0 comments by Kevin Causey on 5/9/2016
Check out this big-time dunk by Bismack Biyombo in the first quarter of game four between the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat…. FEROCIOUS.
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Dave Joerger is now the head coach of the Sacramento Kings, which leaves Phoenix Suns fans in a state of clinical depression on Monday afternoon. Joerger essentially fired himself from the head coaching spot in Memphis, and as soon as he left the Grizzlies, he and the Kings rushed to the altar to get married. […]
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For a postseason that figured to have few possible outcomes, the 2016 NBA Playoffs have overturned conventional wisdom. In the first round, remember, the Golden State Warriors went from favorite to underdog and back to favorite in the space of 24 hours. Then Stephen Curry got hurt a second time and their title chances once […]
Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant (35) loses the ball between San Antonio’s Danny Green (14) and Patty Mills (8) in the final seconds of Game 2 in the second-round series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA playoffs at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Monday, May 2, 2016. Oklahoma City won 98-97. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
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In 2012, Danny Green was just beginning to find his way in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs. When he faltered in the 2012 Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Green failed in a way that was completely understandable and, more precisely, acceptable. A young player newly breathed in the thin air […]
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The San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder are like the San Francisco Giants: They create a big postseason storyline every even year. The Giants have won the last three even-year World Series, but in the NBA, the Thunder and Spurs have now established a pattern in even-numbered years as well. No, it’s not […]
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As soon as the Atlanta Hawks were eviscerated in Game 2 of their series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, it became apparent the Eastern Conference semifinal would not last more than five games. For the second straight season, the Hawks found no answers and no hope against the Cavs. There’s no shame in the losing itself, […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 5/8/2016
Check out this dunk by Kawhi Leonard in the first half of game four of the San Antonio Spurs against the Oklahoma City Thunder….. Kawhi Leonard! 💪🏽 https://t.co/39CdV2IUqM — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT)
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Dave Joerger is considering becoming the head coach of the Sacramento Kings, and the feeling from the other side of the table is mutual. No decision has been made at press time (Sunday at noon Eastern), but the mere possibility that Joerger could stage a “Kings Landing” makes it worthwhile to explore this relationship. * […]
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The inconvenient truth about Kyle Lowry’s breakout in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals is that it began not only before the fourth quarter, but before Dwyane Wade put the Miami Heat on his back. Yes, before D-Wade produced the surge which led the Heat to a flat-footed 68-all tie at the end of […]
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Very few teams can do what the Golden State Warriors do. There are fewer still that can replicate the Warriors’ formula and use it to punish the NBA champions. Saturday night in Portland, the Trail Blazers were that team. Their defensive intensity was impressive, and it led to offensive opportunities. They made the extra pass, […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 5/7/2016
Check out this put-back dunk by Dwyane Wade in game three of the Miami Heat series against the Toronto Raptors…..
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Whether Dave Joerger fired himself, or the Memphis Grizzlies essentially made Joerger fire himself, one thing’s for sure: The Grizzlies remain one of the strangest organizations in the NBA — not necessarily in a bad way, but with a clarity which is impossible to ignore. Some organizations are well-run, others immensely dysfunctional. The Grizzlies just […]
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Oklahoma City had a chance to bring the Thunder against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Friday night. San Antonio didn’t look like a 67-win club in Game 2, and while Kawhi Leonard (31 points and the game’s biggest rebound in the final minute) and Tony Parker […]
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Americans are notoriously impatient, and no matter what anyone might want to say about Tyronn Lue, there’s only one responsible way to view his presence as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Simply stated, we simply can’t say anything particularly profound about Lue — at least not anything which can be taken seriously — […]
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If you saw the comment once about the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, you saw it a million times. “If the Cavs can play like this against Golden State in the NBA Finals, they could win.” That’s the kind of statement which is simultaneously accurate, understandable… and bereft of any real meaning. Such a statement […]
