After a one-day absence in respect to the 2014 college basketball National Championship Game, the NBA returned with extraordinary action. Two sure-fire Hall of Famers continued to move up all-time lists, something was achieved for the first time in LeBron James’ career and The Streak finally ended. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action. [Read more…]
UCONN upset Kentucky Monday night in the National Championship game, defeating the wildcats 60-54 in an up-and-down game that they led buzzer-to-buzzer. There were big shots and highlight plays made all night by NBA level talent. The game could have gone either way until UCONN wrapped things up with just under two minutes to play. The presentation, broadcast and atmosphere were A-plus. Shabazz Nappier and Ryan Boatright were phenomenal. Kentucky’s heralded freshman class flashed NBA talent. Especially James young. It was the second fantastic title
In these rankings, much like in life, you’ve got to be lucky to win. You can be the same exact person, with the same skill set and attitude, but if that ball doesn’t bounce the right way, you don’t get the recognition you deserve. Take UConn coach Kevin Ollie. If 7-foot freshman center Amida Brimah, who hasn’t played more than four seasons of organized basketball in his life, doesn’t complete a ridiculous three-point play with less than 25 seconds left in the first
Monday afternoon the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame welcomed its class of 2014 inductees. For the NBA, it was a great unveiling, as seven-time NBA All-Star and 2006 NBA champion with the Miami Heat Alonzo Mourning and six-time All-Star and Sacramento Kings great Mitch Richmond were announced. They join recently retired NBA commissioner David Stern—who was previously announced. [Read more…]
Believe it or not, there’s someone out there who doesn’t think the Indiana Pacers are coming apart at the seams. “Everybody goes through this,” Spurs guard Tony Parker said last week after San Antonio manhandled Indiana, 103-77, on the Pacers’ home court. “I’m not worried about them. They’ll still make it to the Eastern Conference finals and they’ll still play Miami.” Parker is somewhat right. From time to time, every championship contender has a stretch during a season where they look ordinary.
Through all of the madness surrounding WrestleMania, the NBA managed to find its way into the headlines on Sunday, April 6. A superstar surpassed Michael Jordan, a championship contender became the first to 60 wins and an embattled star set separate NBA and franchise records. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action. [Read more…]
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been riding an emotional roller coaster this year. At times they’ve looked like a playoff caliber team, and other times they’ve looked like one of the most poor and dysfunctional teams in the league. The rides destination from the start was always the playoffs, and that ride all but came to an end with Saturday nights overtime loss to the Charlotte Bobcats — the surprise playoff team of the Eastern Conference — but for some strange reason nobody
If there were another way to begin this article, I’d do it. But there isn’t. The Charlotte Bobcats are in the playoffs. That phrase alone is enough to tell you that Saturday, April 5 was an extraordinary day in the NBA. A rising star set a new career-high in scoring, an embattled franchise made it to the playoffs and a pair of rookies achieved career firsts. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action. [Read more…]