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Smack / Apr 20, 2008 / 4:11 am

Timmy & Lords of the Underworld

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As good as this past NBA regular season was, Day 1 of the playoffs topped everything by giving us the best single game we’ve seen all year on any level. We don’t care who you love or who you hate, Spurs/Suns was an amazing display of ball that included a virtuoso performance from one […]

General / Mar 18, 2008 / 12:33 pm

Diagnosing the Spurs

What’s the problem with Tim’s Spurs?
Newsflash: There is something wrong in San Antonio. Dropping six of seven games in March is a sign of trouble, no matter how placid Tim Duncan’s expression is. We dug through the record books for the last time that San Antonio took L’s in six of ten games: January 2004. […]

Smack / Feb 21, 2008 / 5:42 am

We Own the Night

Photo. Chenoa Maxwell
After a first half that sat somewhere between “awful” and “aiight” depending on what you expected, Shaq showed increasing flashes of Cloverfield-style, old-school Shaq down the stretch of Suns/Lakers. As the Suns were trying to mount a fourth-quarter comeback that ultimately fell short, Diesel (not feeling that “Big Cactus” nickname) got some shot […]

Smack / Nov 26, 2007 / 5:02 am

Identity Crisis

Photo. Jeffery Salter
Part of the Pistons’ identity is that no one man out of their core group is any more valuable than the other, but yesterday they were hurting without Rasheed (knee) in the lineup. Having to use McDyess and Maxiell to stick Carlos Boozer, Detroit was helpless. Booz did whatever he wanted inside, putting […]

Smack / Jul 21, 2007 / 12:37 am

Doom

Play whatever “danger is coming” music you prefer, because the news that dropped yesterday could be very bad for the NBA. Turns out the FBI has been investigating one of the League’s veteran refs for allegedly betting on games as part of a big-time gambling ring that might even involve the Mafia and making calls […]

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