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Oklahoma City Thunder–Dallas Mavericks: Game 2 Recap & Game 3 Preview
Oklahoma City leads 2-0 After the conclusion of last year’s Mavs-Thunder series – where the Mavericks dispensed the Thunder with relative ease in five games – Russell Westbrook pulled a LeBron and…Read More
Playoff Stats of the Day (4/30): Iman Shumpert Injury Not as it Seems, Indy’s Struggle to Finish, and Jason Terry’s Effect on OKC
New York Knicks at Miami Heat (7:00EST on TNT): Heat lead series 1-0 Stat: With Iman Shumpert on the floor this season, Dwyane Wade averaged 10.1 more points and shot 7.5 more free throw attempts per…Read More
Oklahoma City Thunder–Dallas Mavericks: Game 1 Recap, Game 2 Preview
Thunder edge Mavs in Final Seconds of Game 1 MVP candidate Kevin Durant struggled with his jump shot all night long. But did that stop him from taking the last shot in the final seconds when Oklahoma…Read More
Battle For The Final Playoff Spots
There is only two and half weeks left in the regular season, and with many teams having less than 10 games to play, the playoff spots are all but locked up. In the Eastern Conference, we have three teams…Read More
Trade Deadline: Winners and Losers
With the 3/15/12 3:00 PM deadline behind us, let’s take a look at the winners and losers after a fairly eventful day. Let’s get my tirades out of the way by going through the losers first: LOSERS:  Orlando…Read More
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The Significance Of The NBA Finals
Just in case you hadn’t heard, the NBA season concluded Sunday when the Dallas Mavericks pulled out…Read More
Taking My Talents….Home!
The Miami Heat’s failure to capitalize on its first shot at an NBA Championship, with their…Read More
Subplots Don’t Matter Now: It’s All About the Game
Not unlike the way the Miami Heat have been covered all season, the NBA Finals coverage has focused as…Read More
I ask the important questions about the Finals: like Do the Mavs close out in 6?
After watching the most entertaining NBA Finals game I’ve ever seen, I have been thinking about…Read More
Can Dallas find another scorer in the Draft?
After the Miami Heat took a 2-1 series lead on the Dallas Mavericks tonight, much of the discussion (as has been the case before) was about the Mavs’ lack of another primary scorer next to Dirk Nowitzki. It’s…Read More
Will the Matrix Finally Get the Credit he Deserves?
Over his 13 year NBA career Shawn Marion has been known for many things: his freakish athleticism, his bizarre two-handed jump shot, even his uncanny ability to guard almost any position; however,…Read More
Instant reaction to Finals’ Game 2
Michael Wilbon, Magic Johnson and Jon Berry represented three different schools of thought following the Dallas Mavericks incredible come from behind victory in Game 2 of the NBA Finals Thursday night. While…Read More
STS Roundtable: NBA Finals
Happy Finals Day! Today, Saving the Skyhook kicks off our Finals coverage with some very exciting news. We have three new writers joining the team today: Alex McNamee, Neil Noonan and Scott Campsall. Blake…Read More
Finals Preview: This is Not ’06
Having witnessed the fiasco that was the 2006 NBA Finals, it seems rather fitting that the Dallas Mavericks would again face the Miami Heat in a final best of seven series that has the potential to be…Read More
News and Notes: May 27th
The Finals are set. With 3:53 left in the 4th quarter, The Chicago Bulls held a 12 point lead on the Miami Heat. Miami called a timeout, and it looked like Chicago was well on their well to forcing a Game…Read More
Dirk: The Great and Powerful
@treykerby provided my favorite tweet from last night: Raise your hand if you picked Portland to beat Dallas in the first round. Own it. There was little reason to believe the Mavericks could get here.…Read More
News and Notes: May 23rd
Good morning, Some cool things a’coming on STS this week, but let’s start things off with a look at all things NBA, including some links about this weekend’s Conference Finals. bennyvargas…Read More
Early Reaction: NBA Draft Lottery
After some drama (and by ‘drama’ I mean that I found myself shouting at the television when they announced that the Utah Jazz had a top three pick but then cut to commercial: “Seriously?!?…Read More
News and Notes: May 16th
Great day of basketball yesterday, featuring an impressive game 7 performance by Kevin Durant and a monster game 1 from Chicago in their match up against the Heat. No games tonight, but here are some links…Read More
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