0 comments by John Cannon on 12/31/2015
For those who think that the Golden State Warriors are a collective, rather than a great player and a lot of good ones, I offer Wednesday night’s game against Dallas as evidence that you’re out of your minds. Okay, let’s get the caveats out of the way. 1) Stephen Curry wasn’t the only Warrior who […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 12/28/2015
DeMar DeRozan combines a rare amount of speed and skill on this play to throw down a monster dunk on the break…. DeMar DeRozan can FLY! 👀 https://t.co/ItSgWj5kBF — NBA (@NBA)
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 12/27/2015
Jeff Green comes from behind and rejects this Nick Young lay-up with authority…. No easy buckets –
0 comments by John Cannon
Reaction to the Golden State Warriors’ Christmas Day victory over Cleveland has affirmed a theory I’ve been developing as the NBA season hits the one-third pole. Perceptions of their greatness (or not) and validation of their 2015 championship (or not) depend largely on how much you’ve seen them play. I’m referring to actually SEEING them […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 12/26/2015
Ryan Anderson does his best impression of Blake Griffin on this dunk…. Flight 33 prepared for takeoff!
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s fascinating to see the Chicago Bulls make their way through this NBA season (with most of the journey still ahead). Though Fred Hoiberg is dramatically different in style and outlook from his predecessor, Tom Thibodeau, the Bulls are so strikingly similar to their 2014-2015 incarnation. First of all, the Bulls still depend on defense […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
So much hype accompanied the Christmas Day showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, to the point that for many, the game represented a referendum on the Cavs and what they had learned since the 2015 NBA Finals. This viewpoint is entirely understandable. Cleveland knows that the Warriors are the league’s gold […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/24/2015
When the Cleveland Cavaliers face the Golden State Warriors in a Christmas Day showdown, the headline label for the game is that it’s a likely NBA Finals preview. This is not an inaccurate analysis of Cavs-Dubs. The Warriors are the favorite in the West, and no team has yet shown that it is likely to […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Ebenezer Scrooge, before his moment of conversion — that’s today’s NBA. It used to be that Christmas Day featured two NBA games. In the 2006-2007 season (likely due to the television restraints posed by the presence of Monday Night Football), the NBA played only one game on Christmas Day. Going dark on Christmas Day is […]
Mar 29, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris (11) celebrates a three point shot by making a gun with his finger aimed at the Oklahoma City Thunder bench in the first quarter at US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Phoenix Suns — at least one of them — threw in the towel Wednesday night. Literally. The Suns suffered one of their worst losses of the season Wednesday night at home to the Denver Nuggets. The result didn’t just put the Suns seven games below .500; it didn’t just push Phoenix beneath Denver in […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 12/23/2015
Two former Duke Blue Devils went at it tonight as the Milwaukee Bucks played the Philadelphia 76ers and Jabari Parker got the best of this one…. Jabari Parker throwing the hammer down on good friend/ fellow Duke Alumni Jahil Okafor! 🔨🔽 https://t.co/PavdCTPbfG — Beyond The Score (@SportsNewsBTS)
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There is a reason the San Antonio Spurs are always among the best teams in the league. They aren’t always “sexy” but they are fundamentally sound…. Just beautiful. pic.twitter.com/oPMZIEZeee — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
My colleague here at Crossover Chronicles, senior writer Joe Manganiello, wrote a piece last week in which he argued that the Eastern Conference, though deeper than the past few seasons, is not necessarily better. Joe appears to be right, but the specific point of emphasis is that in the days since his article was published, […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/22/2015
The larger theater of sports offers us cliches, truisms, and tidy expressions, assorted ways in which to capture the significance of various moments during a long and grueling season. One such expression is this: Teams can afford to lose some games more than others. Every game matters in a context of competition. Winning 55 games […]
San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9), of France, drives to the net as Indiana Pacers guard George Hill defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
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How do you smother the criticism that your wins are empty-calorie conquests? Smother a team with legitimate conference championship aspirations. * Not too long ago, the San Antonio Spurs throttled the Utah Jazz by 37 in a game they had led by 44. Naturally, a blowout on that scale gets the attention of a lot […]
