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Game Two is tonight. Like in three hours tonight. Many of us are still digesting Game One and the over-heated, cramp-inducing glory that was that first game. Before the storyline of LeBron James took over, what we had was an extremely competitive game with both teams taking turns imposing their will. It was the kind […]
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Earlier this week, the NBA released its all-NBA teams. There were few surprises on the first team with Chris Paul, James Harden, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Joakim Noah. The second and third team had their controversies as well. The Crossover Chronicles staff tackled the surprises ahead of the NBA Finals’ Game Two: Philip Rossman-Reich: Let’s […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 6/6/2014
Everyone at Crossover Chronicles is really excited for this upcoming NBA Finals rematch between the Heat and the Spurs. Game One tips off tonight at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. But there are a lot of questions that need answering beforehand and a lot of storylines to watch. Yesterday we took a look at the […]
The jokes came fast and furious throughout Game One as first AT&T Center’s air conditioning went out (it is working now, according to Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express News) and then that may or may not have caused LeBron James to cramp forcing him to miss the final three and a half minutes of the game as the Heat collapsed and the Spurs took the first game.
James has (unfairly) received a lot of criticism for needing to be carried off the floor. Judging by how James came back into the game tried to go to the rim and finish and his leg just locked up, it just was not possible for him to keep going.
Twitter does not care about rationality however. And when you get corporate sponsors involved, sometimes things like this creep in:
@ryanbkoo The person cramping wasn’t our client. Our athletes can take the heat.
— Gatorade (@Gatorade) June 6, 2014
Gatorade has since apologized and re-affirmed its relationship with the Miami Heat. But the tweet is still live and has not been deleted. There is no backing away from the statement behind this.
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The NBA Finals demand a closer look. They also demand instant reactions. After each game of the series, the Crossover Chronicles staff will share their thoughts on the games that will decide the championship. Matt Zemek: The horrible conditions inside the AT&T Center should enable all NBA fans to appreciate what the Lakers and Celtics did […]
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 6/5/2014
Everyone at Crossover Chronicles is really excited for this upcoming NBA Finals rematch between the Heat and the Spurs. Game One tips off tonight at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. But there are a lot of questions that need answering beforehand and a lot of storylines to watch. Yesterday we took a look at the […]
Things will be different now for Wade and the Heat without LeBron James. Photo by Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
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Everyone at Crossover Chronicles is really excited for this upcoming NBA Finals rematch between the Heat and the Spurs. Game One tips off tonight at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. But there are a lot of questions that need answering beforehand and a lot of storylines to watch. Yesterday we took a look at the […]
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 6/4/2014
Everyone at Crossover Chronicles is really excited for this upcoming NBA Finals rematch between the Heat and the Spurs. Game One tips off Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. But there are a lot of questions that need answering beforehand and a lot of storylines to watch. The first storyline to watch is […]
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Shaquille O’Neal has been in some truly, truly awful movies. He is not ashamed of it either. He said of his role in Kazaam that it did not matter how bad the movie was — and it was awful — but that people still talked about it one way or the other. O’Neal’s acting exploits […]
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We know that Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh will be key to this series. They are the stars and the guys that the Spurs and Heat will turn to game after game. The defenses will be locked in on these guys. As it goes with every series, […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 6/3/2014
Ever wanted to be one of the best mascots in the NBA? You now have your chance thanks to this latest job posting with the NBA: Basketball Jobs : The Official NBA Team Jobs Board via kwout These jobs open up as someone has to be the man in the mask entertaining everyone at NBA […]
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The WWE rolled into Indianapolis’ Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Monday night for Raw. And the WWE being the WWE, it needed a reason for the fans to hate their heels and love their baby faces.
This time around, it was a wrestler coming out in a Lance Stephenson jersey talking a whole bunch of junk and admitting that LeBron James is the best player in the world and the Pacers are a losing team. That did not go over well.
When it came time for the “Stephenson” to show his skills, the Big Show had him blowing in his ear and flopping all over the place.
Chris Copeland was not amused.
[h/t William Lou of The Score]
Gregg Popovich motivated his team by showing them their failure in Game Six. Photo by Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
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Gregg Popovich’s in-game interviews are often terse and reveal far less information than even the usual in-game interview provides. This has become his schtick and it is his way of showing up the NBA and their media requirements for coaches. Popovich sees, really, all media obligations it seems as pointless and distracting from that over-arching […]
“Probably the biggest reality check I’m in the NBA was in practice. That was probably the biggest ones. There would be a day, Perk, he was there. And we were like scrimmaging or whatever and we kinda got into it like we clashed. I’m innocent, I didn’t do anything, I accidently hit him. And then like, he turned around and elbowed me in the ribs and I’m like ‘oh my God’ (holding ribs). Then he just yelled at me: “I’m the only silverback!” I was like “What the…?” So that was a big check, it was like, “We got some animals in the NBA.”
—Thunder center Steven Adams as told to Anthony Slater of NewsOK.com
It is good to know Kendrick Perkins is good for something.
Adams, a rookie from New Zealand, had a lot to learn about life in the NBA from Oklahoma City winters (termed “ridiculous” by the affable Kiwi) to tables on the team’s private charters.
What Adams became known for this year though was his ability to get under his opponent’s skins and become a pest and nuisance really without ever trying. It sounded like Kendrick Perkins gave him that lesson early on in the season.
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 6/2/2014
The Spurs and Heat have achieved something already that has not been accomplished for 16 years — an NBA Finals rematch. Yes, it is not easy to get back to the Finals in back-to-back years — the Heat are the first team since 1987 to make it four straight years when the Celtics accomplished that […]
