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Ozzie Guillen Comments On Wade/Spoelstra Blow Up
Bruce Tenen
22 May 2012

Ozzie Guillen Comments on Wade/Spoelstra Blow UpOzzie Guillen, the Miami Marlins volatile manager, was asked by the Miami Herald about last week's hoo-hah between Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and star guard Dwyane Wade.

Replied Guillen:  "If a player came out and said something (to me), it would guarantee a fight."

Ozzie Guillen
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Winner Of NBA Game 5’s Almost Always Win The Series
Ryan Rapoport
22 May 2012

When an NBA playoff series is knotted at 2-2, goes on to win 83 percent of the time. Tuesday night, with the series tied 2-2, the Miami Heat host the Indiana Pacers, in a pivotal Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal match up.

The winner of Game 5, when an NBA playoff series is knotted at 2-2, goes on to win 83 percent of the time.

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Celtics Have History On Their Side Versus 76ers
Ryan Rapoport
18 May 2012

, Celtics 11-7 versus 76ers in playoffsFriday night, the Philadelphia 76ers host the Boston Celtics in the pivotal Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinals battle, with the favored Celtics leading the series 2-1.

Winning Game 4 is vitally important for Philadelphia, because only eight teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win an NBA best-of –seven series.

The last team to accomplish this feat was the Phoenix Suns, when they rallied to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers back in 2006.

Beating the 76ers in the playoffs is nothing new for Boston.

Prior to this series, these two franchises have met 18 times in the postseason, with the Celtics winning 11 of those matchups.

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The Clippers Have A Three Percent Chance Of Beating The Spurs?
Jon Rapoport
17 May 2012

Clippers Have A Three Percent Chance Of Beating The SpursAfter just one game of the Los Angeles Clippers vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA Western Conference Semifinal series, some Las Vegas oddmakers have already declared Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and the upstart Clippers franchise finished.

Going into Game 2 on Thursday night, pregame.com has pronounced the Spurs chances of defeating LA at a whopping 97 percent.

The folks at pregame.com must have really been blown away by San Antonio’s 108-92 thrashing in Game 1.

By the way, the website’s feelings towards the other LA NBA team are not much better.

Los Angeles Clippers
San Antonio Spurs
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Stephon Marbury Immortalized In China
Bruce Tenen
16 May 2012

Stephon Marbury statue in BeijingFormer NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury is getting a career makeover in China. 

Marbury signed to play in the country back in 2010. This season, he led the lowly Beijing Ducks to their first Chinese championship in 30 years, defeating the Guangdong Southern Tigers, a seven-time league winner, in the finals. 

Now, a life-sized bronze statue of Marbury has been unveiled at the MasterCard Center (Ducks home court & 2008 Olympic basketball venue) in western Beijing.

The “work of art” was financed by the website hupu.com.  Hupu promised to build the statue if Marbury received one million votes in an online poll.

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