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Posted on May 4, 2008
The New Orleans Hornets dispatched the Dallas Mavericks in such a fashion that it was the final straw for Avery Johnson's job as coach for the Mavericks. The San Antonio Spurs didn't have a huge threat in the Phoenix...
Posted on May 2, 2008
Utah was thinking sweep when they went home up 2-0. I mean, come on, let's face it, we're talking about the NBA's best home team and all they needed to do was just do what they were supposed to...
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 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 26, 2008
Phoenix fans are seething; the frustration has gotten to a level that probably borders on what most Americans have for President Bush--ok, maybe not that bad, but considering the amount of wins this team has piled up in the...
Posted on April 24, 2008
The Toronto Raptors are not exactly chopped liver; I mean, come on, this is a team that is fully capable of doing big things, but they've just been beaten out by the Orlando Magic in the first two games....
Posted on April 23, 2008
Ahh, how things change so quickly in the NBA. Yao Ming went down with a season-ending injury. The Houston Rockets went on a winning streak after that is one of the best all-time in the NBA. So then, what...
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 19, 2008
Tim Duncan doesn't shoot three pointers. Generally doesn't need to. With his dominant inside game and the San Antonio Spurs' game plans, he doesn't really have to go outside of the lane much at all. So when he hit...
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 14, 2008
Let's face it. People are talking up that the Golden St. Warriors must beat the Phoenix Suns tonight to stay alive in the western conference playoff race. The problem is that it just doesn't have to do with this...
Posted on April 13, 2008
They had to have known that they had a good shot at putting more pressure on the Atlanta Hawks. I mean, both teams were playing at home, but the Indiana Pacers had the Charlotte Bobcats, who are the poster...
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 2, 2008
You could feel that it was going to happen. Late in the game, Peja Stojakovic, who is eight on the NBA all-time three point shooting list, was 1 of 10 from the field. Normally, the sharpshooter would have already...
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 13, 2008
And here, in March, I would have thought I would have probably posted at least a handful of times about #1 draft pick Greg Oden--before he went down with a season ending surgery (before his season began). But since...
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 31, 2007
Yipes. The next time I doubt the Spurs, kick me in the face. Ok, not the face...too much of a problem area already--how about the shin? That'll work.... Tim Duncan and Tony Parker lead a balanced attack over the bewildered...
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 28, 2007
Well, maybe the label shouldn't be "underdogs"--for game 3 anyways. Utah and Cleveland both made their series 2-1 by posting home victories. While Cleveland's was a little more dramatic as Lebron James scoffed at critics who claimed he couldn't hit...
Posted on May 25, 2007
So maybe it "wasn't" an upset over Phoenix. San Antonio, continuing to play their patented style of game against the Jazz, have leaped out to a 2-0 lead in the series, and it looks like Utah could be worrying about...
Posted on May 22, 2007
Ok, many people criticized Michael Jordan for being someone who was a shoot-first player, and then several people have stated that Lebron James is the second coming of Jordan. So that sound you heard on Monday night was the consensual...
Posted on May 19, 2007
We have had a season of so many ups and downs and all-arounds that I can't keep up. From the breakthrough performers to the mainstay stars of the league, the NBA once again has proven that nothing is inevitable--and the...
Posted on May 18, 2007
Ok, so we would have all liked to see the Raptors taking on Lebron James and the Cavaliers. But, alas, as the wicked way goes, the New Jersey Nets came in and played the Snidely Whiplash role and ousted my...
Posted on May 17, 2007
Come on. I mean--COME ON! Robert Horry gets benched. Ok, great, he was the one that laid out Steve Nash at the end of game four. But how does the NBA really think it can get away without criticism by...
Posted on May 16, 2007
We all thought it was certainly something to see the Warriors top the seemingly invincible Dallas Mavericks in round one, and rightfully so; Golden St. had played lethargicly during the regular season, and no one thought their depth and game...
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 May 8, 2007
Carlos Boozer propelled the Jazz to a first game win over the Warriors 116-112 in Utah on a putback rebound--it was a thrilling finish, but the media has played it up like it was really no big deal and have...
Posted on May 8, 2007
The Bulls thought they were big and bad. Andres Nocioni even stated that he felt they would advance into the next round. The Detroit Pistons probably haven't laughed that hard in a while... After spanking Chicago for the second time...
Posted on May 1, 2007
Let's face it, folks. Most people have written off the Raptors. I, for one, believe they have the firepower and sheer will to win this series. But even I, with my optimistic view, felt like Tuesday night's game was slip-sliding...
Posted on April 30, 2007
An MVP Candidate in Dirk Nowitzki. The coaching of one of the league's best up and comers, Avery Johnson. A team that won 67 games in the regular season. The number one seed overall in the entire league. A defense...
Posted on April 29, 2007
They had the momentum. They had the support. They had the Coach of the Year. They had an all-star starter. They were playing against a team that has faced more drama than most soap operas and one that also sustained...
Posted on April 26, 2007
Yaaaaawwwwwwn. Hey look, the Pistons won against the Magic again. Siiiiiiiiiiiigh. *Stretch* Amidst the balanced scoring of Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups, and Richard Hamilton, perhaps the biggest surprise for Detroit was being lead by Tayshaun Prince with 23 points in...
Posted on April 25, 2007
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! Is this a mason's convention? My apologies to Woody Harrelson for stealing his line, but this basically sums it up for game 2 between the Nets and the Raptors. However, Toronto did less clanging than New Jersey,...
Posted on April 23, 2007
Wow. That's about all I can say. Wow. In what was really supposed to be two lopsided series, the Denver Nuggets and Golden St. Warriors upended the stunned Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs in convincing fashion Sunday. What's next?...
Posted on April 22, 2007
Yey Golden St.!! You played your heart out on the final game of the season to make it to the playoffs! You didn't want to be in the Greg Oden Sweepstakes anyways, right? Yey! And now, you get the chance...
Posted on April 22, 2007
This match up is actually one of the more intriguing of all of the first rounders, as the streaking Nuggets face the defense-first Spurs. Not only is it again a question mark as to how Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson...
Posted on April 21, 2007
If you were anywhere near the Air Canada Centre for the first game of the Nets-Raptors series, you can sum up the game in one word that you heard all afternoon: BOO. Vince Carter BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Jason Kidd BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Chris Bosh...
Posted on April 21, 2007
The Phoenix Suns just make teams sick. Either they are scoring at will or simply controlling every bit of tempo in the game. But who has been most ill have been the Suns' fans, as although over the past few...
Posted on April 21, 2007
Back in the first couple months of the season, many thought that a sudden changing of the guard had taken place in the West, as the Jazz started out like wildfire, riding the backs of upstart guard Deron Williams and...
Posted on April 19, 2007
When you look at the seedings for any tournament, alot of people presume that the 4-5 match will be the tightest out of all the others. And frankly, most of the time, it's true. But this matchup, pitting the Nets...
Posted on April 19, 2007
If you were to look at the statistics for both teams and the players on paper, this looks like it would be a pretty good matchup. However...don't let the black and white stats fool you. The Wizards, although having touted...
