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Miami Heat – The Turn of Dwyane Wade to Step Up
It’s not always about LeBron James when it comes to the Miami Heat. Dwyane Wade might be playing second fiddle in this show, but he can take the lead once in a while, which doesn’t make the NBA champions any less of a team. In a game in which they needed a little bit of a different spark, Wade was the one to provide it as they took a 2-0 in their first round series.
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Chris Paul Holds the Key to the Los Angeles Clippers Keeping Him
It’s hard to describe the feeling of the last couple of years to those not following the Los Angeles Clippers up closely for most of their life, not really used to seeing stars playing for the team and actually succeed with it in a way that makes losing in the first round of the playoffs sound like a disappointment. Chris Paul, above everyone else, has been in charge of creating that change.
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Celtics vs Knicks – Game 2 Predictions
If the Boston Celtics are going to make this series turn into a different direction than the one it’s heading in now, they’re going to need their entire team, from top to bottom, starters and bench, to show up for Game 2, with the New York Knicks knowing they played far from their best and still got away with a not too difficult win.
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Grizzlies vs Clippers – Chris Paul Can’t Get Any Better Than This
It’s common knowledge that the Los Angeles Clippers live and die by the ability of Chris Paul, especially in crunch time. For the second time in this postseason, their best player delivered the goods, by scoring the final points in the fourth quarter, finishing with a game winner that gives his team a promising 2-0 lead.
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Bulls vs Nets – Joakim Noah and Ugly Basketball Make the Difference
The only way the Chicago Bulls are going to win against anyone in the postseason is by playing their kind of basketball – which means clawing, scratching, hustling, fighting and doing everything that’s not considered a measurable attribute in the sport. With Joakim Noah getting more minutes this time, their brand of basketball was managed to steal home court in game 2.
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Kobe Bryant Will Get Mike D’Antoni Fired Through Twitter
Everyone knows how serious Kobe Bryant is about his team, the Los Angeles Lakers. It also seems sometimes that out of all that passion comes a destructiveness that punishes those trying to succeed without him, although he doesn’t necessarily mean for the results to happen. Using twitter to interact with the fans during games, something he never managed to do before his injuries, might not be all that positive as some might think.
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Dallas Mavericks Don’t Want Dirk Nowitzki as Their Star Anymore
At some point, every franchise player becomes redundant or at least not as important as he was. Dirk Nowitzki, after missing nearly half the season and missing the playoffs for the first time in over a decade, has become that type of player for the Dallas Mavericks, who’ll be looking for someone else to take over the “number one” slot for the team, hopefully as soon as possible.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Forgets About Jeremy Lin & Teammates
If anyone needed more proof that the Houston Rockets are playing the wrong kind of basketball to succeed or even stand a chance in the NBA playoffs, came Game 1 of their series vs the Thunder, and the continuing approval from Kevin McHale for James Harden to do whatever he wants on the court while forgetting about Jeremy Lin or any other of his teammates is making this look like a clean, cold, painful sweep in the making.
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NBA Playoffs – Home Court Advantage Means Everything
It’s been nine seasons since the last time all 8 teams hosting the opening games of the first round series in the NBA playoffs won across the board, with the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers claiming a game 1 victory.
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Oklahoma City Thunder Show Houston Rockets What a Playoff Juggernaut Is
It’s nice to fantasize about how James Harden can be incredibly good for 6-7 games in one series and make a fight out of the clash between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets, but in reality, it’s not even close to being a fair fight, with Kevin Durant leading Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka to an explosive and dominant start to yet another chase after the NBA championship, running all over a team that doesn’t seem to belong in the same league.