Kevin Durant hardly seemed bothered by O.J. Mayo’s tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation. It just gave the Oklahoma City star a chance for a career high and the first 50-point game in the NBA this season. Durant scored 52 points, including the go-ahead basket with 16.9 seconds remaining in overtime, and the … [Read more…]
On a night when the All-Star game starters for the Eastern and Western conferences were announced, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat showed why they deserved all the fan votes they received. James had 39 points and eight assists, Wade added 27 points on his 31st birthday and the Heat held off … [Read more…]
Don’t look now but the Chicago Bulls are beginning to look like contenders again. The Bulls manhandled the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night, 97-58, and star point guard Derrick Rose is reportedly on schedule to return to the lineup after the All-Star break. That’s great news for the Bulls, bad news for the rest of … [Read more…]
The Miami Heat have hit a rough patch in their title defense. LeBron James and Co. have lost five of their last eight games, the most recent one to the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite leading by as much as 13 points, the Heat somehow let the Blazers hang around and eventually pull out a 92-90 … [Read more…]
For someone who is supposed to be a most valuable player candidate this season, Carmelo Anthony still acts like an immature high school teenager. Anthony was suspended one game by the NBA on Wednesday for confronting Kevin Garnett after the New York Knicks’ loss to Boston on Monday. Anthony, who was angry about Garnett’s choice … [Read more…]
Kobe Bryant has only been on Twitter since Jan. 4 but he already seems to have picked up how this social media thing works. After a New York Daily News report came out saying Bryant and Dwight Howard had a heated exchange after Jan. 1 loss to Philadelphia, Bryant helped diffuse the rumored rift between … [Read more…]
In the aftermath of the L.A. Lakers’ five-point loss to the Clippers Friday night, Lakers center Dwight Howard criticized his own team’s lack of chemistry following Saturday’s practice. “(Chemistry is) something we have to do to get better,” Howard told ESPNLosAngeles.com. “We have to play like we like each other. Even if we don’t want … [Read more…]
The marquee matchup Friday night between Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul definitely didn’t disappoint, as the two most competitive people in basketball went toe-to-toe in one of the more entertaining games this season. Paul was ever bit as feisty as Bryant. Much like Kobe, CP3 hates to lose and will do just about anything to … [Read more…]
There are freak injuries then there is the one suffered by San Antonio Spurs forward Stephen Jackson in Madison Square Garden. Jackson was hurt early in the first quarter Thursday night on an innocent-looking play. After missing a 3-point shot from the corner, Jackson got a slight bump from Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire and fell … [Read more…]
As we ring in the new year I thought it would be a good idea to make some bold predictions for 2013. The Mayans thought the world would end in 2012 and they were dead wrong, so whiffing on any prognostications pale in comparison to the ridiculous doomsday claim by the Mayans. Here are 13 … [Read more…]