Dwight Howard (photo. Mannion)
Right after the final buzzer sounded and the Pistons had taken a 2-0 series lead on the Magic, we got a great camera shot of Stan Van Gundy spewing venom at a referee, screaming “That’s f***ing bulls***!” before storming off to the locker room. He could have been talking about a couple […]

Tyson Chandler (photo. Brandon Sullivan)
Just when you were about to face facts and admit the Hornets weren’t ready to beat the Spurs in the postseason, Chris Paul found his game and led N.O. on a 13-0 run to grab the lead in the second half, then guided the Hornets the rest of the way in […]

Standing Tall and Ticked (photo. Mannion)
Cue another summer of the Phoenix Suns (secretly) and their fans (very publicly) blaming the refs and whatever other straws they can grasp onto while trying to come to grips with another heartbreaking playoff exit. You could say last night’s game hinged on a few crucial calls/no-calls, most of which […]

Kobe (photo. Chris Sembrot)
Most of the time, DeShawn Stevenson is just “a guy” on an NBA court: decent defender, decent shooter, gets buckets sometimes. If he didn’t have all the tats and the Che Guevara beard, he’d be Devin Brown with more hops. But the line DeShawn up against either one of the two best […]

Dirk Nowitzki (Photo. Monte Isom)
Thirty-four seconds left in the game, Mavericks down by two to San Antonio, and where was their shiny new Hall of Fame point guard? On the bench. Jason Kidd (7 pts, 10 asts, 2 stls) hadn’t fouled out, and he hadn’t played a bad game; Avery Johnson simply went with a […]

Still hope for Kidd? (Photo. Mannion)
Wouldn’t you have liked to see the look on Jason Kidd’s face when he learned the trade sending him to Dallas was being shut down because of Devean George? We can imagine J-Kidd sitting there thinking he’s about to leave soul-sapping New Jersey for a legit shot at a ring […]

Photo. Mannion
Just like they did a couple nights ago against the Lakers, the Spurs shook off a slow start yesterday, made a big second-half run, and won a game that they looked absolutely poised to lose. Against the depleted and depressing Heat, the Spurs were trailing well into the fourth quarter before they made their […]

Photo. Courtesy adidas
Aside from Tim Duncan beasting Kwame Brown (who’s starting to develop a Jermaine O’Neal-sized forehead), the Spurs didn’t play well at all in the first half yesterday. Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili weren’t doing anything, and the San Antonio defense was opening up left and right to allow the Lakers open shots. Then, […]

Photo. Mannion
Cleveland’s perfect record against the Spurs last regular season meant nothing when the Cavs were getting cracked in the Finals, so presumably that means last night’s win over the defending champs didn’t mean anything, either. Right? Or you could say that last night, at least we saw the Cavs’ role players getting the job […]

Photo. Gary Land
When the Knicks suffered their ugliest loss of the young season against Miami the other day, a lot of the blame fell on Stephon Marbury. In the final minute of that game Steph made a costly turnover, let his man get open for the go-ahead bucket, then totally ignored his teammates while throwing […]

Pondering what went wrong…
(Photo. Stephen Hill)
If you were interested in the Michael Redd vs. Bruce Bowen battle, Spurs/Bucks was entertaining. (Bowen won this round: Redd ended up with 14 points, mostly on free throws.) Aside from that, it was just the champs running Milwaukee through a clinic. Manu (21 pts) came off the bench in […]