Tag: Playoff race

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Getting Help From the NBA to Make the Playoffs

    Los Angeles Lakers – Getting Help From the NBA to Make the Playoffs

    If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. The Los Angeles Lakers have been getting a lot of help from officials, or at least is seems that way, to make up for lost ground in the NBA playoff race, currently leaving the Utah Jazz behind for the 8th and final ticket. If the first conspiracy theory wasn’t enough, the proof, numbers and videos from wins keep on coming.

  • NBA Playoffs – Eastern Conference Race

    NBA Playoffs – Eastern Conference Race

    In the Eastern conference, unlike the Superior West, there are fewer questioned to be answered regarding the final playoff picture in the 2012-2013 NBA season. The Miami Heat won’t lose the number one spot, probably ending up with the best record in the league. The questions remaining are about positional battles – Celtics & Bucks, […]

  • NBA Playoffs – Western Conference Race

    NBA Playoffs – Western Conference Race

    In the stronger conference, the race for the NBA playoffs is happening on all fronts, with the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder fighting for the number one spot; the Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets for the 3-4-5 finish; the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets on avoiding one of the two clear favorites in the West, while the Los Angeles Lakers try to catch up with the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final spot.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – The 2013 NBA Playoffs Conspiracy

    Los Angeles Lakers – The 2013 NBA Playoffs Conspiracy

    No one really believes and trusts the NBA officials, or the league itself, with David Stern sitting on top of the mountain. When you see the kind of calls the Los Angeles Lakers have been getting or getting away with in recent games as they attempt to make the final spot into the NBA playoffs, you can’t help to think that there’s some foul play involved, or at least wouldn’t be surprised to hear about something along those lines going on.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Winning Without Even Playing

    Los Angeles Lakers – Winning Without Even Playing

    One day, no game scheduled and the Los Angeles Lakers come out like they won three games at once. That’s what happens when all three rivals for the final playoff spot lose, as the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz lost on the same day.

  • LeBron and Miami Finally Beat Celtics

    On LeBron James leading the Heat (27 points) to their first win over the Boston Celtics this season (100-77), A wild Dwyane Wade Block on Ray Allen and a few last words on Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls.

  • Derrick Rose and Bulls Too Good For the Boston Celtics

    Derrick Rose had another 30 point night, leading the Chicago Bulls to a convincing 97-81 win over the Boston Celtics, pretty much sealing the number one spot in the Eastern conference.

  • LeBron James and Kobe Bryant’s Opposite Nights

    Kobe Bryant had a terrible shooting night in the Lakers’ 90-95 home loss against the Nuggets while LeBron James (31 points) was enjoying the 108-94 cruising against the Nets including one shot for his highlights resume.

  • Kobe Bryant, Lakers Pre-Playoff Form and Possible Three-Peat

    A month after the All-Star break and seemingly light years away from their mid season slump, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers look like confident defending champions ready for a three-peat.

  • Knicks and Carmelo Anthony, Despite Win, Shouldn’t be too Happy

    Carmelo Anthony’s 39 points and the New York Knicks Finally winning is a reason to celebrate. Still, it doesn’t change the fact the Knicks have too many problems and flaws and won’t make it far in the 2011 playoffs.