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NBA Players That Caused Rule Changes
It doesn’t take a great player to make rules change in the NBA, but quite often, it has to do with someone quite famous, like Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan and in more recent years, someone like Kevin Durant.
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Tim Duncan is Posting Record Numbers at the Age of 36
If you look at the numbers, especially on defense, Tim Duncan is producing this season for the San Antonio Spurs, you’d be amazed to check out his birth date and realize he’s 36, and still posting career highs in defensive rebounds and blocks, making the most, especially on defense, of the time he’s spending on the floor.
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Delano Williams Nearly Breaks a Usain Bolt Junior Record
It seems like forever since Great Britain had a world-class sprinter, but maybe Delano Williams, who’s actually from the Turks and Caicos Islands, will be the next man to impress after such a long drought, nearly breaking a 10-year old record set by Usain Bolt at ISSA Boys and Girls Championships in Jamaica.
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Rafael Nadal – The Feel Good Story of 2013
We’re barely in the middle of March, but it’s hard to find a better fit than Rafael Nadal for comeback of the year, winning his first Hard Court title in nearly 3 years after almost looking like someone who won’t be playing tennis for much longer, maybe even giving up the sport.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Enjoying the Life Without a Leader
No one will ever dare say out loud that the Los Angeles Lakers are a better team without Kobe Bryant, but at least they can without him, or even Dwight Howard having some impressive day in the paint. Despite playing with only 7 players, they had no problem getting another win that brings them closer to the postseason, maybe even as something more than the 8th seed.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Leads the Best Show in Town
Lobs, dunks and Alley-oops mean that the Los Angeles Clippers are rollin’, and despite falling a little bit behind the top two in the Western Conference, Chris Paul isn’t going to let his team slip too far down the charts of the playoff seeding, making life easy and fun for Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.
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Golden State Warriors – Get Their Revenge on the Houston Rockets
After three consecutive wins over the Golden State Warriors, another good game from Jeremy Lin against his former team and an OK one from James Harden didn’t really help the Houston Rockets, who didn’t get anything from anyone else, while the sharpshooting duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson couldn’t miss a shot.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant At His Best in Fourth Quarters
Not the best of games from Kevin Durant, but it doesn’t really matter when you size down the time-frame to only a fourth quarter, in which the top scorer in the NBA thrived with his usual unstoppable shooting, leading his Oklahoma City Thunder to a seasonal sweep of the Dallas Mavericks.
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Ohio State Buckeyes – Ugliness & Defense Win in the Big Ten
No one expected too many points from the Ohio State – Wisconsin Big Ten Tournament final, but still, not even reaching 100 points combined was a little bit surprising, as defense and terrible offense dictated the afternoon, with the Buckeyes winning, as usual, in the final of the conference tournament.
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Miami Heat – Continue to Get Closer to NBA Record
Another one down, 11 to go. The Miami Heat have now won 22 consecutive games, tied for second best in the history of the NBA when it comes to winning streaks, while LeBron James keeps scratching triple double numbers, Dwyane Wade is the perfect sidekick and Ray Allen finally brings his early season ability in a wild fourth quarter.