Miami Heat: Dwyane Wade struggles, erupts at Erik Spoelstra (updated)
By Cindy Boren Dwyane Wade had an uncharacteristically poor Game 3 against the Indiana Pacers. (Darron Cummings / AP) Updated at 11:30 am, with Heat canceling practice and media availability Dwyane Wade, the NBA Finals MVP in 2006, While it may be one of the bigger games in recent Pacer history – likely bringing with [...]
Read MoreAppreciating Chris Bosh
The Heat should overcome the Pacers in the second round without Chris Bosh, who is out indefinitely after straining an abdominal muscle in the second quarter of Miami's 95-86 victory in Game 1 on Sunday. And if the power Instead of worrying about (Chris) Bosh, the Pacers have adjusted their defense to allow center Roy [...]
Read MoreSan Antonio Spurs Give Tony Parker 2-0 Series Lead as Birthday Gift
This just might be one of the craziest things I've seen. Kudos to this dude for having the balls to go through with this, but the actual design, which features San Antonio's Big Three of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker On his 30th birthday, Tony Parker first kept the San Antonio Spurs on [...]
Read MoreThunder's Kevin Durant helps make this game a steal
With that being said, here's a look at Kevin Durant and the 10 smoothest scorers of all-time. Here's just a few of the guys who missed the Top 10, giving you an idea how difficult this list was to cut down. Dirk Nowitzki: One of the first true Kevin Durant scored 22 points and rattled [...]
Read MoreTim Duncan leads Spurs past beat-up Clippers to take Game 1
By PAUL J. WEBER 05/16/12 12:55 AM ET San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, center, congratulates teammates Tony Parker, left, of France, and Manu Ginobili, right, of Argentina, during the third quarter of Game 1 of an NBA basketball Western Conference With one more championship, could Duncan claim supremacy for his generation? Tim Duncan had 26 [...]
Read MorePau Gasol, Metta World Peace lead Lakers past Nuggets 96-87 in thrilling Game 7
By Shawn S. Lealos You might think that Metta World Peace would have learned his lesson with the seven-game suspension for delivering an elbow to Oklahoma City Thunder sixth man James Harden. However, this is the same old Ron Artest, Metta World Peace appeared on TBS' “Conan” on Monday night, where he offered Conan O'Brien [...]
Read MoreLeBron James wins third MVP, first for Miami Heat
Not that there was much intrigue, but LeBron James has been selected as the 2012 NBA MVP, even without Bill Simmons having a vote. It is the third MVP Award for James, who also won in 2009 and 2010. The only reason Not that there was much intrigue, but LeBron James has been selected as [...]
Read MoreLeBron James wins 2012 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award
From Elias: LeBron James improved to 7-0 in first round playoff series, which is tied for the fifth best record since the NBA went to a 16-team playoff format in 1983-84. From Elias: The Knicks lost all four games by double digits and were outscored by The one constant for the Miami Heat all season [...]
Read MoreLeBron James is the NBA's Most Valuable Player
MIAMI — A person familiar with the decision tells The[..]ociated Press that Miami's LeBron James will be announced Saturday as the NBA's MVP, the third time he's won the award in the past four. By Tim Reynolds AP A source told the Associated Press that Miami's LeBron James has won the league's MVP award for [...]
Read MoreChris Paul fills tall order in Clippers' win over Memphis
Mo Williams says of teammate Chris Paul: 'In my opinion, he's the MVP. He came through for us, and you can't say enough about him.' (Gary A. Vasquez-US PRESSWIRE) Joe McDonnell is an award-winning journalist/talk show host. Except Chris Paul wasn't around for any of the Clippers' bad times. While everybody else worried, he calmly [...]
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