Blazers Fire McMillan After 42-Point Loss to Knicks, Yahoo Says - BusinessWeek

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Blazers Fire McMillan After 42-Point Loss to Knicks, Yahoo Says - BusinessWeek Mar 15th 2012, 21:17 The Portland Trail Blazers fired coach Nate McMillan a day after a 42-point loss to the New York Knicks, Yahoo! Inc.'s website said. Assistant Kaleb Canales will take over on an interim basis, Yahoo said, citing a person it didn't identify. Blazers spokeswomen Traci Rose and Janice Parker didn't immediately return e-mails seeking comment on the report. Portland is 20-23, last in the National Basketball Association's Pacific Division. McMillan, 47, has a 266-269 mark in seven seasons with Portland. He has an NBA coaching record of 478-452 in 12 seasons, including five with the Seattle SuperSonics. To contact the reporter on this story: Scott Soshnick in New York at ssoshnick@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Sillup at msillup@bloomberg.net This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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