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Sports Central March 23, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 20 March Madness it is not, but the last three weeks of the NBA season still holds much significance in the basketball world. |
Sports Central May 11, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
Living Dangerously on Easy Street Have the Cavs chances of winning a title actually been hindered by the fact that they've been so much better than their opponents in the postseason? |
Sports Central October 12, 2010 Bob Ekstrom |
NBA East Will Be Battle of Big Threes NBA general managers got a bit ahead of themselves last week when they penciled in the Los Angeles Lakers for a three-peat, but they did nail half the NBA Finals matchup in the process. |
Sports Central October 19, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 3) Here's a breakdown the former Eastern Conference and a prediction of how each team will fare as they begin a new decade of basketball. |
Sports Central April 18, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Round One Predictions This has all the makings of a historic spring. |
Sports Central December 22, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
In the Roatation: NBA Week 8 Whether it's the two best players in the league squaring off for one of the only times that particular season, an NBA Finals rematch, old rivalries renewed, or some combination of all three, the NBA always delivers the goods on Christmas Day. |
Sports Central May 30, 2010 Ross Lancaster |
Celtic Surprise? Not Really The Celtics' run to the NBA Finals has not been typical of a conference champion. |
Sports Central April 11, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Three NBA Playoff Predictions The NBA playoffs have begun and this year the race to the finals looks more open than usual. Teams like the Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, Heat, and Magic all look like the favorites to reach the Finals. |
Sports Central May 4, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
The Perfect Storm There will need to be a perfect storm of circumstances for a higher seeded team to pull off an upset in this round of the NBA playoffs. |
Sports Central April 4, 2007 Paul Tenorio |
Can Anyone Take Down the Pistons? The Detroit Pistons are looking like the best the league has to offer. |
Sports Central March 14, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Eastern Conference Race is Heating Up The NBA's Eastern Conference is garnerning a lot of attention and not just due to East Coast bias and Carmelo Anthony's presence in NYC. Some teams are imploding, while others are rising, and there are actual races for playoff spots. |
Sports Central March 21, 2005 Joseph Sammour |
The NBA's Elite Eight We're going to be focusing on the second round of the NBA playoffs, which will involve the NBA's answer to the Elite Eight. For each team, I'll explain who they will beat in the first round, and how much further they can go. |
Sports Central October 27, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 5) The "82 things to watch for this NBA season" countdown concludes with a look at how the Eastern Conference stacks up in reverse order of projected finish. |
Sports Central April 27, 2011 Jonathan Lowe |
Requiem For a Redemption We all know about those teams in basketball that just don't get the job done. They have the talent to make deep runs in their respective postseasons, but they struggle. |
Sports Central September 28, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
SC's NBA All-Decade Team (Pt. 1) Here's a look back at the previous decade of NBA basketball. |
Sports Central June 18, 2007 Brad Oremland |
Are the Spurs a Dynasty? To help answer that question, here's a look at the NBA's most dynastic teams ever. |
Sports Central May 16, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Keys to the NBA Conference Finals The 2011 NBA conference finals are underway and this final four gives us youth, age, and plenty of superstar power. |
Sports Central April 20, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Playoffs: Opening Statement Games After one game in each series, there's only one thing that we know for sure: we don't know anything yet. |
Sports Central April 25, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
While Celtics and Magic Roll, Stern Fumes There are three things we have learned during the NBA playoffs: the ghost of Tim Donaghy past still haunts David Stern, the rumors of the Boston Celtics' demise have been greatly exaggerated, and the Orlando Magic may need to find a cape for Jameer Nelson. |
Sports Central April 27, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
So Long, 'Sheed February 20th, 2004, that's when, on a cold, winter night at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Rasheed Wallace made his Detroit Pistons debut. |
Sports Central April 18, 2009 Bill Hazell |
The Big Finals Ticket The fate of the NBA's Eastern Conference playoffs has come down to one simple question: how's the knee, Mr. Garnett? |
Sports Central November 17, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 3 This week's "starting five" is comprised of Olympians that have hit the ground running this NBA season. |
Sports Central April 7, 2011 Bill Hazell |
The Second City's Second Wind This year's Chicago Bulls team is in a position not seen since Jordan's glory days. |
Sports Central May 9, 2011 Paul Foeller |
From the Decision to the Championship? The two-time defending champion Lakers won't have a chance at a three-peat. |
Sports Central May 3, 2012 Gary Flick |
X-ceptional This year's NBA playoffs have already given us epic comebacks, suspensions, MVP season-ending injuries, confrontations with refs, confrontations with fire extinguishers, and (my personal favorite) superstar game winners ... and no team has played more than two games. |
Sports Central May 2, 2006 Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: MVP Talk It is truly a shame that the MVP voting for the NBA occurs before the playoffs begin. |
Sports Central June 5, 2006 Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Finals: A Time For Firsts For the first time since 1971, we have two teams facing off that have never been to the championship series before. So how do you evaluate the x-factor if there is no experience? |
Sports Central March 20, 2009 Bill Hazell |
Cleveland's Greatest Hope Being the most talented all-around athlete in the NBA, LeBron James has always carried the burdens of great hopes on his shoulders. A city starved for a title is counting on him. |
Sports Central December 2, 2011 Megan Brown |
Are The Heat Too Hot For Miami? I know that Heat are more hungry now than ever and once the NBA lockout ends, they will be back ready to take another run at the title. |
Sports Central April 28, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
Top 10 Active NBA Players Without a Title Here is a list of the top 10 active players without an NBA title. |
Sports Central May 29, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
Pistons, Lakers to Renew Rivalry? Four teams remain in the NBA Playoffs, and there is little doubt as to which contest this author would like to see in the final round: Lakers vs. Pistons. |
Sports Central May 27, 2008 Bill Hazell |
Home Cooking Vital in These Playoffs Home court is everything in the NBA this year. |
Sports Central November 15, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
Contenders and Pretenders in the NBA The 2005-06 NBA season is predictable. There are only five or six teams who are a real threat to win the championship. |
Sports Central June 12, 2006 Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Finals: Fait Accompli? Only two teams have ever come back from an 0-2 deficit in the NBA Finals to win the championship. So will the Miami Heat make history -- or go home? |
Sports Central May 8, 2013 Bob Ekstrom |
All the King's Horses If you should find your step today lightened by the hope of an early Miami Heat exodus from this year's postseason, my guess is that you will come to feel like you're in cement shoes by week's end. |
Sports Central May 25, 2006 Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: 40 Games in 40 Nights (Pt. II) The continuation of a list of 40 items about the NBA Playoffs. |
Sports Central May 29, 2006 Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: Forecasting the Final Four Drama, comedy, competition, and eliminations all wrapped up in one program ... the NBA playoffs. |
Sports Central May 23, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
This Season, These Playoffs: Worst Ever? It's safe to say that with the tanking that infiltrated the regular season and a lackluster playoffs, this has best one of the worst NBA seasons in memory. |
Sports Central April 26, 2006 Isaac Miller |
NBA 2005-06 Season in Review Top 10 Storylines of 2005-06... The MVP and other postseason awards... Playoff predictions... etc. |
Sports Central May 20, 2009 Bill Hazell |
The NBA's Inevitable Finals Matchup How do you top a Celtics/Lakers Finals? Perhaps we're about to see. |
Sports Central January 18, 2011 Bob Ekstrom |
Celtics on Another Post-Christmas Hall Pass As long as the aging, battle-weary, and oftentimes unmotivated Celtics continue roaming the NBA's corridors with their post-Holidays hall pass, they'll be looking to hand the top seed off again. |
Sports Central April 22, 2013 Robert Campbell |
Welcome to the NBA Playoffs Welcome to the NBA playoffs. The tedious 82-game schedule has culminated into a 16-team race, a two-month battle to determine a champion. |
Sports Central June 4, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals: Easy as ABC There is so much that goes into winning an NBA title. It isn't as simple as just X's and O's. In fact, X and O are just two of the 26 letters that you must conquer to win a title. |
Sports Central July 8, 2014 Brad Oremland |
If They Were All in Their Primes... Who would be the best NBA team of all-time ... if everyone on the team was in his prime? Here are 12 contenders. |
Sports Central June 25, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
Falling Down Just to Stand Up Over the last 20 years or so in the NBA, there's a fascinating trend that has developed: rarely do the league's biggest stars immediately find championship success on their first trip to the Finals or a grand, high-pressure stage. |
Sports Central March 16, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 19 In case a week of watching college basketball has skewed what you remember about the game being played at its highest level, this week's Starting Five consists of a few friendly reminders from the NBA world to help you focus on what March basketball is all about: playoff seeding. |
Sports Central May 23, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Things We've Learned From the NBA Playoffs The NBA playoffs are usually generous when it comes to player meltdowns, tearing up age-old adages, and having certain teams rise to the top. |
Sports Central May 30, 2011 Bill Hazell |
Don't Get Your Hopes Up, Mavs Fans Going into the 2011 NBA Finals, we should all be clear on two things: who the favorite is, and who the sentimental favorite is. |
Sports Central March 21, 2007 Scott Shepherd |
Beware of the Ides of March The problem with the NBA in March is that we've seen enough of everybody to think that we know where every team stands. But if recent history has taught us anything, it's that we haven't seen anything yet. |
Sports Central May 6, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
Shuffling the Deck? Last season, the NBA had its dream Finals matchup return to the spotlight when the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers came together for the first time since 1987. |