It didn’t matter that the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs four times in the regular season and held them to an average of 96.8 points in those games. The Thunder knew that going up against the focused, tough veteran group with homecourt advantage would be a tough task. Especially without Serge Ibaka. During those regular season games, the Spurs scored an incredible 27.8 more points per 100 possessions when Ibaka wasn’t on the floor. On Monday in Game 1,
Despite trading away Rudy Gay last season, the Memphis Grizzlies remained a very good team in the Western Conference this season. Their record of 50-32 didn’t quite measure up to that of recent years, but that could be attributed to missing Marc Gasol for a quarter of the season due to a knee injury. Bottom line, though, is that they were out after the first round of the playoffs after taking the Oklahoma City Thunder to seven games. They would have
Some performers transcend time. Their work is too great; too inspiring; too moving to ever be forgotten. Michael Jackson, otherwise known as the King of Pop, is one such performer. Sunday, the 2014 Billboard Music Awards invested loads of money into developing technology to showcase a hologram performance of “Slave to the Rhythm” by the King of Pop from his latest posthumous album, Xscape. Enjoying the new MJ album on a Monday afternoon drive, Toronto Raptors forward Patrick Patterson seemed to get into
Dear Coach Jackson, I’m sure you have been very busy in your new role as President of the New York Knicks and have been entrenched in recent days with the Chicago pre-draft combine, the excitement of this year’s NBA playoffs and the delicate process of selecting a new head coach. The task of choosing the right head coach for the Knicks is far from simple. New York, in any sport, is an environment in which any coach or decision maker is under
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues It was a good day Sunday to have several members of the Indiana Pacers in your fantasy lineup. They performed like they were Spurs. If you play fantasy hoops a lot, you know what I am talking about. San Antonio is the type of team that spreads the wealth, making for efficient and successful playoff drives, but not necessarily making for strong fantasy plays.
There is a 75 percent chance that Kevin Love leaves the Minnesota Timberwolves, sooner OR later. That is what NBA teams are hearing as they try to determine whether Love is now obtainable, a league source tells SheridanHoops.com. And chances are it will happen either through a trade before next February, or through Love’s unrestricted free agency in July 2015. Wolves president Flip Saunders is operating under the assumption that he has a good chance to keep Love by offering a four-year
Basketball is finally back. After a two-day layoff, the 2014 NBA Playoffs returned for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Indiana Pacers hosted the Miami Heat in a rematch of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals, and the level of intensity and tension was as palpable as one could’ve possibly imagined. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action. [Read more…]
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues Two more weeks of fantasy basketball remain. And the nice thing about it is, if you play every day, you’ll always be a day ahead of everyone else — and a day behind them, too. DraftStreet’s two-night fantasy leagues have resumed, and I am here to give you fantasy advice that you can take or leave. Since taking over the fantasy writer spot at