Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: I never went anywhere The Clippers have the best record in the NBA and are on a 16-game win streak. Is there any more proof necessary to say that the Clippers are the best team […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Taking all comers Oklahoma City had to fight. There was no doubt about that. Dallas was in a sour mood following a blowout loss to San Antonio in its last outing. The Thunder lost an […]

The Brooklyn Nets have fired Avery Johnson after the team has sputtered to a 14-14 start. That kind of record might have been OK in East Rutherford, N.J., but not for the new-look Nets in Brooklyn. The team has namd P.J. Carlesimo the interim coach. Brooklyn got out to an 11-4 start, but have gone […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Curtains up It was only Steve Nash's second game back for the Lakers, his second game in that familiar Los Angeles uniform (well, Tuesday it was not the familiar uniform, but you get the phrase). […]

It is OK if you do not know much about Greg Monroe. He is kind of a quiet guy to begin with, but playing for the 9-21 Pistons pushes him further into the shadows. As the calendar turns to 2013, it might be time to see the improvement this third-year player is making and the […]

Kenneth Faried is the Manimal for his relentlessness. It seems like he has a grudge against the backboard every time he goes flying in for a rebound. When he is in Portland though, the slight he feels is very very real. Back on Draft night, Faried said he believed the Blazers had told him that […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: From downtown Dirk Nowitzki surprised everyone when he came out for pregame warmups and played his first game of the season. At long last the Mavericks were going to have a complete team. Nowitzki played […]

The Toronto Raptors need to do a lot to get noticed. Amir Johnson needs to do a lot to get notice. Yeah, that should do it. Even though the Raptors are sitting at 8-19 and you may not be aware that they are on a four-game win streak. It is their first four-game win streak […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Return to fame It had been six or seven years since TNT had broadcasted a Minnesota Timberwolves game. Kevin Garnett had long been a fixture that made the Timberwolves relevant. But as the team fell […]

The Wizards have tanked this season with their star player on the shelf with an injury to his patella in his left knee. The injury was supposed to keep him out temporarily. It was supposed to be a month on the shelf. A set back to the season, but not a disaster. Well, Wall is […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Lin returns It was not so long ago that Jeremy Lin was winning the hearts of the nation and New York with his exuberant play and underdog story. It helped him get his contract with […]

Houston Rockets (11-12) vs. New York Knicks (18-5) 7:30 p.m./NBATV The Spurs are playing the Thunder tonight in a Western Conference Finals rematch. And remembering the first game, whcih ended on a buzzer beater from Tony Parker, this should be the game to watch tonight. But, lo, the savior returns to his old stomping grounds. […]

Andre Drummond disappointed in his only year at Connecticut. This was the most highly recruited center in the nation and even had himself reclassified so that he could play at Connecticut a year earlier. This was a guy with the complete package.  Athleticism, size, a knack for scoring and those monstrous jams. All those adjectives […]