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). […]

Vacation’s over for T-Mac and the sizzling Rockets.
Monday was the NBA’s day off, as everyone was traveling and/or recouping from All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. Of course, if you were checking DimeMag.com throughout the weekend, you know we had everything covered … A few airport sightings on our respective flights back to New York. Pat […]

Although Bulls vs. Blazers — real life, not the suuuuper slooow-mo video game — turned into a match game between Ben Gordon and Brandon Roy for most of crunch time, the eventual heroes/goats ended up being the unlikely Jarrett Jack and Joe Smith. In double-OT, Jack got the go-ahead bucket when he converted a three-point […]

Photo. Monte Isom
The TNT studio crew called it correctly (if not ad nauseam) before tip: Mavs/Warriors was a statement game. For Dallas, and for Dirk Nowitzki especially, showing they weren’t intimidated/rattled/punked by the team that took ‘em out last year was the key. For Golden State, they just needed to get a win and avoid […]

Cursed?
In all seriousness, today might be the biggest day in the history of the Portland Trail Blazers franchise. Really. Greg Oden is going under the knife for his exploratory knee surgery, and the results just might make the difference between him being the next Patrick Ewing or the next Sam Bowie. (And don’t start with […]

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The Vegas Summer League wrapped up yesterday with Nate Robinson copping the MVP trophy. (Is there a trophy for that?) In five games, Nate averaged 19.6 points and 6 assists, and led the Knicks to a 5-0 record. Does it mean anything in the grand scheme of things? It’s easy to say no, […]

You could say Greg Oden is one win away from “pulling a Carmelo,” only it’s not like Oden is really carrying Ohio State the way ‘Melo carried Syracuse in ‘03. Is he clearly the best player on the team? No doubt. But how many Buckeye games has it been now where Oden’s foul trouble is […]

“Kobe snaps the losing streak by hanging 65 on Portland and 50 on Minnesota. The Grizzlies are up next this Thursday, where Kobe could drop 70. But we think he goes more modest, like around 29 points.” That was us in this week’s NBA Hit List, and were we ever wrong. Kobe did it again, […]

Today’s NBA talk is going to be all about the huge Mavs/Suns matchup in Dallas, the game we’ve all been looking forward to for months. Although it’s a little dampened by Dallas’ loss to Golden State the other day, this is still easily the biggest regular season Game of the Year as far as pre-game […]

You would double-team this guy, right?
Even if the NBA is more of a perimeter player’s league now, there are still certain low-post threats that simply have to be double-teamed. For example, the Pistons chose to single-cover Shaq last night with a collection of Antonio McDyess, Dale Davis, Nazr Mohammed and others, and they got a […]