Defense wins championships. It’s been the mantra for the copious amount of winners in the sports world for decades, and should be treated as more than just an ordinary cliche. Especially so in the National Basketball Association, where none of the past ten champions finished lower than ninth in Defensive Rating in their respective seasons and [...]
[New York Times] Heat Have No Room for Error Versus Spurs in Game 6 (Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:38:39 GMT) They lost three times in three months in one of the most overpowering stretches the NBA has ever seen. [New York Times] Connelly New Boss at Nuggets (Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:41:19 GMT) The Denver [...]
[New York Times] Manu Ginobili Sparks Spurs to Game 5 Win (Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:18:07 GMT) Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share. [New York Times] Game 5: Spurs 114, Heat 104: Spurs Pull [...]
[New York Times] Spurs Need Production From Ginobili, and He Knows It Better Than Anyone Else (Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:21:53 GMT) In the first four games of the finals, Manu Ginobili has struggled, averaging 7.5 points and 3 assists, down from 11.8 and 4.6 in the regular season. [New York Times] Parker’s Hamstring a [...]
[New York Times] In Tied NBA Finals, Wade Says Game 5 Could Be Best (Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:11:34 GMT) Dwyane Wade has never gone the distance in three previous NBA Finals trips. [New York Times] Simmons Upset With ‘SportsCenter’ for Editing His Joke (Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:05:22 GMT) The ESPN personality Bill Simmons [...]
[New York Times] Heat Even NBA Finals With Spurs After 109-93 Win (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:20:43 GMT) LeBron James wanted the responsibility on his powerful shoulders. [New York Times] Game 4: Heat 109, Spurs 93: With an Old-Fashioned Rout, the Heat Make It a New Series (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:57:33 GMT) LeBron James [...]
[New York Daily News] Kidd getting Nets gig irks Ewing Jr. (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:37 GMT) The Nets job came and went and former Knicks great Patrick Ewing is still not a head coach in the NBA. And that didn’t set too well with his son, Patrick, Jr., who took to Twitter tovoice his [...]
