carney, the 6-7 76ers rookie who had been starting at small forward, has a torn rotator cuff and labrum in his right shoulder and is listed as day-to-day.
  • Randolph eager to return from ankle injury

    By all accounts, Shavlik Randolph is very much a part of the 76ers' future. He just wasn't part of the official team photo taken on the Wachovia Center court at roughly 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
  • Sixers Report

    Coming up The 76ers continue their six-game homestand with three contests - tonight against Philadelphia's Hakim Warrick and the Memphis Grizzlies, Sunday night against the New Jersey Nets, and Wednesday vs. the Seattle SuperSonics.
  • TONIGHT'S GAME
    Who: 76ers (20-38) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (15-44). When: 7 o'clock. Where: Wachovia Center. TV: Comcast SportsNet. Radio: WIP (610-AM).
  • Sam Donnellon |    THE 1-2 HUNCH
    TODAY BEING Friday, I want to tell you, with complete certainty, that Texas freshman Kevin Durant is the franchise player to take should the Sixers win the lottery and pick first.
  • Morning Bytes | Bet on it: Brown is up to something

    It's been months since Larry Brown walked away from a commitment. And it's not likely to happen soon. As a 76ers consultant, there's really not much for him to abandon.
  • NBA | Patterson quits as GM of woebegone Blazers

    Portland Trail Blazers president and general manager Steve Patterson abruptly resigned yesterday after owner Paul Allen refused to renew his contract.
  • Blazers president/GM Patterson resigns

    Portland Trail Blazers president and general manager Steve Patterson abruptly resigned yesterday after owner Paul Allen refused to renew his contract.
  • For smaller leagues, it's a bidding war

    CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK is the only national TV exposure some conferences get. The teams in these leagues don't have NBA frontlines, but they are dangerous in one-game settings. See Mason, George; 2006.
  • John Smallwood | The business end of pro basketball
    NOBODY WOULD have blamed Samuel Dalembert, Willie Green, Kyle Korver, Andre Miller, Kevin Ollie or Louis Williams if any of them asked out of the 76ers Black History Tour of Philadelphia on Tuesday.
  • Sixers block out the Suns

    Going into the game, the 76ers did not appear to be such a big obstacle for Phoenix in the Suns' attempt to make NBA history, but they proved to be an unusually formidable force last night.
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