0 comments by John Cannon on 5/4/2015
I realize, having spent most of my life following and covering sports, that what I’m about to write is very politically incorrect. Playoffs are decided in series, and series consist of anywhere from four to seven games between the same two teams to determine one of two things: 1) the better team, or 2) the […]
BOSTON, MA – APRIL 16: John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards waits to defend against the Boston Celtics in the second half during the game at TD Garden on April 16, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. 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 Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
Not every outcome of a game has to have some everlasting, mythic, and truly meaningful story to come out of it. Sometimes it is what it is, and what that can be is what exactly it was — one result of one specific game. People are going to ask the question, though: What does Washington’s […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
You want to see what it is like to have confidence in a teammate? Then check out Clippers’ Jamal Crawford after he passes the ball to JJ Redick during game 7 of the opening round versus the Spurs. Jamal was so confident JJ’s three-pointer was going in, he started to walk away to get set […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/2/2015
It is a sportswriter’s dream to be able to write about radiant, transcendent sports spectacles such as Game 7 of the Western Conference first-round series between the Los Angeles Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs. Yet, the marvelousness and the magnitude of what we saw on Saturday night in Los Angeles were so overwhelmingly powerful […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Life is full of surprises. As the NBA playoffs move into the second round (with Game 7 between the Spurs and Clippers about to tip off at press time), we are confronted with a situation that is not necessarily an unassailable, airtight fact, but certainly hard to refute on a few basic levels: The Eastern […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Bull Durham brought us “the church of baseball,” but if you worship at the church of basketball, there’s no more fascinating second-round NBA playoff series than the one which is about to commence in Atlanta on Sunday. When the Washington Wizards meet the Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Association […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 5/1/2015
This is for all you Game of Thrones fans who also love the NBA and the postseason. In the latest installment of “Game of Zones” we see a cocky Clippers’ Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, Warriors’ Stephen Curry as a king, Cavs’ LeBron James calling out Kevin Love and so much more hilarity.
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman
The second round of the Western Conference playoffs begins on Sunday. Get excited! Uhhhh no, probably don’t get too excited. The Golden State Warriors versus the Memphis Grizzlies seemed like an interesting Western Conference semifinal matchup on paper earlier in the year. There was a time during the regular season when, if you told me […]
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0 comments by Joseph Nardone
The Milwaukee Bucks failing, while making a complete spectacle of themselves in the process, might seem like a big deal. It isn’t. Trust me. Sure, no team in any sport would like to be nearly doubled up (120-66) in a season-ending Game 6 loss, but sometimes the story of a series isn’t the singular embarrassment […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The worst shot in basketball is the shot just inside the three-point arc. Everyone knows this. Everyone agrees upon this. A few feet closer to the basket still makes for a relatively long jumper without the additional point. Therefore, a 19-foot jumper at the professional level and a 17-foot jumper at the collegiate level represent […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/30/2015
The most essential difference between coaching in the pros and coaching in college is — and always has been — a very simple one: The colleges are a coach’s game, while the pros are about the players. As great as Gregg Popovich and Phil Jackson might be — and they’re both as good as we’ve […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
On Wednesday, the day after “The Tweet Heard ‘Round The NBA,” I did not think I’d need to write a straightforward news article about emojis. I also did not think I’d need to write a follow-up commentary about emojis. Then the Houston Rockets decided to fire
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0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 4/29/2015
Look I get it. By now Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan is probably sick and tired of being hacked by the Spurs in their series. Lat night’s Game 4 was no exception as the Spurs once again resorted to hacking the L.A. center sending him to the line which eventually led to the Spurs’ win. But at […]
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0 comments by Joseph Nardone
The San Antonio Spurs have a pretty solid track record of fitting round pegs into square holes. Outside of Tim Duncan, and David Robinson before him, many of their key players shouldn’t belong… at least, not in the way we assumed they would at the time. Tony Parker (1st round, 28th overall pick) was once […]
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 25: Head coach Mike Budenholzer of the Atlanta Hawks looks on during the first round of the 2015 NBA Playoffs against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on April 25, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. 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 Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
When a cycle repeats itself, the value of that process of repetition isn’t inherently good or bad. What counts is the substance of what’s being repeated. In the 2015 NBA Playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs — though hardly home-free in their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers — have already replayed one of their […]
