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Playoff picture gets clearer

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The Eastern Conference Playoff teams are set thanks to Atlanta’s surprise win over Miami on Saturday night. That officially eliminated the Knicks from Playoff contention — sending their lottery pick to the Nuggets who will likely send it to the Magic to complete an obligation in the Dwight Howard deal. Sucks to be New York. […]

Corey Brewer’s improbably 50-point game

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Minnesota’s Corey Brewer is not exactly who you think of when you think of when you think of great scorers. Then again, Friday night shows that anyone can have a big game when he gets into a good rhythm and defenses refuse to play defense.

Brewer became the sixth player to eclipse 50 points this season — joining the likes of Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Terrence Ross this year. Brewer’s 51-point performance tied the Minnesota franchise high and set the Target Center abuzz. He made 19 of his 34 shots and took the majority of his shots right at the rim and in the paint.

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Ever heard of defense Houston? Sixteen of his 19 shots came AT THE RIM!

And not shown on that shot chart was Brewer’s half-court buzzer-beater at the halftime horn. It was that kind of night for Mr. Brewer. He stole the headlines from Miami’s beatdown of Indiana in the Eastern Conference.

The crazy part of this game is that Brewer did not even become the hero. In a tie game, Gorgui Dieng was the one hitting a fadeaway jumper with a few seconds left to give the Wolves the feel-good 112-110 win.

Dwight Howard has not seen Stan Van Gundy on a court in a while. Maybe they will share a Diet Pepsi. Photo by Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports.

Rockets come of age behind Dwight Howard

0 comments by on 4/11/2014

For the moment, Dwight Howard is on the bench nursing an ankle injury. He has not played since March 27 as Houston is more or less locked into the four seed in the Western Conference with a date against Portland or Golden State looming. This Rockets team seems to defy a lot of conventions. They […]

Kevin Durant’s scoring streak ends

0 comments by on 4/9/2014

Kevin Durant was on an incredible scoring pace — and still is — and has firmly cemented himself in the conversation for MVP. His resume will surely lead off with the line of: 41 straight games with 25 or more points, something not even Michael Jordan could do.

That is pretty easy way to start an MVP candidacy. Not that Durant needed some historical streak’s help to get there.

His streak came to an end Tuesday night as Durant scored a meager 23 points in the Thunder’s 15-point win over the Kings. He was a completely inefficient 8 for 13 from the floor that game. So clearly he has to go back to the drawing board with his entire game now that the streak is over.

In reality, the Thunder might be playing the best of any team in the NBA. In the past 35 games, the Thunder went 23-11 with Durant averaging 33.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game with a 57.9 percent effective field goal percentage.

Pretty obscene numbers no matter how you want to break it down. This guy is very very good. And he seems absolutely ready for the Playoffs to start.

 

Fans banding together to stop tanking?

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Tanking is a perceived problem this time of year in the NBA. Everyone seems to accuse the teams at the bottom of the standings for the race to the bottom and the quest for more ping pong balls. Adam Silver has come out saying he believes tanking does not exist, calling it rebuilding. Mavericks owner […]

Kemba Walker enjoys national championship with UK teammate

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Yes, college still matters in the NBA. Especially when it comes to the national championship.

Bobcats guard Kemba Walker, who led Connecticut to a national championship in 2011, won a bet with his teammate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, a Kentucky alumnus. That is MKG on the right not looking too thrilled.

Connecticut defeats Kentucky for national championship

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We cannot wait to see you in the NBA: Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid, Marcus Smart, Julius Randle, Sam Young, Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison and Shabazz Napier.

Enjoy the rest of your spring.

We will have more on the game from the NBA perspective in a little bit. . . .

David Stern, Zo highlight Hall of Fame Inductees

Congrats to the new Hall of Famers!

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Kyrie Irving has had enough of rumors he is leaving

It seems like in the NBA we go from one player leaving to the next. We went from LeBron James to Carmelo Anthony to Dwight Howard to Carmelo Anthony (again) to Kevin Love and, now, to Kyrie Irving.

The fact the Cavaliers will probably miss the Playoffs again and Irving is set to hit restricted free agency has raised the alarms in Cleveland that the organization could lose another first overall pick in five years. The reality is it probably will not happen.

And Irving is putting the kibosh on the rumors now (or Saturday):

Irving just wants the rumors to stop at this point. Cleveland has too much riding on the end of the season. The Cavaliers are trying to rally for that final Playoff spot. They are currently in 10th place, two games behind the ninth place Knicks and four games behind the eighth place Hawks. Any combination of two Atlanta wins or two Cleveland losses will officially eliminate Cleveland from the Playoffs. The margin for error is razor thin.

Let the summer be the time for unsubstantiated rumors.

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Larry Sanders supports marijuana legalization in face of drug-related suspension

“It’s something I feel strongly about, just to let you know something personal about me. I will deal with the consequences from it. It’s a banned substance in my league. But I believe in marijuana and the medical side of it. I know what it is if I’m going to use it.

“I study it and I know the benefits it has. In a lot of ways we’ve been deprived. You can’t really label it with so many other drugs that people can be addicted to and have so many negative effects on your body and your family and your relationships and impairment. This is not the same thing.

“The stigma is that it’s illegal. I hate that. Once this becomes legal, this all will go away. But I understand for my work it’s a banned substance. I will deal with the consequences and I apologize again to my fans for that.”

—Bucks center Larry Sanders, as told to Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Dante Cunningham carrying on with Wolves

0 comments by on 4/6/2014

News is not good in Minnesota right now. Despite defeating the Heat in double overtime Friday, there was still a dark shadow over the team. And it had nothing to do with another Playoff chase coming up short for yet another year. Backup forward Dante Cunningham will bring some unneeded attention to the organization. Charges […]

Bobcats launch paint site to promote Al Jefferson

0 comments by on 4/4/2014

Award season can get pretty wacky with teams searching for ways to promote their team and promote their players for certain awards — just look up Kevin Love glass cleaner. The Bobcats are back in the Playoffs for the second time in franchise history and want the world to recognize their best player, Al Jefferson. […]

Reports: Alonzo Mourning, Mitch Richmond make Hall of Fame

That is Dave Carmichael of WHTK in Sacramento reporting Mourning and Richmond will be announced as Hall of Famers this weekend.

Dwyane Wade all but confirmed that Alonzo Mourning is in on his Twitter account:

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