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Daily Links - Bates Ready for Play Calling
BroncoTalk —
... NBA: It’s true. I have to be careful, because I’m a die-hard Suns fan, but I still root for the Nuggets as a distant #2 team. But they seriously have no shot. [Deadspin] ...
Lakers vs. Nuggets Series Preview
Real Sports Bloggers —
... moving to STAPLES Center prior to the 1999-2000 season, the Lakers have won 81% of their postseason games (43-10). The Lakers have topped the century mark in nearly half of their postseason home games at STAPLES Center (26-of-53) while the opposition has been held under 100 points in all but 12 of those games. In their last 16 home playoff games, the Lakers are 13-3. Additional Reading: Playoff Central [Lakers.com] Position-by-Position Breakdown [Lakers Basketblog] Denver vs. Los Angeles: The Nuggets Are Going To Get Shelled Series [Deadspin] The Real ...
Western Conference playoff previews
Basketbawful —
Playoffs, baby! They start today. Go do your last minute prep work by reading the Western Conference playoff previews I wrote for Deadspin. They're better than sex. Trust me. Denver Versus Los Angeles: The Nuggets Are Gonna Get Shelled Series Dallas Versus New Orleans: The Mark Cuban Finally Has A Coronary Series Utah Versus Houston: The "Which Shoe Is Gonna Drop?" Series Phoenix Versus San Antonio: The Rivalry Renewed Series
Worst of the Night: April 23, 2008
Basketbawful —
... MVP need to act that way? I mean, has any other NBA legend -- Bird, Chamberlain, Hakeem, Jordan, Kareem, Magic, Malone, Oscar, Robinson, Russell, Stockton, West -- ever rubbed a spectacular performance in his opponents' noses this much during an early game of a first round series? That's the exclusive province of guys like Chuck Person. You kind of don't expect that crap from an MVP candidate. Well, unless that candidate is Kobe. (And for the record, I predicted this would happen.) Steven Hunter and Ira Newble: One of the hidden ...
