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There are a lot of things keeping me up at night right now – from my new daughter’s crying to thoughts of the cost of college when she is old enough to go – but the Laker loss in game one of the first-round playoff series against the Suns isn’t one of them. Here’s the [...]

101-97, 22 seconds left, Bryant should be exchanging an Easter egg on his dome for a trip to the charity stripe, but… As the title of the post suggests, the pivotal moments in the game occurred in the opening stanza with Nash getting the bulk of his points there. Because of the slow start, the [...]

“Something has gotten into him”: Phil has anointed Kwame as the Golden Child in this series. A “featured player”, if you will. This could have a couple of corollary effects. One making Kwame aware that Phil values him. The master manipulator has by this time learned to nurture Kwame’s fragile self perception. Phil wants confident [...]

(This was going to be a longer, several part preview with some new research, but circumstances change. So here are my notes and thoughts put together over the last few weeks, and we’ll all be watching Sunday). Traditionally, I’d like to separate out the offense and defensive ends of the floor when looking at a [...]

Thanks for the warm wishes everyone, our newest baby daughter was born at 11:32 Thursday morning and was healthy. Mom and baby are doing well, as am I, or as well as can be expected without much sleep. But I should get used to that. Again. As was mentioned in the comments, I still did [...]