Photo. Mannion
One reason everyone has been so geeked since July that the Celtics are a championship contender again is the inevitable feeling of nostalgia. Well, Celtics/Cavs last night was definitely nostalgic; it looked a lot like those awful bump-and-grind Knicks/Heat games from the 1990’s. Paul Pierce only had 4 points on 2-of-14 shooting, Ray Allen […]
Tag: Ray Allen
Smack / May 7, 2008 / 1:38 am
The Worst Game LeBron Has Ever Played
General / May 5, 2008 / 8:50 am
The Big One in the Big Three
Paul Pierce
Even though the Celtics’ game seven dismemberment ranks right up there in the pantheon of the most lopsided end-of-series blowouts, Boston still hasn’t explicitly answered the most important question for their success moving into round two: Who is going to step up and take a game into his own hands?
In all fairness, […]
Smack / May 3, 2008 / 12:57 am
On the Verge
Joe Johnson (photo. Zach Wolfe)
The ‘94 Nuggets. The ‘07 Warriors. The ‘08 Hawks? A monumental playoff upset can do a lot to legitimize a franchise and its star player, which is why Joe Johnson (or Josh Smith) is one game away from putting himself on the mainstream map, just like Baron Davis did last year […]
Smack / May 1, 2008 / 12:50 am
Round 5, Fight!
Caron Butler
While Soulja Boy was locked in a room somewhere working on that response diss to Hova and LeBron (because only so many things rhyme with “Youuuuuuuuuu!”), his man DeShawn Stevenson helped extend the Cavs/Wizards series and, of course, extend the NBA’s dumbest feud at the same time … In the first quarter of yesterday’s […]
Smack / Apr 29, 2008 / 3:03 am
The Terminator
Joe Johnson (photo. Zach Wolfe)
Game 3 was Josh Smith’s time to shine. Game 4 belonged to Joe Johnson. Getting wherever he wanted to go off the dribble while unleashing mixtape moves (pity James Posey and Leon Powe), then wetting jumpers from every angle and distance, Joe went Terminator on the Celtics, putting the red beam […]
Hoopla / Apr 24, 2008 / 9:14 am
Green Fans Are In Bibby’s Head
As the Hawks were getting cracked for the second straight game in Boston last night, cameras kept showing Celtics fans in crowd with anti-Mike Bibby signs in the crowd, a reaction to Bibby’s comments before a Tuesday practice where he called Boston fans “bandwagon jumpers” and “fair-weather.”
Last night, the crowd gave it to Bibby verbally […]
Smack / Apr 24, 2008 / 1:29 am
Expect the Expected
Kobe (photo. Chris Sembrot)
As crazy and unpredictable as the ‘07-08 NBA regular season was, already in these playoffs we’ve seen some pretty predictable events. For example, was there any doubt the Wizards would lose their collective heads and starting acting a fool once LeBron and the Cavs started embarrassing them? Did you ever question whether […]
The Key
For Dime #39 (Kobe cover) we went to the Boston Celtics‘ practice facility in Waltham, Mass., for a fashion shoot with the Celts’ starting PG Rajon Rondo. While the Big 3 have obviously done their thing this year, Rondo’s emergence has been vital to Boston’s dominance.
There were tons of questions surrounding Rajon heading into […]
General / Apr 21, 2008 / 7:39 am
The Unheralded Heroes of Game One
KG’s boy LP was a hero last night
Without Isaac Mendez ’s visions in NBC’s Heroes, nobody would know how to save the cheerleader, or save the world. But Isaac doesn’t get any credit. Everybody gives love to that pudgy guy Hiro for coming up with that catchy catch-phrase.
Through game one of the Playoffs, we can’t […]
Smack / Apr 21, 2008 / 1:15 am
The Rich and the Pope
Kobe (photo. Mannion)
Talk about an East Coast bias; yesterday the New York City airwaves were devoid of the Lakers/Nuggets game until about midway through the fourth quarter, with every major network pre-empting their regular programming to show the Pope conducting a mass at Yankee Stadium. It was understandable — after all, there are more Catholics […]
Hit List / Apr 17, 2008 / 3:29 pm
NBA Hit List: The Contenders
Who has more to prove than ‘Melo?
Going into the games that truly matter, we rank the playoff teams from strongest championship contenders to the first-round fodder…
16. Atlanta Hawks (37-45) — You have to give Billy Knight a lot of credit. He passed on Mike Conley to draft Al Horford, who no one thought would be […]
General / Apr 10, 2008 / 8:15 am
Three Up, Three Down
Tough Juice
For only the second time this season, all three members of the second-tier trio in the East were together on the floor in uniform. With Gilbert Arenas coming off the bench to play 24 minutes, and Antawn Jamison returning for his first game since a shoulder injury, the Wiz looked as if Eddie Jordan […]
Hit List / Apr 8, 2008 / 9:12 am
NBA Hit List Power Ranking
Vince Carter (photo. Mannion)
Ranking the NBA from first to worst…
1. Boston Celtics (61-15) — Doc Rivers held the KG, Pierce and Ray out against the Bobcats over the weekend, and his team still won by more than 20. The C’s probably have the weakest schedule of anyone in the League for the remaining six games: […]
General / Apr 2, 2008 / 8:34 am
What if Greg Oden stayed at OSU?
Greg Oden (Photo. Jonathan Mannion)
Watching Ohio State punch its ticket to the NIT championship game last night, it reminded me that the last time any of us saw Greg Oden play in a game that counted, it was when he led the Buckeyes into the ‘07 NCAA ‘chip against Florida (who, coincidentally, OSU almost ended […]
Hit List / Mar 25, 2008 / 11:00 am
NBA Hit List Power Ranking
Ray Allen (photo. Bootsy Holler)
It seemed like every top-level team played each other last week and in the early parts of this week, making it real tough to sort through everything and come up with a sensible power ranking. Maybe we got it right, maybe we got it wrong. You tell us…
1. Boston Celtics (55-15) […]
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