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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: The biggest winners of the '09 playoffs]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now that the 2009 NBA playoffs are in the books, Marc Stein takes a look at the biggest winners.]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 16, 2009 03:41:07 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: The biggest losers of the '09 playoffs]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now that the 2009 NBA playoffs are in the books, Marc Stein takes a look at the biggest losers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 16, 2009 06:45:47 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NBA deems no further action on Pietrus' flagrant]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The NBA on Friday quickly completed its review of Mickael Pietrus' two-handed shove into Pau Gasol's back in the final seconds of Game 4 and ruled that no further action will be taken against the Orlando Magic swingman]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 12, 2009 06:34:30 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: The man who brought Kobe to L.A. relishing NBA Finals]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jerry West thinks Kobe Bryant's grim determination is the right touch in these finals, Marc Stein writes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 12, 2009 16:58:29 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[League to review Pietrus' flagrant foul on Gasol]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mickael Pietrus' two-handed shove into Pau Gasol's back in the final seconds of Game 4 was the first flagrant foul of the NBA Finals and will thus automatically be reviewed Friday by the league office./p]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 11, 2009 21:08:59 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: Magic in precarious situation]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With Lakers rolling on all cylinders, and Magic struggling in almost every area, can Orlando bounce back?]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 05, 2009 05:26:34 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Technically speaking, NBA believes system 'fair']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The NBA maintains that its current suspension scale for technical fouls is "a fair system," in the words of NBA president Joel Litvin, but he anticipates an internal re-evaluation after the season.]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 04, 2009 03:49:43 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: Stern not facing any imminent crisis]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[No major issues for Stern to tackle at these NBA Finals.]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 04, 2009 20:36:17 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: T's could be key to the Finals]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard must avoid technical fouls in the NBA Finals.]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 03, 2009 06:16:11 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: Will Chinese investors sway LeBron?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Selling 15 percent of the franchise to China-based investors helps Cleveland's case, but winning is still the key to keeping LeBron in a Cavs uniform, writes Marc Stein.]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 01, 2009 04:19:23 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NBA rescinds technical foul on Magic's Howard]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The NBA announced Wednesday that it has rescinded Dwight Howard's sixth technical foul of the playoffs, which he was given for taunting Anderson Varejao after a layup in the fourth quarter of the Magic's 116-114 overtime victory Tuesday night.]]></description>
			<pubDate>May 27, 2009 09:39:11 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Howard joins Kobe with 5 Ts, nears suspension]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dwight Howard joined Kobe Bryant with five technicals in the postseason, putting them at risk of suspension.]]></description>
			<pubDate>May 24, 2009 17:53:49 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nuggets cool and collected after G1 loss]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With some questioning their mettle, "new" Nuggets undaunted by first-game loss in L.A.]]></description>
			<pubDate>May 20, 2009 03:46:55 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Martin doesn't think Cuban's apology sincere]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kenyon Martin didn't like that Mark Cuban apologized to his mother through a blog posting.]]></description>
			<pubDate>May 13, 2009 12:14:43 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stein: Mavericks decry no-call in dramatic loss to Denver]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Carmelo Anthony's dagger 3 gave the Nuggets a controversial 3-0 series lead in Dallas, reports Marc Stein.]]></description>
			<pubDate>May 09, 2009 16:42:48 PDT EST</pubDate>
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