The Mavericks win a vital game against the Blazers, but that barely scratches the surface

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Sunday afternoon in the American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers played one of the more thrilling and remarkable games of the 2016 NBA season. The considerable importance of the game only magnified the proceedings. Mavs-Blazers was packed with fun, craziness and intensity, offering something for fans with wildly disparate tastes. The game […]

Golden State owns the big picture, but San Antonio has reasons for optimism

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The Golden State Warriors really can’t feel too bad about life on Sunday, as they settle in Minneapolis before Monday night’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Sure, the Warriors lost to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night. A game that was winnable in the final few minutes slipped away. Just a few accurate jump […]

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry sits on the bench during a timeout in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 87-79. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Warriors-Spurs II: Both get what they need, but not what they want

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The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs came into Saturday night’s game under very different circumstances. Accordingly, they had different needs and wants. The Spurs have been rolling, were as healthy as they’ve been all year, and were playing at home. They had Friday off, and had enjoyed a blowout win on Thursday night […]

Jae Crowder’s value to the Celtics becomes overwhelmingly apparent

0 comments by on 3/19/2016

Before unpacking and expanding this discussion to any real degree, let’s get this much on the record: Jae Crowder means a ton to the Boston Celtics. The nuances of the debate are worth exploring at the edges, but the core of the matter can’t be denied: Crowder’s value to Brad Stevens as a wing defender […]

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) shoots next to Indiana Pacers center Jordan Hill (27) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

A tale of two cities: Toronto wins in Indianapolis, knowing it could return there soon

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The Toronto Raptors know that when the NBA playoffs begin, home-court advantage and an accordingly high seed won’t matter all that much if their stars don’t shine at crunch time. Thursday night in Indianapolis, the Raptors found their true North when they stood oOf n the precipice of defeat. As a result, they realize that […]

Was this past week the most vintage Houston Rocket week of the season?

0 comments by on 3/17/2016

No one in and around the NBA is surprised whenever the Houston Rockets display a pronounced Jekyll-and-Hyde volatility. Yet, even by the Rockets’ trolling and teasing standards, this past week — a seven-day stretch which started last Friday in Boston — might have been their most typically bipolar week of the season. Wednesday night, the […]

The Hawks turn frowns upside down in another abrupt reversal

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The Atlanta Hawks have performed a Dikembe Mutombo-style finger wag at idiots the past few weeks. Back on February 21, one idiot had the temerity to write that the Hawks’ hopes of putting together a successful season were shrinking to the point of being little more than a sliver. The path to the No. 3 seed? […]

Teasing season: the whole campaign, yes, but also these final few weeks

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It’s been a very long and taxing campaign — no, not the presidential primary race, but the NBA season. This journey to the NBA playoffs has been cleaner and clearer in the Western Conference, where the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs have lorded themselves over the rest of the conference and the league […]

Iguodala Injury puts Warriors’ Record Chase at Risk — Or Not

0 comments by on 3/15/2016

On December 15th, at the very end of a very long column about the Warriors’ first loss, I first wrote that I believed they would break the Bulls’ record for most wins in a season. The unspoken caveat was, of course, the dreaded injury. If a key player, like Steph Curry, or Klay Thompson, or […]

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