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In Its Current Form, NBA = Not Basketball Actually
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
Can’t Stand The Heat? Get Into The Bitchin’ (NBA Finals Game 6 Edition)
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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Tagged Game 6, LeBron James, Manu Ginobili, Miami Heat, NBA Finals, San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan, USA Today
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Can’t Stand The Heat? Get Into The NBA Finals
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
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
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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Tagged Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Mark Jackson, Miami Heat, NBA Finals, NoBrain James
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One Mav-elous Victory
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
National Basketball Association (Accent On ‘Ass’)
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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Tagged Dallas Mavericks, LeBron James, Mark Cuban, Mark Jackson, Miami Heat, NBA Finals, Snooki
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