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The 10-man rotation, starring good, hard-nosed defense
Ball Don't Lie —
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Empty The Bench. The underappreciated beauty of good, hard-nosed, Eastern Conference-style defense. PF: Yahoo! Tom Van Riper of Forbes.com examines the high cost of firing an NBA coach. SF: FanIQ. President George W. Bush, shootin' bricks and ...
No AC At Enron Field [Blogdome]
Deadspin —
• The Astros are trying to burn their fans alive. [Houston Ballz] • Tonight? The battle of Bunker Hill. [Black Fives Blog] • The Lakers fans who are not celebrities. [Joe Sports Fan] • The Jaguars are more interesting than you think this year. [Throwing Into Traffic] • Hey, defensive basketball can be fun. [Empty The Bench] • That'll be all, Jays, thanks for playing. [MyHogtown] • How is Cardinals-Royals a rivalry? [The Pitch] • How the Celtics parade might go. [The Sports Culture] ...
Defense Wins Championships
CelticsBlog —
... off the foul line. Even with a small sample size, these numbers suggest the Celtics have done a tremendous job on the first two counts, as Kobe's percentage of FGAs taken either At the Hoop or from 3-Pt Land has plummeted from 54.8% in the regular season to just 39.4% in the Finals. Quite simply, Boston is forcing Kobe to take 2-pt jumpers under duress. He did erupt for four 3s in the first quarter of Game 5, but a couple of those were tough shots that Boston can live with. Next, Empty The Bench pens a love letter to good defense : As the old saying goes, defense wins ...
