Hello and welcome to the Evening News.
As the playoffs continue, we’ll keep you updated every evening. What’s happening today?
Here’s the latest news from around the league:
The Evening News: Maloofs sell to Sacramento group; Hawks like European coach; Oden looking “unbelievable”
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SH Blog: Oden attends Cavs game, Dwight returning to Orlando, Stoudemire out 6 weeks
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SH Blog: Doug Collins rips team and expresses frustration about Bynum, Parker makes case to be MVP
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How do you know when a team you thought was decent is truly in trouble?
When – and apology in advance to the player about to be mentioned – the coach of your team believes Damien Wilkins is one of the best players on the team.
Make no mistake – that is a shot against your team in a major way – and Doug Collins took plenty of swings (even though he doesn’t believe in blaming others) against the 22-33 Philadelphia 76ers after suffering their latest defeat at home against an absolutely woeful Orlando Magic team. It marked their sixth consecutive loss, and they are now starting to fade from being a contender to make the playoffs, trailing the eighth-seeded Milwaukee Bucks by 5.5 games. Here are some of his revealing remarks after the embarrassing loss, from CSNPhilly: “
SH Blog: Bogut rips teammates for “horse bleep” defense, KG has cryptic message about his future
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The Golden State Warriors are generally recognized as a very nice, non-confrontational type of group, led by their coach and pastor Mark Jackson, who will never use a curse word to get his point across.
Apparently, that attitude does not fly with center Andrew Bogut, who went on a rant about the lack of defense played by his teammates after suffering another embarrassing defeat to the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night at home. Here’s what he had to say, from Marcus Thompson of Bay Area News Group:
