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2009-2010 NBA Standings
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| Atlantic | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Streak | L10 | |
| Boston | 43 | 24 | .642 | – | 21-12 | 22-12 | 12-2 | 30-15 | Won 2 | 7-3 | |
| Toronto | 33 | 33 | .500 | 9.5 | 23-10 | 10-23 | 8-4 | 24-18 | Won 1 | 2-8 | |
| New York | 24 | 44 | .353 | 19.5 | 14-21 | 10-23 | 4-9 | 17-28 | Lost 1 | 4-6 | |
| Philadelphia | 24 | 44 | .353 | 19.5 | 11-22 | 13-22 | 7-7 | 12-28 | Won 1 | 2-8 | |
| New Jersey | 7 | 61 | .103 | 36.5 | 3-29 | 4-32 | 3-12 | 6-36 | Lost 6 | 1-9 | |
| Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Streak | L10 | |
| y-Cleveland | 54 | 15 | .783 | – | 30-4 | 24-11 | 9-2 | 33-9 | Won 5 | 9-1 | |
| Milwaukee | 36 | 30 | .545 | 16.5 | 23-9 | 13-21 | 9-5 | 26-15 | Lost 1 | 8-2 | |
| Chicago | 31 | 36 | .463 | 22.0 | 19-13 | 12-23 | 8-4 | 19-20 | Lost 9 | 1-9 | |
| Detroit | 23 | 45 | .338 | 30.5 | 16-19 | 7-26 | 2-10 | 15-25 | Lost 3 | 2-8 | |
| Indiana | 22 | 46 | .324 | 31.5 | 15-16 | 7-30 | 3-10 | 17-25 | Lost 1 | 3-7 | |
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NBA Recap 2/23/2010
Feb 24th
Are the Mavs the new threat in the west? Could Caron Butler and Brenden Haywood be the missing pieces that lead to the Finals?
Sure there have been a myriad of trades over the past week, but none have made as much noise as Caron butler being sent to Dallas. Click the picture to play the video…. Read the rest of this entry »
February NBA Transactions
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February 2010
Thursday, Feb. 18
• Charlotte acquired Tyrus Thomas from Chicago for a future first-round draft pick, Flip Murray and Acie Law. Acquired Theo Ratliff from San Antonio for a future second-round draft pick.
• Chicago traded John Salmons and 2011 and 2012 second-round draft picks to Milwaukee for Joe Alexander and Hakim Warrick.
• New York acquired Tracy McGrady from Houston for Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill, a protected 2012 first-round pick and the right to exchange first-round picks in 2011. Traded Nate Robinson and Marcus Landry to Boston for Eddie House, J.R. Giddens, Bill Walker and a future conditional second-round pick.
• Houston received Kevin Martin and Hilton Armstrong from Sacramento for Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey.
• Sacramento received Larry Hughes from New York for Sergio Rodriguez.
• Philadelphia acquired Jodie Meeks and Francisco Elson from Milwaukee for Primoz Brezec, Royal Ivey and a 2010 second-round draft pick.
• Utah traded Ronnie Brewer to Memphis for a future first-round draft pick.
• Washington traded Dominic McGuire to Sacramento for future second-round draft pick and cash.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
• Cleveland trades Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the rights to Emir Preldzic and 2010 first-round draft pick to Washington for Antawn Jamison.
• L.A. Clippers trade Sebastian Telfair to Cleveland.
• Washington trades Drew Gooden to L.A. Clippers.
• New York trades Darko Milicic and cash to Minnesota for Brian Cardinal.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
• L.A. Clippers trade Marcus Camby to Portland in exchange for Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake.
• L.A. Clippers waive Ricky Davis.
Monday, Feb. 15
• Chicago re-signed forward Chris Richard to a second 10-day contract.
Saturday, Feb. 13
• Dallas trades Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson to Washington in exchange for Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, James Singleton and Quinton Ross.
Monday, Feb. 8
• Houston sign guard Garrett Temple from Rio Grande Valley of the NBA D-League to a 10-day contract.
Saturday, Feb. 6
• Chicago suspended forward Tyrus Thomas for one game for conduct detrimental to the team.
Friday, Feb. 5
• Chicago signed forward Chris Richard to a 10-day contract.
• New Orleans signed guard Jason Hart to a 10-day contract.
Thursday, Feb. 4
• Houston recalled guard Jermaine Taylor from Rio Grande Valley (NBA D-League).
• L.A. Clippers announced Mike Dunleavy will step down as head coach and will remain general manager. Named Kim Hughes interim coach.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
• New Jersey announced the resignation of assistant coach Del Harris.
• Cleveland signed guard Cedric Jackson to a second 10-day contract.
Monday, Feb. 1
• Atlanta signed guard Mario West for the remainder of the season.
Sources: Hickson, Ilguaskas to Suns
Feb 14th
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns are closing in on a deal that would send All-Star forward Amare Stoudemire to Cleveland, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations.
Stoudemire
The Cavaliers would send Zydrunas Ilgauskas and J.J. Hickson to Phoenix in exchange for Stoudemire, one of the league’s most dominant big men.
While Cleveland remains in talks with several other teams, the club, from management down to the players, has settled on Stoudemire as its first choice.
The ball is in Phoenix’s court. The Suns are mulling whether the financial relief provided by Ilgauskas’ $12 million contract and the young and talented Hickson are enough for them to part with Stoudemire.
Cleveland believes the addition of Stoudemire would all but seal LeBron James‘ re-signing with the team when he becomes a free agent this summer. The Cavaliers are also prepared to sign Stoudemire, who has one year and $17 million remaining on his contract, to a long-term contract extension once the season ends.
The Suns would likely waive Ilgauskas, a move that would allow him to be re-signed by Cleveland after 30 days.
Cleveland is also talking with Washington about acquiring Antawn Jamison, as well as Indiana about Troy Murphy. Meanwhile, Golden State is trying to entice the Cavs into taking Corey Maggette for Ilgauskas.
Cavs beat Magic 115-106 for 13th Straight Win
Feb 12th
13 Straight
CLEVELAND (AP)—When he arrived in Cleveland, Shaquille O’Neal(notes) made it clear there would be no more double-teaming Orlando’s Dwight Howard(notes).
He’d handle things himself, as he did Thursday night. Oh, and he wants his cape back.
“I don’t really consider it manning up until you play me straight up,” O’Neal said. “I’ve never doubled anybody. So you tell me who the real Superman is.”
LeBron James(notes) had 32 points and 13 assists as the Cavaliers—with a big fourth-quarter defensive effort from O’Neal—matched their franchise record by winning their 13th straight game with a 115-106 victory over the Magic.
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It was a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference finals, and both teams are again on top of the East this year, but O’Neal, who had 10 points and six rebounds on Thursday, has made a huge difference for Cleveland.
The Cavaliers are 4-0 this season against the Lakers and Magic, teams they struggled to beat a year ago.
“We swept San Antonio in the regular season (in 2007), then got to the finals and they swept us in the finals,” James said. “You want to win those games, of course. What you do in the regular season is good, but once the playoffs start, everyone is 0-0.”
O’Neal and Howard—both nicknamed “Superman”—were plagued with foul trouble most of the night, taking some of the luster off their physical battle in the post. But O’Neal kept his word by taking care of Howard by himself, while the Magic employed a consistent double team on O’Neal.
“It doesn’t matter who’s on the floor. Just to play the game at a high level is always fun,” Howard said, downplaying his matchup with O’Neal. “It’s entertaining for the crowd. I know he caught the ball one time in the post and the crowd erupted like he was about to do a Superman dunk or something.”
Saddled with five fouls, O’Neal did not enter the fourth quarter until 7:48 remained with the game tied at 94.
Howard, who had 19 points and 11 rebounds, immediately spun around O’Neal for a dunk. The Magic didn’t score again for five minutes as James and the Cavaliers built a 105-98 advantage. O’Neal plugged up the middle during his 19 minutes on the floor, something the Cavaliers sorely needed during their battles with Orlando last season.
Howard, who has struggled with fouls in both meetings against Cleveland this season, overpowered the Cavaliers during last season’s finals, averaging 25.8 points and 13 rebounds during Orlando’s series victory in six games. In two games against O’Neal and the Cavaliers this season, Howard has averaged 15 points and nine rebounds.
“Don’t compare me to nobody,” O’Neal said, borrowing a line from Jay-Z. “I’d rather not be mentioned. I’m offended.”
O’Neal might have really been offended by Howard’s recent commercial using the “Superman” moniker, something he takes credit for creating upon entering the league. Even James acknowledged the nickname battle has stung his teammate.
“The whole Superman thing kind of bothers him,” James said. “That’s definitely his nickname.”
While O’Neal handled Howard, James again closed out another opponent late in the game, scoring seven points in the final three minutes while Orlando struggled to find the basket.
James hit a deep jumper from just inside the 3-point line to give the Cavaliers a 105-96 lead, then followed it up with a 3-pointer and another jumper to put the game out of reach. James also had eight rebounds, falling two shy of his third triple-double this season.
Orlando, playing for the fourth time in five nights, had won nine of its last 11.
J.J. Hickson(notes) had 20 points, and Anderson Varejao(notes) had 16 off the bench.
“We took care of the basketball,” Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said. “I thought all our guys tried to attack and they did not just settle for the 3-point shot.”
The Cavaliers scored 52 points in the paint.
Orlando’s Rashard Lewis(notes) added 19 points, Vince Carter(notes) had 14 and Jameer Nelson(notes) had 13.
When Howard picked up his fourth foul five minutes into the third quarter, Magic coach Stan Van Gundy pulled him, something he later regretted. Most of Howard’s fouls came when O’Neal was off the floor.
“In retrospect, I should have left (Howard) in the game and played him straight through,” Van Gundy said. “That was a mistake. Down the stretch, I should have gone back to having the ball in Dwight’s hands and I didn’t. I’ll take the responsibility for that.”
Cleveland can set a record for consecutive wins next week when it hosts Denver on Thursday following the All-Star break.
NOTES: Guard Delonte West(notes) returned to Cleveland’s lineup after missing nine games with a broken left ring finger. West had eight points in 24 minutes. … Cleveland’s Leon Powe(notes) passed a number of physical tests this week and appears to be on pace to return shortly after the All-Star break. Powe had microfracture and ACL surgery on his knee over the summer. … O’Neal’s reality television show “Shaq Vs.” was picked up for another season.
