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New York Knicks–Miami Heat: Knicks avoid sweep behind Anthony’s heroics
As long as you keep your expectations realistic, today was a successful date for the New York Knicks. They may have only delayed the inevitable by beating the Miami Heat 89-87, but they got a proverbial…Read More
Miami Heat 104 New York Knicks 94: Knicks Down 0-2 After Failing to Extinguish Heat
How does a team that was just handed a humiliating 100-67 Â loss on national television prepare themselves to come right back to the grisly crime scene where they were just violently destroyed so they…Read More
FanSided NBA Podcast: NBA regular season awards and Thunder-late game offense talk
I join Thunderous Intentions editor Andrew Kennedy on Fansided’s NBA Podcast to discuss the Thunder’s late game offense, the league’s best crunch time player, and my choices for regular…Read More
2011-12 Defensive Player of the Year Prediction
Awards Predictions Links: MVP – Coach of the Year - Most Improved Player – Sixth Man This award is one of the toughest to determine based on stats alone. Also, you rarely ever see great defense…Read More
Stat of the Day (3/28): LeBron, Free Throws, and Crunch Time
Stat: LeBron James leads all players in free throw attempts per 48 minutes of crunch time, posting a number of 22.6. Â Second place John Wall ranks nearly three whole points behind James at 19.7. Take:…Read More
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Time to Vent: LeBron, Matt Harpring, and the Growing Infatuation with “Hero Ball”
Utah Jazz color man Matt Harpring immediately after Utah’s one-point win over Miami: “He…Read More
Stat of the Day (3/2): LeBron is the League’s Best PF
Stat: LeBron James boasts a PER of 43.1 at PF, more than ten points higher than his league-leading and…Read More
All-Star LeBron
The standard knock against Superman is that it’s too hard to tell good stories about a man that good…Read More
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 much on what is happening off the court, as what is actually happening on the court. Maybe this is…Read More
LeBron Disapearing Down the Stretch? Think Again
Following a Miami victory in game 3 LeBron James was asked a question by a member of the media, Gregg Doyal,–I am sure you have all heard by now– that I feel encompasses the complex relationship…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
Stay Calm: We Read too Much into the Regular Season
After Miami’s recent woes, and subsequent winning streak, I have come to the conclusion that the regular season does not matter much at all. Think about it. One minute we are all wondering whether…Read More
Should the Miami Heat be Panicking?
Given that the Heat have now lost four games in a row, and just got swept in their season series with the Bulls, I think it is appropriate to shed some light on the issue. Let me start out by saying that…Read More
King’s Speech: 2011 MVP Candidates
I know it may seem a little early for this, but with the season winding down and the trade deadline behind us, I couldn’t think of a better time to do this. That’s right, it’s time to…Read More
A Look at the Cavs’ Losing Streak and How It Could Play Out
In case you haven’t heard (or haven’t visited didthecavswinlastnight.com), the misery continues for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Make it 26 straight now for the Cavs, as they got off to a slow…Read More
Heroes and Zeros: An Amare/Bosh Discussion
Amar’e Stoudemire and Chris Bosh have a lot in common. Both are 6’10” power forwards. Both have been All-Stars. Both were free agents in the Summer of 2010. And both are in arguably better…Read More
Recapping a Bad Night for the Cleveland Cavaliers
One of the reasons that I subscribe to NBA League Pass is to be able to watch any game that I want to. And usually, if there’s a game that’s going down to the wire, I’ll just flip right…Read More
NBA Power Rankings: 1/10/11
Basketball fans, it’s time for another edition of power rankings here on STS, and after a great week of action in the NBA (which concluded with a possible game of the year candidate in Portland last…Read More
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