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AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: NBA Finals Matchups Before the page is turned on this magical 2007 season, let's flip back in history and relive the top 10 NBA Finals matchups.   |
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
June 4, 2014
Ross Lancaster |
NBA Finals Are the Spurs' For the Taking The 2014 NBA Finals will feature the first rematch of the previous year's championship series since the Bulls and Jazz met in 1998. |
Sports Central
June 15, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Finals: 6:34 of Perfection Just when it looked like it was going to be another Dallas win and an 0-3 deficit for the Heat, Dwyane Wade rallied his team from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit. Not bad for a guy playing on a bum knee. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Playoff Warriors The only way to keep these playoff warriors out of the lineup is to either kill them or to eliminate them. Having said that, here's our list of the top 10 playoff warriors. |
Sports Central
March 31, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
A New Era ... Already? While LeBron and Kobe played for best player in the league, down in New Orleans, Paul was starting a revolution. |
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
April 22, 2009
Wailele Sallas |
Kobe vs. LeBron, At Any Cost? Would there be anything better than seeing the two best players in the NBA attacking each other for seven games? |
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
June 17, 2014
Brad Oremland |
2014 NBA Finals Aftermath Despite so many major events across the sporting landscape, I'm going to focus on the NBA Finals, because it presented a lot of interesting questions. |
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 14, 2010
Bill Hazell |
Celtics/Lakers, on to the Final Act For the first time in four years, no one has a clue who's winning this thing. What could be better? |
Sports Central
December 20, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
Forgotten Mavericks, Spurs Are Rising Two NBA teams flying under the radar are the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks. |
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
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
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 24, 2008
Bill Hazell |
Bryant's Lakers, Legacy, Stumble in Finals If Kobe Bryant was going to stake his claim as the greatest of all ballers, he needed to win the 2008 NBA Finals. |
Sports Central
September 29, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 1) The first in a series of predictions about the upcoming NBA season. |
Sports Central
June 10, 2013
Bob Ekstrom |
Heat Win Leaves Unanswered Questions Any question about Miami struggling against the Spurs and closing its second title in as many years may have been answered definitively last night, as the Heat used a 23-3 run beginning late in the third period to blow open a nip-and-tuck affair and tie the NBA Finals. |
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
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
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 3, 2009
Sean Crowe |
Save the NBA, Fire David Stern The 2009 NBA playoffs have showcased everything that's great about the current version of the NBA. Unfortunately, it's also showcased everything that's wrong with the 2009 NBA. |
Sports Central
June 21, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Go Easy on LeBron LeBron James is not a superhuman gifted with a magical ability to elevate his game if there's a title at stake, and he's not a choker who can't win the big one. |
AskMen.com
Paul Bessire |
Top 10: NBA Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest NBA champions of all time. |
Sports Central
July 21, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Knicks: Championship Team or Pointless Dream? It's been over 30 years since the New York Knicks hoisted the NBA championship trophy. |
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
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
December 13, 2010
Bob Ekstrom |
New York Knicks Are a Tough Knock The Knicks currently hold the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference and will be the team nobody wants to face in April. Although New Yorkers will argue it's not all Stoudemire, he is at the heart of the matter. |
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 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
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 20, 2013
Matt Thomas |
Fact or Fiction: Heat the Best Ever? If you spend any time watching that four-letter all sports network these days, you've undoubtedly noticed that the Miami Heat are on a run for the ages. Though the verdict is still open on how far this win streak will go. |
Sports Central
July 9, 2007
Parimal Rohit |
Why the Spurs Are Not a Dynasty The San Antonio Spurs are just that team who won at the right time, when nobody else wanted to win. |
Sports Central
June 1, 2010
Bob Ekstrom |
Can L.A. and Boston Just Get a Room Already? Welcome to senior prom, NBA style. |
Sports Central
May 28, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
The Main Event Let's be honest. This year's NBA playoffs haven't been anything special. While the game often slows down and scoring drops once the second season starts, this year has had a litany of ugly rock-fights. |
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
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
April 14, 2006
Jonathan Lowe |
It Takes Two, Baby If one man can mean so much to a team, what is the impact of an equally important teammate? |
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
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
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
May 17, 2011
Brad Oremland |
LeBron is Winning the Wrong Way The goal is to lift your teammates to victory, not to go find a team that can win. |
Sports Central
June 6, 2005
Chris Speckman |
NBA Playoffs: Score More, Bore Less For the first time in a while, the NBA playoffs have been memorable and exciting. |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
NBA in disarray Come back, Mr. Jordan: The NBA Finals are in danger of going down as the lowest-rated playoffs since 1981, while couch potatoes turn off college games, too. What's wrong with hoops? |
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
October 2, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
SC's NBA All-Decade Team (Pt. 3) NBA's All-Decade Team: the best of the best. |
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
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
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. |
