The Western Conference champion Los Angeles D-Fenders, the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NBA Development League playoffs, selected the eighth-seeded Iowa Energy as their opponent in the first round of the 2012 NBA D-League playoffs. Los Angeles (38-12) and Iowa (25-25) will tip off the 2012 NBA D-League Playoffs in Iowa on Wednesday, April 11, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. For the fourth consecutive year, the top three seeds — the two conference champions and the wild card team with the best
MIAMI – Nobody has reported this … until now. The last time Boston played Miami, the Celtics won so convincingly (91-72 on April 1) it prompted the Heat to call a players-only meeting. “Everybody who was here last year had something to say at that meeting,” guard Mario Chalmers told SheridanHoops.com. That April Fool’s Day loss at Boston dropped the Heat to 4-7 on the road since the All-Star break. It was time to address a truth, one first mentioned by coach Erik
“The Picker” went 1-1 last night publicly, hitting with the Thunder and losing with the Clippers. Privately, he went 5-1 if this screen shot is to be believed: His public record now sits at 6-4-1. So why did he only make two picks on this site when he played a six-team parlay? “I hate guys that give their clients that many games, so that’s why I only gave you the two. I really thought Clippers would come out to play vs a hot Grizz,
As the truncated season winds down, teams are jockeying for playoff positioning and home-court advantage. One of those teams should be the San Antonio Spurs. But coach Gregg Popovich is playing a different game. Popovich, the silver-haired, long-tenured guru who is among the frontrunners for Coach of the Year Award, decided to sit out three of his top three players – Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili – for the second time this season. The result was the same as the last time
Around The League WAS @ CHA: Jordan Crawford scored 20 and the Wizards’ bench had fun, especially James Singleton (18 PTS, 12 REB) and Cartier Martin (19) as the Bobcats made very little effort to defend their home court. Corey Maggette played just 19 minutes off the bench, but did score 23 points. TOR @ IND: Without Andrea Bargnani (calf) the Raptors started Amir Johnson, who had 16 points. James Johnson (4) is still coming off the bench behind Alan Anderson (17)
NEWS With two weeks to go in the regular season, races are tightening up and down the standings in both conferences. There are bubble teams trying to leapfrog lower-seeded clubs for a coveted spot in the postseason; and middle-of-the-playoff-pack clubs vying for the most promising seedings. Perhaps the most intriguing races, however, are atop the respective conferences. San Antonio’s torrid second half has the Spurs (40-14. .741) percentage points ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder (41-15, .732) in the Western Conference,
His record is 5-3-1. If he was a hockey team, he’d be doing OK. Here, we have higher standards. “The Picker” is making picks publicly here because he is good at this. I have been conversing with the guy via Twitter and e-mail for the past couple months, and he has been hitting with amazing regularity. That’s why I started going down this road with him last Wednesday. He hit his pick last night, taking the Thunder and giving 13 points against the
