NBA Playoffs

May 1, 2012 – Dan Favale The New York Knicks second straight loss to the Miami Heat wasn’t pretty. Just ask Amar’e Stoudemire. After the Knicks lost consecutive games for the first time under Mike Woodson, Stoudemire took out his aggression on the casing of a fire extinguisher at American Airlines Arena. From Ian Begley [...]

April 30, 2012 – Dan Favale Rajon Rondo was ejected late in Game 1 of the Boston Celtics’ first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks Sunday night, and a crippling suspension could follow. [...]

April 20, 2012 – Dan Favale Hard fouls are hazard of playoff-caliber basketball. That’s what LeBron James eluded to after Russell Westbrook hammered him two weeks ago. After Robin Lopez’s Flagrant 2 on Blake Griffin Thursday night, though, it’s clear [...]

April 18, 2012 – Dan Favale The Orlando Magic are living a nightmare, yet there is an obscure, hard-to-acknowledge silver lining amidst their generous portion of turmoil. After what seemed like a futile effort to convince Dwight Howard to stay went [...]

April 17, 2012 – Dan Favale Life without Kobe Bryant is far from easy, and it’s anything but preferable, yet for the Los Angeles Lakers, the experience is a necessity. [...]

April 16, 2012 – Dan Favale The Knicks lost 93-85 at home to the Heat Sunday afternoon, and are now preparing for Amar’e Stoudemire’s return to the rotation later this week. [...]

April 13, 2012 – Dan Favale Tom Thibodeau and Erik Spoelstra. Both coach contending teams with superior talent, but only one has the guts to rock the boat. The Bulls defeated the Heat 96-86 in an overtime thriller, sans the overtime period. The game had playoff implications, in more ways than one, but it was [...]

April 12, 2012 – Dan Favale The NBA lockout sucked, and so have the many ramifications of its existence, but there is a silver lining to be found between the greed, blatant agendas and absence of amicable compromise. In more ways than one, this season has sucked too. The refereeing has been abysmal, the displays [...]

April 3, 2012 – Dan Favale In the NBA, a week can make all the difference, the Clippers are tangible evidence of that. After posting an abysmal 6-10 record coming out of the All-Star break, the Clippers have won six straight, none more impressive than their lopsided victory over the Mavericks in Dallas Monday night. [...]

April 2, 2012 – Dan Favale On Sunday, The Celtics dismantled the Heat, a bona fide championship contender, in a game that had postseason implications and energy. But does it matter? Boston’s victory was lopsided. Rajon Rondo locked down the perimeter while putting up another triple-double, Brandon Bass had a double-double, Paul Pierce chipped in [...]