Griffin Gotta

April 26, 2012 – Griffin Gotta A little over four months worth of NBA basketball is in the books. Tonight, the last night of the regular season, pairings and home-court advantage will be etched in stone for the postseason, which promptly begins Saturday following a day for the qualifying teams to get their minds right. [...]

April 25, 2012 – Griffin Gotta You may remember NMA, the Taiwanese animation studio that, uh, adds its own unique angles and storytelling skills to the coverage of the current news cycle from such items as the Tiger Woods scandal or NBA lockout. [...]

April 24, 2012 – Griffin Gotta The Charlotte Bobcats haven’t won a basketball game since St. Patrick’s Day (a home win over the Toronto Raptors, thank you very much). Their closest loss, or nearest win if you’re a glass-half-full person, was by three points in overtime; there were also a couple of five-point defeats mixed [...]

April 20, 2012 – Griffin Gotta This time next week will officially be NBA Playoffs Eve; with six days left to decide who plays whom and who will qualify in the lower half of each respective conference’s standings, this is essentially a final reminder to breathe deeply and try to get any pressing matters taken [...]

April 18, 2012 – Griffin Gotta The San Antonio Spurs oftentimes seem to be thought of only for how much the collective NBA audience does not think of them. Their core remains Tim Duncan in lesser games played and shorter bursts of dominance; Manu Ginobili healthy and off the bench; and Tony Parker, this season’s [...]

April 17, 2012 – Griffin Gotta In the grand scheme of things, you could say fretting so much over who will sneak into the Western Conference playoffs as the eighth and final seed is misspent energy. [...]

April 16, 2012 – Griffin Gotta With news last week that New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson is buying the Hornets, the city can rest assured that their pro basketball franchise [...]

April 13, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Before we get to the weekend, a quick word on the Miami Heat and the “statement game.” Clearly, last night’s inability to overpower the Chicago Bulls’ bench unit is not going to look good on the resume, seeing as how they may need to defeat these Bulls — with [...]

April 12, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Both the Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks have eight games left of their regular season. Thanks to last night’s 111-107 head-to-head win the Knicks rallied to split the season series with Milwaukee and, more importantly, are now a full two games clear of the ninth spot in the [...]

April 10, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Last night the Los Angeles Lakers were holding on to a two-point lead over the New Orleans Hornets, who had given them a fight all night. With only 1.2 seconds left, though, and the ball ready to be inbounded on their end, the Lakers had this one pretty much [...]