May 19
The San Antonio Spurs took a 1-0 lead over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals with superb ball movement, which resulted in a high percentage of three-point shooting. The Spurs were dominant on the offensive end and absolutely ran the Grizzlies off the court, which is uncharacteristic of the San …
May 19
The New York Knicks, once thought of as the top threat in the East to defeat the mighty Miami Heat, are out of the playoffs. And they have one of their own to blame, following Saturday’s 106-99 Indiana Pacers win and series conquest in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Lance Stephenson grew up in Brooklyn hating …
May 16
Dwyane Wade may have entered the league less than a decade ago, and his youthful indiscretions may still making national news, but the man has been around for long enough to know how to drag a team to victory. The Miami Heat star worked his 158th playoff contest in Wednesday night’s Game 5, against a …
Jun 22
He may not have done it in the way that everybody liked, but there is no doubting that LeBron James is now an NBA champion. It was about time for the best player in the world to get his title, and he did so by powering through the playoffs with 30.5 PPG, 5.3 APG and …
Jun 19
Down 1-2 in the NBA Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder need to return to the very attitude that had them running through the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder were more aggressive late in that series, were passing the ball better to find the open shot and spreading the Spurs defence …
Jun 16
The Miami Heat have made a habit out of digging themselves into difficult situations in this postseason and then coming up with inspired play to dig them out and move on. Being in difficult situations where analysts write them off seems to inspire and motivate the team to play some of the best basketball seen …
May 26
What is that, Dwyane Wade? Is that fuchsia? That’s nice. Coming off back-to-back excellent performances, the star Miami Heat guard entered Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Thursday night intent on making a statement in Game 6 by putting away the Indiana Pacers in dominating fashion … an intent he declared with some dominating fashion that stunned …
Jun 14
After 31 years of trying, the Dallas Mavericks are finally able to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy. The team that most experts had written off as past their prime and too dysfunctional to be successful took down the highly touted Miami Heat team in one of the most thrilling Finals series in NBA history.
The series started in Miami as the Heat shut down the Mavs with a dominating defense…
Jun 12
MIAMI (AP)—Dirk Nowitzki(notes) and the Dallas Mavericks are NBA champions, and they went through LeBron James(notes) for that long-awaited first title.
Jason Terry(notes) scored 27 points, Nowitzki added 21 and the Mavericks topped the Miami Heat 105-95 in Game 6 of the NBA finals on Sunday night. The Mavericks won four of the series’ last five games, [...]
Jun 12
Just after noon Eastern on Saturday, Miami Heat beat reporter Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel tweeted a bit of news from the team’s off-day media availability: “Dwyane Wade on court shooting without any protection on bruised left hip. He’s not even limping. Now exhale.” While the star shooting guard was held out of …
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