Lakers’ Gasol to sit due to tendinitis in knees (Reuters)

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Dec 042012
 

(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers, still trying to find their way this season, will be without Pau Gasol when they try to snap the Houston Rockets’ five-game home winning streak on Tuesday. Gasol, averaging a National Basketball Association career low in points with 12.6 per game, will take a rest on the bench due to tendinitis in both knees, the Lakers said. Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers (8-9), struggling to meet lofty pre-season expectations, will try to climb back to the .500 mark against the Rockets (8-8) following a 113-103 home loss to Orlando on Sunday. …

NBA-Lakers’ Gasol to sit due to tendinitis in knees (Reuters)

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Dec 042012
 

Dec 4 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers, still trying to find their way this season, will be without Pau Gasol when they try to snap the Houston Rockets’ five-game home winning streak on Tuesday. Gasol, averaging a National Basketball Association career low in points with 12.6 per game, will take a rest on the bench due to tendinitis in both knees, the Lakers said. Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers (8-9), struggling to meet lofty pre-season expectations, will try to climb back to the .500 mark against the Rockets (8-8) following a 113-103 home loss to Orlando on Sunday. …

Spurs fined $250,000 for resting top players (Reuters)

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Nov 302012
 

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs were fined $250,000 on Friday for sending top players home before a nationally televised game against the Miami Heat, the National Basketball Association said on Friday. The Spurs, who have one of the oldest rosters in the league, sent four of their top players home to rest before Thursday’s game, which was the final game of a six-game road trip for San Antonio and their fourth game in five nights. …

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UPDATE 1-NBA-Spurs fined $250,000 for resting top players (Reuters)

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Nov 302012
 

* Spurs were playing fourth road game in five nights * Team did not inform league of decision in a “timely way” (Adds quotes and details) Nov 30 (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs were fined $250,000 on Friday for sending top players home before a nationally televised game against the Miami Heat, the National Basketball Association said on Friday. The Spurs, who have one of the oldest rosters in the league, sent four of their top players home to rest before Thursday’s game, which was the final game of a six-game road trip for San Antonio and their fourth game in five nights. …

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NBA-League fines Spurs for resting top players (Reuters)

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Nov 302012
 

Nov 30 (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs were fined $250,000 on Friday for sending top players home before a nationally televised game against the Miami Heat, the National Basketball Association said on Friday. The Spurs, who have one of the oldest rosters in the league, sent four of their top players home to rest before Thursday’s game, which was the final game of a six-game road trip for San Antonio and their fourth game in five nights. (Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue)

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NBA-Raptors sign free agent swing man Pietrus (Reuters)

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Nov 302012
 

Nov 30 (Reuters) – The Toronto Raptors have signed French free-agent swingman Mickael Pietrus, the National Basketball Association team said on Friday. The Atlantic Division team waived forward Dominic McGuire to make room for 30-year-old Pietrus, who averaged 6.9 points and 3.1 rebounds in 42 games last season for the Boston Celtics. Selected with the 11th overall pick by the Golden State Warriors in the 2003 NBA Draft, Pietrus spent five seasons with the Warriors before splitting his last four years between Orlando, Phoenix and Boston. …

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Celtics’ point guard Rondo suspended for two games for fight (Reuters)

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Nov 292012
 

(Reuters) – Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was suspended for two games for fighting with Nets forward Kris Humphries in Wednesday’s 95-83 Brooklyn victory, the National Basketball Association said on Thursday. Three-time All-Star Ronda rushed at Humphries after the Nets player sent Boston’s Kevin Garnett to the floor with a foul under the basket. Brooklyn’s Gerald Wallace engaged Garnett after the Boston player got to his feet to join in the melee. Wallace was fined $35,000 and Garnett $25,000 for escalating the altercation. …

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NBA-Celtics’ point guard Rondo suspended for two games for fight (Reuters)

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Nov 292012
 

Nov 29 (Reuters) – Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was suspended for two games for fighting with Nets forward Kris Humphries in Wednesday’s 95-83 Brooklyn victory, the National Basketball Association said on Thursday. Three-time All-Star Ronda rushed at Humphries after the Nets player sent Boston’s Kevin Garnett to the floor with a foul under the basket. Brooklyn’s Gerald Wallace engaged Garnett after the Boston player got to his feet to join in the melee. Wallace was fined $35,000 and Garnett $25,000 for escalating the altercation. …

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NBA: Grizzlies’ Randolph fined $25,000 for "confronting" player (Reuters)

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Nov 192012
 

(Reuters) – Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph has been fined $25,000 for “confronting” Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kendrick Perkins following their ejections from a game last week, the National Basketball Association said on Monday. The players were hit with technical fouls and ejected last Wednesday after a verbal altercation with 2:05 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies’ 107-97 win in Oklahoma City. Former All-Star Randolph, who had 20 points and 11 rebounds in the game, then challenged Perkins near the locker room, the NBA said. …

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Lakers guard Nash out for "at least another week" (Reuters)

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Nov 172012
 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash will be sidelined for “at least another week” because of a small fracture in his left leg, the National Basketball Association team said on Friday. The twice former Most Valuable Player has missed seven games, including Friday’s 114-102 win over his former team the Phoenix Suns, since suffering the injury against the Portland Trail Blazers on October 31. The 38-year-old Nash was examined by a Lakers team doctor earlier on Friday and will be re-evaluated next weekend, the Lakers said in a statement. …

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