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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
The Houston Rockets had won twenty two consecutive games, and in their bid to win their twenty third last night, they got crushed by the Boston Celtics.
I didn't want to jinx the winning streak by saying anything while it's still alive. It's the second longest winning streak in NBA history, ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Last night was the opening night of the 2007-2008 NBA season. My Houston Rockets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 95-93, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trailblazers 106-97. You know what this means, don't you? Both the Rockets and the Spurs are on pace to go 82-0 and ...
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
My personal prediction before the NBA Finals began last night was that the Spurs would most likely sweep the series, and if that didn't happen, they'd win in five games. The question I had going into the finals was, "Who Is Going To Guard Duncan?" Against what big man have ...
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Friday, May 25th, 2007
If you follow basketball, you probably heard earlier in the week when the NBA draft lottery took place. In this year's NBA draft, there are two players who are considered far and away the best in the draft: Greg Oden of Ohio State University and Kevin Durant of the University ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Have you ever heard the refrain that the high scoring basketball team simply can't play any defense? The canonical example in recent times has been the Phoenix Suns. They seem to win games 115-105 or something similar. They win a lot of games, but their opponents are routinely scoring 100 ...
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
The Miami Heat are your 2005-2006 NBA champions. A couple of days ago, I made the following comment about the Heat's chances of winning this year's championship:
Seeing how mightily the Heat struggled in Dallas in games one and two, I think the Mavs are going to take this series in ...
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