Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Green > Gasol? The Spurs matchup with the Lakers came down to two deciding plays. A 48-minute game and rivalry came down to the very end. The way you would expect. San Antonio, trailing by […]

Three weeks ago, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were taking in Notre Dame's win at Oklahoma in nearby Norman, Oklahoma, when news began to travel across Twitter and across the wire that Oklahoma City traded James Harden to Houston. The news shocked the Thunder, especially so close to the beginning of the season, providing the […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: It keeps going… and going… It was an unlikely hero in regulation that sent the game to overtime. And into the rabbit hole we went. Al Jefferson hit a 3-pointer that hit just about every […]

Boston Celtics (3-3) vs. Chicago Bulls (4-2) 8 p.m. Echoes of that epic 2009 first round Playoff series still resound whenever these two teams get together. Sure Ben Gordon has moved on, Derrick Rose is hurt and Ray Allen is in Miami. These are two completely different teams than those. And in Celtics-Bulls lore, Jordan's […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: All is new again It was only a few hours after the Lakers finished up a blowout win over the Kings that the news broke. The Lakers had a new coach in Mike D'Antoni and […]

Miami Heat (5-1) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (4-1) 6 p.m. When the Miami Heat first came together, one of the memorable moments of their failure — or at least not the immediate success they seemed to claim was possible — was Rudy Gay sinking the Heat with a baseline jumper at Memphis. Two years later, things […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Closing time The Warriors and Nuggets played a yo-yo battle that went for two overtimes that at times seemed like a comedy of errors. There was the Warriors allowing Danilo Gallinari, who had missed his […]

Minnesota Timberwolves (4-1) vs. Chicago Bulls (3-2) 8 p.m. Minnesota was not supposed to race out like this without Kevin Love or Ricky Rubio available. Winning four out of the first five games was not supposed to bein the cards. The Timberwolves though have banded together behind the rugged play of Nikola Pekovic and some […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: … Get out of the kitchen The Cleveland Cavaliers built a 24-point lead in the first half and seemed to have easy sailing to a victory. The dynamic backcourt duo of Kyrie Irving and Dion […]

Golden State Warriors (3-2) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (1-4) 10:30 p.m. Do the Lakers even have a plan at this point? Today, the Lakers fired Mike Brown after the team's disappointing start to the season. Is the 1-4 start really Brown's fault? No, probably not. The Lakers got the stars to headline the marquee but […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. BREAKING: LAKERS FIRE MIKE BROWN 1: Durant does it again Kevin Durant. Do I need to say anything more? Durant took over the final moments of the fourth quarter in Chicago, making several difficult shots to […]

Oklahoma City Thunder (2-2) vs. Chicago Bulls (3-1) 8 p.m./TNT The Thunder and the Bulls remain two of the top teams in the league despite the changes to the roster that happened to both rosters. The Thunder are still adjusting to life without James Harden and Kevin Martin appears to be settling in. The Bulls […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Not yet Nets The Miami Heat are still a really good team. There was no doubt about that. Are the Nets a really good team? That is a question still worth asking. One that will […]

San Antonio Spurs (4-0) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (2-2) 10:30 p.m./ESPN It is always kind of amazing to watch the great franchises be great. It seems even in this early part of the season that the Spurs continue not to get the respect they deserve. San Antonio is the only Western Conference team left unbeaten […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Bulls still Bullish Without Derrick Rose, there were definitely questions about the Bulls. Is this Chicago team going to be one that maintains the championship caliber play that made the team the top seed in […]