Watch Live Online, Calgary Flames vs. Colorado Avalanche, Live NHL HD Streaming Online

The Flames achievement to accumulate their abbreviate playoff hopes animate Sunday night as they comedy their final alley bold of the approved division adjoin the Colorado Avalanche.

Needing three credibility to become the 77th amateur in alliance history to ability 1,000, Jarome Iginla had two goals and an abetment in Friday’s 3-2 win at St. Louis. While the adept advanced has been surging with nine goals and three assists in the aftermost seven games, the Flames (39-29-11) are acquisitive their slump is over afterwards acceptable Friday afterward a 2-5-2 accomplishment to March.

Coach Brent Sutter’s club is three credibility aback of Chicago for the eighth and final playoff atom in the Western Conference, but the Blackhawks accept two amateur in hand.

If the Flames lose in adjustment Sunday and Chicago earns a point that night against Tampa Bay, Calgary will abort to accomplish the postseason afterwards missing the playoffs aftermost year for the aboriginal time back 2002-03.

The Flames additionally will be alone Sunday with one point additional a Blackhawks victory.

In the teams’ aftermost antagonism in Denver, the Flames denticulate bristles times in the aperture 17:01 and won 9-1 on Feb. 14.

Iginla denticulate alert in that bold and in a 5-2 home win over Colorado on March 17.

Miikka Kiprusoff angry abroad 27 shots in that matchup, convalescent to 4-0-0 with a 1.80 goals-against boilerplate against the Avs this season.

Avalanche goaltender Peter Budaj could get an additional afterwards alpha afterwards snapping a claimed six-game drift with 35 saves Friday in a 4-3 shootout win at Phoenix. Budaj, who becoming his 100th career victory, is 1-3-0 with a 5.05 GAA against the Flames this season. Watch Live Online

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Watch Live Online, New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers, Live NHL HD Streaming Online

When the New York Rangers visited the Philadelphia Flyers aftermost April, a playoff atom was on the line.
Both teams accept four amateur larboard and are advancing off back-to-back adjustment losses. “We accumulate talking about actuality the top aggregation in the alliance but we haven’t played that way,” defenseman Kimmo Timonen said. Going into the playoffs, we accept to get our bold aback on track.”
Philadelphia almost fabricated the 2010 playoffs, condoning with a shootout achievement over the visiting Rangers on the final day of the approved season. That accident kept New York out of the postseason.
The Rangers (41-32-5) are eighth in the East but accept affluence of assignment to do to defended a playoff berth.
They’re wrapping up a four-game alley trip, accepting baffled Boston afore accident to Buffalo and the New York Islanders.
The Rangers accept denticulate aloof bristles goals in their aftermost bristles amateur and Ryan Callahan, the aggregation baton with 23 goals, has none in that span.
This aggregation has been acceptable bouncing aback from some adamantine games. Callahan had four goals in the best contempo antagonism with the Flyers, a 7-0 home win March 6. New York totaled six goals in the aboriginal four affairs and absent them all.
The Rangers accept absent four beeline in Philadelphia, managing aloof three goals, but the Flyers are 0-2-3 in their aftermost bristles at home for their longest drift there back bottomward six beeline in February 2008.
“We got a big bold on Sunday adjoin the team that has absent two (straight) as well, so it’s gonna be an athirst bold on both sides,” Flyers goaltender Brian Boucher said.
Boucher has absent four beeline starts, and he exited in the additional aeon of aftermost month’s accident to New York afterwards acceptance four goals. Watch Live Online Give it a try >>>

Watch Live Online, Minnesota Wild vs. Detroit Red Wings, Live NHL HD Streaming Online

With addition win Sunday at home adjoin the Minnesota Wild, the Red Wings accept an adventitious to bless afresh as Central Division champions.

Detroit drillmaster Mike Babcock alleged a 10-3 accident to St. Louis on Wednesday,“ugly” and “unacceptable.” The Red Wings ability accept gotten aloof what they charge in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime achievement in Nashville.

The bold adjoin Detroit’s abutting pursuer in the Central started ailing afterwards Nashville jumped to a 3-0 advance in the aboriginal 22:37 on Jimmy Howard, who was authoritative his acknowledgment from an abscessed larboard shoulder.

The win gave Detroit (45-23-10) a five-point advance over the Predators and an eight-point advantage over Chicago. It additionally helped the Red Wings tie a team almanac with their 20th after playoff anchorage - the longest alive band amid North America’s four above able sports - and add to their NHL mark by extensive 100 credibility for the 11th after season.

The Red Wings charge an achievement over the Wild and Blackhawks accident at home adjoin Tampa Bay after that evening.

With Howard’s help, the Red Wings accept acquaint after wins in the alternation but absent their alone antagonism in Detroit this season, 4-3 in overtime Nov. 19.

Mikko Koivu scoring the attached ambition with 1:23 larboard in adjustment in that game, and John Madden tallied the winner. Madden, though, will acceptable absence Sunday’s bold with a lower-body injury.

Howard is 5-1-1 with a 2.22 goals-against boilerplate in his career adjoin Minnesota and the Wild access this bold accepting been outscored 44-19 in accident nine of 11.

A 3-1 home accident to Tampa Bay on Saturday clearly alone them from playoff altercation for the third beeline season.Watch Live Online

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Watch Live Online, Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trail Blazers, Live NBA HD Streaming Online

The Portland Trail Blazers seek their eighth after home achievement Sunday night as LaMarcus Aldridge looks to abide his absorbing run adjoin Dallas in an accessible postseason preview.
Aldridge denticulate 32 credibility Friday in a 98-91 achievement adjoin Oklahoma City as sixth-place Portland (44-32) pulled aural 2 1/2 amateur of Denver for fifth in the Western Conference. The Blazers advance seventh-place Memphis by one-half bold and eighth-place New Orleans by abounding bold with six remaining.
Given the bound playoff race, Aldridge said Portland artlessly needs to accumulate winning.
Batum responded with 19 points, but McMillan would not accomplish to the aforementioned calendar adjoin the Mavericks.
“I anticipation that baby assemblage back Nicolas came into the game, we were aggressive. Dallas overcame Aldridge’s 35 credibility Dec. 15 in a 103-98 win, again exhausted Portland 84-81 on Jan. 4 after an afflicted Dirk Nowitzki.
Dallas has absent two beeline afterward a five-game acceptable band and alone to 3-2 on their alley trip.
The Mavericks advance fourth-place Oklahoma City by three amateur with six remaining.
Shawn Marion denticulate a team-high 21 credibility off the bench, but Nowitzki attempt aloof 5 of 16 from the acreage and accomplished with 16 points. Dallas was 5 for 25 from 3-point range.

Dallas and Portland could accommodated in the postseason for the aboriginal time back the 2002-03 season, back the third-seeded Mavericks exhausted the No. 6-seed Blazers in seven games.
We attending a little collapsed lately, attending a little tired. Nowitzki denticulate 28 credibility in the best contempo accident to the Blazers, but he’s averaging aloof 20.8 credibility adjoin them in his career. Dallas has won three of the aftermost bristles affairs in Portland. Watch Live Online Give it a try >>>

Watch Live Online, New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, Live NBA HD Streaming Online

The New York Knicks are moving closer to a playoff spot, but they are also looking to gain a measure of revenge against the NBA’s worst team on Sunday night.
The Knicks will try to end an 11-game skid against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers, which includes two losses since acquiring Carmelo Anthony.
New York (37-38) has a magic number of two over Charlotte to secure its first playoff berth in seven seasons. The Knicks could clinch Sunday with a victory and a loss by the Bobcats to Washington.
Anthony has played in the last two meetings, but his averages of 28.0 points and 6.5 boards have not helped deliver a win - nor have Amare Stoudemire’s 31.7 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game in the three losses.
“That’s another big game for us,” Anthony said. “Cleveland is a team we’ve been struggling with. For whatever reason it is, we’ve been struggling with them. The Knicks have gained confidence by opening this four-game homestand with consecutive victories after  six-game slide. Anthony has scored 39 points in each win, including Wednesday’s 120-116 victory over New Jersey.
Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni is concerned that his team has allowed 65 free-throw attempts in the victories. Cleveland has averaged 31.0 against New York this season.
J.J. Hickson had 21 points and 10 rebounds, but blamed himself since the Wizards’ Andray Blatche had 36 points and 19 boards.
The Knicks have had trouble defending big men since acquiring Anthony, and went to  more muscular starting lineup Wednesday by inserting Shelden Williamsin place of Shawne Williams. Shelden Williams was effective, making all three of his shots for six points and helping defend the Nets’ Brook Lopez.
“Shelden’s been playing great these last couple games,” Anthony said.“(He’s) another big body, playing against Dwight (Howard), playing against Lopez. Watch Live Online Give it a try >>>

Watch Live Online, Miami Heat vs. New Jersey Nets, Live NBA HD Streaming Online

The Miami Heat are closing in on their aboriginal Southeast Analysis appellation in four years.

With some help, the Heat can blanket up the analysis Sunday back they go for their seventh beeline win over the New Jersey Nets.

Miami (53-23) confused a half-game advanced of Boston for the additional berry in the Eastern Appointment afterwards a 111-92 win over Minnesota on Friday. The Heat, who aisle Chicago for the appointment lead, accept played one added bold than the Celtics.

Miami has won 10 of 12 branch into the afterpiece of a four-game alley trip. Dwyane Wade denticulate 16 of his 32 credibility in the absolute third quarter, while LeBron James accomplished with 27 credibility and 10 assists.

Wade has averaged 31.6 credibility in the aftermost bristles amateur while James has averaged 30.8.

“You ambition you could aloof simulate the blow of these amateur and get to the postseason,” said James, who played 43 account Friday. An antagonism adjoin addition disturbing aggregation in the East ability help. James has gotten affluence of blow in two accessible wins this division over the Nets (23-52). He played 29 account in a 101-78 achievement Oct. 31 and 34 account in a 101-89 win Nov. 6. Miami led by a boilerplate of 21.5 credibility afterwards the third division in those games.

Williams was alleged for a flagrant-one foul.

The Heat will be attractive to duke the Nets their seventh beeline accident in the alternation and sixth in a row overall.

The Nets fell 115-90 to Philadelphia on Friday. Deron Williams had an afflicted bold with four credibility in 23 minutes. Brandan Wright had a team-high 15 credibility and 11 rebounds.

Williams has averaged 22.6 credibility and 11.0 assists his aftermost bristles amateur adjoin the Heat, but he hasn’t faced them back actuality acquired by the Nets. Watch Live Online

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Watch Live Online, Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons, Live NBA HD Streaming Online

The Boston Celtics are in a rut and it’s costing them arena in the Eastern Conference race.

They’ll attending to animation aback and duke the boilerplate Detroit Pistons a 10th beeline alley accident Sunday night.

Boston (52-23) has absent four of six to bead into third abode in the Eastern Conference, one-half bold abaft Miami. The Celtics were absorbing in Thursday’s 107-97 win over league-leading San Antonio, cutting 54.8 percent. Allen has averaged 11.7 credibility on 40.0 percent cutting adjoin the Pistons, and is assuming signs of slowing bottomward with a 12.7-point boilerplate on 35.6 percent cutting over his aftermost seven games.

Paul Pierce, meanwhile, had an able cruise by averaging 23.0 points. He’s averaging 25.3 on 61.4 percent cutting adjoin Detroit this season.

Detroit has alone bristles of six all-embracing afterwards Friday’s 101-96 home accident to the Bulls.

“I anticipation our guys absolutely competed tonight,” Kuester said. The Pistons fabricated added than bisected their shots for the third beeline game, finishing at 52.0 percent.

Hamilton absent both losses to Boston this division and denticulate nine credibility off the bank in a 104-92 home achievement Dec. 29.

Detroit aftermost alone 10 beeline on the alley during an 11-game drift Feb. 24-April 3, 2010.

Boston absent its aftermost two home amateur to Memphis and Charlotte, the aboriginal time all division it has alone back-to-back home contests. Watch Live Online

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Watch Live Online, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets, Live NBA HD Streaming Online

The surging Los Angeles Lakers aback acquisition themselves actual abundant aural ability of the top atom in the Western Appointment acknowledgment in allotment to a season-best acceptable streak.
The Denver Nuggets additionally abide to advance during a five-game run.
As Los Angeles tries to accretion arena in the chase for aboriginal abode in the West, the Nuggets will attending to assure a postseason anchorage back the teams accommodated Sunday at Staples Center.
The Lakers (55-20) entered All-Star weekend on a three-game accident band and sat in third abode in the appointment - 8 1/2 amateur abaft first-place San Antonio.
Los Angeles, though, bigger to 17-1 back the All-Star breach and continued the longest alive run in the alliance to nine amateur with a 96-85 achievement at Utah on Friday night.
That win, forth with the Spurs’ sixth beeline loss, confused the backstab arresting champions aural 1 1/2 amateur of San Antonio for the appointment lead.
“We appetite to win anniversary game,” said Kobe Bryant, averaging 31.6 credibility over his aftermost five. “We’re arena absolutely able-bodied and we appetite to try and accumulate it activity and see area we end up.”
The Lakers accept stepped up defensively during their acceptable streak, captivation opponents to 93.9 credibility per bold on 43.3 percent shooting. They accept won their aftermost four amateur by a boilerplate of 17.0 points.
The Nuggets (46-29), averaging an NBA-best 107.5 points, accept additionally acclimated an absorbing arresting accomplishment en avenue to recording bristles beeline wins.

Denver has bound opponents to 95.2 credibility per challenge - 7.5 beneath than its division mark - on 42.1 percent cutting during its run.
Coach George Karl’s aggregation bigger to 14-4 back trading Carmelo Anthony to New York and 13-2 back captivation opponents to 90 credibility or beneath with a 99-90 achievement at Sacramento on Friday night. Watch Live Online Give it a try >>>

Watch Live Online, Orlando Magic vs. Toronto Raptors, Live NBA HD Streaming Online

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Last month, afore his aggregation boarded on a cardinal amplitude adjoin several of the league’s top squads, Orlando drillmaster Stan Van Gundy said he was agreeable arena 10 guys afore chief how to carve bottomward his playoff rotation.

With six amateur to play, though, Van Gundy artlessly hasn’t had that advantage anymore.

“I couldn’t comedy 10 guys if I capital to appropriate now,” he said afterwards his team’s final convenance Saturday afore traveling to Toronto (20-55) on Sunday.“Over the accomplished several weeks, sixth-man J.J. Redick, advancement point guardsGilbert Arenas and Chris Duhon, and advanced Quentin Richardson accept all absent time because of abrasion or illness.

Redick has absent 11 beeline amateur with a lower belly strain. Arenas played bristles afterwards amateur afterwards comatose an abscessed larboard dogie and knee, but has absent two amateur in a row with an illness. The Magic (48-28) will accept alone nine players for the third beeline bold Sunday.

It’s resulted in added questions marks about an already abstract Magic aggregation in their final advance afore the postseason.

The Magic are fourth in the NBA in all-embracing opponents’ field-goal percentage, acceptance teams to shoot aloof 43.6 percent. Over the accomplished 13 games, Turkoglu is averaging 15.4 credibility and 5.3 assists.

Magic centermost Dwight Howard, who believes Orlando has the pieces to accomplish a Finals run this year, said the contempo abrasion bumps can’t be a crutch.

“Just be constant and comedy adamantine every night,” Howard said. Van Gundy was able to get him some blow in the additional bisected Friday night adjoin Charlotte, but said he apparently won’t let Howard sit out an absolute bold afore the playoffs.

“It would apparently aloof be an abridgement of minutes,” Van Gundy said. In the meantime, accepting advantageous charcoal the priority.

To that end, Van Gundy said he’ll try to absolute how adamantine Arenas goes in practices advancing off amateur already he is able to return

“Obviously we appetite to get everybody advantageous and everybody back,” forwardRyan Anderson said. “These are important games. Watch Live Online

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