The Dallas Mavericks haven’t beaten any teams with winning records since trading for Jason Kidd. They’re also having difficulty putting away teams with losing records while reigning MVP Dick Nowitzki is out with an injury. Josh Howard came through in the clutch on Monday night, scoring 12 of his 25 in the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks held off the banged-up but stubborn Los Angeles Clippers…
Reuters - The Phoenix Suns scored 81 second-half
points to stun Denver 132-117 on Monday and end the Nuggets’
five-game winning streak.
A South Korean soccer team has
been hit by food poisoning after eating a tainted beef dish at
a club dinner, forcing their match to be postponed.
AP - Jake Peavy beat his buddy Roy Oswalt with his bat as well as his arm.
There were still three seconds on the clock when Candice Wiggins started hopping around the court. All Wiggins wanted to do was celebrate, and the best player in Stanford history deserved it. After all, Wiggins is the one that finally got the Cardinal back to the Final Four. “We did have that mission,” Wiggins said.
As Amare Stoudemire stood at the foul line with 1:42 remaining, chants of “M-V-P, M-V-P” reverberated from the sellout crowd at US Airways Center. Stoudemire made the foul shot, completing an MVP-caliber performance with 41 points and 14 rebounds in the Phoenix Suns’ 132-117 comeback victory over the Denver Nuggets Monday night, “Only 41 …
AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 41 points and Steve Nash had 36, and the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 22-point second-quarter deficit to overcome the Denver Nuggets 132-117 Monday night for their 50th victory of the season.
AP - Tom Glavine’s homecoming was long forgotten by the time Pittsburgh finally got the win. Xavier Nady hit his second homer of the game, a three-run shot in the 12th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates overcame a horrific ninth to ruin Atlanta’s home opener, winning 12-11 on Monday night.
AP - Candice Wiggins checked off the one accomplishment missing in her career at Stanford — getting the Cardinal back to the Final Four.
AP - C.J. Miles scored a career-high 29 points and the Utah Jazz set a team record with 15 3-pointers in a 129-87 rout of the short-handed Washington Wizards on Monday night.
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