0 comments by Matt Zemek on 2/1/2016
The Miami Heat’s season was about to fall off a cliff. Everyone knew the pronounced sense of peril which had engulfed the Heat’s 2015-2016 campaign. The team squandered a number of home games against opponents with inferior records. Miami had a schedule which was frontloaded with home dates, so when the team failed to gain […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/30/2016
The Toronto Raptors are going to enjoy hosting the 2016 NBA All-Star Game — not just because the midwinter spectacle comes to Canada for the first time, but because the local team has begun to emerge as the favorite for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Yes, after months of uncertainty in the […]
US and Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James looks on before the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield, Liverpool, England, Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/22/2016
Certain teams, at certain times in their history or evolution (or both), are expected to win world championships and nothing less. Viewed from this vantage point and phrased in this manner, it’s understandable to see why the Cleveland Cavaliers fired head coach David Blatt on Friday afternoon, despite a 30-11 record and a first-place standing […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 1/19/2016
Great passing here from Gerald Green and Justise Winslow. Winslow gives it up so he can get it back…. 🔨⚖ (
0 comments by Connor Pelton on 1/11/2016
Christmas has come and gone. The New Year parties are over. We have reached the point of the NBA season where teams are simultaneously gearing up for the stretch run while also counting down the days until the All-Star break. This edition of our power rankings series takes a look at the top 15 teams throughout the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/7/2016
The past two nights in the NBA have shown a new side of the New York Knicks. They’ve shown a familiar side of the upper half of the Eastern Conference. If you wanted clarity and separation in the East, you have been sorely disappointed, but if you wanted to see the Knicks announce their presence […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/6/2016
Let’s be candid here, everyone: We know that the Cleveland Cavaliers remain the overwhelming favorite to win the Eastern Conference this season. If a clear alternative, a compelling contender, should emerge in this half of the NBA, you’ll know about it. You’ll get a resounding moment laden with clarity and resonance. Obviously, we haven’t arrived […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/23/2015
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 Kevin Causey on 12/20/2015
Hassan Whiteside brought the hammer on this play…. Hassan Whiteside showing us how posters are made.
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 […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 12/5/2015
Get out of the way or Gerald Green is going to dunk on your face! Green taking flight early!!
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 11/27/2015
Dwyane Wade just takes this poor guys soul with a killer crossover and then he sinks the bucket! Like fine wine..
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 11/22/2015
Dwyane Wade and Justise Winslow connect on an alley-oop after Wade made a steal…. Wade ⬆️ Winslow https://t.co/eCay7flNVC — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT)
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 11/19/2015
Two rookies getting after in the Miami/Sacramento game. Justise Winslow with the steal but Willie Cauley-Stein doesn’t give up on the play and send Winslow’s shot packing….
Remember this guy? The Heat could really use him. The idea that Miami could contend with Cleveland for the East without Bosh always seemed to be a case of wishful thinking. It remains as much… even if the Heat can survive Game 6 against the Charlotte Hornets.
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/18/2015
Tuesday night in the NBA, the Detroit Pistons simultaneously arrested a slide; got healthy at home; and knocked off the prohibitive Eastern Conference favorite. The Pistons’ victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers was one of the night’s most notable results. Yet, it felt notable because of what it said about one of the two teams involved […]
