0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/9/2015
Professional sports is a bottom-line business: You either win or you lose. True enough. However, the complexities of competition and the plot twists provided by all sorts of events — especially injuries — rightly alter the ways in which we assess coaches and players. There can certainly be honor in losing — you just have […]
Can this man catch a break for once? Chicago basketball fans certainly hope so.
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman
This was a special, iconic moment for Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls: While the incredible Rose shot is what will be remembered from Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the reasoning that put the Chicago Bulls in position for that to happen is what interests me most. In any aspect of life, leaving […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 5/8/2015
Oh wow. What a finish to this game. First Jimmy Butler scored on a lay-up inside of one minute. Then after a missed LeLay-up, the Bulls added some free throws. Then it was JR Smith nailing a three pointer to tie the game. With just three seconds left, Rose got the ball and the bank […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Fantastic court vision here by LeBron and, of course, fantastic touch on the pass as Mozgov goes up and gets it….
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Human life is complicated and messy. Accordingly, so is sportswriting and the subsequent attempt to assess sportswriters. Anyone who puts views on paper or in cyberspace for a living is constantly subjecting himself (or herself) to criticism. “I could write that column better than you” is a reaction which any writer has encountered, given any […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
Magic Johnson wasn’t always a household name. Long before there was Hall of Fame Magic Johnson or “one of the greatest players to ever play” Magic Johnson, there was simply Magic Johnson — an exciting rookie who was coming off one of the most hyped, mythologized, and historically ingraining NCAA tournament championship games in the history of […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 5/7/2015
Ughhhhh! Clippers’ Austin Rivers may need to work on his dribbling skills because against the Rockets in Houston, he didn’t impress. While on the fastbreak, Rivers went for the behind-the-back dribble only to see the ball come loose and he go flying across the court trying to scramble to recover the ball.
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman
The second round of the NBA playoffs is giving us quite a bit of symmetry. All four series are tied at one as we head into today’s rare day off. Since the 1979-’80 season, all four conference semifinal series have been tied at one on only two occasions (2012-’13 was the other). It seems like […]
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0 comments by Joseph Nardone
Doc Rivers is a rather well-regarded designer of sets. You can see the evidence of his brilliance after each timeout. His teams have wonderfully constructed spacing, a pass or two is made, all of which usually results in some easy points for his Los Angeles Clippers. He is so good at doing that, in fact, […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Oh Shaq, this was pure gold. Pure gold.
0 comments by Kevin Causey
The Houston Rockets evened their series with the Los Angeles Clippers and one of the reasons was Dwight Howard finishing at the rim early and often. Howard finished the game with 24 points on 8 of 11 shooting from the floor. Check out his display of dunks…
0 comments by Joe Webb
The Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets are meeting in the Western Conference semifinals – and it could be one of the most compelling playoff series in quite some time. Fans are anticipating a compelling series, as evidenced by ticket prices for the remaining games in the series. Game 3 will take place on Friday, […]
0 comments by Bart D on 5/6/2015
Hit us up on Twitter @CrossoverNBA Chalk another one up to the stink of desperation. Desperation in all forms of life is an un-manufacturable (fake arse word) thing. It’s the fight or flight situation in real life, or in the case of sports, the thing that makes you play like your very soul is on […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, jumped out on the Chicago Bulls and never looked back. Check out this big time drive and dunk by LeBron against Jimmy Butler…
0 comments by John Cannon
Well, it took a while to get here, but the 2015 NBA Playoffs arrived in Oakland on Tuesday night. I’m not sure what it was we were watching through four games with New Orleans and Game 1 of the Memphis series, but it wasn’t the NBA playoffs. Even I, a grizzled veteran of many NBA […]
