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Sports Illustrated June 6, 2000 Marty Burns and John Donovan |
Who will win the 2000 NBA Finals? Lakers or Pacers?  |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2000 |
Marty Burns' Breakdown: Pacers-Nicks  |
Sports Illustrated June 4, 2002 Marty Burns |
NBA Finals Breakdown The author examines the Nets-Lakers series position-by-position and gives his prediction on which team will win the NBA championship.  |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Marty Burns NBA playoffs down to final four  |
Sports Illustrated April 6, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Staying put -- for now Kobe Bryant won't be dealt for a long time, if at all...  |
Sports Illustrated January 9, 2001 Ian Thomsen |
Changes At the Top The rebuilt Pacers have yet to hit their stride...  |
Sports Illustrated May 1, 2000 Jack McCallum |
Getting rooted in the NBA playoffs Who to root for?  |
Sports Illustrated May 9, 2000 Jackie MacMullan |
Inside the NBA Two super games from Reggie Miller helped cure what ailed Indiana  |
Sports Illustrated October 7, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Setting the Pace Indiana hopes its rebuilding phase is over. While other franchises trying to rebuild have had to live amid rubble for years, the Pacers' renovation has been fairly painless.  |
Sports Illustrated October 3, 2000 Marty Burns |
Chat Reel: Marty Burns A sneak peek at the 2000-01 NBA season...  |
Sports Illustrated April 6, 2000 Phil Taylor |
Amid NBA turmoil, Lakers remain calm Basketball Q&A: Shaq dominated Patrick Ewing... Vince Carter... No. 1 pick in the draft... Indiana Pacers... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated December 24, 2002 Jack McCallum |
Inside the NBA Swarming D's, among other things, have put the Lakers' season in peril  |
Salon.com June 12, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
Hoosier hot air? The Pacers get tough to win Game 3, but how will they do when Kobe comes back?  |
Sports Illustrated December 19, 2000 Ian Thomsen |
Letting Fly Kobe Bryant is testing his limits -- and Shaq's...  |
Sports Illustrated June 1, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Get out the broom Doesn't matter if it's 76ers or Bucks, Lakers will cruise...  |
Sports Illustrated June 11, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Everybody loves an underdog Philadelphia may not win the title, but it has already done something fairly amazing. It has stolen the spotlight from the glamorous Lakers...  |
Sports Illustrated August 16, 2000 Marty Burns |
Chat Reel: SI's Marty Burns Knicks and Heat having very different offseasons. CNNSI.com's Marty Burns joined users on Wednesday, Aug. 16, to discuss NBA offseason happenings. A transcript of the chat follows.  |
Sports Illustrated June 7, 2002 Jack McCallum |
Undervalued contributors The supporting cast is vital to the Lakers' success  |
Sports Illustrated April 13, 2001 Phil Taylor |
L.A. stories still just rumors The rumors about Kobe Bryant being traded -- to Toronto, to Vancouver, to Orlando, to just about every team in the league -- are multiplying, but despite all the speculation, I don't think Kobe's going anywhere, at least not this summer...  |
Sports Illustrated May 18, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Look past the stars Role players will be a key factor in Spurs-Lakers series...  |
Sports Illustrated November 14, 2000 Ian Thomsen |
Inside the NBA New Knick Glen Rice is still steamed about how he was treated by the Lakers last season...  |
Sports Illustrated January 12, 2001 |
Who's 'The Man' in L.A.? The clear and obvious choice is Shaquille O'Neal  |
Sports Illustrated October 31, 2000 Marty Burns |
Chat Reel: SI's Marty Burns After plenty of offseason movement, season finally begins...  |
Sports Central January 27, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
Chasing the Elusive Ring Ever since Larry Brown came to town about a decade ago, the Indiana Pacers have played some of the most consistent basketball in the NBA; they made the Eastern Conference Finals in 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Unfortunately, they lost the first four, three of them in seven games.  |
Sports Illustrated June 7, 2000 |
Larry Legend After distinguishing himself as one of the league's alltime great players, Larry Bird returns to the NBA Finals on June 7 as head coach of the Indiana Pacers....  |
Sports Illustrated March 23, 2001 Phil Taylor |
New blood Derek Anderson, Donyell Marshall spark their new teams...  |
Sports Illustrated August 2, 2000 Marty Burns |
Chat Reel: SI's Marty Burns Moves could help Spurs challenge Lakers  |
Sports Central July 27, 2004 Eric Williams |
An Open Letter to Kobe Bryant "I guess congratulations are in order. You won. You got what you've wanted all along. You got your max contract and Shaq got shown the door. You are now the unquestioned leader of this new-look Laker team."  |
Sports Illustrated December 14, 2001 Jack McCallum |
If anyone's like Mike, it's Kobe Kobe is, in my opinion, the player who has a chance to get close to Jordan. (Notice I said close.) Bryant made incredible strides this year, both physically and mentally. He has a will to win, the ability to get off his shot whenever he wants to and he's a soon-to-be-great defender...  |
Sports Illustrated May 1, 2000 Phil Taylor |
Chat Reel: SI's Phil Taylor Butch Carter... Knicks in this year's playoffs?... stop Jalen Rose?... Are the Lakers beginning to fade... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated March 2, 2000 Phil Taylor |
Getting to the point NBA mailbag  |
Sports Illustrated March 7, 2000 Jackie MacMullan |
Inside the NBA Shaquille O'Neal's nocturnal practice sessions have elevated his game  |
Salon.com January 31, 2001 Allen Barra |
Shaq vs. Kobe: Who's right? Michael Jordan, of course. He gracefully handled a situation similar to the one that's scuttling the Lakers...  |
Sports Illustrated December 26, 2000 Marty Burns |
Courting controversy News from the NBA: Kobe went afoul while C-Webb felt the love  |
Sports Illustrated October 22, 2002 Jack McCallum |
Five questions to tip off the season Well, here we go again. The obvious question heading into the 2002-03 season is, of course, whether the Los Angeles Lakers will four-peat, a feat that hasn't been achieved since the Boston Celtics won eight championships in a row between 1958 and 1966. But there are many other questions.  |
Sports Central November 28, 2005 Andre Watson |
Random Thoughts on the NBA Season The league is completing just its first full month of action for the 2005-06 season and already there are several serious questions to be asked.  |
Sports Illustrated May 3, 2000 |
Jackson chases history with Lakers ...In Los Angeles, Phil Jackson will be trying to become only the second NBA coach ever to win a title with a second franchise...  |
Sports Illustrated February 22, 2002 Jack McCallum |
Trade show Did the Bulls get a bum steer or a Rose of a deal?  |
Sports Central March 23, 2004 Derek Daggett |
The East Will Rise Again Playoff time is rapidly approaching, and as usual, most people are looking ahead to the NBA Finals  |
Sports Illustrated June 15, 2001 Phil Taylor |
What's in a name? Users recommend alternative titles for the NBA Finals...  |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2000 Jack McCallum |
Getting a fix on the conspiracy debate If my father-in-law were alive, this would've been a fun time for him because he could have advanced his NBA conspiracy theory...  |
Sports Central June 4, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals: Easy as ABC There is so much that goes into winning an NBA title. It isn't as simple as just X's and O's. In fact, X and O are just two of the 26 letters that you must conquer to win a title.  |
Sports Illustrated November 7, 2000 Marty Burns |
Chat Reel: SI's Marty Burns Don't bail on the Blazers just yet...  |
Sports Central May 7, 2004 Eric Williams |
The Glove Has Holes Amid criticism and doubts of Gary Peyton's subpar season, the author still has hope the Lakers will pull through.  |
Sports Central April 15, 2004 Mason Williams |
2004 NBA Playoffs Preview It's time for the NBA playoffs to take center stage.  |
Sports Illustrated November 16, 2001 Jack McCallum |
Motown malaise looks to be history I keep asking myself if the Pistons are going to be a playoff team this year...  |
Sports Illustrated June 9, 2000 Phil Taylor |
Chat Reel: Phil Taylor Just how good are the Lakers?  |
Sports Central June 5, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 1: The Kobe Show Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was a callback to the old "The Kobe Show" days in all the right ways.  |
Sports Illustrated October 20, 2000 Marty Burns |
Kobe's busy summer Does Kobe Bryant really expect anyone to believe his claim, made recently in the Los Angeles Times, that he made 2,000 jump shots a day -- every day -- during the offseason?  |
Sports Central April 3, 2006 Vince Grzegorek |
The Measure of Success For a Zen-Master Barring a tremendous winning streak, the Los Angeles Lakers will accumulate more losses than the 1995 Chicago Bulls -- and the most losses ever by a Phil Jackson-coached team.  |