LeBron James was on fire Thursday night at Boston’s TD Garden. He set the tone for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals with a 30-point performance in the first half and finished with 45 — the second-best output of his playoff career. James shot 73 percent from the field, making 19 of his 26 … [Read more…]
There’s a commercial running on ESPN and NBA TV during the playoffs showing Ray Allen launching countless jumpers. He takes shot, after shot, after shot but the elbow stays the same. The message: unbroken habits lead to broken records. That motto is the very reason why Allen is considered the best 3-point shooter in NBA … [Read more…]
For the Miami Heat, the key to winning their Eastern Conference finals best-of-seven series against the Boston Celtics is simple: Stop Rajon Rondo. “Boston creates so many challenges, you can’t key on just one guy. But I think the biggest challenge is Rondo,” Heat forward LeBron James said of Rondo, who had a major hand … [Read more…]
Dwyane Wade sat in the media room wearing a Band-Aid over his right eye, looking like he went 12 rounds with Manny Pacquiao. Danny Granger left the arena in a walking boot, while Lance Stephenson may have injured his collarbone and David West is nursing a sprained knee. Things got so heated between Miami and … [Read more…]
You could say LeBron James got his hunger back Sunday when he delivered a performance for the ages. The three-time NBA MVP put the Miami Heat on his back and carried his team to 103-93 victory at Indiana. Check out his final statistics: 40 points, 18 rebounds, nine assists. Those type of numbers haven’t been … [Read more…]
Even the great ones need a little pick-me-up every now and then. Dwyane Wade was at an all-time low point after his pitiful five-point performance in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Indiana Pacers. So Wade went back to his roots. He met with his former college coach at Marquette who … [Read more…]
The road to the NBA Finals got a little harder for the Miami Heat when All-Star forward Chris Bosh was diagnosed with a lower abdominal strain that will keep him sidelined indefinitely. Bosh suffered the injury after driving to the basket in the first quarter of Sunday’s Eastern Conference semifinals opening game against the Indiana … [Read more…]
Baron Davis is an old basketball warrior, and sometimes they don’t know when to quit. Well, on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks guard may have played his last game in the NBA but it’s probably not the way Boom Dizzle wanted to go out. With 5:15 left in the third … [Read more…]
Ever since LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined forces with Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat in the summer of 2010, the pecking order — in most basketball experts’ eyes — was always Wade first, James second, and Bosh third. Now that LeBron has a full season under his belt as a member of the … [Read more…]
It went from bad to worse for the New York Knicks on Monday night, and it brought a whole new meaning to the warning sign that says “Break Glass In Case Of Emergency.” Moments after dropping to an 0-2 hole in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series with the Miami Heat, Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire … [Read more…]