Doc Rivers angry about Celtics’ close finishes

Jordan Crawford has been with the Celtics for 13 games, and is still adjusting to being on a playoff team after coming from the Wizards. Doc Rivers hopes that he will be able to help the Celtics' late-game woes   Prior to Sunday's loss in Oklahoma City to the Thunder, the Celtics had won five straight […]

CC video of the day: DeAndre Jordan slaughters Pistons’ Knight

As if getting his ankles broken by Kyrie Irving during the 2013 NBA All-Star weekend wasn't bad enough for Pistons' Brendon Knight, then this most certainly is worse. No amount of words can describe what Clippers' DeAndre Jordan did to Knight during last night's Clippers-Pistons game. OK well maybe there are a few words such […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Back at it The Lakers have restarted their season about a half dozen times already. Everyone has already been disappointed with the Lakers season. But none of it matters if the team can win 16 […]

Sunday standings watch: Lakers tie it up

The Lakers have done it. They are back in the Playoff race and the conversation about getting into the field finally is a little more real. With the Jazz's blowout loss to the Knicks on Saturday night, the Lakers tied the Jazz for the eighth spot in the West at 32-31 entering today's home game […]

Shootaround: Heating up

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR Brooklyn 93 Pace: 92.7 100.4 47.0 22.5 8.9 26.5 Atlanta 80 Final 90.9 44.8 27.7 16.8 20.8 Brook Lopez (BKN) — 18 pts, 9 rebs Al Horford (ATL) — 15 pts, 12 rebs  Brooklyn Nets (36-26) vs. Atlanta Hawks (34-27) 7 p.m. The Eastern Conference suddenly has […]

Derrick Rose cleared to return, but won’t

The moment Bulls fans have been waiting for all year has finally arrived. Derrick Rose is cleared to play. However, you will not see Rose play Friday night against Utah and probably not Sunday in Los Angeles. Maybe not on the Bulls' three-game West Coast swing. Really, do not count on Rose making his anticipated […]

Lawson thinks Nuggets can win it all

When listing off the contenders for the Western Conference title, you have got the Oklahoma City Thunder, the San Antonio Spurs, probably the Los Angeles Clippers and I might even give you the Memphis Grizzlies. But despite their 41-22 record, including an astounding 27-3 at home, nobody is really jumping on the Denver Nuggets bandwagon. […]

Corey Maggette hopes for one more chance

This season has been a "body-saving" one for Corey Maggette. The veteran guard has bounced around the league for more than a decade now, haunted perhaps by his penchant for taking a lot of shots to score his points and various injuries. This summer he, and his expiring contract, were traded from Charlotte to Detroit […]

CC video of the day: ‘Dirk Dynasty’

I have personally never heard of the TV show "Duck Dynasty" but apparently it is quite popular and has a huge following. So leave it to the Mavericks to jump on the bandwagon and create a spoof on the title of the TV to create the "Dirk Dynasty." In the video, you can see Dirk […]

Shootaround: Misty Mountain Hop

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR L.A. Clippers 92 Final 98.9 46.5 24.4 10.7 18.8 Denver 107 Pace: 88.3 121.2 63.0 21.2 13.6 15.6 Chris Paul (LAC) — 16 pts, 10 assts Ty Lawson (DEN) — 21 pts, 11 assts  Los Angeles Clippers (44-19) vs. Denver Nuggets (40-22) 10:30 p.m./TNT Let us […]

Rivers out with broken hand

We knew it was going to be a growing process for the New Orleans Hornets. Even having two top-ten draft picks does not guarantee you instant success. They are a young team that needs time to grow and gel together. That “gelling” process has taken a couple hits this year when top overall pick Anthony […]

Grizzlies don’t mind a little grit

The FedExForum in Memphis is known as the "Grind House." It is a major home court advantage for the Grizzlies and encapsulates a team that the city has fallen in love with the last three years. Memphis has gone from NBA laughingstock — seemingly giving Pau Gasol away for nothing — into one of the […]

CC photos of the day: LeBron’s ‘Ironman’ kicks

Nerd alert! If you were not aware, the next installment in the Ironman series is heading to theaters this summer  and Heat's LeBron James is getting into the Ironman spirit. James had a pair of his Nike LeBron X series customized to look like something Tony Stark would wear when he isn't in full Ironman […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Life for LA Excuse everyone for feeling down on the Lakers. Los Angeles lost a big game in Oklahoma City against a likely Playoff opponent and missed another opportunity to gain ground in the Western […]

That time Tony Parker was almost a Celtic

We've known for a long time that Tim Duncan was almost a member of the Boston Celtics coming out of college (Celtics had the best chance to get the first pick in the draft), but did you know that Tony Parker was also almost a member of the Celtics? That's right, over NBA All-Star Weekend, […]

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