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NBA Standings
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| Team |
W |
L |
PCT |
GB |
CONF |
DIV |
HOME |
ROAD |
L 10 |
STREAK |
| Atlanta |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
0.0 |
3-0 |
1-0 |
2-0 |
3-0 |
5-0 |
W 5 |
| Boston |
7 |
1 |
0.875 |
0.0 |
5-1 |
1-0 |
4-0 |
3-1 |
7-1 |
W 5 |
| Charlotte |
2 |
4 |
0.333 |
3.5 |
1-4 |
1-0 |
2-2 |
0-2 |
2-4 |
L 1 |
| Chicago |
3 |
4 |
0.429 |
2.0 |
1-4 |
1-2 |
3-1 |
0-3 |
3-4 |
L 1 |
| Cleveland |
5 |
2 |
0.714 |
0.0 |
4-1 |
3-0 |
3-0 |
2-2 |
5-2 |
W 4 |
| Dallas |
2 |
4 |
0.333 |
2.0 |
2-3 |
1-1 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
2-4 |
L 2 |
| Denver |
3 |
3 |
0.500 |
2.0 |
3-3 |
0-1 |
2-1 |
1-2 |
3-3 |
W 2 |
| Detroit |
4 |
2 |
0.667 |
0.5 |
4-2 |
1-0 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
4-2 |
L 2 |
| Golden State |
2 |
5 |
0.286 |
4.0 |
1-4 |
0-1 |
1-2 |
1-3 |
2-5 |
L 2 |
| Houston |
4 |
3 |
0.571 |
0.5 |
4-2 |
2-0 |
2-1 |
2-2 |
4-3 |
L 1 |
| Indiana |
3 |
3 |
0.500 |
1.5 |
2-2 |
0-2 |
3-1 |
0-2 |
3-3 |
W 2 |
| L.A. Clippers |
1 |
6 |
0.143 |
5.0 |
1-6 |
0-2 |
1-4 |
0-2 |
1-6 |
W 1 |
| L.A. Lakers |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
0.0 |
5-0 |
2-0 |
3-0 |
2-0 |
5-0 |
W 5 |
| Memphis |
3 |
5 |
0.375 |
2.0 |
2-4 |
0-1 |
2-0 |
1-5 |
3-5 |
L 2 |
| Miami |
4 |
3 |
0.571 |
2.0 |
2-2 |
0-1 |
3-0 |
1-3 |
4-3 |
W 1 |
| Milwaukee |
3 |
4 |
0.429 |
2.0 |
2-3 |
0-1 |
1-2 |
2-2 |
3-4 |
L 2 |
| Minnesota |
1 |
5 |
0.167 |
4.0 |
1-5 |
0-2 |
1-2 |
0-3 |
1-5 |
L 5 |
| New Jersey |
2 |
4 |
0.333 |
4.0 |
2-2 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
2-4 |
L 2 |
| New Orleans |
4 |
2 |
0.667 |
0.0 |
2-0 |
0-0 |
2-1 |
2-1 |
4-2 |
W 1 |
| New York |
4 |
2 |
0.667 |
2.0 |
3-2 |
0-1 |
3-1 |
1-1 |
4-2 |
W 3 |
| Oklahoma City |
1 |
6 |
0.143 |
4.5 |
-2 |
1-1 |
1-3 |
0-3 |
1-6 |
L 4 |
| Orlando |
4 |
3 |
0.571 |
2.0 |
3-1 |
1-1 |
4-2 |
0-1 |
4-3 |
L 1 |
| Philadelphia |
2 |
4 |
0.333 |
4.0 |
1-4 |
1-1 |
2-1 |
0-3 |
2-4 |
L 2 |
| Phoenix |
6 |
2 |
0.750 |
0.5 |
3-1 |
0-0 |
2-1 |
4-1 |
6-2 |
W 2 |
| Portland |
4 |
3 |
0.571 |
1.5 |
3-3 |
1-1 |
3-0 |
1-3 |
4-3 |
W 3 |
| Sacramento |
3 |
4 |
0.429 |
3.0 |
3-1 |
1-0 |
3-0 |
0-4 |
3-4 |
W 3 |
| San Antonio |
1 |
4 |
0.200 |
2.5 |
1-3 |
0-1 |
0-3 |
1-1 |
1-4 |
L 1 |
| Toronto |
4 |
3 |
0.571 |
2.5 |
3-3 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
3-2 |
4-3 |
L 1 |
| Utah |
5 |
1 |
0.833 |
0.0 |
5-0 |
3-0 |
4-0 |
1-1 |
5-1 |
L 1 |
| Washington |
0 |
5 |
0.000 |
5.0 |
0-5 |
0-1 |
0-2 |
0-3 |
0-5 |
L 5 |
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Celtics Spoil Debut at Home for Iverson
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 9, 2008
The Boston Celtics showed the Detroit Pistons that Allen Iverson may not be the answer.
Tony Allen scored 12 of his 23 points in the pivotal second quarter, lifting Boston to an 88-76 victory against Detroit on Sunday night.
Iverson was given a standing ovation when he was introduced for the first time as a Piston at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The Pistons stayed in the game during the first quarter before being quieted in the second, when Boston used four reserves to outscore Detroit, 30-10.
The defending champion Celtics did not have any trouble keeping their big cushion in a rematch of the Eastern Conference finals.
Iverson finished his third home debut with 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting, with four assists and four turnovers.
Detroit acquired Iverson last week for Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb.
HAWKS 89, THUNDER 85 Joe Johnson had 25 points and visiting Atlanta overcame a late Oklahoma City run to remain undefeated. Atlanta is off to a 5-0 start for the first time since starting the 1997-98 season with 11 straight wins.
RAPTORS 89, BOBCATS 79 Chris Bosh had 30 points and a season-high 15 rebounds as Toronto won at Charlotte to snap a two-game skid. Bosh scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, when the Raptors led by as many as 15.
CLIPPERS 103, MAVERICKS 92 Baron Davis had 22 points and 10 assists, and the foul-plagued Al Thornton scored 8 of his 17 points in the final six minutes as host Los Angeles snapped a season-opening six-game losing streak.
NUGGETS 100, GRIZZLIES 90 Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points, and Chauncey Billups had 16 points and 10 assists for host Denver. Nenê had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Nuggets, who had six players score in double figures.
KINGS 115, WARRIORS 98 Kevin Martin had 27 points, and host Sacramento pulled away in the second half. The Kings won their third straight after opening the season with four losses on the road, most of them by lopsided margins.
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It's a grand legacy Sloan has in Utah
By Ken Berger
November 10, 2008
Jerry Sloan leaned against the cement wall outside the visitors' locker room yesterday, perusing the boxscore with a scowl on his face. When his mouth finally opened, you knew he'd spit out something entertaining.
"Twenty-two turnovers for 30 points," Sloan said. "Hard to win a ballgame with that kind of efficiency. They just outplayed us . . . Defensively, we couldn't do anything with 'em. They drove around us, they drove over us; whatever they wanted to do, they did it."
Asked how this could happen to a team that entered the game undefeated, Sloan quipped, "New York. Maybe they saw too much of it."
This was after the Utah Jazz's first loss in six games this season, 107-99 to the Knicks. It was Sloan's first game since becoming the first NBA coach to win 1,000 games with the same team.
Think about that. One thousand wins in 20 years with the Jazz. There have been 219 coaching changes in the NBA since Sloan was hired Dec. 9, 1988 - 12 of them, or 5.5 percent, here at the Garden.
Mike D'Antoni (4-2) has 996 to go before matching Sloan. Having included a two-game losing streak, a three-game winning streak and a high-profile soap opera starring a $22-million banished point guard, the D'Antoni era thus far passes for stability.
"He's done the same thing he did in Phoenix," Sloan said. "He's got guys buying into his stuff, pushing the ball up the floor, taking shots, making shots and keeping you off balance a lot. That's the way he's coached. He's been very successful with it, and I see no reason why it's not going to happen here."
Well, except for one thing.
"It all depends on how strong they are up front," Sloan said, and he was talking about ownership and management, not power forward and center.
"I've been blessed to be able to work for an owner that [believes] players are expendable and the coach is going to be here," he said. "As long as the players know that, they can run to their agent all they want and tell him, 'We don't like the guy,' which happens a lot in this league."
This place has consumed more than its share of coaches, many of whom would've fared just fine in Milwaukee, Indiana or Salt Lake City. With his handling of the Marbury crisis and his allegiance to a system, D'Antoni has served notice that he won't be the next meal for the MSG gristmill if he can help it.
Here, coaches and players have been expendable. Fired coaches merely cost money. Unwanted players getting bought out or traded for longer contracts make winning impossible for the next coach. So he gets fired, and we start all over again.
It's different now with D'Antoni and Donnie Walsh, who seem able to resist the temptation for a quick fix. The other, more important part of the equation, James Dolan - chairman of the Garden and chief executive of Cablevision, which owns Newsday - is known for a lot of things. Being disloyal to coaches isn't one of them. Before now, he's simply extended those courtesies to the wrong people.
D'Antoni, who is the right person for once, was asked if he could imagine staying in one place long enough to win 1,000 games.
"No, not really," he said. "One, he's a great coach, so there really was no reason to change. Two, I think he's developed a culture there that exemplifies hard work and toughness. All the fans and the owner can relate to that."
D'Antoni is conducting his culture-building experiment with the most culture-challenged franchise in the NBA. It's early, but he might just have a chance to stay a while.
With D'Antoni down the hall trying to enjoy a three-game winning streak, Sloan kept barking at the stat sheet in his hands. One thousand wins be damned, he was standing in the narrow corridor of the Garden with an 0-1 record since then.
"As far as I'm concerned, that's a sidelight to basketball," Sloan said of his milestone. "The game is for the players. I just coach the team. Coaches are replaced by people all the time, for a lot of different reasons."
Every coach, it seems, except him.
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