The most impressive thing about Carmelo Anthony’s 36-point outing in the Knicks’ 12th consecutive victory Sunday was the way he got his points. Unlike the night when he went for 50 against the Miami Heat while shooting almost nothing but jump shots, Anthony displayed a power game in the low post and a tenacity on the offensive glass. He now holds a slight lead over Kevin Durant for the NBA scoring lead, and he is the only one standing in the
The NBA is dark tonight. All eyes will be on Atlanta, where Louisville and Michigan will play for the NCAA national championship. So this gives us time to reflect … With 10 days remaining in the regular season, what are the 10 biggest unanswered questions from around the league? [Read more…]
The rankings were posted a few hours later than usual this Sunday. With four guys on this list in action in a pair of compelling afternoon games, it behooved all of us to wait and see those outcomes. (Especially in the case of Carmelo Anthony, who gets a big bump this week. But it also was quite the thing to see the Clips sweep the season series from the Lakers and win the Pacific Division for the first time). Of course, it’s
In the latest installment of “Catch a Rising Star,” Boston Celtics president Dany Ainge traveled to Greece to get a first-hand look at Giannis Adetokunbo, the 6-foot-10 point guard who is moving up draft boards by leaps and bounds. Aingle was in the house — and got heckled by Lakers fans — as Adetokunbo scored 19 points and grabbed 9 rebounds and two steals in the championship round of the Greek A2 league. [Read more…]
Carmelo Anthony goes into Friday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks trailing Kevin Durant for the NBA scoring lead by just two-tenths of a percentage point — 28.3 to 28.1. Going for 50 and then 40 will do that for you, and Anthony has a chance to become the first player in three years not named Durant to capture the NBA scoring title. Perhaps that is some added incentive for the two of them to go at each other a little harder
The Lakers retired Shaquille O’Neal’s number last night at Staples Center before going out and clobbering the Dallas Mavericks, putting some separation between themselves and one of their pursuers in the Western Conference playoff race. It is a new era now at the Staples Center, nearly a decade removed from when Shaq was the alpha dog of the Lakers. [Read more…]
We told you yesterday why we are all Bucks fans — each and every person who loves basketball and loves rivalries. And yes, that includes you, Celtics Nation. We want to see your boys go up against the Miami Heat in the first round. Well, how about a little premature rejoicing? [Read more…]
NEW YORK – Nobody will ever take Tweet of the Year away from J.R. Smith. (If you click on Tahiry’s booty you can read more about it). But that was last year. This season, he’s making a late push for Sixth Man of the Year. The New York Knicks’ J.R. Smith and the Utah Jazz’s Al Jefferson today were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, March 25 through Sunday, March 31. [Read more…]