It happens every spring: The snow melts, the birds start chirping, the cherry trees eventually blossom … and the Spurs start looking their best. We have gotten a small sample size of it over the first few days of March, and with five weeks now remaining in the season, I will be so bold as to predict that San Antonio will finish with one of the top four records in the West and end up defending their title in Game 1
Another day, another triple-double. The 2014-15 NBA regular season continued on Sunday, March 8 with a slate of seven games. There was yet another all-time performance by a shining superstar, a number of battles between championship contenders and a pair of key upsets of postseason hopefuls. This is how it all transpired. [Read more…]
The 2014-15 NBA regular season continued on Friday, March 6 with a healthy slate of 12 games featuring 24 hungry teams. Plenty was on the line as the standings in both conferences continued to shift with just over one month remaining until the playoffs. This is how it all transpired. [Read more…]
The 2014-15 NBA regular season continued on Wednesday, March 4 with a historically significant evening. One of the association’s premier players maintained a pace that hasn’t been seen in almost 26 years. This is how it all transpired. [Read more…]
During Friday’s 104-82 loss to the Utah Jazz, the Denver Nuggets had an interesting huddle. According to the Denver Post, Nuggets players broke a fourth-quarter huddle with the chant, “1 … 2 … 3 … six weeks!” As in six weeks to the end of the season. Yes, the Nuggets have given up on the season, as coach Brian Shaw sensed a month ago. And now Shaw and assistant Lester Connor have been fired. The Nuggets are 20-39, 13th and falling fast in the
The 2014-15 NBA regular season continued on Monday, March 2 with a slate of five gritty games. There was a brawl, a relatively controversial player facing his former team and a number of ejections—and that all happened in the same outing. This is how it all transpired. [Read more…]
There is a new King James, thanks to a bold and brash tweet by the Houston Rockets, and he is a guy who would NEVER miss eight free throws in a single game. Congratulations, James Harden. You have solidified your hold on the first-place spot in the MVP race in the mind of this voter and in the minds of other voters, and you now have six weeks to produce a finishing kick that holds off Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry and
The 2014-15 NBA regular season continued on Sunday, March 1 with eight games featuring 16 teams and a number of contenders. MVP candidates battled, rising stars shined and a team erased a 26-point deficit to pull out a comeback victory. This is how it all transpired. [Read more…]