Al Horford, Josh Smith, Zaza Pachulia and the Atlanta Hawks are Gone Fishin' with T.I. and Andre 3000.More: Gone Fishin'
Game 4: Dallas Mavericks 119 Denver Nuggets 117Analysis: The Nuggets finally had a poor defensive game and the Mavs took advantage of it. I wish the Mavs would have lost though because they are just delaying the inevitable. Denver is probably going to win Game 5 at home. Dirk was great in this game and truth is he's been pretty damn good all series long he
Game 4: Cleveland Cavaliers 84 Atlanta Hawks 74Analysis: Another series that I'm glad is over because there was just about ZERO drama in it. The Hawks were just no match for the Cavs with Joe Johnson playing less than stellar and Al Horford and Marvin Williams nursing injuries. Lebron had his way in all four games, which means the Hawks didn't really do eno
Big Baby came up big for the Celtics in Game 4 hitting the game winning shot as time expired. He then proceeded to knock down a fat kid that was courtside, which still has me crackin' up. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Priceless!More: NBA & NBA Playoffs
Game 4: Boston Celtics 95 Orlando Magic 94Analysis: Big Baby! Hitting game winning jump shots and knocking over fat kids! I have to admit at the beginning of the season I thought Big Baby sucked and that the Celtics needed an upgrade for their bench, but damn has he proved me wrong or what? He's been a consistent player on offense and invaluable to the Cel
Game 4: Houston Rockets 99 Los Angeles Lakers 87Analysis: It's games like this that start to make you question if this Lakers team is championship caliber. With no Yao Ming and a chance for the Lakers to rip all of the life out of the Rockets by going up 3-1, the Lakers came into this game with ZERO intensity. They should flat out be ashamed the way they pl
Game 3: Denver Nuggets 106 Dallas Mavericks 105Analysis: This game was a slugfest with 61 combined fouls and 80 foul shots. Carmelo Anthony came up with the big three to win the game and him and Billups were both excellent in this game. The Nuggets continue to look like a team on a mission and Carmelo looks to be stepping his game up to next level right in
Game 3: Cleveland Cavaliers 97 Atlanta Hawks 82Analysis: Well, the Hawks tried to make this a game, but in the end there was just too much Lebron for them to handle. They pretty much lost this game because they got absolutely creamed on the boards 46 to 23 and they only went to the free throw line 11 times compares to 29 for the Cavs. I'm really disappointe
Former Pistons head coach Chuck Daly recently passed away and this is the tribute video TNT put together for him.He is famous for coaching the Detroit Pistons for nine years, winning consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, and for coaching the gold medal-winning basketball Dream Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. During his 14-year NBA career, Daly a
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Rajon Rondo caught this nasty looking dunk against the Magic for the Dunk of The Week. Brought to you by You Got Dunked On.More: Dunk of The Week
Game 3: Los Angeles Lakers 108 Houston Rockets 94Analysis: The Rockets lost some key battles in this game, which probably prevented them from winning. The first is that they turned the ball over 17 times compared to just 6 for the Lakers. However, since they outrebounded the Lakers 56 to 43, including 19 to 10 on the offensive boards, they were still able t
Game 3: Orlando Magic 117 Boston Celtics 96Analysis: The Celtics have to be feeling not too good after this game. Orlando shot the lights out hitting 9 of 18 threes and shooting a ridiculous 59.1% from the floor. They also knocked down 30 of their 36 free throw attempts and outrebounded the Celtics 36 to 29. The Celtics will have to play better defense in Ga
Game 2: Cleveland Cavaliers 105 Atlanta Hawks 85Analysis: Okay, so the Hawks didn't have much of a chance to win this game without both Al Horford and Marvin Williams, who are two of their better defensive players. It definitely showed too, because the defense in this game from the Hawks was just damn awful and pathetic. Now they will be without Joe Johnson
Check out this nicely done commercial of Larry Bird's famous steal vs the Detroit Pistons and just for the hell of it you know I had to add the actual video with the play by play below. Hell, I might as well just make this the latest installment of Famous Finishes while I'm at it.As the Celtics line up defensively, the reliable Thomas looks to pass to one of
Ron Artest had some words for Kobe Bryant after Kobe elbowed him in the throat in Game 2 of their playoff series. Artest then got ejected and talked about the altercation after the game with a crazy postgame interview in the locker room.
Make no mistake about it...this was a message sent to the Rockets by Derek Fisher that the Lakers are not soft and will not be bullied in this series. We'll find out for sure just how tough they are as the series goes on.
This is what Rafer Alston does when Eddie House is bustin' his ass.
Game 2: Los Angeles Lakers 111 Houston Rockets 98Analysis: This was a pretty damn intense playoff game that you got to love watching if you are a fan. The intensity last night was great and it should continue throughout this series. In the first half, I was starting to wonder if the Lakers were going to go down 0-2, but then Kobe took over and made that a mo
Game 2: Boston Celtics 112 Orlando Magic 94Analysis: You had to know the Celtics were going to bring their A-game after their Game 1 loss to the Magic. The Celtics were able to outrebound the Magic for the second game in a row despite the presence of Dwight Howard and the absence of KG. Having a guard who can rebound like Rajon Rondo certainly helps the Cel
Game 2: Denver Nuggets 117 Dallas Mavericks 105Analysis: Seems like the Nuggets just have too much firepower for the Mavs and I don't see how the Mavs can win this series. Losing Josh Howard definitely hurt the Mavs in this one since there's no way they can match the scoring of the Nuggets without him. The role players for the Mavs haven't been as effective
Game 1: Cleveland Cavaliers 99 Atlanta Hawks 72Analysis: A couple of things jump out to me from this game. The first is that Mo Williams and Delonte West combined for 34 points on 12 of 23 shooting. Anytime those two score that many points the Cavs are tough to beat especially at home. However, nobody on the Cavs played really well except for Lebron, West,
(1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs (4) Atlanta HawksOffense Eff.: Cleveland (4) 109.7, Atlanta (10) 106.6Defense Eff.: Cleveland (3) 99.4, Atlanta (11) 104.6Pace: Cleveland (25) 91.2, Atlanta (24) 92.0Analysis: Cleveland is just a better team than Atlanta, so I think it's safe to say that this series will be won by the Cavs. Atlanta does have Josh Smith to matchup w
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Game 1: Houston Rockets 100 Los Angeles Lakers 92Analysis: From the looks of the boxscore, you might wonder how the Rockets won this game, but it looks like they won it at the line. They went to the line 10 more times than the Lakers and knocked down 13 more free throws. Other than that, the Lakers outrebounded the Rockets 39-35, including 12-6 on the offens
Game 1: Orlando Magic 95 Boston Celtics 90Analysis: Not surprised in the least bit that the Celtics lost this game. I figured coming off of their tough series that the Celtics would struggle in this one. I never thought they would be down 28 points though. At that point, the Magic got complacent and let the Celtics come back, but in the end it was too late.
Here are the Top 10 Plays from Lebron James' MVP season.
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D-Wade and the Miami Heat are Gone Fishin' with Crocket and Tubbs from Miami Vice, Scarface, and is that Chad Pennington all the way on the left??More: Gone Fishin'
(2) Boston Celtics vs (3) Orlando MagicOffense Eff.: Boston (6) 108.1, Orlando (8) 107.2Defense Eff.: Boston (2) 99.4, Orlando (1) 98.9Pace: Boston (18) 92.7, Orlando (12) 94.6Analysis: This series is probably the best series of any of the 4 second round matchups. The Lakers and Cavs should cruise into the conference finals and I think Denver will handle the
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(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs (5) Houston RocketsOffense Eff.: Los Angeles (3) 109.8, Houston (16) 105.4Defense Eff.: Los Angeles (5) 101.9, Houston (4) 101.4Pace: Los Angeles (6) 96.9, Houston (19) 92.7Analysis: I'll be honest, I don't think the Rockets are all that good, because they don't have a playmaking scoring guard on offense and Yao Ming still isn't dom
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Game 1: Denver Nuggets 109 Dallas Mavericks 95Analysis: I'm actually surprised it took Denver so long to pull away from the Mavs in this game. I didn't think the Mavs would have a chance to beat Denver at home but they stuck around for most of the game. Denver really turned it up late though and made this one a blowout. If Denver plays this way all series th
Game 7: Atlanta Hawks 91 Miami Heat 78Analysis: This was the most boring 7 game series ever because all 7 games were decided by 10 points or more. The Heat only had Jermaine O'Neal for 1 minute of this game, so it's no surprise they lost. Dwyane Wade had a decent game, but he wasn't spectacular enough to lead the Heat to victory. Joe Johnson had a big game
(2) Denver Nuggets vs (6) Dallas MavericksOffense Eff.: Denver (7) 107.5, Dallas (5) 108.1Defense Eff.: Denver (8) 103.5, Dallas (17) 105.3Pace: Denver (5) 97.0, Dallas (16) 93.9Analysis: As you know, I love the way the Nuggets have played in these playoffs so far. The offense you knew was going to be good, but the defense has been excellent as well and thei
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Game 7: Boston Celtics 109 Chicago Bulls 99Analysis: So this amazing series finally came to and end with the Boston Celtics winning in Game 7. Did you really think the Bulls would win in Boston in Game 7? I sure didn't, but the Bulls made this one great series that's for damn sure. In the end, the Celtics just had a little more left in the tank than the Bu
Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose, and The Chicago Bulls are Gone Fishin' with new Bears QB Jay Cutler, Bill Murray, and former-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Joakim Noah, Kurt Hinrich, & the Chicago Bulls are Gone Fishin' with "the coach", Mike Ditka and President Obama. Charles is Gone Fishin' with MJ and Oprah. More: Gone Fishin'
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With apologies to Joakim Noah, Marcin Gortat, & Tyrus Thomas; this dunk by Josh Smith was just too filthy to pass up for Dunk of The Week honors. This is back-to-back Dunk of The Week honors for Josh Smith. Brought to you by You Got Dunked On. More: Dunk of The Week
Game 6: Miami Heat 98 Atlanta Hawks 72Analysis: Too much Dwyane Wade, not enough Atlanta Hawks offense. Atlanta shot only 37% in this game and got outrebounded 47 to 36. Not really surprising to see them lose on the road again, especially without Al Horford, since they are such a poor road team. The danger in going 7 games for the Hawks is that Dwyane Wade
Here's the Top 10 Plays from the Bulls-Celtics series through Game 6. I think they might have to update this Top 10 after what happens in tonight's Game 7.More: NBA & NBA Playoffs
Game 5: Los Angeles Lakers 107 Utah Jazz 96Analysis: The Lakers outrebounded the Jazz again in this game, 50-43. Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams also did not play well. The combination of those two things means the Jazz are now Gone Fishin'. The Lakers would have swept this series if not for Kobe's poor 5 of 24 performance in Game 3. I don't see the Rocket
Game 4: Denver Nuggets 121 New Orleans Hornets 63Analysis: Wow, can you say beatdown? The Nuggets tied an NBA Playoff record by beating the Hornets by a whopping 58 points. This is beyond pathetic for the Hornets, who after getting whopped by 58 points will probably get destroyed in Denver for Game 5. This might be a loss that causes Byron Scott to lose hi
Game 4: Atlanta Hawks 81 Miami Heat 71Analysis: The Atlanta Hawks won this game for two reasons: defense and rebounding. They held the Heat to 37.&% shooting from the floor and outrebounded them 40 to 33. The Hawks are still struggling on offense, so they had to step their defense up in order to tie up this series and that's exactly what they did. Once
Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer are Gone Fishin' with former Bears and BYU QB Jim McMahon.More: Gone Fishin'
Game 4: Houston Rockets 89 Portland Trailblazers 88Analysis: The difference in this series has been the experience of the Houston Rockets. The Trailblazers had every chance to win this game and should have won it, but they didn't make the plays down the stretch because they were careless and sloppy with the ball. They blew at least 5 possessions in the 4th
Game 4: Orlando Magic 84 Philadelphia 76ers 81Analysis: Orlando was able to win this game because the 76ers finally had a bad shooting night. Philadelphia pretty much outplayed the Magic in every area, but just couldn't get enough shots to fall in the end. With the series tied 2-2, it's still anyone's series to win. The 76ers could easily win the next two g
Hedo Turkoglu finally found his shooting stroke and nailed the game winning three versus the 76ers to even their series at 2 games a piece.More: NBA & NBA Playoffs
Check out the latest commercial from VitaminWater, who asks Kobe or Lebron?More: Commercials
Game 4: Chicago Bulls 121 Boston Celtics 118 (2 OT)Analysis: This was another classic playoff game and you have to give the Bulls a ton of credit for winning this game. There was multiple points of this game that it seemed like the Bulls were going to lose, but they never gave in and came out victorious. I think Boston's thin bench really hurt them defensiv
Game 4: Cleveland Cavaliers 99 Detroit Pistons 78Analysis: Thank god the Cavs ended this miserable excuse for a playoff series in 4 games. I'm not sure this series is going to help the Cavs in the second round, since they were never really challenged at any point. I could see a scenario where the Cavs lose the first game in their second round playoff series
Game 4: Los Angeles Lakers 108 Utah Jazz 94Analysis: You knew Kobe was going to come back with a strong game after his 5 of 24 performance from Game 3 and that's exactly what he did. I mentioned that the Lakers have to feel good about themselves after Kobe shot 5 of 24 from the field and they still only lost Game 3 by 2 points. Well, Kobe was back to Black M
Game 3: Miami Heat 107 Atlanta Hawks 78Analysis: Everyone on the Heat played well in this game and pretty much nobody on the Hawks played any good. The Hawks are in a situation where they must steal Game 4 in Miami to win this series. Joe Johnson is going to have to step his game up and the Hawks are going to have to turn up the intensity of the defensive en
Game 4: Dallas Mavericks 99 San Antonio Spurs 90Analysis: The Spurs are on life support right now being down 3-1 to the Mavs. Tim Duncan and Tony Parker have no help on the offensive end and it looks like the Spurs are really missing Manu Ginobili right now. Before this season began, I said that the Spurs needed to add a scoring wing player off the bench to
Game 3: New Orleans Hornets 95 Denver Nuggets 93Analysis: At the beginning of this game, the Hornets came out with no energy and looked like a team that was ready to go down 0-3 to the Nuggets. I thought for sure the Nuggets were going to blow them out again, but the James Posey came in off the bench to finish the first quarter with 10 points, which really
This dunk by Josh Smith was the definition of a rim rocker. I think it popped Mario Chalmers' ear drums. Brought to you by You Got Dunked On. More: Dunk of The Week
Thaddeus Young came up with the clutch lay-in off the glass on Dwight Howard to give the 76ers a 2-1 series lead against the Magic.More: NBA & NBA Playoffs
Game 3: Houston Rockets 86 Portland Trailblazer 83Analysis: I honestly have no idea how the Rockets won this game. Yao, Artest, and Brooks all sucked combining for just 27 points, but the Rockets still managed to win. I think Portland blew a great opportunity to go up 2-1 in this series. Roy and Aldridge has subpar games, combining to shoot 12 of 33 from the
Philadelphia 76ers 96 Orlando Magic 94Analysis: It's now official...the Magic are in big, big trouble in this series. If they go down 3-1 to the 76ers then I think the series is over. They have to win Game 4, so it's pretty much on Dwight Howard to go out there and take over the game. There's nobody else on the Magic right now who can do it. If he plays poo
Game 3: Cleveland Cavaliers 79 Detroit Pistons 68Analysis: Boy, am I glad I didn't watch this ugly ass game. I mean come on this was a throwback to the late 90's and and the beginning of this decade with the disgusting 79 to 68 score. Please let the Cavs sweep this series, so I don't have to blog about it anymore. I have nothing more to say except....snoozer
Check out Deron Williams' game winning shot in Game 3 versus the Lakers from last night.More: NBA & NBA Playoffs
Game 3: Utah Jazz 88 Los Angeles Lakers 86Analysis: Okay, so Kobe Bryant shot 5 of 24 from the field and the Utah Jazz still only won by 2 points. Yup, I wouldn't be all that worried if I was the Lakers right now. Utah usually plays better at home and yeah their defense might have improved on Kobe, but he's not going to shoot 5 of 24 every game and if I'm th
Game 3: Dallas Mavericks 88 San Antonio Spurs 67Analysis: This has to be the most surprising game of the night. Not because the Mavs won, but because the Spurs played so horribly. They shot just 32.1% from the floor and hit just 2 of 17 three point attempts. I'm not sure what happened with the Spurs last night, but they came out completely flat and proceede
Game 3: Boston Celtics 107 Chicago Bulls 86Analysis: I hope the Celtics make all these analysts and sports reporters look stupid by destroying the Bulls the next two games. Derrick Rose and Ben Gordon have one monster game each and all of a sudden everyone says the Celtics are in trouble. Well, in case you didn't notice, Derrick Rose is still a rookie and h
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