Dirk (photo. Monte Isom)
The main reason it still seems so strange that the Mavs are battling Golden State and Denver for those last couple of Western Conference playoff spots isn’t because Dallas won 67 games last year; it’s because they’re pretty clearly better than the Warriors and Nuggets this year and shouldn’t be underachieving like […]

Photo. Mannion
How would the Lakers adjust to life without Andrew Bynum? Playing a Sonics team against which he usually drops plenteous buckets, Kobe Bryant decided to go into Tony Montana mode (“Who put this $*** together? Me, that’s who!”) and had his eyes locked onto the rim — on his first 10 touches he shot […]

Photo. Jonathan Mannion
With so much hype centered on the Celtics ever since they pulled off the Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen deals, it’s been easy to forget the C’s still needs to go through the reigning Eastern Conference champs to get the rings. Those champs would be the Cavs, who — flawed as they may […]

The Pistons already clinched home-court in the East, but we thought maybe they’d at least want to send a message or something to the Raptors last night. Guess not. While the usual five started and got in enough minutes to keep their legs fresh (Rip Hamilton dropped 24 points in 26 minutes), it was kinda […]