Eastern Conference Finals

Now that John Wall has officially been named to his fourth NBA All-Star Game, what’s he plan to do next? Lead the Washington Wizards to the Eastern Conference Finals, obviously. As the point guard said on TNT’s Thursday night telecast, per Locked on Wizards’ Ben Standig: [tweet https://twitter.com/BenStandig/status/824776273046142977] So, like, this isn’t an unreasonable goal. Yes, the [...]

LeBron James is ready for the Eastern Conference Finals to start. Especially if it pits his Cleveland Cavaliers against the Miami Heat. From Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com: “Naturally, of course,” James said after Cavs shootaround Wednesday morning, when asked about the chance to play the Heat. “That’s since I’ve came back. It’d be great to [...]

Signature basketball sneakers are usually the most popular, so it isn’t uncommon to see a player wearing kicks made with one of their NBA co-workers name on them. But what happens when your team is playing the team and you’re wearing the shoe of your opponent? This is the dilemma that DeMarre Carroll of the [...]

Last night, the officials stole the show in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Questionable calls went both ways so you can throw the conspiracy theory notion out the window. However, it doesn’t excuse sloppy officiating. This should be a time to praise good play, rather than focus of referees and the NBA is [...]

July 26, 2012 – Rob De France After the Boston Celtics lost in game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the eventual champion Miami Heat, the Celtics also lost Ray Allen, as a free agent, to the Heat. Since then, the Celtics have retooled to make up for the loss of Allen to, once [...]

June 8, 2012 – Griffin Gotta What LeBron James showed us in last night’s chilling one-man wrecking show is that the Miami Heat, for all their warts overall, could still represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals because they still possess what the Boston Celtics do not: The possibility of uncontrollable transcendent spectacles like [...]

May 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We knew that everyone was looking forward to Sunday’s Game 1 Eastern Conference Finals matchup between Miami and Chicago, but who knew it would break a record? TNT,  the cable network that is carrying this Miami Heat-Chicago Bulls best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, announced Monday that Sunday’s Game 1 [...]

May 26th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Lately when I watch NBA playoff games I can’t help but think that no matter what the 2008 season is destined to finish with a throwback to one of the greatest and most consistent rivalries in the history of the NBA. The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. [...]