Miami relatively cruised through its first six playoff games, with only one of their wins coming by fewer than 11 points. After trailing by two at halftime in Saturday night’s Game 3 against the Brooklyn Nets, the Heat finally took a punch it could not counter. “They got virtually everything,” Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of the Brooklyn Nets’ second half offensive surge. “Everybody knows the threes they hit towards the end of the third quarter but they were getting
Sometimes, it’s best not to say the first thing that comes to mind. The controversial is rapidly becoming the bizarre. The Donald Sterling saga continues to unfurl and details surrounding the mercurial Los Angeles Clippers owner’s relationship with mistress V. Stiviano are emerging at a frantic pace. This time, it was a recording of Sterling commenting on his racist comments. Rather than backing off and admitting that he was in the wrong for what he said, Sterling had a different response. RadarOnline.com obtained a recording
The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and for fans of teams on the outside looking in, their big night comes May 20th when NBA Lottery is held. As the regular season began, Andrew Wiggins was seen as the clear cut first pick in this historically deep and strong draft, but his Kansas teammate Joel Embiid broke out and established himself as a viable option to teams drafting first overall that prefer a big. With the news of Embiid’s back injury,
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues New Zealander center Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder grabbed nine rebounds in 18 minutes in Game 3 Friday night, looking a lot like a rugby player instead of a basketballer. Fittingly, Adams grew up playing rugby before taking up basketball at age 13. He also blocked two shots, putting together a DraftStreet score of 18.25. As I begin the weekend and devise a
The power has shifted in the 2014 NBA Playoffs. Friday, May 9 was a critical day in the Conference Semifinals, as two separate series moved to the lower-seed’s respective venues. In both of those games, the higher-seeded squad came up with a critical victory to reclaim the home court advantage. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action. [Read more…]
The script wasn’t supposed to go like this for the Washington Wizards. After playing two very competitive games and splitting the series 1-1 against the Indiana Pacers in the conference semi-finals, the Wizards were supposed to come out firing on all cylinders in front of their home crowd in Game 3. [Read more…]
Every team has a different process when hiring a new head coach of GM. For the Golden State Warriors, a team with a plentiful collection of talent, is in no rush to select their next leader. [Read more…]
Beats Electronics enthusiast LeBron James seen with co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Andre (Dr. Dre) Young. Hip Hop has had a longstanding relationship with basketball dating back to the 90s. Between the fashion trends, music and relationships often forged between the two industries, the two seem to go hand-in-hand culturally. Many NBA athletes have tried their hands at making rap albums: Chris Webber, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Tony Parker, Stephen Jackson, Troy Hudson, Joe Smith and Iman