basketball

The Section II Class A girls basketball championship should be a dandy.  Scotia-Glenville downed Holy Names, 51-35, Tuesday night at Colonie High School. Monica Compton and Cassie Broadhead topped the Tartans scoring parade with 21 and 17 points, respectively.

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Thanks to Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant, the Western Conference All-Stars were able to come out on top of the Easts best, 152-149.

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This year’s NBA Slam Dunk Contest saw a lot of firsts, including Jeremy Evans making the winning drunk by leaping over Kevin Hart. The comedian had bustled onto the court dressed as a stuttering mailman with a package for Evans.

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It has been a scary few games for the Syracuse Orange lately, but they once again survive a scary situation and come away with a win, and earn the Big East title in the process.

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Jaclyn Welch fired in 25 points and Sydnie Rosales added 15 to power Colonie past Catholic Central, 55-48, in a Section II Class AA girls basketball tournament quarterfinal round game Friday night.

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Costly turnovers and just generally being outplayed was the story for the New York Knicks last night.  The Heat get the best of them, 102-88.

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Mitch Vdoviak poured in 25 points as Johnstown turned away Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, 49-45, in a Section II Class A boys basketball tournament game Wednesday night.

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It is awesome when you see someone make a sweet block on a shot, but Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee decided that despite the ball descending into the hoop he would swat it three rows back.  As cool as it looked, everyone in the crowd knew it was goaltending.  Keep up the good work JaVale, your team is really benefiting from your 'smart' play.

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The Section II Basketball Tournament got into full swing Tuesday night. Watervliet, which earned top seed in boys and girls, was successful.

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It wasn't exactly the return that Carmelo Anthony was hoping for.  He only puts up 11 points in the Knicks 100-92 loss to New Jersey on Monday night.

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If you didn't think the match up between Oklahoma City and Denver was going to be an exciting one, you thought wrong.  Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook put on a show in the overtime thriller between the two.

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You probably won’t be surprised about this, but Jeremy Lin would rather have control over his name. And following his astronomical rise to fame, there’s been a just as astronomical rise in pirate Linsanity merchandise. But can he trademark his own name?

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