Alabama’s JaMychal Green’s best game this season was arguably his effort against the Florida Gators in early March when he went for 22 points and 10 rebounds. Well, the 6-foot-8 senior who averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds this season picked a heck of a time to play an even more dominant game as he shot 14-for-18 from the field in front of a packed gym of NBA scouts last night at Day 2 of the Portsmouth Invitational. Green showed tremendous gallop
It is National Kiss Day, so pucker up and plant one on your loved one. And then show some love to yourself by taking a chance at winning some cash with your basketball knowledge. Friday has arrived, and that means it is time for another freeroll fantasy hoops contest tonight on DraftStreet.com. For those of you who know the drill, here is the link. For those of you new to these contests, here is how it works. You start with an imaginary salary cap
Along with Heat fans throughout South Florida and around the world, “The Picker” is cursing LeBron James this morning for missing a late free throw in regulation that likely would have allowed the Heat to defeat the Bulls and cover the spread. Instead, overtime happened and the Bulls reserves kicked Miami’s kiester, contributing to a disappointing 1-1 night that moved “The Picker”‘s record to 11-7-1. He also had the Clippers giving 7 1/2 points to the Wolves, and that pick hit. Tonight, there
April is supposed to be the time of the NBA season when the best teams gear up for the playoffs and head into it playing their absolute best basketball. The Heat must have missed that memo. And the Bulls’ starters, too. With the NBA regular season slowly but surely winding down, two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference are heading into the postseason with plenty of uncertainty and several important questions to still resolve. For the Chicago Bulls, the team with
Although Derrick Rose was able to start, he went 1-13 in 25 minutes and couldn’t finish. C.J. Watson, far from 100% healthy himself, played most of the fourth quarter and the overtime, scoring 16 points and adding 8 assists to spark the Bulls’ victory. LeBron James had 30, Dwyane Wade 21 and Chris Bosh 20 for the Heat, who moved Udonis Haslem into the starting lineup, sending Ronny Turiaf to the bench. As the Miami subs were outscored 47-7 by
NOTES Paraphrasing Yogi Berra, it’s getting dark early for the Miami Heat (40-16) as it tries to secure the top seed in the Eastern Conference, with the Chicago Bulls (44-14) owning a three-game cushion. The Heat, however, still has some time to turn back the clock, beginning tonight when it visits the front-running Bulls (8 p.m. ET, TNT). The teams will play once more, in Miami, April 19. They have split the first two games of their regular-season series. The Heat
We’ve got cool stuff on this site, including a Scores and Statistics tab that includes an “Odds” section that shows which lines have moved, and by how much. Tonight, for instance, the Clippers opened as 5-point favorites over the Timberwolves in Minnesota, and the line has jumped all the way to 7 1/2 — the most movement of any of the NBA games on the board tonight. “The Picker” is one of the people making it move, as he likes the Clippers
