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Lakers and Thunder Finally Meet Again

By A.J. PerezJan 17th 2011 – 12:21AM

As the NBA season reaches its midpoint, the Los Angeles Lakers have yet to play two conference opponents: the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks. The Lakers host both this week with Oklahoma City heading to Staples Center Monday night as part of a special Martin Luther King Day doubleheader on TNT. "We...

George Karl One Away From 1000th Win

By Chris TomassonDec 6th 2010 – 1:09AM

DENVER -- There was a time many thought George Karl wouldn't even make it to three wins. The first NBA team Karl ever headed, the 1984-85 Cleveland Cavaliers, started 2-19. The death watch already had started on the NBA coaching career of Karl, then 33. "Everybody had me fired,'' Karl said. "And we made the...

Bad Boys Return to Honor Chuck Daly

By Tim PovtakMay 13th 2009 – 8:30PM

TEQUESTA, Fla. -- This looked like a Bad Boys reunion.The NBA came from around the country Wednesday to celebrate the life and mourn the death of Chuck Daly, but nothing was more impressive than his collection of pallbearers.It was the nucleus of his two championship teams in Detroit, the ones that transformed him from...

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Background on Mike Fratello

Michael Robert "Mike" Fratello (born February 24, 1947) is an American color analyst and a professional basketball coach.

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