0 comments by Bryan Gibberman on 5/7/2015
The second round of the NBA playoffs is giving us quite a bit of symmetry. All four series are tied at one as we head into today’s rare day off. Since the 1979-’80 season, all four conference semifinal series have been tied at one on only two occasions (2012-’13 was the other). It seems like […]
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0 comments by Joseph Nardone
Doc Rivers is a rather well-regarded designer of sets. You can see the evidence of his brilliance after each timeout. His teams have wonderfully constructed spacing, a pass or two is made, all of which usually results in some easy points for his Los Angeles Clippers. He is so good at doing that, in fact, […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
The Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets are meeting in the Western Conference semifinals – and it could be one of the most compelling playoff series in quite some time. Fans are anticipating a compelling series, as evidenced by ticket prices for the remaining games in the series. Game 3 will take place on Friday, […]
0 comments by Bart D on 5/6/2015
Hit us up on Twitter @CrossoverNBA Chalk another one up to the stink of desperation. Desperation in all forms of life is an un-manufacturable (fake arse word) thing. It’s the fight or flight situation in real life, or in the case of sports, the thing that makes you play like your very soul is on […]
0 comments by John Cannon
Well, it took a while to get here, but the 2015 NBA Playoffs arrived in Oakland on Tuesday night. I’m not sure what it was we were watching through four games with New Orleans and Game 1 of the Memphis series, but it wasn’t the NBA playoffs. Even I, a grizzled veteran of many NBA […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 5/5/2015
There’s conversation going on in NBA circles regarding the intentional fouling of poor free-throw shooters in playoff games. Some of that conversation is going on right here at this site. My colleague Matt Zemek makes the case that allowing “Hack-A-Player” strategies rewards the breaking of the rules and should be eliminated. I disagree on two […]
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 06: John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards celebrates after making a basket during the closing mintues of regulation against the Milwaukee Bucks at Verizon Center on December 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Bucks won 109-105. 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 Rob Carr/Getty Images)
0 comments by Mike Ferguson
The conference semifinals are underway and only two teams have yet to lose a game this postseason. One is the Golden State Warriors — the league’s best team during the regular season — and the other was the fifth seed in the lowly Eastern Conference, the Washington Wizards. After closing out the Toronto Raptors with […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
You clicked me? Don’t duck out yet. This is a (kind of) serious column about Austin Rivers possibly going from being just above bad to possibly good. It isn’t clickbait, I promise. Austin Rivers is only 22 years old. I think we forget that. There was a time when being so young meant we would […]
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman
Trying to figure out the future of the San Antonio Spurs is currently an impossible process. It needs to be done in the manner of when you get the DVD of a movie and have multiple alternate endings. San Antonio’s 2014-2015 season came to a heartbreaking end, losing Game Seven of its first-round series to […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Yes, it’s convenient that we’re writing about Hack-A-Player at this specific point in time. Yet, the argument against allowing the practice existed far before the 2015 NBA Playoffs. Even before the Hack-A-(DeAndre) Jordan employed by the San Antonio Spurs over the past two weeks; even before Monday night’s sorry spectacle of the Hack-A-Jordan dueling with […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 5/4/2015
Bloguin’s own Project Spurs‘ Jeff Garcia, Chelsea Torres, and Ryan McCallum sat down to discuss what happened to the San Antonio Spurs unsuccessful attempt to defend their NBA title.
Was is old age? Was youth served over experience? Did Popovich have any blame?
Also on the show, the trio looks ahead at the Spurs’ future and the free agents on the roster as well as the future of guard Manu Ginobili. Will he or won’t he retire after looking like a shell of his former All-Star self.
0 comments by Bart D
Hit up Crossover Chronicles on Twitter @CrossoverNBA Let’s do a public service and get all of the over-reaction points from Cavs-Bulls Game One out of the way before we get into the grown folks talk … 1. The Cavs can’t win without Kevin Love. 2. Lebron choked down the stretch 3. Jimmy Butler is the […]
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0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Ohhhhh soooo close! Bulls legend Scottie Pippen was at the Cavs-Bulls Game 1 semifinals match to lend his support but maybe for at least one play, he wished he didn’t go. Joakim Noah found himself under the rim, all alone, with ball in hand, open for a layup. Easy hoop right? Wrong! Noah blows the […]
HOUSTON, TX – APRIL 28: Dwight Howard #12 of the Houston Rockets calls a play against the Dallas Mavericks during Game Five in the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs on April 28, 2015 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. 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 Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
0 comments by Mike Ferguson
While most of the sports world was following the “Fight of the Century” Saturday night between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, the first round of the 2015 NBA Playoffs was closing in dramatic fashion as Chris Paul banked in a one-hander with a second left to give the Los Angeles Clippers a stunning 4-3 first […]
Steve Kerr is building off everything built by Mark Jackson. Photo by Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
Relationships, when they end for reasons other than death, do not generally end on great terms. If the parties involved got along so well that their break would be completely reasonable and without resentment, chances are there wouldn’t be a need for the split in the first place. This applies to nearly all relationships in […]
