An impressive fourth quarter comeback by the Miami Heat in the waning minutes of Game Five led them one step closer to all they were, perhaps prematurely, celebrating in the fall: an NBA title in their first year together. With […]
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Dallas Mavericks advance to NBA Finals
The Dallas Mavericks are the 2010-2011 Western Conference Champions. Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks 100-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. The Mavericks won the best-of-seven Western Conference Championship against the Thunder four-games-to-one. Dallas advances to the […]
Rapid Reaction: Mavs headed to the NBA Finals
The Dallas Mavericks are once again headed to the NBA Finals, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-96 in Dallas Wednesday night. It was a story not too dissimilar to Monday night’s. The Mavericks once again found themselves trailing most of […]
Bulls’ Omer Asik out for the season
Chicago Bulls center Omer Asik will miss the remainder of the season with an ankle injury. Asik suffered the initial injury in the third quarter of Game 3 on Sunday and did not return. He attempted to play for the Bulls […]
Rapid Reaction: Heat beat Bulls in OT, take 3-1 series lead
I can’t help but think, when the Heat finally get this thing figured out, they will win championships almost unstoppably. Until then, they will have to settle for winning close games like this against teams like these Chicago Bulls. The […]
Reports: Mike Brown the next Lakers coach
Mike Brown may go from coaching LeBron James to coaching Kobe Bryant. According to Adrian Wojnarowski on Yahoo Sports the Lakers are in serious discussions with Mike Brown about becoming the franchise’s head coach. The report has since been corroborated by SI.com […]
Dallas defeats Oklahoma City for 3-1 lead
One can only imagine that Scott Brooks and his young Thunder squad didn’t sleep well last night. Outscored 11 – 4 in overtime after blowing a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter Monday night, it couldn’t have been a peaceful […]
Joakim Noah fined $50,000
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah has been fined $50,000 for directing an anti-gay slur at a fan during Game 3 of the Bulls Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Miami Heat. The NBA levied the fine “for using a derogatory […]
Blazers fire GM Rich Cho
The Portland Trailblazers have fired general manager Rich Cho after just one season. The team announced the move in a press release on Monday afternoon. “This was a tough move because I respect Rich and he’s a good person with […]
Youth in revolt: The Oklahoma City Thunder
The most veteran player on the Oklahoma City Thunder is Nazr Mohammed – by three years. At 6’10”, 250 lbs from Kentucky, Mohammed has been in the NBA for 12 years. In those years he has been with seven teams […]