Tag Archives: NBA Finals

NY Mag: Why No One Should Root for Celtics in the NBA Finals

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

Will Leitch, the normally level-headed contributing editor at New York Magazine, filed a piece the other day under the headline, Why You Should Root for the Warriors in the NBA Finals. The headline, however, really should have been, Why No … Continue reading →

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In Its Current Form, NBA = Not Basketball Actually

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

So last night I’m watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Phoenix Suns (rising) and the Milwaukee Bucks (buckling) and thinking, what the hell has happened to professional basketball because it sure doesn’t look like the game I … Continue reading →

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Can’t Stand The Heat? Get Into The Bitchin’ (NBA Finals Game 6 Edition)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Say, Game 6 of the NBA Finals was a real corker, yeah? After three quarters the San Antonio Spurs seemed to pwn the Miami Heat. But forget Tim Duncan’s magisterial performance and Boris Diaw’s tough defense and LeBron James’s 3-12 … Continue reading →

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Can’t Stand The Heat? Get Into The NBA Finals

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Say, that was some beatdown the San Antonio Spurs put on the Miami Heat last night, yeah? The NBA Finals suddenly got interesting when the Spurs won Game One in Miami, and got really interesting when San Antonio totally embarrassed … Continue reading →

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They Don’t Call Him King James For Nothing

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Clearly, his unmanning in the NBA Finals didn’t imbue LeBron James with a sense of humility. From the Boston Globe: When asked if he was bothered that many people root against him because of the manner in which he signed … Continue reading →

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Dirk: n. A dagger

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

That’s according to The American Heritage Dictionary. And that’s exactly what Dirk Nowitzki was – a dagger – in the NBA Finals. You can debate all day long whether the Dallas Mavericks smoked the Miami Heat or the Heat self-immolated. … Continue reading →

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One Mav-elous Victory

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

After the beatdown they endured in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the Dallas Mavericks took the court in Game 2 with one objective in mind: To prove that they actually belonged on the court with the Miami Heat. And … Continue reading →

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National Basketball Association (Accent On ‘Ass’)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The NBA Finals kicked off (or should that be “tipped off”?) Tuesday night, and the whole affair was more overblown than Snooki’s hairdo. Start with the ridiculously melodramatic promos for the series, like this one: Then there’s the amateur-hour Miami … Continue reading →

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