0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/17/2013
With the best record in the Western Conference all wrapped up, the Oklahoma City Thunder do not have anything to play for with the Milwaukee Bucks coming to town tonight. The same cannot be said for Kevin Durant, who had a (very slim) shot at winning his fourth consecutive scoring title. Rather than risk injury […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/15/2013
It was not quite what Dallas Mavericks fans wanted, but it is a nice consolation prize. The Mavs will be missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, but at least they finally made it to .500 so Dirk Nowitzki could shave away his "loser’s beard." Several Mavericks players made a pact in […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/11/2013
In the NBA, we are getting accustomed to hearing “Durant wins the scoring title, LeBron wins the MVP.” It is usually close, but Kevin Durant has edged out both LeBron James and Kobe Bryant to score the most points in the league each of the last three years. With a week remaining in this year’s […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/9/2013
Now that the Miami Heat’s streak is over, they can focus on getting healthy and defending their NBA title. After the loss to the Chicago Bulls, the Heat have been sitting members of their “Big 3,” trying to get them back to full strength for the playoffs. LeBron James had a hamstring injury that kept […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/8/2013
Today is a very special day for Rick Pitino. Not only is he coaching his Louisville Cardinals in the NCAA championship game against Michigan tonight, but this morning he was also elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Pitino is one of a class of seven inductees announced today that will feature some […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/5/2013
When JaVale McGee was on the Washington Wizards, he provided us with almost weekly entertainment in the form of some sort of outrageously awful play, a boneheaded decision or some off-the-court drama. When he joined the Denver Nuggets, he cleaned up his act a bit and proved that he could actually contribute to an NBA […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/3/2013
After a disappointing blowout loss to the Los Angeles Lakers last night, the Dallas Mavericks are in serious danger of missing the postseason. Now 2.5 games out of the eighth spot with just eight games to go, it looks like the Mavs’ 12-year streak of playoff appearances may finally be coming to an end. It […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 4/2/2013
After the dust settled from the Chicago Bulls ending the Miami Heat’s win streak last week, the focus shifted to the referees. LeBron James called out the Bulls and the refs for the amount of hard fouls he took during the game. He focused on two in particular, one where he got tackled by Kirk […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 3/28/2013
The streak that some thought may never end, finally did. The Miami Heat ran out of magic and dropped last night’s game to the Chicago Bulls, 101-97, putting an end to their 27-game win streak. As they did a number of times over the past two months, the Heat fell behind by double-digits in the […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 3/26/2013
We have only seen Kevin Love play 18 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves this season, and there is a chance that may not change before the year is over. Love broke bones in his shooting hand before the season started and then broke the same bones again in a game against the Denver Nuggets on […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 3/25/2013
It’s a shame the Miami Heat have overshadowed what the Denver Nuggets are doing. If the Heat weren’t chasing down an NBA record for consecutive wins, we’d all be talking about the Nuggets a lot more. Denver is currently on a 15-game win streak, which is extremely impressive when you consider: A) how bad the […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 3/21/2013
When the Memphis Grizzlies dealt away their leading scorer, they were criticized for “giving up” on a season where they had a real chance. They responded by going 17-6 without Rudy Gay, and they have become even more of a contender in the last few weeks. Their recent success gets overshadowed by the current win […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 3/20/2013
By now, we have all gotten caught up in the debate of whose “posterization” was better, LeBron James on Jason Terry or DeAndre Jordan on Brandon Knight. I am still giving the edge to Jordan, but I have no doubt that Terry is having a few nightmares. After a dunk like that, you know reporters […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 3/18/2013
Most people are not expecting much from the Cleveland Cavaliers at this point. They are a young, inexperienced team and they are playing without their All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving. Most teams see the Cavs on the upcoming schedule and think it is going to be an easy win. But that has not been the […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 3/15/2013
Who remembers back to early December? The New York Knicks were 14-4 with two (not one, not three, not four) 20-point victories over the Miami Heat. I do not think anyone was crowning the Knicks the Eastern Conference champs at that point, but there was some hope that they could at least give the Heat […]
