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 […]

Photo. Chenoa Maxwell
Other than Shaq dominating Marcus Camby on the game’s first few possessions — or as Suns announcer Eddie Johnson called it, “gangsta’ing” Marcus Camby — Phoenix couldn’t get anything going against the Nuggets in the first quarter last night. Guys were forcing too many bad shots on offense and giving up too many […]

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, […]

Carmelo on Dime #37
Carmelo Anthony wasn’t playing around when — following D-Wade and LeBron’s NBA Finals runs — he said that this year was his turn. And ‘Melo seems to be making a point in taking out those two personally: leading a piecing of the Cavs a few weeks ago, and last night, laying the […]

Photo. Jonathan Mannion
Just when you thought the Cavs were better than mediocre, reality stepped in. More accurately, the Mavs stepped on Cleveland’s neck. LeBron didn’t even take a shot for most of the first quarter, yet Cleveland stayed in the game partly due to his passing. On one play ‘Bron had it on the block […]

L-R: K-Mart, hottie (Photo. Gary Land)
K-Mart is back. Not Sacramento’s version, who’s busy deciding between Ashy Larry (”I’m rich, byotch!”) and The O’Jays as his ringtone, but the original Bad Ass Yellow Boy. With Nene out injured, Kenyon got the start for the Nuggets against Milwaukee last night and put up 11 points and 5 […]

At least give the Celtics credit for thinking outside the box. With Operation: Put Some Decent Players Around the Big Three so far yielding a benchwarmer’s dream group of Eddie House, Scot Pollard and Jackie Manuel, the C’s surprised everyone yesterday when word came down that they’d been talking to Reggie Miller about a possible […]