After Friday’s dispiriting home loss to the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni could not take it any longer. D’Antoni went on a wide-ranging rant against his team, targeting its lack of commitment and effort on both sides of the ball. He said the Lakers were “messing with the basketball gods” and called their championship aspirations “laughable.” Although D’Antoni mentioned no one by name, very few wearing the forum blue and gold appeared exempt. [Read more…]
As the college hoops begins the round of 64 on Thursday, the NBA had a very busy night on Wednesday. 11 games made up the NBA schedule on the 20th of March, 2013. The Heat are starting to show god-like qualities, as they not only won their 24th straight game on Wednesday, but they accomplished a small miracle by rallying down 27 points in the second half. In other NBA action, the Marc Gasol and Anthony Davis played tip-in the game-winner
The Miami Heat just can’t stay out of the headlines these days. Not with their incredible winning streak extending to 24 games, and certainly not with their unlikely (yet so likely) 98-95 comeback victory against LeBron James’ old team – the Cleveland Cavaliers – on Wednesday night. It’s hard to determine what was more amazing: the fact that a short-handed Cavaliers team -playing without their starting center and backcourt – went up by as many as 27 points in the third
All eyes in the NBA are on the Miami Heat — and with good reason. They get the Cavs tonight in Cleveland, the betting line has opened at 5 points (?), and the number of the night is 24 — the amount of consecutive victories Miami should have when all is said and done. But enough about them … for now. As we approach the stretch run of this NBA season, we have no shortage of interesting and competitive races for playoff
With 14 games on the NBA schedule Wednesday night, there was plenty to look out for and a lot to miss. No worries, SherdianHoops’ nightly feature Five Fast Facts has you covered. The Miami Heat looked to extend their franchise record 15-game win streak and the Los Angeles Lakers looked to get back to .500. Who went for 40 and who couldn’t buy a bucket? Let’s take a look at the facts: [Read more…]
With only seven games on the NBA schedule Monday night, the focus was on the Miami Heat and its pursuit of a franchise record 15th consecutive win in Minnesota. It wasn’t the only action worth watching however, as the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers had their eye on the Utah-Milwaukee game, which carried heavy playoff implications for both teams. [Read more…]
Tuesday night sits on the calendar as the middle child of the week. It’s better than Monday, but not close enough to Friday to start getting excited for the weekend. On the final Tuesday in the month of February 2013, eight games made up the NBA schedule. The Heat extended their win streak in double O.T., the Pacers continued their recent dominance with another double-digit victory, the Cavaliers snapped a long losing streak against the Bulls and Dirk Nowitzki entertained NBA fans
While most of the world was watching “Argo” win best picture at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, nine games were on the NBA schedule. The Knicks and Warriors gave their fans a break from their “Les Miserables” recent struggles with wins, the Heat completed another fourth quarter comeback from their “Silver Linings Playbook” to defeat the Cavaliers again and the Thunder continued their “Life of Pi” with a dynamic defensive performance against the Bulls. In honor of Tony Mendez, we present Sunday’s