0 comments by Matt Zemek on 2/26/2016
The saying goes that lightning never strikes in the same place twice. Technically, Los Angeles and Portland aren’t the same place. Don’t tell the Houston Rockets. They just re-created their great escape from danger in the 2015 NBA Playoffs. Some of the specific details were different, but the larger resurrection was very much the same. […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 2/25/2016
Check out this dunk by Aaron Gordon! The Dunk Contest NEVER ends for Aaron Gordon!
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Steph Curry is at it again as he hits a 3-pointer in his 128th straight game…… A 3 made in 128 straight games! That's a whole lot of
0 comments by John Cannon
The Golden State Warriors were “outed” Wednesday night… and it didn’t matter. I just finished watching the Warriors get out-worked, out-hustled, out-rebounded and generally out-played. Their opponent, the Miami Heat, was not a great team, but a very good one, featuring a vintage performance by future Hall-of-Famer Dwyane Wade. The Warriors won by six. Did […]
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – FEBRUARY 24: Myles Turner #33 of the Indiana Pacers high fives fans after the win against the New York Knicks on February 24, 2016 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Rob Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 2/24/2016
I was one of them, I’ll admit. You probably were, too. If you weren’t, congrats, but understand that you are rare. When the Indiana Pacers selected Myles Turner in the 2015 NBA Draft, if you were like most of us, you scoffed. If you were a Pacers fan, you face-palmed. If you were me, you […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Steph Curry can just about do it all. Here he is barely crossing mid-court and launching a long three pointer to beat the first quarter buzzer against the Miami Heat…. How to end a quarter by
CHARLOTTE, NC – OCTOBER 19: Jeremy Lin #7 of the Charlotte Hornets handles the ball against Nikola Mirotic #44 of the Chicago Bulls during a preseason game at the Time Warner Cable Arena on October 19, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
A primer on the chase for the final two Western Conference playoff spots exists. Let’s offer the same for the final two spots in the East, with less fanfare and no real preamble. * Start with road trips. The Bulls don’t have one single road trip of extreme length. They face a four-out-of-five road sequence […]
Houston Rockets center Josh Smith goes to the basket as Utah Jazz forward Trey Lyles (41) defends during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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The Utah Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets in overtime Tuesday night, while the Portland Trail Blazers won yet again, this time over the Brooklyn Nets. As these three teams brace themselves for the final seven weeks of the regular season, here’s what you need to know about each team’s previous journeys and upcoming challenges: * […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 2/23/2016
Check out the athleticism from Aaron Gordon on this play….. Aaron Gordon with the BOUNCE!
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It’s almost March, so why shouldn’t an NBA story begin with a little taste of Bill Raftery? Late in Duke’s win over Illinois in the 2004 Atlanta Regional final (yes, the regionals were referred to by their cities, then, a practice which mercifully didn’t last long), Luol Deng made the key plays which carried the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
One of the best set plays in basketball is the “elevator doors play,” but this piece won’t be about that double-high screening action. This is a piece whose thematic center is an actual elevator. * The elevator has been used to great effect in comedic ways. The Bob Newhart Show put an elevator into the […]
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The New Orleans Pelicans have won their first two games after the All-Star break. It’s been a terrible series of days for the organization. * Are you laughing? There’s nothing wrong with having a little chuckle in a world where teams’ best interests — near the bottom of the NBA food chain — are better […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 2/22/2016
Check out this play by the Milwaukee Bucks and the finish by the “Greek Freak”…. Throw it down,
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On Monday, the NBA is talking about Anthony Davis’s majestic 59-and-20 masterpiece against the Detroit Pistons. Rightly so. However, one episode from the past weekend in the NBA is worth revisiting — it contains a relatively small point of intrigue, but one which could turn into something big this spring. Yes, we’ve turned the corner […]
0 comments by Jovan Alford
Some sports moments are special not just because of the excellence they carry, but because you know that a sport is evolving before your very eyes. What Anthony Davis did on Sunday afternoon inside The Palace of Auburn Hills rates as that kind of moment in the life of professional basketball. If the Golden State […]
