The 18,500-seat downtown arena also could host hockey, concerts and
family entertainment.Longtime Pistons trainer Mike Abdenour missed the
game after being placed on medical leave on Monday.City officials
reached a preliminary arena agreement Saturday with the investment
group, but the late negotiations left little time for community members
to study the proposal before the vote.Theyve won nine of their past 12
and improved to 1-11 against the top four teams in the West.Montreal had
managed one goal over its past two games before scoring three times in
the third Wednesday.But he was hesitant, unsure whether hed pass out
again.
Thats not the only similarity ahead of Wednesday nights
matchup at Madison Square Garden between teams that will likely be
missing key big men as the Knicks try for a sixth straight victory.You
always want to find guys in positions who can have another place to
fall, Withers said.He fell three assists shy of matching Pauls team
record set in November 2007.SEC showdown in Spokane regional semisBut
even without their floor general, the Cardinals didnt miss a beat thanks
to Smith.""I like his presence defensively, his energy defensively,"
Drew said.We want the folks of Seattle to get a team, we wish them well,
but we want to keep whats ours, Johnson said after the 7-2 vote to
approve the arena.Rookie Brian Roberts is looking to build on his
stunning effort from Monday, when he had a career-high 18 assists with
13 points in just his second career start.
You just put a hand up
and hope that he misses, said guard Mike Conley, who scored a team-high
23.When we have the lead, protecting it is kind of troubling, but we
found a way to come back with some timely goals.Los Angeles is one game
up on the Utah Jazz, 1 1/2 ahead of the Dallas Mavericks and 2 1/2 north
of the Portland Trail Blazers.I think a lot of it is the linemates,
Burns said.Romo could be with Dallas through 2019, giving him a chance
to be the starter longer than the 11 seasons of Aikman and seven of
Staubach, who was a part-time starter his first four years with the
Cowboys.After the Maloof family accepted a $525 million offer earlier
this year from a Seattle group to buy a majority ownership in the
franchise, a Sacramento investment group stepped forward with a
competitive bid package that now includes the proposed new arena.But the
types of challenges the Cardinal have faced - from Colorado and UCLA in
the conference tournament to Tulsa and Michigan - have helped them get
ready for Georgia.
Bryant followed with a spinning jumper cheap oakley sunglasses
in the lane before Bogut cut down the middle past Howard for an
uncontested layup that ended the little drama this game had.Center
Nikola Pekovic contributed 18 points and 11 rebounds and Luke Ridnour
added 15 points for the Timberwolves 25-44, who outscored the Pistons
38-16 in the third quarter to break the game open.After going 115 games
without a 20-point game, Suns guard Wesley Johnson came in with
back-to-back 20-point efforts.Like coach Meyer said to us one day, he
said, Leadership will take us to the top, Bryant said.especially at
crucial times when we had the game manageable and a chance to get a
little closer," said Suns coach Lindsey Hunter, now 10-22 since taking
over from Alvin Gentry.
