He went through shootaround Monday and was cleared before tipoff.
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"That was embarrassing," he told reporters at Saturday morning's shootaround.
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In shootaround everybody's like 'What's the name of that play?
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Zipser participated in shootaround but experienced swelling in the knee.
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"No, I don't change my approach," LeBron James said at shootaround.
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"I feel good," Love said Friday after the team's morning shootaround.
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Embiid started despite missing the morning shootaround because of flulike symptoms.
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John Wall scored 13 after missing the morning shootaround with an illness.
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Lue said he could sense the team's focus at its pregame shootaround.
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We been doing a lot in practice (and) shootaround, going through it.
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James didn't attend the shootaround because he was getting extra sleep, Walton said.
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Watching LeBron James at shootaround, Kevin Love knew something special was in store.
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When he found out he would be starting, during shootaround, he was flabbergasted.
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Anthony was asked at the shootaround if he thought James was targeting him.
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"We play hard," Luis Scola, a veteran forward, said at a recent shootaround.
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"This is a whatever-it-takes game," he said at his team's morning shootaround.
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NOTES: Nuggets F Kenneth Faried left Saturday morning's shootaround because of left adductor soreness.
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The 7-foot center participated in the team's shootaround but was not cleared to play.
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It was just before the Knicks' shootaround, before the team's 39th loss of the season.
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Meanwhile across the court, Chicago State slogged through shootaround with slouched shoulders and sullen faces.
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"There's going to be instant judgment, analysis and criticism," Kerr said after the morning shootaround.
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Coach Jeff Hornacek said Porzingis went through shootaround Monday morning before the decision was made.
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"He went through full shootaround and he went back to get treatment," Kerr told reporters.
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He did not attend the shootaround and was not on the floor for pregame warmups.
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"We went over the game plan this morning at shootaround and we executed it," James said.
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We're told, after the mini shootaround, Eazy and Caroline had dinner with a group of friends.
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G Evan Fournier (sore right foot) participated in shootaround Friday but missed his seventh consecutive game.
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Scott spoke with reporters at a Lakers shootaround moments ago -- Russell was there, Young was not.
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Coach Scott Skiles said Payton was unable to move very well during the team's morning shootaround. .
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"First of all, thank you," James said of the fundraiser at the team's shootaround Monday morning.
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The arena was quiet as the Cleveland Cavaliers began to warm up for their morning shootaround.
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Vermont walked through the play three times at the morning shootaround to assure no slip-ups.
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Embiid scored 23 points in 23 minutes despite missing the morning shootaround because of flulike symptoms.
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On Wednesday, though, they overlapped: their first communal shootaround followed by their first game as superfriends.
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The Wizards canceled their morning shootaround due to the winter storm that hit late Monday night.
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According to ESPN's Marc Stein, Lawson also missed a team shootaround in Vegas earlier in the week.
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Barnes, who is known for being outspoken, reiterated his feelings for Fisher after the Grizzlies' morning shootaround.
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At the team's morning shootaround, Spoelstra informed his players that he planned to start Winslow at center.
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He missed the team's morning shootaround because of illness but is expected to be back this weekend.
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Ingram has missed the Lakers' past two games after he reported shoulder pain following a morning shootaround.
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He had been at the team shootaround that morning but had not shown up for the game.
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Andre Drummond, the league's top rebounder, was not in the starting lineup after missing the morning shootaround.
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He told reporters at the morning shootaround to "Ask me July 1" if his plans had changed.
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The Illini played without freshmen Ayo Dosunmu and Alan Griffin, who showed up late for the morning shootaround.
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G Evan Fournier participated in the morning shootaround and started Friday despite being bothered by an ingrown toenail.
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"The game is certainly not more important than our health," Kerr told reporters at the team's morning shootaround.
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At the morning shootaround, he said he enjoyed being at the Garden and facing Anthony, a close friend.
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Yet as the Bulls went through their Friday morning shootaround before playing the Heat, Wade remained largely unapologetic.
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Kyrie Irving, who was listed as questionable after missing Thursday's shootaround because he was sick, scored 10 points.
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PG Rajon Rondo was back in the starting lineup on Saturday night after going through shootaround and warmups.
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But that's why we take it so serious when we are at practice, at shootaround and watching film.
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"I don't believe in tanking," he said after Friday morning's shootaround before scoring 18 points against the Sixers.
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Wall's status was unclear prior to the game as the All-Star skipped morning shootaround because of a migraine.
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"Had a great vibe in the shootaround, and guys were upbeat, wasn't no hanging heads or sad," Lue said.
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Earlier this week, before Cleveland's shootaround began, Sexton and a handful of coaches had half the court to themselves.
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He smirked when asked during the team's morning shootaround how the team could create more scoring opportunities for Leonard.
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"On our way back from shootaround, decided to take a different transportation this time," James says to the camera.
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Andre Drummond, the league's top rebounder, was not in the starting lineup for Detroit after missing the morning shootaround.
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Meanwhile, his fans in Kansas have created this, riffing on his Election Night shootaround: Bernie after last night's win. pic.twitter.
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G Gary Neal did not participate in the team's shootaround Thursday, and he remained sidelined with a sore right leg.
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PG Deron Williams, who said during the morning shootaround that he has a sports hernia, missed his fifth consecutive game.
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"He made the decision this morning at shootaround that he felt good enough to give it a shot," White said.
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Embiid missed a practice Tuesday and a shootaround Wednesday because of illness but backstopped the Sixers' defense with two blocked shots.
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Derrick Rose, who has been bothered by back spasms, was given the night off after experiencing discomfort during the pregame shootaround.
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Virginia Tech's Landers Nolley II, Nahiem Alleyne and Tyrece Radford did not start because they were late to the morning shootaround.
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Rose had taken part in the team's pregame shootaround on Monday but was nowhere to be found as game time approached.
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Bulls coach Jim Boylen said at the morning shootaround that Carter was questionable, with his left eye more swollen than his left.
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NOTES: Boston coach Brad Stevens said at the morning shootaround that G Isaiah Thomas' right knee swelled up in the last game.
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Butler is bothered by a bruised heel and he reported issues to team trainers when he attempted to partake in Wednesday's shootaround.
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After the team's morning shootaround, the Celtics tweeted the news that Walker will be sidelined because of soreness in his left knee.
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Fisher-Davis, who has started eight games and ranks third on the team in minutes, suffered from the flu and missed shootaround.
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Other podcasts covering women's hoops, like Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli's "Shootaround," had enjoyed success on ESPN in past years, but eventually disappeared.
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Rose was hurt early in Tuesday's loss at Phoenix and coach Jeff Hornacek said Rose hadn't progressed enough during Saturday's shootaround to play.
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We carried it over from the last game, from shootaround ... guys are starting to trust each other more and it's fun to watch.
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Senior guard Lagerald Vick, the Jayhawks' leading scorer with a 20.8-point average, did not start after being late to a team shootaround.
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Instead, the Aggies learned as they laced up their shoes for a morning shootaround on Thursday that the N.C.A.A. tournament was being canceled.
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As part of the Jazz's COVID-19 response, shootaround availability was done in the ZBBC media room today rather than on the court.
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At around the same time, the Clippers went through their morning shootaround ahead of their game against the Boston Celtics later that night.
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During a shootaround at Madison Square Garden prior to a game against the New York Knicks, Williamson unleashed a between-the-legs dunk.
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Pacers 108, Knicks 105 INDIANAPOLIS — A cold rain was falling outside Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Wednesday morning when the Knicks arrived for their shootaround.
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Earlier in the day, Raptors coach Nick Nurse said at team's shootaround in San Antonio there was an "outside chance" that Lowry could play.
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Guard Rajon Rondo totaled 16 assists, but said the team held an optional shootaround Monday morning and only three or four guys showed up.
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LeBron James had a message for his new coach, Luke Walton, after the Los Angeles Lakers' shootaround Thursday morning: He doesn't want to rest.
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Kerr said that even on a game day, when the team has only a shootaround, Curry could work two-on-two with assistant coaches.
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"If you can play and you can score it makes me look good," Ish Smith told me a few minutes after a Sixers' shootaround.
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"I'm trying to be the best I can be, every possession, for my teammates," Jackson said after a shootaround last week in New York.
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The Diesel put his stroke on display during a shootaround session with Home Team Hoops -- draining 3 point shots from all over the court.
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And it wasn't just the one shootaround -- Mackenzie hung out with Messi and his family for a couple days while their stays in Antigua overlapped.
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"The biggest thing is that there's no wrong emotions when it comes to something like this," Coach Frank Vogel said after the team's morning shootaround.
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The next day, Mr. Durant was piloting his black Tesla Model S up a windy road in the Oakland Hills, after the Warriors' morning shootaround.
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On April 30, before Game 7 of the N.B.L. finals, the Halifax Rainmen showed up several hours early for their game-day shootaround in Windsor, Ontario.
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When Davis tells her son to be somewhere for a Robin's House event, the obligation is as mandatory as a Heat shootaround or Adidas photo shoot.
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He didn't believe he'd miss any time, but he didn't participate in contact drills during Wednesday's practice and then couldn't make it through Thursday's morning shootaround.
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Earlier in the day, Butler had admitted that things might not jell on the court immediately, as he had spent just one shootaround with the team.
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NOTES: Warriors SG Stephen Curry (sprained right knee) worked out following his team's morning shootaround at Oracle Arena but did not warm up before the game.
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At the Knicks' morning shootaround, however, Hornacek did respond to published remarks by Derek Fisher, a former Knicks coach, that the Knicks had regressed under Hornacek.
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MIAMI — Stephen Curry would ordinarily be getting off his feet as fast as possible after a morning shootaround, saving his legs for the game that night.
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Simmons had heard Tyler was a HUUUGE Sixers fan -- and loves Simmons -- so, he worked with FOX 29's Dawn Timmeney to set up a shootaround.
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Oklahoma City SG Victor Oladipo (back) sat out the past two games but practiced Monday and his availability will be determined following Tuesday's mid-day shootaround. 3.
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"We're still trying to get better at certain things, but we know who we are," Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas said prior to shootaround last week in Brooklyn.
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By the time the shootaround actually began for her teammates, William was drenched with sweat and downing a chocolate milk to get her through the next grind.
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NOTES: G Jeremy Lin (sprained right ankle) took jumpers and 3-pointers during Brooklyn's morning shootaround and coach Kenny Atkinson does not believe Lin's absence will be lengthy.
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At Toronto's morning shootaround here, McKechnie stood before a group of reporters and explained how he was attempting to reduce the swelling in DeMar DeRozan's sprained right thumb.
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Second-leading scorer Nick Muszynski did not start due to oversleeping for the early morning shootaround and added 13 as Belmont outscored Boston College 51-40 after halftime.
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And because of an editing error, the article misstated the day of an Oklahoma team shootaround, in which the Sooners prepared for the Big 12 Conference tournament quarterfinals.
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And because of an editing error, the article misstated the day of an Oklahoma team shootaround, in which the Sooners prepared for the Big 27652 Conference tournament quarterfinals.
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Having scored just 8 points in his past two games combined, Monk hit 6 of 14 shots from the field after getting up for an early-morning shootaround.
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The Knicks were seeking some semblance of normalcy, and Fisher said at the morning shootaround that he expected his players to approach the game with the right mind-set.
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But Pelicans Coach Alvin Gentry told reporters on Friday morning after the team's shootaround at Madison Square Garden that Williamson is believed to have suffered the injury on Oct.
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Most of Rose's teammates were in the dark, saying only that the guard had been with the team for a shootaround Monday morning, and that they hoped he was alright.
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ET, TXA 21 (Dallas), CSN California (Sacramento) ABOUT THE MAVERICKS (32-44): Power forward Dirk Nowitzki is experiencing Achilles' tendon soreness and his availability will be determined after Tuesday's shootaround.
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The game capped a drama-filled day for the Bulls, who met with coach Fred Hoiberg and general manager Gar Forman for about 212 minutes before the team's morning shootaround.
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He did not believe he would miss any time but he did not participate in contact drills during Wednesday's practice and then could not make it through Thursday's morning shootaround.
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Led by Westbrook's 246 points, nine rebounds and 267 assists, the Thunder (257-29) cruised to the victory while capitalizing on Butler's illness, which prevented him from attending Chicago's morning shootaround.
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Irving, 26, told ESPN after the morning shootaround that he plans to leave the NBA by his mid-30s, in part to get away from the constant attention off the court.
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"It was fantasy basketball for us," James said Wednesday after the Los Angeles Lakers' morning shootaround as he spoke to local reporters about the draft he and Curry conducted last January.
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Kerr, who clearly was not feeling well on Friday before the team departed for Portland, had not missed a game this season before Saturday, when he also missed the team's shootaround.
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PG Kyrie Irving missed Sunday's game against Charlotte but went through a shootaround on Tuesday morning and showed enough improvement to return to the starting lineup against the Bucks on Tuesday night.
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Saunders told reporters at the shootaround that Towns was involved in an accident in the Minneapolis area while driving to the airport on Thursday to catch the team's flight to New York.
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News reports that a comeback was possible in Game 3 or Game 4 appeared to spawn some frustration within team circles when it didn't happen, as Kerr acknowledged at Monday morning's shootaround.
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Numerous members of the Golden State traveling party were actually quite encouraged to see Green and Durant walk into Thursday's morning shootaround side by side so soon after such well-chronicled acrimony.
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But for elaboration that penetrated the threshold of fiction, Pitino recalled his days as the bright, young Knicks coach in the late 1980s, watching Bird in a pregame shootaround at Boston Garden.
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Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue said he had a feeling at Friday morning's shootaround that, despite being down 3-0 heading into the night, his team would come out and play like this.
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EditorsNote: Resending per client's request Nuggets rout Magic to cap strong homestand DENVER — Michael Malone took Jamal Murray aside after a shootaround this week and gave his young point guard a pep talk.
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Also, forward LeBron James is ill and was sent home from the team's morning shootaround in hopes he will feel well enough to play for Tuesday night's home game against the New York Knicks.
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Wizards 106, Knicks 103 After Kristaps Porzingis finished his workout Thursday morning during the Knicks' shootaround, he told Coach Jeff Hornacek that he wanted to play the team's final four games of the season.
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ABOUT THE CAVALIERS (95-193): Shooting guard J.R. Smith missed the last two games with a hyperextended left knee but participated in Friday morning's shootaround and could return to the lineup Saturday, according to Lue.
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Love missed Friday morning's shootaround and was a game-time decision with back spasms, but responded with 1003 points in 15 rebounds to help Cleveland win its third straight game, 114-84 over the Miami Heat.
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But when he did not practice on Sunday, and did not participate in the morning shootaround on Monday, the suggestion that Curry had left the game merely as a precautionary measure took a more serious tone.
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NOTES: After missing Sunday's game against Charlotte with a sprained right ankle, Cavaliers PG Kyrie Irving went through a shootaround on Tuesday morning and showed enough improvement to return to the starting lineup against the Bucks.
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It's not every day you can just jump into an NBA shootaround or warm up on the pitch with Messi and Co.Paul was all right with the kid, who sat spinning his pedals behind the last two riders.
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Wall has missed the last nine games with a knee injury, and it will be decided after the mid-day shootaround whether or not he is healthy enough to play in the opener of Washington's four-game homestand.
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Boston forward Al Horford, who had been iffy for the game after missing the morning shootaround due to an illness, was able to put in 33 minutes, contributing a game-high 23 rebounds and four points to the win.
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The Warriors invited a group from the high school to their shootaround on Wednesday, where star Stephen Curry tossed an alley opp to student Matt Fisher, who slammed the ball right into the American Airlines Center basket without missing a beat.
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The unheralded assistant coach Chris DeMarco, on his fourth attempt, flushed home a dunk after the Golden State Warriors' morning shootaround Tuesday, sparking one of the giddiest scenes we've seen out of the Warriors since their championship parade last June.
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Head coach Steve Kerr announced at morning shootaround that Cousins can play for the first time since April 15, when he tore his left quadriceps muscle during Game 2 of the opening round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers.
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After addressing his impending free agency during the morning shootaround by saying "ask me July 1," Irving returned from missing the previous two games with a strained left hip and helped the Celtics win for the eighth time in nine games.
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"When you work with a guy, you have to have patience and know that the improvement is not going to happen right away, it's going to be incrementally," Brendan Malone, an assistant coach with the Pistons, said after a recent shootaround.
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The whole thing went down at LeBron James' Brentwood mansion -- where Shaq's sons, Shareef and Shaqir, rolled over for a shootaround with Bronny and some other friends, including Syracuse recruit Dior Johnson (one of the best high school players in the country).
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After addressing his impending free agency during the morning shootaround by saying "ask me after July 1053," Irving returned from missing the previous two games with a strained left hip and helped the Celtics win for the eighth time in nine games.
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Isaiah Hicks (9.9 points) drew his first start of the season in place of Kennedy Meeks (11.9 points, 6.4 rebounds), who Williams stated was benched after he became only the fourth player in his 6113 years of coaching to arrive late to a shootaround.
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At the Pistons morning shootaround, Stan Van Gundy went off on all those who voted for Donald Trump in a type of raw emotional rant rarely uttered by actual professional sporting types (as opposed to sports talk assholes), especially coming from the left-hand side.
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Rivers recalled meeting with his staff after the team's morning shootaround and reflecting on how strange it all was: When was the last time another tandem had made such a highly anticipated debut without having spent any real time together on the practice court?
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"[He's gone] from sitting on the end of the bench and not really being a factor in the playoffs to being one of the better centers in the league, in just a short time," D'Antoni said at a team shootaround at the AT&T Center before Game 5.
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Romo was never technically a member of the Dallas Mavericks, but he did get to play one on TV. The Mavericks took a team photo with Romo, gave him a uniform, put him out there during the pre-game shootaround and lay-up line, and included him in the player intros.
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So hours before Mississippi State's shootaround on Monday, a day that ended with the Bulldogs defeating South Carolina, 27-220, in a rematch of last season's women's basketball national championship game, William walked into her team's practice facility and took shot after shot, until she had made 216 attempts from seven spots on the floor.
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