The three-man weave is back after a one-week hiatus to discuss the hot topics in the NBA. As teams make their late-season playoff or draft lottery push, there are several questions that will help shape the landscape of the NBA. Are we overlooking the value of Miami’s win streak, and will the Heat keep rolling into the playoffs? With Kobe Bryant out indefinitely with a sprained ankle, do the Lakers still even have a shot? And does any Western Conference team
Quite the night it was Wednesday in the NBA, from Miami reaching 20 consecutive wins to Denver reaching 10 in a row to Kobe spraining his ankle and then e-mailing his favorite national columnist to whine about what he claims was a dirty play by Dahntay Jones. So let’s look a little further into each of those items. _ Everyone is now looking at the Heat’s upcoming schedule (they are currently one game into a five-game road trip) and wondering if they
Brian Geltzeiler joined Fox Sports Radio with Rob Dibble and Amy Van Dyken. They talked the Heat’s streak, Kobe’s injury, Dwight’s return to Orlando and the most underrated basketball movie ever made, Fast Break with Gabe Kaplan and Bernard King. [Read more…]
It was a very busy night in the NBA last night as 11 games were on the schedule. For those of you who enjoy choices, you had your share of stars in NBA sky last night, as nine of the top 10 scorers and seven of the top 10 rebounders were in action. The Heat make any argument about them going undefeated for the rest of the season more and more legitimate with their 20th straight victory last night in Philadelphia,
Eight games were on the NBA schedule during the Tuesday of Championship Week 2013 as three more teams secured their place in the NCAA tournament. Meanwhile in the NBA, the Heat continued to inch closer to NBA history with their 19th straight win, the Lakers continued their march toward the postseason, the Celtics were treated very poorly by the Bobcats and Timberwolves showed everyone “that’s why you play the game”. Welcome to the latest Championship Week edition of Five Fast Facts.
The biggest game on Monday night was the match between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs – a clash between two of the very best teams in the Western Conference. It was expected to be a dog fight, but the Spurs ran away with the game with a big push in the fourth quarter to lead by as many as 18 points, despite playing without point guard Tony Parker. For the Thunder, who had previously lost five consecutive games
Maybe it is premature, but maybe it isn’t — especially with the way the Miami Heat looked Sunday in dismantling the Indiana Pacers, giving them a victory over each of the other 29 NBA teams. Can they break the NBA record of 33 consecutive regular season victories? [Read more…]
