Photo. Marc Morrison
Two-thirds of Thursday’s NBA schedule saw superstars trying to carry their teams: one got the job done and one didn’t. In Portland, the game was close until the last couple of minutes of the third quarter, when the Rockets went on an 11-0 run sparked by T-Mac and Bobby Jackson. Having a Sacramento […]

How will T-Mac respond?
(photo. Marc Morrison)
It’s over. After 22 straight wins — 10 of them without Yao Ming — the Rockets finally dropped one last night, at home to the Celtics, who as Kevin Garnett pointed out in the post-game are on a good little run of their own (13 W’s in their last 14). […]

Ben Gordon (photo. Stephen Hill)
Is it really possible that this comic tragedy of season could culminate in a playoff berth for the Bulls? Things have been so crazy around this team that someone needs to write a book (if the beat writers are unavailable, we nominate Joakim Noah), and yet here it is six weeks […]

Kobe (photo. Chris Sembrot)
The costumes and the set were the same, a lot of the actors were different, and Lakers/Kings almost re-created the same drama last night that they used to produce in the first half of this decade. Arco was rockin’ like it was 2002, as the home team grabbed the lead early and […]

“I’ve abandoned Jordan Farmar!”
(Photo. Chris Sembrot)
Knowing that Brandon Roy (ankle) is still on the shelf, Blazers/Lakers on Tuesday’s schedule meant Martell Webster would be the one charged with guarding Kobe. Going in, we were thinking it could get bloody for Martell, but the kid actually held his own for a while. In the first quarter […]

Photo. Mannion
Playing in front of the man who signs his big checks (Nike boss Phil Knight), LeBron James dominated the fourth quarter in Portland. Outscoring the Blazers by himself (17-15) in the quarter, ‘Bron knocked down three triples over a two-minute span to bring the Cavs back into a game that looked lost, and down […]

Photo. Gary Land
There’s one thing everyone on the “Boston hasn’t played anybody” train shouldn’t forget: the C’s have played last year’s Atlantic Division champs three times already, and two of those times the Raptors got cracked. Yesterday was the second such blowout — there were times when it looked like Toronto shouldn’t have been on […]