csprtContainer(); The Bulls suffered their first home loss, the Lakers & Clippers scuffled in LA, Kevin Love got paid — but Eric Gordon didn’t. CineSport’s Noah Coslov & Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops.com discuss the latest NBA news.
The first correct answer to last week’s edition of The Bernucca List was given by @mikepilz. It was a list of the last 10 different players to lead the NBA in minutes played. This week’s list is below. The degree of difficulty is not all that high — especially compared to Edition VII. If you think you know the answer, send me a Tweet or post it in the comments. Our staff will respond throughout the day. The Bernucca List Matt Barnes Steve Blake Caron Butler Brian
Circle your calendars: April 4. We can definitely call it a rivalry now, this thing the Clippers and Lakers have going between them. That might have been the Game of the Season last night on the one month anniversary of the start of the NBA season, a chippy, physical, psychodramatic 96-91 victory by the Lakers over their co-tenants at the Staples Center. No blood was spilled, but there was pushing, shoving, wrestling, cursing, six technical fouls, a flagrant, an ejection … and
Kevin Love got paid. So did Danilo Gallinari and Kosta Koufos – yes, Kosta Koufos – as the Nuggets dropped a cool $50 million. The rest of the 2008 draft class, including Eric Gordon, Brook Lopez and Nicolas Batum? Please take a number, young man. A dose of fiscal responsibility by owners – brought on by the new CBA – and a combination of trepidation and smarts by executives make it unlikely for most 2008 first-round picks to get some early financial
NEW YORK — Don’t make contact with the refs. Not even a little. That was the message that came down from league headquarters today when Robin Lopez of the Phoenix Suns was suspended one game for brushing up against an official with 8:14 remaining in the second quarter of the Suns’ 99-96 loss to the Toronto Raptors in Phoenix, Ariz. on Jan. 24. Lopez will serve his suspension Friday when the Suns visit the Portland Trail Blazers. To view the play click on the
Wednesday’s best game features the offensively challenged Los Angeles Lakers hosting the L.A. Clippers, who are trying to win a season series against the Lakers for only the third time in franchise history. But don’t call it a rivalry, yet. Kobe Bryant had no problem scoring (42) in a losing effort against the Clippers in their first meeting this season. But despite Bryant leading the NBA with 30.5 points a game, the rest of the Lakers’ offense has been a box-office dud. Pau
LOS ANGELES — Some news for Knicks fans pining for the lost glory days of 1970 and 1973. We have the scoop on whether Phil Jackson is about to return, assume Red Holzman’s mantle and restore the greatness they last glimpsed 39 years ago. Nope. That’s “nope” as in, I don’t think it will happen now, and it’s not likely to happen any time this season. After that, we’ll have to see what happens to coach Mike D’Antoni, in the event he lasts the
The Bulls and Thunder continued to show this 66-game, 123-day exercise is no season for old men, sprinting even farther ahead of their respective packs on young legs. Meanwhile, the Lakers aged a decade in a week, going on the road after their 10-5 start, getting waxed in Miami and Orlando, then coming home and losing by 10 to Indiana. Of course, we knew the Lakers were old, or too old to miss it, last season. On the other hand, there are teams that