[Note: I just wanted to say that you will see a lot of blog posts and columns suggesting that the Celtics are now “soft”. I’d like to advise you to not subscribe to those sentiments. It was one game, one game that the Lakers played extremely well in, but by no means is this series […]
Morning Links
Around The World (Wide Web): Just Hours Away From Tip Off
From Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk: Against Orlando, the Celtics were willing to let Dwight Howard score. They single-covered Howard so perimeter defenders could stay home on the Magic’s shooters. They thought (correctly, it turns out) that Dwight Howard could not beat them alone, even if he went off for a big night. Try that with […]
Around the World (Wide Web): NBA Finals Eve
THE BLOGS From Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk: Orlando thought they were ready — they were a confident team coming off two playoff sweeps, their offense was clicking. Then reality hit hard — Boston’s defense was overwhelming at the start of Game 1 for Orlando. Long arms and quick feet were everywhere. The Magic were […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Lakers/Suns Game 4 Reactions
THE BLOGS From C.A. Clark, Silver Screen and Roll: I’ve seen this game too many times, and I’m sick of it already. You might as well keep it in your DVR for a while, and next year, when the Lakers go into a series up 2-1, just play this one back on repeat. If you […]
Fast Break Thoughts…
[picappgallerysingle id=”8856751″] With a few days off in between games, we’re taking a look around the league and passing along some links to. Happy Friday. *As we all know the Lakers are on an 8 game winning streak. That led me to start thinking about streaks and many have also started to compare this Lakers […]
Around The World (Wide Web): The Good, The Bad, The Reactions
[picappgallerysingle id=”8861022″] The Good: As Phillip detailed in the recap, this truly was a team win. Every player that saw court time played well and there were some stand out performances from Pau (29 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks), Kobe (21 points, 13 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 block), and Odom – […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Prepping For Game 2
[picappgallerysingle id=”8836083″] Phillip is working on his short game this morning so you guys are stuck with the pure randomness of my scattered mind for this morning’s links. Enjoy… *The big news around the Lakers/Suns series is that a certain all-star big man that wears shades and likes the ‘Art of War’ said that Lamar Odom had […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Kobe Drops 40, LO Gets Going
THE BLOGS From Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk: Gregg Popovich touted the Suns improved defense. Everyone was talking about it. That’s how they were finally going to get over the hump — be just good enough on defense to go with an amazing offense. The Lakers blew that defense up. They blew right by it […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Game Day… It’s Finally Here
THE BLOGS From Silver Screen and Roll: So, it’s been a long road since the onset of this season, and along that road much has occurred. Injuries, shooting slumps, hot streaks, team-wide lethargy. A plethora of things have happened. So, now, while we’re bored off our asses waiting to get back to basketball – I’m […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Suns, Celtics, & Lebron…Oh My
[picappgallerysingle id=”8756934″] As we continue to wait for the WCF to start, some here are some morning links and fast break thoughts before we get back into full preview mode this afternoon… *Waiting this long for a series to start can be maddening. I feel like the Lakers haven’t played for a month. If it […]