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Sports Central
June 29, 2009
Sean Crowe |
The NBA Finals Left Me Feeling Empty The NBA Gods righted themselves after the 1985-86 season by giving us the Lakers/Celtics rematch we deserved. Here's the hoping the NBA Gods do the same thing next season.   |
Sports Central
June 4, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Summer Blockbusters Recasting some of Hollywood's biggest summer blockbusters using key players from the NBA finals. |
Sports Central
June 2, 2009
Ross Lancaster |
Magic Men In a by-the-book world, we'd all be talking about the dream Kobe Bryant/LeBron James matchup that was sure to please the NBA, ABC, and the casual fan |
Sports Central
June 9, 2010
Paul Foeller |
NBA Finals: Keys to Victory How great is the Lakers/Celtics rivalry? After the Finals end this year, the two teams will have combined to win more than half of the championships in NBA history. |
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. |
Sports Central
May 21, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Stars Align in Conference Finals The NBA conference finals offer a basketball game of great significance every day for two straight weeks. |
Sports Central
April 30, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Head Games For the first time in NBA history, three games in the same series have been decided in overtime. |
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
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
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
June 1, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
The LeBron Rules LeBron James is no Kobe Bryant. And for once, this comparison has nothing to do with basketball. |
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
June 10, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 3: Glass Half-Full The momentum swings in an NBA playoff series are off the charts. Teams have to ride the emotional rollercoaster that comes with every win and loss in the postseason, especially the NBA Finals. |
Sports Central
January 3, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
Getting a Fix on the NBA Though scoring is up slightly this year, the lack of basketball savvy displayed in the majority of the NBA product is neither worth the expense of a paid ticket nor a satellite network fee. The question, of course, is why? |
Sports Central
June 8, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 2: The Blame Game There was plenty of blame to go around after the Orlando Magic lost Game 1 of the NBA Finals. |
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
June 24, 2009
Matt Thomas |
A New Laker Dynasty? There is far too much parody to consider with any sort of reasonability the fact that a single win in a single championship series is anything other than a great season worth remembering. |
Sports Central
March 26, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
The Real Sweet 16 Here is the Real Sweet 16: 16 reasons to watch the NBA stretch run over the round of 16. |
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
June 12, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: Role Models When Game 4 of the NBA Finals was on the line, it wasn't the greatest closer in the game who carried the lakers to a 3-1 series lead, it was their role players. |
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 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
June 1, 2007
Wailele Sallas |
Think About Jack I am about to say four words I thought I never would say -- I feel for Kobe. |
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 5, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
Why Kobe is Better Than LeBron If you had to bet the mortgage on who will win this year's NBA Finals, is it the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers or the Cleveland Cavaliers with LeBron James? |
Sports Central
June 12, 2008
Sean Crowe |
It's Official: NBA Has Referee Problem The problem with the NBA isn't crooked officials, it's bad officials. |
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
June 2, 2008
Brian Cox |
All Things Old Become New Again For the 11th time in league history, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers will square off for the NBA title. |
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
May 28, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Kobe vs. LeBron: Too Good to Be True How many times in NBA history have two of the top 10 players of all-time met in the NBA Finals with both players in their prime? |
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
December 12, 2008
Bill Hazell |
The Green-and-Golden Age Renaissance Green vs. Yellow means a lot to us NBA nuts, and in a league where upsets don't come often, the chances of another Celtics/Lakers Finals in 2009 seem bright. |
Sports Central
June 16, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
L.A. Mystery Kobe Bryant has yet to figure out the one thing Michael Jordan deciphered in his first trip to the Finals: when you'll do everything to win, sometimes it means not doing everything. |
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. |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
I hate this game NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 1: The Kobe Show Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was a callback to the old "The Kobe Show" days in all the right ways. |
Sports Central
May 29, 2009
Bobby Campbell |
NBA Draft: Who Goes Where? Who Cares? When I look at the NBA, I see everything that is wrong in professional sports today. |
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 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. |
AskMen.com
Bryan Toporek |
Dwight Howard: Can Superman Lead A Super 3-0 Comeback? It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the Boston Celtics suddenly feeling a sense of deja vu -- thanks to some heroics from Dwight Howard, the Orlando Magic's Superman. |
Sports Central
February 23, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 17 A review the NBA season so far, remembering Larry Miller and more. |
Sports Central
June 13, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: All Apologies As much as I've tried to talk myself into the Celtics being overrated, it's all but a foregone conclusion. The Celtics are going to be the 2008 NBA champions. |
Sports Central
April 17, 2007
Corrie Trouw |
What We Learned From the NBA Season With March Madness in our rearview mirrors, let's sift through the regular season trash bin and find something that actually means something as we look toward the postseason. |
AskMen.com
Tom Delamater |
The Ball Is In LeBron's Court There's little LeBron James hasn't done in his NBA career, except for one thing: win an NBA championship. |
Sports Central
June 18, 2004
Mason Williams |
Let Larry Legend Speak On the ESPN special "Two on Two," Larry Bird stated that it would be beneficial to the NBA if there were more white star players. He went on to say that the NBA is a black man's league and that blacks are better athletes. |
Sports Central
October 31, 2007
Wailele Sallas |
The NBA in 24 Seconds Running the "shot clock" for the 2007-2008 NBA season. |
Sports Central
June 15, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Finals Edition It was a very entertaining NBA Finals from start to finish. |
Sports Central
May 17, 2010
Corrie Trouw |
Much Ado About No-Ring If this basketball thing doesn't work out for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, they could probably form the world's tallest duo of magicians. |
Sports Central
September 25, 2003
Derek Daggett |
Three Surprise Teams For '03-'04 Three teams that missed the NBA playoffs last year are locks for the postseason. |
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. |
