0 comments by John Cannon on 5/6/2015
Well, it took a while to get here, but the 2015 NBA Playoffs arrived in Oakland on Tuesday night. I’m not sure what it was we were watching through four games with New Orleans and Game 1 of the Memphis series, but it wasn’t the NBA playoffs. Even I, a grizzled veteran of many NBA […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 5/5/2015
There’s conversation going on in NBA circles regarding the intentional fouling of poor free-throw shooters in playoff games. Some of that conversation is going on right here at this site. My colleague Matt Zemek makes the case that allowing “Hack-A-Player” strategies rewards the breaking of the rules and should be eliminated. I disagree on two […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 5/4/2015
I realize, having spent most of my life following and covering sports, that what I’m about to write is very politically incorrect. Playoffs are decided in series, and series consist of anywhere from four to seven games between the same two teams to determine one of two things: 1) the better team, or 2) the […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/26/2015
Louis Armstrong might have sung, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans,” but I don’t think the Golden State Warriors will spend any time longing for the days when Anthony Davis was between them and moving forward in the NBA playoffs. Still, after three games that seemed to be going in the […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/24/2015
You snooze, you lose… unless you’re the Golden State Warriors against the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The team with the NBA’s best record is about to reach the second round after a remarkable Game 3 escape. However, a clear pattern of regression coexists with the Warriors’ impending advancement […]
