Chris Paul (photo. Mannion)
Breaking from tradition, the final day of the NBA regular season wasn’t totally useless, as there was still some playoff positioning left to be done in the West. And one of the few games that meant something for both teams involved was Mavericks/Hornets. If Dirk Nowitzki and Co. won, they’d secure the […]

Kobe (photo. Mannion)
Only two of the six games on yesterday’s NBA schedule meant anything: Lakers/Kings and Hornets/Clippers. And since those games didn’t really affect the “opponents” one way or another, it was almost a foregone conclusion what would happen as soon as you saw the lineup cards … In L.A., the Lakers clinched first place […]

Baron Davis (photo. Tim Tadder)
Watching the Warriors’ postseason hopes evaporate in Phoenix, there was only one question on everybody’s mind: Why isn’t Baron Davis playing? After a pretty awful first half (2-for-13 FG’s), Baron was on the bench and never played in the second half. It was originally reported as a “coach’s decision,” but most […]

A.I. on Dime’s 2005 Collector’s Issue
Ask any top-level defensive stopper — be it Kevin Garnett or Bruce Bowen or Ron Artest or Gary Payton — and they’ll tell you that playing tough defense ultimately comes down to effort and desire. So when an ultra-talented offensive team like the ‘07-08 Denver Nuggets run risk of missing […]

Deron Williams (photo. Monte Isom)
Of all the Chris Paul vs. Deron Williams head-to-heads we have seen and will see over the years, last night’s won’t exactly go down in history. The Jazz got the win — which has kind of been the norm in the series so far — clinching the Northwest Division and proving […]

Chris Paul (photo. Mannion)
For 47 minutes of Hornets/Magic, Peja Stojakovic was having such an off night that the Orlando announcers were questioning Byron Scott for even having him on the court in crunch time. But that didn’t stop Peja from stepping up with about a minute to go and hitting the go-ahead three-pointer on a […]

Baron Davis (photo. Land)
Have you ever spent all night watching a movie or TV-show marathon that was amazing all the way through, until you got to the end and it was a total letdown? That’s what it was like watching the NBA last night. Pistons/Suns and Lakers/Warriors were both fantastic overtime games, only the nightcap […]

Dirk (photo. Monte Isom)
Remember a couple years ago when Tim Duncan played almost the entire season with a bad foot because the Spurs couldn’t afford to give him a rest and lose ground to the Mavs in the Southwest? At stake then was the difference between a #1-seed in the conference and a #4-seed. Yesterday, […]