The Oklahoma City Thunder can taste the NBA Finals in the air. They had every opportunity to put away the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 at home but could not capitalize. In the last 5:48 of the game, the defending champs outscored the Thunder 21-7 to turn a seven-point deficit to a 108-101 win. Here are the 3 things we learned from the Warriors' thrilling comeback win over Oklahoma City in the Western Conference Finals Game 6. 1. Hero ball won't cut it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxs_-UVsUU Team Read More
To say the Golden State Warriors is having a bad series against the OKC Thunder is an understatement. It seems like the Thunder is beating the yellow legion to every lose ball, looks tougher, and certainly hungrier than the defending champs. However, the Warriors managed to survive Game 5 at home and now faces a tall task of trying to salvage their season. No, 73-9 don't mean a thing without the ring. As hard as that can be, team as good as the Warriors, no matter how flustered they were, always Read More
Playoffs is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate the end of the long-grinding, 82-game season than reflect on the abundance of feel-good stories. Here's seven of them, ladies and gentlemen: 1. Bulls missing the post-season. Before the Chicago Bulls decides to flip the Tom Thibodeau chapter in their books, experts assumed that the drop-off on defense will simply be compensated by a free-flowing, spacing-oriented offense under Billy Donovan. *Buzzer sounds* Wrong! Injuries Read More
5 Interesting NBA Stats Of The Day 1. Russell Westbrook is Magic-esque... Russell Westbrook with his 18th triple-double of the season: 11-10-10, done in the first half. Ties Magic Johnson for the most since 82-83. — Royce Young (@royceyoung) April 12, 2016 2. The Curry Brothers has something in common and no, it's not just their last names. Last two players to record 20 pts & 15 asts: Steph Curry and Seth Curry. — Chris Martin Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) April 12, 2016 3. Hassan Whiteside Read More
1. Kawhi Leonard is great but... it's clear his bread-and-butter is NOT scoring. There are a gazillion of NBA players right now who have better single-game career-high in points than the San Antonio forward (Kawhi's career high is 32 points, by the way) . This guy has a lot of time so he took the liberty to list down ALL of the players mentioned. 2. Strictly talking about assists, John Stockton is in a league of his own. The Utah Jazz legend has averaged at least 13.5 assists for FIVE CONSECUTIVE Read More
With all the sidelights in the first half of the 2015-16 NBA season, the second chapter promises to be as lively, if not more. It appears to be no stopping the Golden State Warriors but a San Antonio Spurs team with Tim Duncan in the middle will be a different beast if they ever meet again in Texas. The Los Angeles Clippers is definitely playing very well without Blake Griffin and rumor has it the Clippers management are looking to dump Blake to Colorado in exchange for Kenneth Faried, Danilo Gallinari, Read More
After selecting our SIX Eastern Conference All-Stars, it's time to do it out West. Here are your 2016 Western Conference Fantasy All-Stars, by traditional position: PG: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors As far as statistics is concerned, the 2015 NBA MVP is head and shoulders above the rest. He will carry your team single-handedly in multiple categories, namely scoring (30.1 PPG), 3PM (4.9), FT% (91.1% on almost SIX attempts), and even contributes on other stuff like rebounds (5.4), assists Read More
Now that the NBA has announced their All-Star starters (no true power forwards and centers on both lineups, by the way), we got to follow suit but with some minor differences than the celebrated February classic. Instead of three "Frontcourt" players, we will be selecting the best 5 from each traditional position and one Utility guy. Here are your 2016 Eastern Conference All-Stars: PG: Kyle Lowry, Toronto Raptors In the point guard position, you can either choose Lowry or Washington Wizard's Read More
Some interesting NBA stats from an eleven-game night. January 2, 2015-- 5 Interesting NBA Stats: 1. The Timberwolves are not taking good care of their leads. Bad habit if you want to win. Wolves have already lost 4 games after leading by at least 17. The largest number for an entire season in last 20 years is 5 — Jon Krawczynski (@APkrawczynski) January 3, 2016 They led 24-7 versus the Bucks in the first quarter Saturday night but ultimately lost, 95-85. 2. Lance Thomas Thomas is no household Read More
The year 2015 gave us some of the best statistical performances from the best players in the NBA and we're rounding out the five. 1. Anthony Davis (vs Denver, March 15, 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfz3ZZmSwd4 Eleven days before this game versus Denver, Anthony Davis terrorized the Detroit Pistons with an 8-block performance. Little did we know, he still has something up his sleeve versus the Nuggets. Davis had 36 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 9 blocks March 15th, making Read More
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