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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Forgot What Losing Feels Like
The Golden State Warriors simply refuse to lose and probably don’t remember what it feels like, now with 22 consecutive wins dating back to last season’s NBA Finals, not letting the stubborn and difficult Utah Jazz get in their way of their perfection.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls at Their Best in Ugly Games
The Chicago Bulls are trying to improve on both ends of the floor under their new head coach, but the 92-89 win over the San Antonio Spurs showed once again this team is at its best when they have to shuffle through injuries and grinding out games instead of trying to go head to head with “pretty”, slick basketball.
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NBA Rumors – Indiana Pacers, Paul George Making Up for Lost Time
The lost season rattled the foundations of the Indiana Pacers. With Paul George back they’re playing basketball that’s fun to watch after a very long time of something very different, while it seems George is handling his new position well enough and playing at the highest level of his career.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Still Having a James Harden Problem
The Houston Rockets are better than their 7-10 record, and part of the problem has been James Harden, who continues to do awful things on defense while shooting (and mostly missing) incoherently on offense, which in the long run is going to leave this team short of its intended goals and disappointed.
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Charlotte Hornets – Jeremy Lin the Difference Between Winning & Losing
The Charlotte Hornets beating the Milwaukee Bucks 87-82 was achieved in part due to Jeremy Lin having a fantastic first half to carry the team to a lead they wouldn’t let go of, although his fourth quarter will be another one that won’t show his contribution on the box score, getting taken off just before the finish.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Delighted Kobe Bryant is Finally Retiring
The moment Kobe Bryant published his so-called retirement poem on The Players Tribune, the end of his time with the Los Angeles Lakers became real. And while it’s an excellent thing from a basketball standpoint for the franchise in every possible way, suddenly having an actual expiration date on his career makes the fans calling for his head sad and nostalgic all of a sudden.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Luck With Injuries Finally Over?
While the NBA seems to be giving up on the idea of the Golden State Warriors ever losing a game, comes the injury of Harrison Barnes that might put some pressure and more difficulty on the group of players that’s been coasting through the league and records like there’s nothing to it.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Slowly Destroyed by Kobe Bryant & Byron Scott
The Los Angeles Lakers are becoming the best show in town if you’re interested in a shipwreck of a basketball team, with Byron Scott as the clueless captain and Kobe Bryant as that one worker who does whatever he wants to while destroying the ship bit by bit. Has been for years.
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Charlotte Hornets – Jeremy Lin Treatment by Steve Clifford Baffling
The last two games for the Charlotte Hornets have shows a worrying trend regarding Jeremy Lin and his treatment at the hands of Steve Clifford, although in such a long season, sometimes trying to make too much of just two games isn’t the right approach.
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NBA Rumors: Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Avoid a Mini-Crisis
Being the best team in the East doesn’t mean things are easy. The Cleveland Cavaliers needed a game winning shot from LeBron James to beat the Brooklyn Nets in order to avoid what could have been turning into some sort of mini crisis for the team.