Lakers come back down to Earth

  The Los Angeles Lakers have done a lot to regain some momentum over the past month. After their disappointing 17-25 start to the season, they went 13-5 to make it back to .500. They had people believing they were a playoff team, maybe even a team that could challenge for the Western Conference title. […]

Shootaround: Time to shine

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR L.A. Lakers 105 Final 111.0 48.1 36.4 14.5 51.9 Oklahoma City 122 Pace: 94.6 129.0 52.1 31.8 1.8 25.0 Kobe Bryant (LAL) — 30 pts, 8/19 FGs Russell Westbrook (OKC) — 37 pts, 10 rebs, 5 assts  Los Angeles Lakers (30-30) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (43-16) […]

CC video of the day: Charlotte pushes to reclaim ‘Hornets’ name

Ever since it became official that New Orleans will drop "Hornets" and become the "Pelicans" next season, Charlotte is in full force trying to reclaim the team's original nickname to replace "Bobcats." Titled "Let's take back our buzz," (which sounds like some motto for hard core drinkers) check out the video of the push for […]

Shootaround: Off to the races

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR Atlanta 88 Final 89.0 44.4 21.7 13.8 12.4 Denver 104 Pace: 95.0 109.5 56.4 32.4 15.9 10.5 Al Horford (ATL) — 18 pts, 13 rebs Ty Lawson (DEN) — 18 pts, 8 assts  Atlanta Hawks (33-25) vs. Denver Nuggets (38-22) 9 p.m. Denver is quietly the […]

Ibaka goes for the low blow on Griffin

A new NBA rivalry is brewing between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers have emerged as one of the teams that could challenge the Thunder for the Western Conference title, and they were going for the season sweep of OKC on Sunday. It looked like the Thunder were going to […]

Spurs lose Tony Parker for a month with ankle injury

In the Spurs' win over the Kings on Friday night, Parker sustained a grade 2 sprain to his left ankle, an injury that will cause him to miss around four weeks   The constantly injury-riddled San Antonio Spurs suffered yet another unfortunate blow to their core as a routine win over the hapless Sacramento Kings […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Heat unleashed New York looked like the team that could beat Miami. The team had shooters, an elite scorer and big men able to defend and keep LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on the perimeter. […]

Sunday Notes and Statistics

Parker suffers ankle injury Tony Parker's eyes were perhaps getting a little big for his stomach. These last two years, Parker has transformed himself into one of the premier point guards in the league. Maybe the 2007 Finals MVP was that already, but now Gregg Popovich has turned the team over to him and told […]

Shootaround: Small surprises

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR Brooklyn 85 Final 89.4 47.9 22.2 20.4 31.9 Chicago 96 Pace: 92.2 104.2 56.2 18.8 19.4 19.2 Brook Lopez (BKN) — 22 pts, 9/16 FGs Joakim Noah (CHI) — 21 pts, 10 rebs    Brooklyn Nets (34-25) vs. Chicago Bulls (33-25) 8 p.m. At this point […]

New NBA flopping rule getting the job done

Whether it’s the fear of losing money or just the fear of being publicly called out, the NBA’s new policy on flopping seems to be working. Last year, players acting in an effort to sway the refs were really getting out of hand. This year, it’s gotten remarkably better. Of course, you can’t eliminate the […]

Whales revealed: Kevin Johnson outlines bid to keep Kings in Sacramento

The saga over whether the Sacramento Kings will stay in town or move to Seattle took a new but not unexpected turn Thursday night as Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov and Southern California grocery store magnate Ron Burkle are teaming up to buy the team from the Maloofs and […]

Dwight Howard hopes to play for U.S. in Rio

The 2016 Olympics in Rio are a long way off, but that has not stopped plenty of intrigue from developing around who will be on the Olympic roster. Team USA will be going through a transition with Mike Krzyzewski stepping away and a new coach coming in. Continuity was one of the key things Jerry […]

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