Ace in the hole
The Official Website of Kareem Abdul Jabbar —
The Lakers were able to overcome a week’s absence from playing and take game one from the Jazz but it was certainly not an easy win. Had the Lakers not benefited from the presence of Kobe Bryant they might not have that victory put away.
Utah plays a every physical game and they are very determined to win the “small areas” of the game to gain their victories. By “small areas” I mean to say that the Jazz see every possession as a plus for their way of winning. Loose balls, rebounds, steals, turnovers, jump balls and defensive pressure that results in a change of possession will all be utilized to beat you. Their ...
Conf. Semis: Thinking of D'Antoni, J.R., Stockton and Rashard
The Painted Area —
Here are the people I'm thinking of as I watch each of the four Conference Semifinal series: BOSTON v. CLEVELAND: MIKE D'ANTONI You know, we've said it in this space before, the Chuckster alludes to it about five times a night, and you saw it for yourself last summer with Team USA: LeBron James filling the lane on the fast break is about as physically unstoppable as Shaq was down on the low block in his prime. As much talk as there is about whether D'Antoni is the best fit in Chicago or Toronto or New York or Dallas, doesn't he actually make the most sense in Cleveland? Is there any team that *needs* to be relentlessly ...
Behind the Box Score, where Devin Harris nailed one
Ball Don't Lie —
New
Jersey 98, Philadelphia 96
Skeets
nailed it, too. The most lasting satisfaction I'm taking from Devin Harris'
buzzer-beater is the fact that I actually got to see it live. What a finish.
Credit the schedule, which essentially ran two games at once
for the entire night. Still a ton of basketball to watch, but any hoops junkie
with a dual tuner on his or her D/PVR could essentially watch games from
beginning to end, without having to flip much. There was some overhang once the
second tier of games started, but I think that was made up for by the fact
that, if I'm not mistaken, NBA TV broadcast ...
