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Remaining NBA Playoff Scenarios (April 11)
Most NBA teams have two games left before the end of the regular season and the playoffs begin. Here are the possible playoff scenarios for the teams involved in trying to make the playoffs (Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets) and those in positional and seeding battles (Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks), as all […]
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls Season Maintains Opposite Direction
The Chicago Bulls didn’t play on Sunday, but their fate on a couple of levels was determined by results. From a present day angle, they lost all hope of making the NBA playoffs due to the Indiana Pacers winning their game. On a historic, franchise level kind of angle, they no longer hold sole possession of the NBA record for most wins in a regular season, now sharing it with the Golden State Warriors.
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Jeremy Lin Bad Game Just Part of an Awful Charlotte Hornets Performance
Trying to find a bottom line to the Charlotte Hornets losing 113-98 to the Washington Wizards isn’t that difficult. The problem is non of the ideas coming up have any positive spin to them. Kemba Walker was bad, Nicolas Batum was worse, the defense under the basket didn’t exist and Jeremy Lin? An early Sunday session he’d like to forget.
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NBA Standings & Scores
In a busy Sunday of NBA basketball, the Golden State Warriors won for the 72nd time this season, the Indiana Pacers clinched the final playoff spot in the East leaving the Chicago Bulls out, the Utah Jazz moved towards securing a spot of their own, which means the Houston Rockets need a miracle to save them.
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Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Stand Out, Kemba Walker Good Enough, Charlotte Hornets March On
As the Charlotte Hornets easily go through the Brooklyn Nets with a 113-99 win that saw the usual contribution from Kemba Walker and some surprising one from Troy Daniels, Jeremy Lin had one of those games that didn’t really stand out as either good or bad, while his fans made a much bigger impact by going after unjust officiating against him, and in a way against anyone who isn’t considered a star by the officials and the NBA.
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NBA Scores & Standings
The Golden State Warriors take care of business on their road to the record with win number 70 against a San Antonio Spurs in full capacity. Meanwhile, both the Chicago Bulls and the Houston Rockets were pushed further away from making the playoffs.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Carried by J.J. Barea While Dirk Nowitzki Fades Away
Unless the Dallas Mavericks crash and burn in their final four games, they should be able to find themselves, just barely, making the NBA playoffs as J.J. Barea is playing like one of the best point guards in the NBA for the last few games, making up for Dirk Nowitzki who seems to have run out of fuel at the most important phase of the season.
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Jeremy Lin Gets Toyed With, Kemba Walker Bounces Back, Charlotte Hornets Move On
The Charlotte Hornets had no problem capping off their road series with a 111-97 win over the New York Knicks that included big nights for Kemba Walker and Al Jefferson, a very big starting lineup and Jeremy Lin thrown back to the bench, which not for the first time comes after a good game for him and shakes up his confidence.
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NBA Standings & Scores
The Dallas Mavericks beating the Houston Rockets in a direct matchup for one of the two final tickets in the Western Conference playoffs stood out on a busy Wednesday NBA night, while the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons improved their positions towards clinching a postseason berth as well.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Byron Scott Sorry for Kobe Bryant, Not Their Crappy Team
In another example of how distorted the thinking for the Los Angeles Lakers has been this season and for the last few years, Byron Scott keeps gushing about Kobe Bryant while the brand of basketball he’s responsible for keeps putting on embarrassing performances.