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Boogie Nights: Cousins Has New Career High In Win Over Pacers

Boogie Nights: Cousins Has New Career High In Win Over Pacers

Don’t look now, the Kings are actually playing somewhat good basketball. They are currently eight seed in the western conference with a record of 20-23 and the winners of five straight games. Their enigmatic and ornery leaders DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo are playing well and they look to be a legit threat to make [...]

January 25, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Today Is The 10-Year Anniversary of Kobe’s 81-Point Game

Today Is The 10-Year Anniversary of Kobe’s 81-Point Game

On January 22, 2006 the Black Mamba put on a performance NBA fans will never forget He became the second player in NBA history to score 80 points in a game. Kobe scored 81 points in 42 minutes in a 122-104 win over the Toronto Raptors in Los Angeles. He shot 28-for-46 from the field, [...]

January 22, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Hibbert, Young & Hickson Are On The Block

Hibbert, Young & Hickson Are On The Block

According to recent reports from Steve Kyler of Yahoo Sports and Marc Stein of ESPN, the Lakers and Nuggets are actively trying to shop Roy Hibbert and J.J. Hickson. Roy Hibbert waived some of his trade kicker to land in LA… I was told Lakers trying to find him a playoff team. https://t.co/f0ulO2TqJB — Steve [...]

January 21, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Andre Drummond Sets Record For Most Free Throws Missed In An NBA Game

Andre Drummond Sets Record For Most Free Throws Missed In An NBA Game

The Rockets-Pistons battle last night was not only highly entertaining and featured some classic performances but was also very bizarre. The Rockets trailed the Pistons by nine at halftime and employed the highly controversial “Hack-A-(insert player name)” strategy to new levels when fouling Drummond during the third quarter. They started seldom used second-year small forward [...]

January 21, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Carmelo Passes Bird On All-Time Scoring List

Carmelo Passes Bird On All-Time Scoring List

Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks have been playing great of late and seem to have found their mojo. Melo had another great game at Madison Square Garden last night with 30 points, nine assists and seven rebounds on 13-for-20 shooting and 4-for-4 shooting from the free throw line. It was the Knicks second straight overtime [...]

January 21, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

James Harden Did Something The NBA Hasn’t Seen In A Long Time Wednesday Night

James Harden Did Something The NBA Hasn’t Seen In A Long Time Wednesday Night

“The Beard” has been known to fill up a stat sheet with his elite scoring ability and rebounding ability for a player at his position. He sets up teammates with his penetration and vision (when he wants to pass) and put on a historic performance in the Rockets 123-114 overtime loss to the Pistons last [...]

January 21, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

LeBron Has Worst Plus-Minus Game of his Career Monday night

LeBron Has Worst Plus-Minus Game of his Career Monday night

The NBA world was very excited for a highly-anticipated finals rematch between the Warriors and the Cavs in Cleveland on Monday. The surprisingly struggling Warriors came in as losers of two of their previous three games and were three point underdogs in Cleveland. Boy were the oddsmakers and fans at Quicken Loans Arena wrong as [...]

January 19, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Fans Got to Enjoy A Lot of Free Basketball on MLK Day

Fans Got to Enjoy A Lot of Free Basketball on MLK Day

Yesterday’s NBA slate of games was jam packed with heart pumping action (except in Cleveland) as an incredible four of yesterdays 10 games went to overtime. Earlier in the day the Knicks needed double OT to dispatch of the suddenly pesky Philadelphia 76ers 119-113. Robert Covington declares the bank open to send it to 2OT. [...]

January 19, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Three Players with Triple-Double in One Night of NBA Action

Three Players with Triple-Double in One Night of NBA Action

Three players registered a triple-double during Friday’s action: Russell Westbrook, Hassan Whiteside and Marcus Smart. This was only the second time this had happened in the NBA in the past 13 years, the only other time was on April 1, 2015. Here is the statline for each player and some additional info: Russell Westbrook: Westbrook [...]

January 18, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Barkley Proclaims Kawhi Leonard is Best Player in the World: Does he Have a Case?

Barkley Proclaims Kawhi Leonard is Best Player in the World: Does he Have a Case?

Our good old friend Chuck is never shy to share his opinion or make a bold statement that will raise some eyebrows, and in true Barkley fashion, Chuck kept on Chuckin’ during the “Inside the NBA” pregame show before the Cavaliers-Spurs showdown in San Antonio. While discussing the matchup Barkley said he would take Kawhi [...]

January 18, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0