0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/19/2015
The Golden State Warriors felt the Milwaukee Bucks — the only team to beat them this season — didn’t win with class at home on the night of Dec. 12. Less than a week later, in a return engagement staged in Oakland, this is how the Warriors responded to their victory over the Bucks in […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/17/2015
On the morning of Thursday, December 17, two losing teams occupy the final two playoff spots in the Western Conference. As disappointing as they’ve been so far this season, the Houston Rockets — conference finalists last May — figure to hang on and nab the No. 7 or 8 seed in the West by the […]
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On the morning of Thursday, December 17, six Eastern Conference teams are in the midst of active losing streaks (defined as two games or more): Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Washington. On the same morning, six East teams have active winning streaks: Chicago, Cleveland, Indiana, Miami, New York, and Orlando. That’s 12 of 15 […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/15/2015
First things first: The San Antonio Spurs certainly look like the real deal this season. Their 21-5 mark would lead the NBA in most seasons, but the Golden State Warriors are not “most teams.” The Dubs are not doing what is generally done in “most seasons.” It’s San Antonio’s rotten luck that the Warriors fired […]
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What is “the bad-guy lift?” It sounds like a term you haven’t heard before… maybe because that’s exactly the case. You have not heard it before. Inspired by Charles Barkley’s immortal line, “Ya gotta make the bad guys beat you,” I submit for your approval “the bad-guy lift.” We might have seen it Monday night […]
PHOENIX, AZ – FEBRUARY 23: Head coach Brad Stevens of the Boston Celtics talks with Isaiah Thomas #4 during the second half of the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on February 23, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Celtics defeated the Suns 115-110. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/14/2015
Here we are on a Monday morning after a very eventful NBA weekend, one which witnessed the end of the Golden State Warriors’ bid to match and then pass the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers for the longest regular season winning streak in league history. The NBA and basketball lovers everywhere (except the cities where the […]
Nov 15, 2015; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) reacts after making a 3 point shot against the Boston Celtics during the first quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by CC Locker on 12/13/2015
Russell Westbrook, Remarkable Athlete. The latest installment of this richly entertaining NBA series: Sunday evening against the Utah Jazz, beating the buzzer at the end of the second quarter in a game the Oklahoma City Thunder won in overtime.
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Yes, the Golden State Warriors’ regular season winning streak — the second-longest in NBA history at 28 games — ended on Saturday night because of the accumulated attrition which is part of the 82-game NBA deathmarch. The streak ended because Harrison Barnes was injured, and because Klay Thompson’s injury created a domino effect which caught […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/12/2015
Nearly six whole months of gamenights fill an NBA regular season. Plenty of nights are sifted through and forgotten, especially in the earlier stages of the season. It is very easy — and not terribly unreasonable — to write off individual gamenights before Christmas as random occurrences. Many will turn out to be just that: […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/11/2015
It’s only the middle of December, but we might be seeing the Oklahoma City Thunder find themselves under first-year head coach Billy Donovan. The Thunder haven’t just pounded the Memphis Grizzlies and dispatched the Atlanta Hawks over the past few days. The big thing to note with Oklahoma City is that it has defended well. […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/10/2015
If the Eastern Conference is extremely bunched up, the Western Conference is as well — you just have to exclude the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs from the picture first. Yes, the East is a bumper-car battle, with the top 10 teams separated by three games and the second through eighth seeds separated […]
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What an utterly fascinating Eastern Conference we have in front of us. Surely, the bumper cars on this side of the NBA can’t continue to exist in such close proximity to each other. Surely, at the midpoint of the 82-game season, we won’t see the No. 2 through No. 8 seeds separated by one game, […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/9/2015
Some will say — and have already said — that the Golden State Warriors are not the owners of a 27-game NBA regular season winning streak after disposing of the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night: That’s entirely fair. However, it’s just as fair to stand on the other side and say that the Dubs have […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/6/2015
You’ve seen the Eastern Conference’s back-to-back splits for November. Let’s give you the Western Conference’s numbers. SPOILER ALERT: The Golden State Warriors did not lose at home or on the road; on the front end or the back end; or in any other context pertaining to a back-to-back stack, Jack. * Reference Guide: B2B = […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/5/2015
We’re just over one month into the NBA season. How did teams perform in back-to-backs in the month of November (including the final days of October for the purposes of easy record keeping)? Let’s pass along that information to you, starting with the Eastern Conference. We’ll provide monthly splits for back-to-backs throughout the season, so […]
