After 66 games of the wildest schedule the league has ever seen, the lockout shortened regular season has finally come to a close. No more four games in five nights or back-to-back-to-backs. The demanding schedule saw many key players suffer devastating and nagging injuries throughout the season. The Hawks and the Clippers will surely feel those losses as they head into the playoffs without Al Horford and Chauncey Billups, respectively. Without a real training camp and preseason, teams with new coaches and players were
Tonight’s best game: New York at Charlotte
The New York Knicks looked to some like a team that may not be interested in facing the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs when they nearly let the Clippers come back from an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit in last night’s 99-93 victory. After scoring 17 points, Carmelo Anthony sat out the entire fourth quarter, but he certainly did not seem concerned about who his team will face. ”Right now it really doesn’t matter,” Anthony said. ”Whoever we play, we’ll
Playoff picture still unclear entering season’s final day
It’s that time of the year. With only two days left in the regular season, the playoff teams are set in stone, and many teams are limiting the minutes of key players or resting them altogether. That makes for many meaningless games, with players simply going through the motions. Still, some questions remain heading into the playoffs, which begin Saturday. Who plays the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls in the first round? Is Derrick Rose ready? Will the Clippers get home-court advantage? Do the Denver Nuggets
Tweet of the Day: Emiliano Carchia
Tonight’s best game: Charlotte at Orlando
The Orlando Magic have been on a steady decline since losing Dwight Howard to a herniated disk. Orlando is 3-7 without its franchise player and has given up 100.1 points as opposed to 93.4 points with him in the lineup. The Magic must win at least one of their remaining two games to avoid the possibility of dropping to the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. If New York wins its remaining two games and Orlando can’t come up with a
Jazz beat Suns to clinch final playoff spot; Clippers lose to Hawks; Heat lose to Celtics
So we finally come to the conclusion of the regular season. In terms of who’s making the playoffs, anyway. With only one spot – the eighth seed of the Western Conference – still left for grabs, the Utah Jazz sealed the deal on Tuesday night by defeating the Phoenix Suns for their fourth consecutive victory, on national television, and clinched the final available seed. They are not done either, as they still have a chance to move up to the seventh seed, albeit
Tweet of the Day: Jeff Zillgitt
Tonight’s best game: Phoenix at Utah
With the wild race for a playoff spot in the Western Conference reaching its final days, the Phoenix Suns and the Utah Jazz have yet to settle the score to claim the final seed. Fittingly in terms of timeliness, they will match up against against each other tonight in the most important game of the season for both teams to determine which team will make the playoffs or go home. The Suns (33-31) look to sweep the season series for the second
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