The Golden State Warriors are about to complete the best regular season in NBA history. The Warriors are going to win 73 games, one more than the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. Even Warriors coach Steve Kerr, a reserve on that Bulls squad and one of the great winners in league annals, is blown away by his team’s accomplishment. “I never imagined when I was with the Bulls anyone would ever come close,” he said. “We’re close.” [Read more…]
The Most Improved Player Award did not irritate me until the seventh year it was awarded. That was in the 1991-92 season when Pervis Ellison won it. Three years earlier, Ellison was the No. 1 pick in the draft. To reward him as the most improved because he played well after underachieving for two years seemed to violate the spirit of the award. He was supposed to be good! In his defense, Ellison was bothered by injuries, but while he was
After 54 consecutive victories at home dating back to last season, the Golden State Warriors finally suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday when the Boston Celtics came to town. The Celtics had a game plan to limit Stephen Curry as much as possible and it worked like a charm, as the reigning MVP was limited to six points and seven turnovers in the first half. Avery Bradley, who gave Curry fits in their first meeting back in
Sunday’s NBA action begins early. At 3:30 Eastern, Russell Westbrook $10800 and Kevin Durant $10400 lead the Thunder into Milwaukee. On December 29 in OKC, the Bucks scored 123 points but lost by eight. [Read more…]
The highlight of six Thursday NBA games is the surging Trail Blazers hosting the Rockets, a rematch of February 10, when Damian Lillard $9700 scored 31 points in an impressive victory. In Texas five days earlier, Lillard’s double-double was overshadowed by Portland’s defense in a 96-79 rout. [Read more…]
This column is soft. Every other week, we talk about the Most Improved Players in the league like we’re a modern-day Little League. We’re always telling everyone how great they are and giving them Fruit Roll-Ups, and letting them draw dinosaurs in the infield dirt during the game because they’re just creative and artistic and they’ll grow out of it and “everybody gets a trophy because look at how much you’ve improved!” Well, I’m sick of it. It’s time to come down hard on
Hope you cashed at DraftKings last night; our top pick DeMarcus Cousins $11000 was the key to riches in DFS, with a career-high 56 points in an overtime loss. Congratulations to “rickyledo,” who also used Jrue Holiday, Trevor Ariza, Rodney Hood, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jeremy Lin, Marvin Williams and Spencer Hawes to win $100,000 for just three bucks. [Read more…]
This week, while NBA coaches pick the All-Star reserves, the NBA will pick the All-Star coaches. Neither task is as easy. David Blatt’s dismissal as coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers has added a bizarre twist to next month’s All-Star Game in Toronto. The Cavs have the best record in the Eastern Conference, which means their staff was on track to coach the East All-Stars. But Blatt has been replaced by Tyronn Lue, who will coach just five games before the deadline of