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Sports Central
June 5, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Finals: A Time For Firsts For the first time since 1971, we have two teams facing off that have never been to the championship series before. So how do you evaluate the x-factor if there is no experience?   |
Sports Central
June 7, 2006
Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Finals: First-Time Charmers Dallas takes it home in six games -- here's why. |
Sports Central
June 12, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Finals: Fait Accompli? Only two teams have ever come back from an 0-2 deficit in the NBA Finals to win the championship. So will the Miami Heat make history -- or go home? |
Sports Central
May 29, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: Forecasting the Final Four Drama, comedy, competition, and eliminations all wrapped up in one program ... the NBA playoffs. |
Sports Central
March 2, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
If You Can't Stand the Heat... How could anyone make the case that the Miami Heat are a legitimate threat to beat any top team? |
Sports Illustrated
December 7, 2001
Jack McCallum |
Lakers will dispose of any and all takers I don't think the Lakers will be beat this season, not by Dallas, not by San Antone, not by Sacramento... |
Sports Central
April 22, 2009
Wailele Sallas |
Kobe vs. LeBron, At Any Cost? Would there be anything better than seeing the two best players in the NBA attacking each other for seven games? |
Sports Central
May 25, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: 40 Games in 40 Nights (Pt. II) The continuation of a list of 40 items about the NBA Playoffs. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2011
Paul Foeller |
From the Decision to the Championship? The two-time defending champion Lakers won't have a chance at a three-peat. |
Sports Illustrated
October 10, 2000
Ian Thomsen |
Inside the NBA Alonzo Mourning stayed home from camp as he awaited diagnosis of a possible kidney ailment... |
Sports Central
June 19, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 6: A Random Review In honor of the Celtics clinching in six games, here are six random thoughts about the NBA finals. |
Sports Central
February 7, 2007
Aaron Miller |
Don't 'Zo (Or Mutombo) Quietly Re: Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo -- Most of the basketball players from their drafts and generation are long gone, and the ones still around are rarely contributors. |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2001
Ian Thomsen |
Pat Pending Retirement is no longer a distant notion to Heat coach Pat Riley... |
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 Central
May 28, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Kobe vs. LeBron: Too Good to Be True How many times in NBA history have two of the top 10 players of all-time met in the NBA Finals with both players in their prime? |
Sports Central
June 15, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Finals: 6:34 of Perfection Just when it looked like it was going to be another Dallas win and an 0-3 deficit for the Heat, Dwyane Wade rallied his team from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit. Not bad for a guy playing on a bum knee. |
Sports Central
June 21, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Go Easy on LeBron LeBron James is not a superhuman gifted with a magical ability to elevate his game if there's a title at stake, and he's not a choker who can't win the big one. |
Sports Central
June 14, 2011
Bob Ekstrom |
A King Gone, But Not Forgotten The Mavericks' reversal of their perennial postseason underachievement was unexpected. |
Sports Illustrated
June 15, 2001
Phil Taylor |
What's in a name? Users recommend alternative titles for the NBA Finals... |
Sports Central
December 2, 2011
Megan Brown |
Are The Heat Too Hot For Miami? I know that Heat are more hungry now than ever and once the NBA lockout ends, they will be back ready to take another run at the title. |
Sports Central
June 8, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: 40 Games in 40 Nights (Pt. III) Things I have seen, thought about, heard through the grapevine, considered, predicted, been insulted by, been nauseated by, scoffed at, and missed about the 2006 NBA playoffs so far. |
Sports Illustrated
December 29, 2000
Phil Taylor |
Early returns It's not too soon to see who's worthy of an All-Star spot... NBA Q&A... |
Sports Central
April 23, 2005
Andre Watson |
Thanks, Kobe: The Curse of the Shaqbino? So who's to blame for the Lakers demise? The answer is simple: Kobe Bryant. Yes, Kobe Bryant. |
Sports Illustrated
February 22, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Trade show Did the Bulls get a bum steer or a Rose of a deal? |
Sports Central
June 1, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: Superman Returns Shaq looks rejuvenated, energetic, playful, and youthful, which may be surprising to some after constant chattering throughout the season about his age and health. |
Sports Central
June 25, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Falling Down Just to Stand Up Over the last 20 years or so in the NBA, there's a fascinating trend that has developed: rarely do the league's biggest stars immediately find championship success on their first trip to the Finals or a grand, high-pressure stage. |
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 Central
May 30, 2011
Bill Hazell |
Don't Get Your Hopes Up, Mavs Fans Going into the 2011 NBA Finals, we should all be clear on two things: who the favorite is, and who the sentimental favorite is. |
Sports Illustrated
May 30, 2000
Greg Kelly |
Scorecard Does a player need a championship to certify his greatness? |
Sports Central
July 8, 2014
Brad Oremland |
If They Were All in Their Primes... Who would be the best NBA team of all-time ... if everyone on the team was in his prime? Here are 12 contenders. |
Sports Central
October 16, 2003
Timothy Hammill |
2003 NBA Season Preview One fan's predictions for the 2003-04 NBA season |
Sports Central
May 16, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Keys to the NBA Conference Finals The 2011 NBA conference finals are underway and this final four gives us youth, age, and plenty of superstar power. |
Sports Central
November 5, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
Is Kobe Going Greek? Eleven players who were on NBA rosters last year went to the international game for no taxes and more money. And just last month there were rumblings that Kobe Bryant was offered $83 million for three years. Tax free! |
Sports Illustrated
March 8, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Charles in charge Just can't get enough of Barkley... |
Sports Central
June 6, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How the Miami Heat Have Redefined Hate They have helped fan hate evolve, elevated it, and have made hate as fashionable as fan passion. |
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 Central
May 1, 2007
Bill Hazell |
There'll Be No NBA Finals Rematch After four games, the Miami Heat have now been swept and the number one contenders are staring at a 3-1 hole. How did this happen? |
Sports Central
June 15, 2011
Ross Lancaster |
A Championship-Defining Turning Point The epic, drawn-out nature of the NBA playoffs usually creates a certain amount of volatility from game-to-game. |
Sports Central
December 28, 2010
Bill Hazell |
Knicks/Heat: A Rivalry Renewed? The two most fascinating teams and stories in the NBA are going head-to-head. |
Sports Central
June 28, 2012
Louie Centanni |
Come On, Ray Ray Allen has spent the golden years of his NBA career proving to everyone that he is a class act. With all of the positive ammunition he's built up at the end of his likely-Hall-of-Fame career, why would he ruin it by joining the Miami Heat? |
Sports Central
June 4, 2014
Ross Lancaster |
NBA Finals Are the Spurs' For the Taking The 2014 NBA Finals will feature the first rematch of the previous year's championship series since the Bulls and Jazz met in 1998. |
Salon.com
October 31, 2000
Allen Barra |
The "transition" game The NBA is suffering, not because it misses Michael Jordan, but because there are too many teenage millionaires who can't shoot... |
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 Central
June 16, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
L.A. Mystery Kobe Bryant has yet to figure out the one thing Michael Jordan deciphered in his first trip to the Finals: when you'll do everything to win, sometimes it means not doing everything. |
Sports Central
August 5, 2004
Damian Greene |
Flip the Power Switch Going out on a very long limb and predicting the winner of the Eastern Conference finals for the upcoming NBA season isn't much of a stretch. |
Sports Central
July 2, 2012
Bob Ekstrom |
LeBron's Ring Ushers in a New-Look NBA Like it or not, the Miami Heat's title solidifies their place on a new Axis of Dominance that will define the NBA for the remainder of this decade. |
Sports Central
November 5, 2004
Danny Sternfield |
Diary of the Big Night Whether you're a wannabe political pundit or diehard NBA fan, opening night for the National Basketball Association is big. Two heavyweights squared off for the presidency, while the NBA tipped off its 59th season. |
Sports Central
April 21, 2005
Damian Greene |
The NBA Season in Retrospect As we prepare for the NBA playoffs and watch an endless barrage of TNT's "40 Games in 40 Nights," let us reflect on the NBA's regular season. |
AskMen.com
Bryan Toporek |
Shaq's Last Stand Shaq came to the Cavaliers this year to win a ring for the King, LeBron James. But could these playoffs be the grand finale of The Big Cactus' illustrious NBA career? |
Sports Central
May 25, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
Heat With Diesel Fuel: The Importance of Shaq To his credit, Shaquille O'Neal never went around boasting that he was The Man. |
