"Heart-wrenching. Rips your heart out,'' Houston coach Stephen Silas said before the game. "It's one of your guys, someone on your team that you care about, someone that you're with every day. As far as how I'm feeling and how the team is feeling, we're all just thankful, No. 1, that he's going to be OK -- and also down about what happened.''Dallas Mavericks
Kanter won’t be the only Trail Blazer fasting while playing competitive basketball. The Blazers have three Muslim players: Kanter, Jusuf Nurkic and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, the most of any NBA team.Orlando Magic
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Although this does hold truth to it, the game is all about trying to strengthen your team as much as possible in order to win a championship. It has always been that way even when the Nets legend was playing. Many franchises like the New York Knicks, who actually have more money, are not able to lure top players to their team because there is another factor that plays into this: culture.Brooklyn Nets
"I love wine. I'll drink a bottle of La Tache here and there," he said. "But it's expensive. I can't go that route too much."
“For sure,” Kerr said. “We’re going to do that regardless if they find a big guy out there who can help. … It’s not just smallball, per se. It’s personnel and it’s awareness and understanding of what’s going on and moving the ball.”
Wade didn't say whether he had significant conversations with Heat ownership surrounding a financial stake in the franchise where he spent 14-plus seasons of his career. He described his strong personal relationship with Smith and a shared vision for that business partnership as the driving force for securing the Jazz stake.
With the Jazz's three All-Stars sidelined in Saturday's loss to the Lakers, Clarkson scored 27 points as a starter and made a 3-pointer to give the Jazz a 110-108 lead with 9.2 seconds left. But Clarkson missed a potential game winner with one second remaining in regulation, and the Lakers prevailed in overtime. Usually, though, Clarkson thrives as a secondary scorer.Houston Rockets