It’s pretty hard to fault Gregg Popovich, unless you’re David Stern. Pop’s controversial decision to sit four starters in Miami on Thursday seemed to pay off two nights later, as Tony Parker (30 points, 6 assists) and Tim Duncan (27 PTS, 15 REB) were outstanding. [Read more…]
The Sacramento Kings are making quite a contribution to the NBA’s fine coffers this season. Kings guard Aaron Brooks was fined $25,000 by the league on Monday for throwing his mouthpiece into the stands after Friday’s loss at Utah. [Read more…]
Just one season after winning their first championship, did the Miami Heat change their philosophy from “stop the opponents” to “outscore the opponents”? The team has won plenty of games this season with a high-powered offense that ranks No. 1 in the league with 104.8 points per game, which is nearly six more points than a season ago. But where has the defense gone? [Read more…]
Move aside, Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant. Jack Taylor is in town…? News broke on Tuesday night that Division III basketball player Taylor of Grinnell men’s team scored a video game-esque 138 points in a single game, breaking the previous NCAA scoring record. I don’t know what kind of game was being played for one player to be able to score that many points, but here is a box score of what happened during the game: [Read more…]
A 40-point opening quarter, all five starters in double figures and improved bench scoring led to 119 points for the Lakers, whose new coach Mike D’Antoni has already had an impact without even sitting on the bench. When Steve Nash (leg) replaces Darius Morris at PG, Kobe Bryant will start to get more open looks. Last night, Mamba was a facilitator, dropping 11 dimes as part of his triple-double (22 PTS, 11 REB) and Dwight Howard (28 PTS, 13 REB,
The depth of the San Antonio Spurs was never more evident. With Kawhi Leonard (knee) out for the next couple of weeks, Stephen Jackson (9 PTS, 9 REB) stepped in as the starting SF, and Manu Ginobili had his best game of the season, with 20 points in 23 minutes off the bench. [Read more…]
Watching DeMarcus Cousins yap at Tim Duncan in a game last week must have made Spurs broadcaster Sean Elliott feel like Lloyd Bentson when Dan Quayle compared himself to John F. Kennedy in 1988. [Read more…]
Yelling at a broadcaster does not merit a two-game suspension. That was the argument of the NBA players union today as it filed an appeal of Cousins’ two-game suspension for his altercation with Spurs broadcaster Sean Elliott last weekend. [Read more…]