The New York Knickerbockers Monday night played unselfish team basketball, and converted into a road win against the New Orleans Hornets 101-95. New York center David Lee lead the team in scoring with 24 points, but the thing that won the contest for the Knickerbockers was the ball movement instigated by the team’s back court. New York had 30 assists for the night, while the Hornets settled for just 18; the more touches on a play, the greater the percentage that your team will score on that...Read Full Story
Rasual Butler hit a 3-pointer as time expired to cap a final minute full of dramatic plays, and the New Orleans Hornets survived the Sacramento Kings' late rally for a 111-110 victory on Tuesday night. David West matched his career high with 40 points and Chris Paul had 15 points and 15 assists as the Hornets barely held off the Kings, who thought they had it won when Beno Udrih hit an improbable fallaway jumper with 1.7 seconds left. Instead, Butler caught a simple inbounds pass, found...Read Full Story
Chris Paul scored 30 points and Rasual Butler hit a pair of key 3-pointers down the stretch, helping the New Orleans Hornets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 95-86 Friday night. David West added 21 for the Hornets, who have won nine of their last 10 games. Paul also had nine assists and six rebounds. Richard Jefferson scored 27 for the Bucks, who have lost five of their last six. It's a critical stretch for the Bucks, who came into Friday's game clinging to the final playoff spot in the Eastern...Read Full Story
The NBA preseason is underway, meaning it’s time again for Dime’s team-by-team season previews. Last year we debuted the “Highs and Lows” system — predicting the respective ceilings and basements for each team. In other words, what is the realistic best-case and worst-case scenario for the 2009-10 campaign?
Added: Emeka Okafor, Darren Collison, Darius Songaila, Marcus Thornton, Ike Diogu, Bobby Brown
Lost: Tyson Chandler, Rasual Butler, Antonio Daniels, Melvin Ely, Ryan Bowen
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J.R. Smith: Not a ton of these Hornets are still relevant in the NBA. Not that J.R. is, either, stuck in China. Rasual Butler: Now a Raptor. Here’s a great Rasual Butler story. Some kid from South Africa or some place flew over here just to ...
Accordingly, the Hawks owned the paint. And then, Gray and Rasual Butler replaced Amir Johnson and Bayless to start the second half. The game was gone by then. Almost by necessity, this season will be one of experiments for the Raptors; Bargnani's absence ...
Milwaukee led 76-73 to begin the fourth, and pushed its lead to six points on a 3 by Delfino before Toronto's Rasual Butler made back-to-back 3's and Barbosa added a driving layup. Jackson hit a 3 to restore Milwaukee's lead, but Kleiza hit two free throws ...
In the interim, however, it is creating a lot of unwatchable basketball. Casey had been defending the play of small forward Rasual Butler, despite his 26 per cent accuracy from the field, with regularity. Butler started the first 14 games of the year ...
Boston Celtics' Marquis Daniels, center, drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors' Amir Johnson. left, and Rasual Butler, right, defend during first-half NBA basketball game play in Toronto on Friday, Feb.10, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Pawel Dwulit)
Knicks officials met with free-agent point guard Chris Duhon yesterday and lost out on one of their other second-tier targets, Beno Udrih of Sacramento. Udrih, a blossoming playmaker who also drew interest from the Los Angeles Clippers, agreed to ...
Rasual Butler stats, photos, and news on ESPN.com. ... Miami Beach police arrested Butler early Monday morning on charges of carrying a concealed firearm without a permit and wrong ...