Mid-way through the fourth quarter of last night’s Thunder/Rockets game, Oklahoma City was up 15 at one point and for a minute Houston looked like they were just trying to stay in touch. Russell Westbrook (29 points) was slashing to the cup, Serge Ibaka was knocking down mid-range jumpers and Kevin Martin was pump-faking everyone in red to stick wide open threes. It was about to be bad for Houston. But then a crazy mix of James Harden (36 points), Patrick Beverley and Carlos Delfino happened, Read More »

Picture this. It’s the final two minutes of a close game between the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics in this year’s NBA Playoffs. Paul Pierce gets the ball and dribbles to his old reliable spot for an elbow jumper but instead of firing… he passes to Jeff Green in the corner for the shot. Read More »

Usually the combination of “Stephen Curry” and “ankles” makes me want to cringe because of the numerous leg injuries the Golden State guard has suffered just in the past 12 months. Tuesday night he did the breaking with a move on Indiana’s George Hill. Two things can be agreed on here: the hesitation crossover was exceptionally nasty and Hill’s grab for Curry’s ankle to stop his drive was dirty pool. Read More »

Paul George did it all last night against the Chicago Bulls. Points, big shots, in-between-the-legs passes, he did it all, including putting down this two-hand reverse alley-oop dunk from George Hill (and making it look easy in the process):

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One of the most entertaining games of the season went down at the Barclays last night — and this was before Red Bull’s Midnight Run Finals took center stage on the floor. Joe Johnson was shipped out of Atlanta this summer and you sensed the Hawks fans just shrugged or celebrated when they got the news. Read More »

Atrocious defense by the Lakers aside, give George Hill credit for having the poise, patience and confidence to knock down a game-winner in L.A. over a combined 14-feet of Lakers at the rim: Read More »

The Lakers and Pacers tilt last night in L.A. was so bad it was almost comical. There was Dwight Howard missing clutch free throws and laughing about it. There was Joey Crawford making awful calls left and right. There was Indiana fumbling away nearly every opportunity to close the Lakers out. There was Kobe attempting to win the game by himself. In the end, George Hill (19 points) hit one more big shot than Bryant, and Hill’s high underhand shot off the glass that dropped in with .1 seconds left won it for the visitors, 79-77 … Read More »

Once the Lakers finished off their all-you-can-eat buffet of a summer, there was really only one man for the job. Sure Mike Brown was the coach at the time, but all along, didn’t this job have Phil Jackson‘s name written all over it? The job is his to lose now, with everyone from Kobe Bryant calling him the greatest coach in sports to Jim Buss sitting on his ego for once and acknowledging PJ is the man to even Jackson himself phoning his old assistants to check on their availability, according to the Los Angeles Times. Read More »

As far as scintillating debuts go, James Harden’s first game with the Rockets fell somewhere between Cam Newton in Carolina and The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Everything the Rockets could have envisioned when they traded for Harden and inked him to an $80 million deal, he put on display Tuesday: Harden had six rebounds, 12 assists, four steals and a block, and he dropped 37 points in a win over Detroit, shattering the Rockets’ franchise record for most points in a debut … Read More »

George Hill may have only had eight points in 33 minutes of action tonight against the Raptors, but his last two were huge. With the game tied at 88, Hill let the clock run down from 17 second, and with Kyle Lowry draped all over him, got a step into the lane and dropped in the game-winner: Read More »