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Heat prevail hawks even after injuries: Heat fans have every reason to be happy. Though the absence of two great players, Wade and James was obvious, Heat played well against Atlanta Hawks and scored a win of 116-109 in triple overtime on Thursday. It was Chris Bosh who played in the place of Wade and James and led the team to victory.
Kings scored a win under Smarts coaching. Kings fans have every reason to be happy as they won over Bucks. After the buzzer sounded, cousins just ran to Keith smart and held him in a warm embrace. Kings scored the victory shortly after its former coach Westphal was fired. Rumors were running about locker room rift between Cousins and Westphal.
Blazers beat Lakers at a score of 107-96. Portland Trail Blazers could win a fast paced victory over Los Angeles Lakers with the help of Wallace. Kobe Bryant also scored 30 points amidst wrist pains. He was repeatedly seen taking painkilling injections before every game.
Spurs win over Mavericks: San Antonio Spurs had an easy victory over Mavericks. It was Matt Borner who scored 17 points and led spurs to a 93-71 win over Mavericks. Other players like Richard Jefferson added 16 points while Gary Neal added 12 for Spurs. This game attracted much attention as two famous players were absent. One was Manu Ginobili, who suffered an injury on his left hand. Then there was Jason Kidd of Dallas Mavericks who suffered back injury.
Clippers rout Rockets 117-89: Wednesday night saw clippers scoring a win over Rockets. Blake Griffin who scored 22 points and 9 rebounds led the team to a victory. Chris Paul also added 20 points
Kings chuck Haydes dislocates his shoulder: Chuck haydes dislocated his arm while playing against Milwaukee Bucks. Chuck’s arm got tangled with another player Gooden’ shand and his shoulder popped out. He was seen lying on the floor screaming with severe pain.
Bogut leaves second season due to undisclosed personal reasons: Andrew Bogut will not be playing for Milwaukee Bucks against Sacramento Kings. Bogut had averages of 14.3 points and 10 rebounds. Later he had an elbow surgery which saw a long absence of the star. In fact Bucks also have problems with injuries of other players like Mike Dunleavy Jr suffering from groin injury. Luc mbah is another player suffering from right knee injury.
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Kendrick locked in for four years with an extension to his contract
Howie Kendrick and Los Angeles Angels have entered into an agreement for extending the 4-year contract of Howie for a price of 33.5 million, as the sources say. At 28, Kendrick had one of his best league seasons. In this season, he got 18 home runs and batted .285 and with .464percentage, he also made it to the All Star team of the American League. This was his last season of negotiation eligibility, and this deal bought three season of the free agency Kendrick had. After this agreement, only the formality of physical is pending for the next few days.
In his last season, he made 3.3 million dollars and with this deal, he is earning a whopping amount this season. Jerry Dipoto, general manager of the Angels signed C.J. Wilson and Albert Pujols together for an amount of 320 million dollars earlier and now he has started discussions with Erick Aybar, who is double-play partner of Kendrick. When it comes to the minor leagues, Kendrick was probably the best prospects of the Angels this season, as he batted .360. However, when his progress is measured, it seems far away from linear. In the 2009 season, his team also demoted Kendrick to the Triple-A midway.
After this multi-year agreement between Kendrick and Angels, the team now has 15 players for the season of 2012 and has paid out almost 130 million dollars as salary for the players under contract. There are three cases of arbitration still pending for the team. These include Alberto Callaspo, shortstop Erick Aybar, and Kendrys Morales, who is the first baseman. Career highs of Kendrick include six triples and fourteen stolen bases as well. Another good thing about Kendrick is that, he made starts in three different positions, starting from first base, to second base and the left field, when he bats .285.
Looking at the last six seasons that Kendrick played with the Angels, it seems that he is a .292 hitter all his career. It seems that the team has locked in Kendrick for four years now, instead of looking for free agency. Now, it will be interesting to see what will happen with the rest of three arbitration eligibility cases. With Kendrick agreeing to the contract of four-year extension, fans are looking forward to see him with the team this season. However, only time will tell how beneficial will Kendrick prove to be for the Angels in the minor leagues.
Lopez seems ready for the rematch with Salido
Normally, it has been seen that the winner of the previous boxing match emerge as a winner in rematches. The main reason behind this is the memory as well as the confidence gained from the last fight. No matter, whether the player has come with a full-proof game plan, but he still loss and some people predict the same result for Juan Manuel Lopez
(28 Ko’s, 31-1). He is going for a rematch with Orlando Salido (25 KO’s, 37-11-2) after his defeat in the previous match. Their match will be held in Puerto Rico and it is scheduled on March 10.
Bob Arum, Lopez’s promoter made a wrong move, when he matched Lopez with Salido. Actually, he thought that Lopez would be able to handle Salido similar to the way in which Yuriorkis Gamboa did seven months ago. However, the same did not happen with the case of Lopez, who was not able to match up to the power and skills of Mexican Salido. There were many Puerto Rican fans of Lopez, who thought that there was no need of stopping the fight, but some thinks that it was the right move, as Lopez was not able to tackle the blows of Salido.
Now, when Lopez is ready to take on Salido one more time to get back his title of WBO (World Boxing Organization) featherweight, it will be interesting to see what will happen in the coming match on March 10. Loyal fans of Lopez will definitely be there for the fight, but the result is pretty clear. Salido emphasized that he is a better fighter than Lopez, and a rematch is going to be a bad idea for Arum. Lopez will have to fight over six rounds devoid of gassing, if he wants to win the match against Salido.
The former champion is already preparing himself for the match against Salido, as Salido stopped him from winning the featherweight title in Bayamon. Bob Arum also discussed the official date of the match with Showtime, and it seems that Showtime wants the rematch. Lopez’s fans feel let down after the first match, and they hope to see their champion back on the ring as soon as possible. Lopez should take advantage of this rematch to regain his lost confidence and he even looks stronger and bigger as compared to his earlier fight with Salido. If he stick in some rounds, then there will be more chances of his winning the fight.