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By now everyone in the basketball world knows about Charles Barkleys’ proclamation of a sweep just after Game 1 and after watching that game I didn’t blame him. His analysis of the game being a simple matter of match ups is spot on and as of Game 1 Denver was woefully lacking in answers. Their first 5 for the past games were literally smaller than LAL’s resulting in early foul trouble for Jokic who eventually had to sit out most of the first half.
Only 14 pts, 6-22 fg from LAC’s main star
and only 10pts (!!), 4-15 fg from their 2nd star.
Continue reading “Jokic Dominates, Goodbye LAC”I renewed this blog not only to harness my considerable influence upon the international basketball community to support the NBA during the pandemic but also because I really wanted to know how far the Rockets can go small ball. Ok I’ll be honest, that’s a great big part of the reason. Like anyone interested in the game I wanted to know: How far can small ball last? Is it really the new way to play basketball?
I like this picture, supposedly the older version of that girl in the famous meme. It’s probably not her but someone that just looks like her. The ‘Feeling Old Yet’ however hits the mark.
In OT Marcus Morris nails the corner three over the outstretched hands of Maxi Kleiber giving the Clippers the lead 133-132 9s left.
A few seconds later, ball ends up with wonder boy Donkic. Despite yet another triple double and 43 pt game evoking memories of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and other Playoff rookie greats, he has been quiet all of the OT period instead giving way to teammate Trey Burke who is on fire.
Continue reading “Mavs Even Series, Finally A Good Game”So I caught Celtics 109 – 76ers 101 followed Clippers 84 – Mavericks 78.
This pic of Embid encapsulates how the 76ers looked like to me. Sure that may not represent their whole team but Embid is their main guy and trust me he sort of looked that way most of the game.
As a fan of the game it’s disappointing to see a main guy or any guy go out the court looking like that and in the Playoffs as well. He is a rebounding leader at 16/game and obviously a dominating big but it didn’t show today.
Continue reading “Bos wins 1st Playoff Game; Phila Doesn’t Look too Good”
Just finished watching the not pre playoff but not regular season game between the Grizzlies and Blazers where Ja Morant as usual put on a show. I’m sure there are many Allen Iverson references whereas he is certainly just as explosive and athletic if not a little bit taller.
Continue reading “The Fantastic Portland 2019-20 Trailblazers”WHAT does this stat mean?!?
I posted this question on this blog’s FB page and my NBA guru friend Michael G. Yu educated me on the matter:
Continue reading “Counting Dribbles, Other Nonsense, and the Lost Art Of Cutting”Just wanted to belatedly post the NBA’s sched as per today, August 7. For your info and because I’ve only made one post so far and it’s kinda embarrassing.
No self respecting basketball pundit is going to miss whenever Houston is playing, especially against the better teams. The Rockets are audacious to say they are going to play the game different from how it’s been played for decades. In a game of giants their first five are 2 Gs, 2 Fs and 1 F-G, with Covington as their tallest at 6’7.
Mil on the other hand has the 6’11 Greek Freak (I doubt I’ll ever be comfortable calling him that), 6’7 Middleton and 7’0 B. Lopez, who dominated today inspite of the loss.
Continue reading “Hou (120) vs. Mil (116), Looking For A Flaw In The Rockets Small Game”