0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/15/2015
What is “the bad-guy lift?” It sounds like a term you haven’t heard before… maybe because that’s exactly the case. You have not heard it before. Inspired by Charles Barkley’s immortal line, “Ya gotta make the bad guys beat you,” I submit for your approval “the bad-guy lift.” We might have seen it Monday night […]
DALLAS, TX – OCTOBER 16: Dirk Nowitzki #41 of the Dallas Mavericks and Deron Williams #8 sit on the bench during a preseason game against the Atlanta Hawks at American Airlines Center on October 16, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 12/14/2015
Watching the present iteration of the Dallas Mavericks, I’m distracted by what could have been. The final vestiges of Deron Williams, former Utah Jazz superstar, and earlier than that, consensus All-American out of Illinois, have brought the ex-All-Star back to his hometown to team up with another thirty-something in their closing stanzas as a professional athletes. Williams, only […]
PHOENIX, AZ – FEBRUARY 23: Head coach Brad Stevens of the Boston Celtics talks with Isaiah Thomas #4 during the second half of the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on February 23, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Celtics defeated the Suns 115-110. 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. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Here we are on a Monday morning after a very eventful NBA weekend, one which witnessed the end of the Golden State Warriors’ bid to match and then pass the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers for the longest regular season winning streak in league history. The NBA and basketball lovers everywhere (except the cities where the […]
Nov 15, 2015; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) reacts after making a 3 point shot against the Boston Celtics during the first quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by CC Locker on 12/13/2015
Russell Westbrook, Remarkable Athlete. The latest installment of this richly entertaining NBA series: Sunday evening against the Utah Jazz, beating the buzzer at the end of the second quarter in a game the Oklahoma City Thunder won in overtime.
0 comments by Kevin Causey
I guess you call this a double alley-oop. Whatever you call it, it was a fantastic play….
TORONTO, ON – DECEMBER 09: Kyle Lowry #7 of the Toronto Raptors shouts to his teammates during an NBA game against the San Antonio Spurs at the Air Canada Centre on December 09, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
0 comments by Sean Woodley
Given everything stacked against the Toronto Raptors in the early going of this season, a rough start could have been justified, even expected. But instead of falling victim to Jonas Valanciunas’ broken hand, DeMarre Carroll’s gimpy foot, a road-dominated November and a tenth of its first 20 games coming against the Warriors, Toronto avoided a […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Yes, the Golden State Warriors’ regular season winning streak — the second-longest in NBA history at 28 games — ended on Saturday night because of the accumulated attrition which is part of the 82-game NBA deathmarch. The streak ended because Harrison Barnes was injured, and because Klay Thompson’s injury created a domino effect which caught […]
Sacramento Kings guard Rajon Rondo, left, dribbles past Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
0 comments by Jared Mintz on 12/12/2015
When the Sacramento Kings signed Rajon Rondo this past offseason, there was an endless amount of speculation as to whether the risk was worth the reward. Over the past four seasons (2011-2015), the divisive point guard averaged just over 47 games played per season. On top of physical limitations caused by injuries, it had seemed […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Nearly six whole months of gamenights fill an NBA regular season. Plenty of nights are sifted through and forgotten, especially in the earlier stages of the season. It is very easy — and not terribly unreasonable — to write off individual gamenights before Christmas as random occurrences. Many will turn out to be just that: […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
The Sacramento Kings have been enjoying their recent home cooking, winning back-to-back home games at Sleep Train Arena. On December 8th the Kings had an eight-point win against the Utah Jazz, followed by a two-point win against the New York Knicks on December 10th. With the weekend off the Kings have had plenty of time […]
<> during overtime quarter at TD Garden on December 11, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.
0 comments by Andrew Bucholtz on 12/11/2015
The Golden State Warriors headed into Friday’s game at Boston with a perfect 23-0 record, but the Celtics seemed like a challenging obstacle in their quest to stay unbeaten, with the likes of Jeff Van Gundy predicting the streak would end there. That obstacle got even higher with the news that star shooting guard Klay […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s only the middle of December, but we might be seeing the Oklahoma City Thunder find themselves under first-year head coach Billy Donovan. The Thunder haven’t just pounded the Memphis Grizzlies and dispatched the Atlanta Hawks over the past few days. The big thing to note with Oklahoma City is that it has defended well. […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 12/10/2015
You know how you can tell when something has the attention of the American public? People start to knock it. Pushback finds its way into the conversation. This has started to happen with the Golden State Warriors, who have committed the cardinal sin of… well… I have no idea, but they’ve offended somebody. I have […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
If the Eastern Conference is extremely bunched up, the Western Conference is as well — you just have to exclude the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs from the picture first. Yes, the East is a bumper-car battle, with the top 10 teams separated by three games and the second through eighth seeds separated […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
What an utterly fascinating Eastern Conference we have in front of us. Surely, the bumper cars on this side of the NBA can’t continue to exist in such close proximity to each other. Surely, at the midpoint of the 82-game season, we won’t see the No. 2 through No. 8 seeds separated by one game, […]
