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NBA All Star Game – Kyrie Irving Forgets About Cavs Trouble For One Night
The 2014 All-Star game was about Kyrie Irving putting his franchise problems behind and putting on a show. It was about the Eastern conference winning for the first time after three consecutive losses. It was about breaking a whole lot of records along the way.
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John Wall Wins a Dunk Contest That’s Becoming Redundant
It’s hard to believe someone thought making the Dunk Contest about an East and West thing was a good idea, and yet they still went through with it. The East won, John Wall came out as the big winner from what used to be the biggest part of All-Star Saturday and now is just some awkward sequence with very few moments that get the crowd engaged.
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Orlando Magic – Victor Oladipo Loves the Big Games
This is turning out to be quite an impressive stretch for the Orlando Magic, taking down the two conference leaders in the span of three days: First the Oklahoma City Thunder with a buzzer beating dunk and then the Indiana Pacers, as Victor Oladipo brings his team back from way behind to win the game backed by an impressive fourth quarter from the rookie.
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Indiana Pacers, the Best Starting Five in the NBA
One might suggest that the Indiana Pacers and the Golden State Warriors are two similar teams, at least in having an excellent starting lineup, perhaps the top two in the NBA, and not too much of a bench. If the starting five is what both rely on the most, than the Pacers proved they have the better one.
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Clippers vs Pacers – Paul George Can Dunk Better Than Lob City
What is the first thing a player, Paul George in this case, does after delivering the best in-game dunk we’ve seen all season? Declare that he won’t be taking part in the NBA slam dunk contest, leaving the pleasure of seeing him soar only to the eyes of those who watch Indiana Pacers games.
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Indiana Pacers – Lance Stephenson In Superstar Mode
The New York Knicks weren’t going to be the team that breaks the current home winning streak the Indiana Pacers are on, as Lance Stephenson took the leading role, putting on an offensive and defensive clinic to lead the Eastern conference leaders to a 117-89 win.
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Pacers vs Nets – It’s Not Fair Toying With the Helpless
At no point during the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Brooklyn Nets did it seem like this was even a remotely fair contest, even when the scoreboard was suggesting that it’s a pretty even contest up to a certain stage. One team is going to be in the Eastern conference finals and looking better than expected. The other is yet another example of how not to build a team, further hurt by a long list of injuries that keep coming at them.
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Celtics vs Pacers – Too Easy to be Taken Seriously
The Indiana Pacers from time to time get serious challenges from teams, even in the weak Eastern conference. However, the Boston Celtics, a legitimate playoff team according to the standings, looked like a bunch of college guys teaming up to play against pros, and the result was as you’d expect it to be.
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Who Should Play in the 2014 NBA All-Star Game?
The first voting numbers of the All-Star game ballots show that being great on the floor isn’t as important as popularity. LeBron James and Kevin Durant are obvious choices and easy picks to make for the starting lineups, but guys like LaMarcus Aldridge and Joakim Noah might be more deserving that others who have gotten more votes than them, which brought us to create are own list of who should be in the All-Star game.
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Heat vs Pacers – LeBron James Shouldn’t Have Stopped Guarding Paul George
There’s a good chance Paul George is the best second half player in the NBA this season, but that might have been a fact not worth mentioning if LeBron James would have stayed on the Indiana Pacers star even after getting his third foul. The Miami Heat and their MVP were dominating up to that point, but lost the game the moment they allowed George to face inferoir defenders in Dwyane Wade and Ray Allen.