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Posted on April 30, 2008
Caron Butler was talking some hard smack--well, maybe not hard smack, but he was kind of prophetic--near the end of the game, after Butler had made an amazing drive on Lebron James with 4 ticks on the clock, he...
Posted on April 29, 2008
Boston was looking to have a little R & R after they saw the other series in the Eastern conference looking like they were going to go to at least 5, 6, maybe even 7 games. I mean, here...
Posted on April 28, 2008
Detroit had felt a little disrespected--ok, a LOT disrespected. Here were the Philadelphia 76ers, who not only were not even thinking playoffs just three months ago, now up 2-1 on the Pistons and holding a double digit lead at...
Posted on April 27, 2008
Lebron James was mad. And you don't want to get the King mad. But--still--in classic form--a la Michael Jordan--when the moment called for it, James did what everyone would not think he would do--and dish it to get the...
Posted on April 21, 2008
Yep, they were favored in double digits. Yep, they had a 15 point lead in the third quarter. Yep, they lost. Wait--what? The Detroit Pistons, who haven't finished the season in anything less than the Eastern Conference Finals for...
Posted on April 20, 2008
The Orlando Magic last won a playoff game in 2003. That's a mighty long time for a franchise to not get a "W" in the postseason. Sure, there's teams that would love to even say that, but the fact...
Posted on April 17, 2008
Is the third time the charm for the Washington Wizards? It's the third year in a row that the two teams have met in the first round, and the Cavs have beaten them each year. This year is a...
Posted on April 12, 2008
Joe Johnson was playing like a man on fire--dropping 34 points on the New York Knicks isn't exactly conquering the world, but there was no way he was going to let the Atlanta Hawks lose in this tight playoff...
Posted on April 5, 2008
Alright, alright, I'll be the first to admit that if you told me that the Philadelphia 76ers and the Atlanta Hawks would be playing a game in April that would have playoff indications, I would probably take a drink...
Posted on April 4, 2008
A short time ago, the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers made a pretty big trade, which sent embattled center Ben Wallace to the Cavs and the Bulls got Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden. When the two faced each...
Posted on March 30, 2008
Joakim Noah has had a bit of pressure on him since Ben Wallace left the Chicago Bulls. The rookie from Florida hasn't exactly been overwhelming for the guard-heavy team, but in the absence of forward Drew Gooden, Noah took...
Posted on March 28, 2008
Jermaine O'Neal may return soon for the Pacers! Yeah!!! Whoo-hoo!! Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? O'Neal, who has missed 32 games with a bruised knee, participated in a shootaround and could be back very soon. The Pacers, although...
Posted on March 27, 2008
The Phoenix Suns knew they were running into a tough run when they looked at their schedule--even though they had won seven straight and actually made the Shaquille O'Neal deal look palpable, they knew going into the Palace and...
Posted on March 25, 2008
Ok, so you look at the situation on paper and it seems pretty clear: The Detroit Pistons were without Richard Hamilton and Juan Dixon, and the rookies or role players that were on the team have not done too...
Posted on March 22, 2008
380 games. 10,414 points. And 1 team scoring record. In just that short of time, Lebron James has broken the Cleveland Cavaliers' scoring record--and he's just 23 years old. James, who grew up in in nearby Akron, has played...
Posted on March 19, 2008
Chris Bosh was not supposed to be out this long. After ten games with a knee injury he suffered against the Indiana Pacers back in February, he will suit up against the Miami Heat, and the Toronto Raptors couldn't...
Posted on March 18, 2008
Larry Bird made commentary that he needed to make changes with the Indiana Pacers. Co-owner Herb Simon said the same thing...but now Bird may be involved in those "changes". When discussing Simon's comments, Bird said he can't be for...
Posted on March 16, 2008
Alright, alright, the Eastern Conference is not exactly anything to write home about or, well, even blog about :) But in the case of the Philadelphia 76ers, it's time. A team once left for dead, the team is now...
Posted on March 15, 2008
The Boston Celtics had won 10 in a row, and Monday is St. Patrick's Day. Since they would be on the road for this game, the team wore different "gold trimmed" uniforms. Deron Williams could care less. In a...
Posted on March 12, 2008
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been like the walking wounded. With Eric Snow for up to six weeks due to arthritis for his knee, mostly due to an operation he had earlier in the season. Of course when you are...
Posted on February 29, 2008
Well, we all learned that Gilbert Arenas overshot his mouth and his estimated timetable of getting back to playing for the Washington Wizards, and now they have learned something that is as devastating: Caron Butler, who could possibly be...
Posted on February 24, 2008
As we all know, Gilbert Arenas likes to talk--ALOT. For a while now he's been discussing a March 2 return to the Washington Wizards from a nasty knee injury that caused him to have surgery in November. While Arenas...
Posted on February 18, 2008
When Kevin Garnett signed on with the Boston Celtics, he brought with him a passion for a title and also a pretty clean injury report. However, due to a pretty intense abdominal strain, he has missed almost 10 games...
Posted on January 22, 2008
Any team that can hold the Dallas Mavericks to 84 points is definitely a team to be aware of. And when you beat the Mavs by almost 20 points in doing so, there's even more to take note of...
Posted on January 14, 2008
POW? What, are we in the middle of a Batman comic? ZANG ZE BOW! POW! CRASH! Alright, enough hearkening to much simpler times. When I say POW, I mean Player of the Week. And for the week of Jan...
Posted on January 9, 2008
The Miami Heat's team symbol is a basketball that seems to be on fire going through what appears to be a rim. However, when you look at this season, the rim is more likely to be viewed as a...
Posted on January 1, 2008
Ok, so that was a little corny for an opening line. But, hey, you're here, so...stay a while! After the media darling Portland Trail Blazers had won 13 in a row and finally had the streak snapped by the Utah...
Posted on November 26, 2007
What in the h-e-double-toothpicks is going on with Miami? Perennially a force in the East, especially with getting Shaq several years ago, the Heat look like a playground team. Think it's because Dwyane Wade has only played half of the...
Posted on November 8, 2007
I don't get it....The Hawks started out so sluggish and once again underachieving. Then they faced a brutal opening two weeks, but still--this was the team that was supposed to be on the up and up, but they just didn't...
Posted on November 6, 2007
The Chicago Bulls have obviously worked on their outside game with keeping vets Ben Gordon, Andres Nocioni, and Kirk Hinrich working the offense. They made the big move a couple of years ago in getting defensive guru Ben Wallace. So...
Posted on June 1, 2007
We all knew that Lebron James was the next. We just didn't know when. "The Next" may be right now, after Lebron virtually willed the Cavaliers to victory over the Pistons in double overtime in Motown to take a 3-2...
Posted on May 30, 2007
Ok,ok, so I was wrong about the Cavs....and the Jazz...it won't be the first time, or the last time, even probably today. Heck, in the next hour even. I watched the entire second half of the Cavs-Pistons game, and sat...
Posted on May 9, 2007
Just when it looked like the Pistons were the dominant team in the East, along comes the King. Lebron James, that is. While they haven't beat up the Nets like the Pistons have beat up on the Bulls, the Cavaliers...
Posted on April 16, 2007
Coach Brian Hill joked that he had some champagne "back in his office". Dwight Howard, a 58% free throw shooter, had to make a clinching free throw to win the game. Hedo Turkoglu, who has blocked all of 12 shots...
