Playoffs

May 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There’s so much talk about LeBron and Wade, that we sometimes forget about Bosh. Maybe he’s not as big a name as the aforementioned, but he certainly plays a critical role in Miami’s success. Yesterday, Bosh went down with an abdominal strain and may be out a while. [...]

May 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Playoff basketball is all about mind games. No one was better at that than Phil Jackson. Apparently, Pacers coach Frank Vogel has taken a page out of the Zen Master’s book as his squad is about to go up against the Heat in the 2nd round. Indiana Pacers [...]

This week, Kevin Burke takes a trip around the NBA playoffs... [...]

May 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors With the end of the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs in sight, the OKC Thunder are at home waiting for their next opponent. The Thunder not only had the large task of playing the defending champions in the opening round, but they won the series in [...]

May 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors No one questions Kobe Bryant’s will and drive to win come playoff time. The man simply takes it to another level defensively in the post-season. Prime example was last night in LA for Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers up almost 10 points, Kobe still goes [...]

May 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors No Ray Allen. No Rajon Rondo. ‘No Problem’ says Paul Pierce. The Truth led the C’s to a brilliant fourth quarter run and scored 36 points in the game to snatch a win on the road in Atlanta, tying the series at one game a piece. But the [...]

April 30, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors How ironic is it that two guys tear their ACL in their left knee on the same day? That was the case with Derrick Rose and Iman Shumpert on Saturday, the first day of the playoffs. Both guys are done for the year, they both happened without contact, [...]

April 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Jeremy Lin went down several weeks with a bum knee, and underwent surgery. He was projected to possibly be back for the first round if the Knicks made the playoffs. Well, the Knicks made the playoffs, but Lin is unlikely to see the first round. People familiar with [...]

April 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Who knew that watching the Estonian league playoffs, you could witness one of the most amazing basketball shots ever caught on video. This shot by Armands Škele as he’s diving out of bounds around half-court would make even “Dude Perfect” proud… [...]

April 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This almost seems like karma for the way in which he conducted himself while he was a free agent. We’re not happy Dwight is hurt, but it just seems ironic. It will be very interesting to see if he is in fact traded this summer. “Dwight has been [...]