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The Good, the Bad and the Hilarious
Posted on 5 May 2011 by Mika Oehling.
As round 2 of the playoffs continue to surprise us all, let's look at the highlights and lowlights so far: The Good The Tampa Bay Lightning's strategy of 1-3-1 and Guy Boucher's helpless Hanna routine has swept the Washington Capitals and secured a spot in the third round. Coaches around the league are going to be writing up this formation and they might even consider his brilliant media strate...
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Biding his time
Posted on 4 May 2011 by Frank Sullivan.
The last time someone called Tom Thibodeau their head coach was in 1989. At his alma mater, Salem State (Div. III) he began his life-long affair with basketball; as a player, assistant coach, and ultimately as head coach for three seasons, he brought the same fire, passion, and work ethic that has earned him the NBA’s Coach of the Year award this 2010-2011 season. For years he toiled away...
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Fight Or Flight
Posted on 3 May 2011 by Andy R Strom.
Game 1 of Mavs and Lakers was an exciting one to watch no matter who your allegiance is with. Both teams had their ups and downs over the course of game 1. A fast forward of the game might look like this. Mavs and Lakers pretty much trade buckets until late in the second half. Kobe is in the zone. Terry commits shooting foul 70 feet from the basket. Dirk gets T’d up with elbow at Artest. Lake...
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Opening Argument…Miami wins Game 1 behind Wade’s 37
Posted on 1 May 2011 by Warren Shaw.
Four days of anticipation have passed since the Miami Heat punched their ticket into the 2nd round to match their talents against the Boston Celtics. The curtain opened on one of the most anticipated playoff series in recent memory with an anxious Heat team and a well rested Celtic bunch. The sea of “White Hot” Heat fans went home happy as Miami won Game 1, 99-90, behind the “...
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Upset Stuns Thunder
Posted on 1 May 2011 by Steven Jones.
Tony Allen opened the Western Conference Semifinals by controlling the ball off the opening tip, then dribbling one-on-four into the entire Oklahoma City defense and committing a turnover. For the first 10 seconds, it looked like the Memphis Grizzlies had shot their wad in Friday's victory over San Antonio, and would be ready to passively escort the favored Thunder to the next round. Then Allen...
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Nuggets KD’d
Posted on 28 Apr 2011 by Steven Jones.
Kevin Durant closed out his first career playoff series with heroics on both ends of the floor. He scored 16 of his 41 points in the final period, blocked J.R. Smith's potential tying three-pointer with less than five seconds to play, and survived a controversial near-turnover on his team's last possession. Oklahoma City's capacity crowd got some of the credit for persuading the officials to o...
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Not even Close…Magic rout the Hawks 101-76
Posted on 26 Apr 2011 by Warren Shaw.
Stan Van Gundy coached teams have never failed to make it into the 2nd round of any NBA playoffs. That trend still has a a breath of life left as the Magic humiliated Atlanta 101-76 in Game 5 of their first round series on Tuesday night. Puzzlingly the Orlando rout was not fueled by Dwight Howard but rather by the supporting cast of Jason Richardson, JJ Redick, and Ryan Anderson. J. Rich lead t...
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Presumed Greatness
Posted on 23 Apr 2011 by Frank Sullivan.
The powers that be in the Eastern conference go: Chicago, Boston, Miami, right? The questions surrounding these three teams will be answered over the next month, but no team in the league is shrouded in mystery more than the Chicago Bulls. With three games gone what have we learned from these Bulls and their unquestioned leader, Derrick Rose? We’ve seen them battle back against the scrapp...
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Jimmy Smith could be answer to Steelers’ cornerback problems
Posted on 21 Apr 2011 by Ryan Riordan.
For years, the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense has excelled despite a lack of quality cornerbacks. Part of it is how good Pittsburgh has been at stopping the run. Last season, the Steelers gave up just 62.8 rushing yards per contest, which was 27.2 yards per game less than the next best team at stopping the run, the Chicago Bears. And it's not as if stopping the run is anything new for Pittsburgh,...
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Ladies & Gentleman, Your First Place Chicago Cubs!
Posted on 21 Apr 2011 by Paul Jackson.
Ladies and Gentleman, your First Place Chicago Cubs. A rocky performance by Marcos Mateo on Sunday turned what was looking like an opportunity to get out of Colorado with a series win against a very good team into a lopsided loss to the Rockies. Castro and Barney continued their sha-lacking of the ball and the Cubs were able to put up a good fight over the weekend but the Rockies took two of th...
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Getting Even…The Magic tie series with 88-82 win over the Hawks
Posted on 20 Apr 2011 by Warren Shaw.
Dwight Howard delivered another MVP like performance playing all 48 minutes while scoring 33 points and grabbing 19 rebounds in the Magic's 88-82 victory over the Hawks. On a night where Howard received his 2nd consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award, it was fitting defense was the theme that prevailed in game 2 after an offensively powered game 1. Jamal Crawford delivered his 2nd stra...
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The Cardiac Kid(s)…Garnett saves Boston in 96-93 win.
Posted on 20 Apr 2011 by Warren Shaw.
The Cardiac Celtics have done it again. Boston survived the will and offensive onslaught of Carmelo Anthony to win 96-93. Boston exhibited incredible poise down the stretch of this game and showed New York exactly what team basketball is about. Carmelo destroyed the Boston defense on his way to 42 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 assists. The points matched Melo's career playoff high and the rebounds...
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