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Stern forces Boston to send OKC consolation first-round pick in Durant deal
After scorching start, Clippers drop below .500
After overtaking Rockets as West's best (tied), Spurs lose Ginobili for 1 month with wrist problems
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Simmed GamesRockets come up with big OT win over Hawks, 145-141: Diaw and McGrady score 28 each to fend off Johnson's 34 in classic. Three Hawks froncourt players (Horford, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams) have double-doubles, while Bibby drops 14 dimes.
Rockets thrash Nuggets, 114-80: Battier has 22 huge bench points.
Trail Blazers overtake Rockets as conference's best in 95-89 win: Felton scores 23, but Roy goes ballistic with 44; earlier in the season he dropped 45 on us at Toyota, so we better hope to not see him in the Playoffs.
Rockets with 121-97 statement win over Suns: Four Rockets (Diaw, Artest, T-Mac, Felton) score 20+, while Wafer adds an efficient 19 off the bench.
Rockets take care of Dubs, 98-89: T-Mac has an efficient 23 to hold off OG Splash Brothers, Curry and Ellis.
Rockets hold Grizzlies to franchise-low in 84-51 W: Grizzlies: 22 turnovers, Gay DNP.
Rockets hold back-to-back teams to franchise-lows in 67-54 victory over 6ers: Artest: 22 points and 10 boards.
Rockets go into ASW with disappointing road loss to lowly Heat, 91-76 All-Star Wade drops 39
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Rockets' bench takes hit: Wafer to miss a month with back spasms
Milwaukee sends Gadzuric and Delfino to Spurs for Mason and Bonner
Andrew wrote:The sim engine and its weird All-Star/Awards selection criteria strikes again!
Breems wrote:Wow. 4 years later and Live still can't get Kobe in the All-Star game. Did you sim the All-Star game?
Bulls, Magic among remodeled teams at deadline
February 18, 2010
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Hawks sign Big Shot Bob after losing Smith
Collapsing Clippers lose Iverson for 1 month with broken toe
As LeBron nears return, Shaq goes down for 2-3 months with bone spur for 38-20 Cavs
Thunder lose 13 straight after losing Durant
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Simmed GamesWilliams leads Jazz over rival Rockets, 74-63: Okur has 16 & 11 double-double, while Deron Williams leads the way with 26 & 9 dimes
Rockets drop second matchup to Bucks, 87-69: All-Star Redd leads the way with 21
Rockets back on track with 126-99 drubbing of Pacers: Battier, Artest and McGrady each pass 20+ in scoring column; Battier contributes 6 steals, starting in place of the injured Boris Diaw.
Stojakovic's game-winning three downs Rockets in New Orleans, 73-70: Chris Paul: 21 points, 8 dimes
Up Next: V.S. Magic (31-26)Injury Report
Diaw: Sprained wrist (Out - DTD)
Von Wafer: Back spasm (Out - 1 week)
Phil89 wrote:I remember once in one of my Live 10 games the Lakers traded Kobe to the Spurs for Manu and Tony Parker
AI trading in basketball games can be strange sometimes.
Nelson drops 40 on Rockets in drubbing
Rockets 100, Magic 115
February 26 - March 7, 2010
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After a tough 15-point home loss to Dwight Howard and the Magic, the Rockets then hosted the might Spurs, and won that matchup by 23. The following day they trekked to Utah, where they themselves lost by 24 to the Jazz, a venue where they've struggled all season. Houston then had two comfortable home wins against the Raptors and Kings, but then fell in Minnesota by 13 to the Wolves; youngster Kevin Love led the way with 18 points and 9 boards. The following night, the Rockets made a pit stop at the Palace, where Ron Artest did not enter the stands, but made his mark by leading the Rockets with 21 points for an 11-point win over the .500 Pistons.
Up next: The Rockets head into the nation's capital to tangle with the best team in the league (tied with the Celtics), the 46-15 Washington Wizards. A big three of Jamison, Butler and Arenas is proving to get the job done, as well as a solid offseason addition in Mike Miller; tipoff 8 PM EST.
Rockets can't survive league's best in nation's capitalWizards | 29 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 109
Rockets | 25 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 100
Houston, TX (AP) -- A monster 18 & 21 double-double from Yao Ming, a monster 33 throwback points from T-Mac, but it was all for not, as the league-best Wizards go a game ahead of the Celtics after escaping the Rockets, 109-100. There was a definitely a playoff intensity in the house, as this team was expected to be a 4/5 seed (not the best in the league), especially after the Celtics broke the league after acquiring Kevin Durant (remember that?).
For the Wizards, it was once again their big three, led by Agent Zero tonight, who turned back the clock in a duel with T-Mac, dropping 35 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards. Caron Butler dropped an impressive 8 dimes while scoring 21 points of his own and Jamison topped things off with 22.
The Rockets have time to regroup; their next game is a home duel in four nights against a poor Nets squad. With 19 games left in the season some are questioning whether this Rockets squad can go deep in the playoffs after being unable to finish off some of the league's elite.
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Andrew wrote:Point guard domination is something you could always count on in NBA Live 10. I'm surprised Arenas didn't have 15 assists to go along with his 35 points; I guess he's no Chris Duhon, who always seemed to be able to bust out games like that! Interesting that the sim engine has them at top of the league. It just goes to show how older games didn't always account for "better on paper" when it came to a team's talent.
spiderxx7 wrote:I've always been a huge fan of Agent Zero. Nice to see him around!
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