NBA Finals

May 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Well it’s finally here. The NBA’s biggest stage that we’ve been waiting for with anticipation all season long, the NBA Finals. Once again this year the Finals has a star studded cast of players. The storylines are plenty with the veteran and balanced Mavs, taking on the front [...]

May 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Dallas Mavericks typically fly under the radar in the regular season and they certainly surprised many in the playoffs. Mainly because they lost a key offensive threat, Caron Butler earlier in the year. As of right now, Dallas isn’t sure if Butler will be ready for the [...]

May 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Two nights ago, Dallas punched their ticket to the Finals and last night, Miami did the same thing. This 2006 Finals rematch certainly isn’t lacking star power. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh had a plan when they decided to team up in Miami and chase a [...]

May 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last night, the Dallas Mavericks punched their second ticket to the NBA Finals in the last five years after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 100 – 96 in Game 5. They will await the winner of Chicago vs. Miami, but it looks like we’ll have a rematch of [...]

April 8, 2011 – R.S. De France While their Lakers’ era ended in turmoil, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal were fatefully paired up again in the 2009 All-star Game in Phoenix, Arizona, where they shared MVP honors for the Western Conference. Now, with the Lakers and Celtics on a possible Finals-collision course, the NBA and [...]

November 24, 2010 – Joshua Sexton This week, we will be looking back at the 2000-01 NBA season. Besides the Lakers having one of the best teams in NBA history and Allen Iverson dominating the league, what else was going on that season? Defending Champions: Los Angeles Lakers Draft Top 5 Draft Picks: 5. Mike [...]

August 31, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Artest seemingly took issue with Celtics coach Doc Rivers‘ contention that the Celtics have never had the opportunity to defend the 2007-08 title with the same core group at full health, noting that the Lakers have been without Andrew Bynum in their title runs. “Boston lost to lakers [...]

August 26, 2010 – R.S. De France In a recent interview with John Thompson on ESPN 360, Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers made himself sound ridiculous speaking of the 2010 NBA Finals, and even made me think about a new way to characterize the Boston Celtics’ 2008 Championship. “They [the Los Angeles Lakers] still have [...]

June 14, 2010 – Ned Murphy The old cliché, “It’s not over until it’s over” should be the one thing we have learned from watching this series so far. There seems to be a lot of hype that Boston is now favored to win their record 18th NBA championship. After game five Jimmy Golen of [...]

November 22, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap Everyone survive the great night of NBA Action last night? There were some surprises with the Nets win over the Raptors, and some usual suspects like the Spurs getting back into the mix with a win over the strong Utah Jazz squad. And what do you know…..the Lakers won [...]