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NBA Finals: No Rest For The Weary
Game four of the NBA Finals is tonight. In case you happened to miss the first three games of the series, they’ve gone as such: the series started with a nail-biter that came down
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NBA News & Notes: The Lethargy Edition
I’m sitting here watching the Spurs beat the snot out of the Grizzlies, which is starting to feel like it might happen two more times before the end of the week, and it dawned
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You Win or You Die: NBA’s Final Eight Are Knee Deep In Blackwater
Because the world can never get enough Game of Thrones-to-sports analogies, and because we can’t really think of anything else to write about other than the growing similarities between the (read: our) assumed fate
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Derrick Rose’s Bad Fortune & The Bulls Unforeseen Playoff Run
Usually when we discuss upsets in the NBA the talent gap between the favorite and the underdog is vastly overstated. This is sort of self-fulfilling, we all want to see upsets of
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Thirteen Days of Playoffs: Are We Not Entertained?
We’re on the brink of a four game-six night and, well, remember when everyone thought these playoffs lacked redeemable value and were all going to end in four or five games? That sentiment isn’t
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Great Anticipation & Greater Disappointment: Four Days of the NBA Playoffs
One thing about sports that makes it so appealing is the uncertainty. Unlike most films, television or any other form of entertainment, it’s entirely unscripted. No one is owed anything and everything is earned.
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Playoff Preview: The Best and Worst of Your Post-Season
So the playoffs are starting tomorrow, and after what many are calling a historically great regular season, expectations are high for the NBA to deliver some barn-burners. Me, I wasn’t all that invested in
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Weekend Headlines: “Witty” Rejoinders & Pending Nuptuals
In case this is the only website you currently have access to, a few league headlines heading into the weekend. Kobe was on Kimmel a couple nights ago, presumably in an ongoing effort to up
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NBA Headlines: Groin Grabs & Market Expansion
Mike Woodson regrets not taking Carmelo Anthony out of the game he was injured in. This strikes me as a peculiar thing to say publicly. For one, you’re opening yourself up to scrutiny from
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NBA Teams as Best Picture Nominees, Because Why Not?
Despite the fact there are nine Best Picture nominees at the Oscars this year and I was adjusting to a new city after a move, I managed to catch eight of those nine. Everything
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