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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

Cheers Mate! The Raptors and Magic to Play in London Thursday

Cheers Mate! The Raptors and Magic to Play in London Thursday

The NBA is going across the pond this afternoon as the 24-15 Toronto Raptors will take on the 20-18 Orlando Magic in London today at 3 p.m. Eastern time. This will be the sixth NBA regular season to be played in London. The Raptors were involved in the first two back in 2011 when they [...]

January 14, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Nuggets Hand Warriors 3rd Loss of Season Wednesday Night

Nuggets Hand Warriors 3rd Loss of Season Wednesday Night

The Golden State Warriors experienced an unfamiliar feeling Wednesday night in Denver: losing. The Dubs suffered only their 3rd loss in the 2015-16 season with a 112-110 loss to the Nuggets in Denver. Now the Warriors are a measly 36-3 on the season, what a joke (sarcasm). It is clear the Warriors aren’t quite the [...]

January 14, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Kobe Becomes Third Player To Score 33k Points Thursday Night

Kobe Becomes Third Player To Score 33k Points Thursday Night

Kobe Bryant has been embarking on his farewell tour for some time now and the first ballot hall of famer’s incredible career is winding down but the Mamba still has a little juice left on certain nights and is still reaching lofty milestones. Kobe played well in a 118-115 loss to the Kings in Sacramento [...]

January 8, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Watch: D-Will Turns Back The Clock With Game Winner vs. Kings

Watch: D-Will Turns Back The Clock With Game Winner vs. Kings

Deron Williams had 25 points, four assists and two rebounds in the Mavericks thrilling 117-116 win over the Kings in Dallas Tuesday night. His last three points were special though as D-Will looked like the Deron Williams of old by knocking down a smooth three pointer on the move at the buzzer to pull out [...]

January 6, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

George Karl Moves To 5th On All-Time Coaching List

George Karl Moves To 5th On All-Time Coaching List

With the Sacramento Kings 116-114 win over the Thunder in Oklahoma City Monday night, George Karl acquired his 1,156th career coaching victory. This put him ahead of the Zen Master himself, Phil Jackson, for 5th on the all-time list. Here is the updated list of the ten coaches with the most regular season victories in [...]

January 6, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0