OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State’s Monta Ellis is scheduled to return to the Warriors’ starting lineup Thursday following a six-game absence due to a strained lower back. Ellis, the sixth-leading scorer in the NBA, had not played since scoring 22 points in a 127-112 loss to Denver on Feb.

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Print E-mail By Michael Cunningham The Atlanta Journal-Constitution WASHINGTON — The Wizards are bringing up the rear of the NBA’s Southeast Division while the Hawks are trying to catch the Magic at the top of the standings. Enlarge photo Nick Wass, AP Al Horford and the Hawks snapped a 2-game losing streak by beating the Wizards. Hawks Beat Blog

Barclays Center groundbreaking signals beginning of end of NBA basketball in New Jersey By Dave D’Alessandro/The Star-Ledger March 11, 2010, 9:36PM Associated Press In this artist’s rendering released by SHoP Architects on Sept. 9, in New York, is the proposed design for the Brooklyn home of the New Jersey Nets. NEW YORK — We figured that if there was ever a circumstance calling for complete honesty between us, this was the time and place — a five-minute confession inside a giant tent with about 700 other people milling around, sitting just off the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic, where his new arena will stand in Brooklyn in two years.

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Guys around the league are pissed at Stephen A. Smith right now for his most recent column on Allen Iverson, the one in which he claimed Allen is going to drink and/or gamble his life away.

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Portland is in good shape to make the NBA betting playoffs as they are in 8th place in the Western Conference but they can’t afford to look ahead as Memphis is still within striking range.

Even though Kobe Bryant called the game, uh, “garbage,” his last-second winner Tuesday gave him six this season, the most in an NBA season since Elias Sports Bureau began tracking the stat in 2000-01. Denver forward Carmelo Anthony had five in 2005-06, according to Elias, which defines the category as a shot that proved to be a game-winner in the last 10 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime. With the Lakers taking a day off Wednesday, what else was there to do but recap Bryant’s run?

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PHILADELPHIA, March 10 (UPI) — A near-perfect shooting effort from Gerald Wallace helped Charlotte to a quick start Wednesday and the Bobcats easily held on to defeat Philadelphia 102-87.

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John Schuhmann thoroughly and accurately dissects a mediocre defensive team . The crux: The Hawks’ worst problem, however, is their transition defense, which may be the worst in the league

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Yeah, he plays above the rim.

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