0 comments by John Cannon on 6/10/2015
The NBA TV documentary “Clutch City” did something I thought would be impossible. It made me care about the Houston Rockets, specifically the group that won the NBA championship in 1994 and again in 1995. Wait, let me clarify. You might think from the preceding statement that I had no emotion toward that team, as […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Here’s the tricky thing about comparisons: You have to explain the nature of the comparison; you can’t just drop the comparison on the floor and expect everyone to get it without offering additional details. With that in mind, the 2015 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers are a lot like […]
CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 09: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers drives against Andre Iguodala #9 of the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter during Game Three of the 2015 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 9, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. 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 Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
0 comments by John Cannon
In Game 3 of the 2015 NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors accomplished as much as a team can accomplish in a game they did not win. They: 1) Got seven 3-pointers from Steph Curry, almost twice as many as he hit in the first two games. 2) Found offensive rhythym for the first time in […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 6/9/2015
It was one of those moments when talk radio and the internet blow up. Remember when David Blatt imitating LeBron James’s play signals was a thing? Remember when that story hit the airwaves just over two months ago, and Blatt became a pinata — again — for the masses? Make no mistake — the optics […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
Being lost in my own mental shuffle of the NBA Playoffs, I guess it is better late than never. When the Orlando Magic hired Scott Skiles a few weeks ago the NBA community met it with all the sighs in the world. An underwhelming hire by most standards, for sure, but people seem to be looking at […]
0 comments by Sean Woodley on 6/8/2015
Sean Woodley is joined by SI.com’s Ben Golliver to chat about the outrageously entertaining first two games of the NBA Finals, the unbelievable level LeBron James is playing at, the lack of crunch time minutes for Andrew Bogut and Timofey Mozgov, Ben’s incredible luck during the playoffs and much more. Listen at the Soundcloud link […]
This guy is one of the foremost reasons why it’s hard to be too critical of David Blatt’s work as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
0 comments by Bart D
Hit us up on Twitter @CrossoverNBA “People that dry-hump stats to make a point probably prefer reading sheet music to hearing the song.” – Aqib Talib. If you’re the sheet music type, you probably didn’t care much for Matthew Dellavedova’s impact last night. The legendary Delly was a pretty crusty looking 3 of 10 from […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Texas is, of course, football country. Houstonians desperately hoped to see their Oilers (Luv Ya Blue!) beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the late 1970s and make their way to the Super Bowl with coach Bum Phillips and star running back (and University of Texas product) Earl Campbell. The city would surely rejoice in any pro […]
0 comments by John Cannon
“It’s the Finals. It’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard.” Those were Steve Kerr’s words after Game 2 of the NBA Finals between his Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. If they sound familiar, they should; you could substitute the word “playoffs” for “Finals,” and he expressed that sentiment after almost every game of […]
0 comments by John Cannon
Crossover Chronicles correspondent John Cannon was the guest of Arnie Spanier on Fox Sports Radio. The two worked together in Phoenix sports radio two decades ago. Eight minutes of frivolity and insightful NBA analysis ensued, focusing on the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers:
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
It is amazing how a win can overshadow the use of a highly questionable strategy. Such was the case in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night in Oakland. A bounce of the ball in a different direction, a made uncontested dunk by Golden State Warrior reserve Marreese Speights, or LeBron James not […]
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman
All eyes are on the NBA’s championship series — the attention is more finely focused; there isn’t another series to look at on alternating days; immortality is the prize for the winner. Everything matters just a little bit more, and that’s why front-page banner headlines have to be accompanied by the page-one developments below the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 6/7/2015
Sunday, I wrote here at Crossover Chronicles that the Cleveland Cavaliers’ presence in the 2015 NBA Finals magnified the job Erik Spoelstra did with the Miami Heat. The basic reasoning behind that claim is simple and hard to refute: Spoelstra did not get the fully mature LeBron James Blatt has in Cleveland. As Cavs general […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
After hitting 4 of his first 18 shots, Steph Curry attacked with his team down two and needing a basket. He split the defense and ended up with a wide open lay-up that pushed game two into overtime… Stephen Curry ties it up and we are headed to overtime on ABC!
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s been one of the red-meat notions of the 2015 NBA season: LeBron James is the real head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. NBA Twitter and the NBA blogosphere lit up when the story emerged in early April that LeBron signaled the plays on the floor for the Cavs, and head coach David Blatt repeated […]
