The Saturday Fix
The Mavericks lost game three to the Nuggets on a last second three-pointer by Carmelo Anthony, which Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News calls "one of the most painful losses in Mavs history."
"At the end of the Dallas-Denver game this evening, the officials missed an intentional foul committed by Antoine Wright on Carmelo Anthony, just prior to Anthony's three-point basket," Joel Litvin, NBA president of league and basketball operations, said in a statement issued by the league about two hours after the game.
Per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, it will be difficult for the Bucks to match any offers made for Charlie Villanueva, who will be a restricted free agent. That may mean that Turkish player Ersan Ilyasova, who the Bucks drafted in the second round in 2005, returns to Milwaukee.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino says there is no "absolutely no truth" to the rumors that he was interested in coaching the Sacramento Kings.
Not only will Pitino be back in Louisville, he has also announced that Jerry Smith and Edgar Sosa will be co-captains for the 2009-10 season.
Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson has announced he will return for his junior season at Kentucky. Patterson has a "chance to graduate in three years, which is important to me and my family."
Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel jokingly asks which Magic player will volunteer to get suspended for game four. The Magic have played their best post-season basketball without suspended players - PG Rafer Alston in game three against the Celtics and C Dwight Howard in game six of the Philly series.
The NBA downgraded the flagrant foul against the Rockets Ron Artest from a Flagrant two to a Flagrant one and Artest won't be suspended for game four.
"At the end of the Dallas-Denver game this evening, the officials missed an intentional foul committed by Antoine Wright on Carmelo Anthony, just prior to Anthony's three-point basket," Joel Litvin, NBA president of league and basketball operations, said in a statement issued by the league about two hours after the game.
Per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, it will be difficult for the Bucks to match any offers made for Charlie Villanueva, who will be a restricted free agent. That may mean that Turkish player Ersan Ilyasova, who the Bucks drafted in the second round in 2005, returns to Milwaukee.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino says there is no "absolutely no truth" to the rumors that he was interested in coaching the Sacramento Kings.
Not only will Pitino be back in Louisville, he has also announced that Jerry Smith and Edgar Sosa will be co-captains for the 2009-10 season.
Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson has announced he will return for his junior season at Kentucky. Patterson has a "chance to graduate in three years, which is important to me and my family."
Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel jokingly asks which Magic player will volunteer to get suspended for game four. The Magic have played their best post-season basketball without suspended players - PG Rafer Alston in game three against the Celtics and C Dwight Howard in game six of the Philly series.
The NBA downgraded the flagrant foul against the Rockets Ron Artest from a Flagrant two to a Flagrant one and Artest won't be suspended for game four.
