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NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets clinched a playoff berth by beating the Houston Rockets for the first time in eight years, getting 32 points from Joe Johnson in a 105-96 victory on Tuesday night.

So here we go again. For the 2nd straight playoff series the New York Rangers have dropped the 1st games on the road. It happened against Washington in round 1 and after the Bruins beat down the Rangers 5-2 Sunday at the Boston Garden the Rangers find themselves in a 2-0 hole...

Dominated from the outset, the Albany Devils were shutout by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday night dropping them further behind in the Eastern Conference playoff chase. The Devils managed only a paltry 11 shots all night. Compare that to the Penguins who had 15 in just the 1st period, followed it up with 14 in the 2nd, and then pulled back in the 3rd when they generated only 3 chances, 2 that we

Despite the few slumps they have endured this season including a just recently finished 6 game disaster the Albany Devils continue to hang around and their 3-1 victory on the road Tuesday night in Springfield might account for their biggest win of the season so far...

It is safe to say the Albany Devils playoff hopes are dimming by the game and day. Back from a terrible 6 game road trip that saw them lose the last 5, the Devils returned to home ice at the Times Union Center and were capped by the St. John's Ice Caps 4-2...

The Albany Devils spent Friday night in Binghamton New York, and were treated rudely by the home team Senators. Jumping out to a 3-0 lead, the Sens held on to defeat the Devils 5-2. Goals by Shane Prince, Cole Schneider, and Mike Hoffman gace the high flying Senators all they needed essentially to beat the road traveled Devils...

History tells you that defense wins championships. This is true in most sports most of the time. Nothing is absolute of course but this blue print is usually on the mark. However you do have to score to win and for the New York rangers, a team with Stanley Cup hopes scoring has been a major problem this year...

Trying desperately to get back into the playoff mix the Albany Devils could breath a sigh of relief for 1 day before dropping back out of the top 8 mix the next day. Here is a recap of the Devils 3 games in 3 days weekend. Friday Albany picked up points for the 8th time in 9 games by defeating the Rochester Americans 3-2 on the road...

Hey, did you hear? The Rangers are terrible and they have been disqualified from the NHL playoffs. Not only that but John Tortorella should be fired now and trades should be made to shake this team up. Yes, all that has been gleaned from the first 17 games...

This roller coaster season for the Albany Devils continued on Presidents day. Right now the coaster is on the descend. Beaten at home by Syracuse on Monday afternoon the Devils have lost 4 straight and are 3-6 since the all star break. Syracuse was ready from the start and jumped out to a 2-0 lead before half the 1st period went by...

A bad season is getting worse for the Boston Celtics after learning that All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo will miss the rest of the 2012-13 season with a torn ACL.

After last night's victory over the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks have the best record in the Eastern Conference at 19-6 and are sitting pretty, as the team prepares to welcome back Amar'e Stoudemire in the next week or two. Are the Knicks the best team in the Eastern Conference or not...