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 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
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
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
Blurbs on Ball (June 4, ’11)
The NBA is a business, it moves fast, s*** happens and things change. Here in my segment, ‘Blurbs…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…Read More
Early Reaction: NBA Draft Lottery
After some drama (and by ‘drama’ I mean that I found myself shouting at the television when…Read More
2011 NBA Playoffs: The STS Staff’s First Round Predictions
Ladies and gentlemen, the 2011 edition of the NBA Playoffs is finally here, as we’ve got four great…Read More
2011 NBA Playoff Schedule is Set
The NBA regular season has officially come to an end, and we’re set for some great playoff basketball.…Read More
10 Things To Watch For In The 2011 NBA Playoffs
The 2011 are right around the corner, and are sure to be the most competitive NBA Playoffs we’ve seen in years. While the 2nd round and beyond, are the rounds everyone’s anticipating, there are…Read More
N.Y. State of Mind
Losers of 6 straight, and 9 of their last 10 games, the New York Knicks are in a bit of a, “funk,” so to speak. Acquiring a major talent in one, Carmelo Anthony, just before the NBA Trade Deadline,…Read More
Deron Williams Traded to New Jersey
The Nets didn’t get Carmelo Anthony. However, they have immediately replaced him with another All-Star, as news has just broke that the Nets have traded for Deron Williams. If you saw this coming,…Read More
Reaction: Carmelo to the Knicks
The trade we’ve been talking about for a millennium finally went down last night, as Carmelo Anthony got his wish and is now a member of the New York Knicks. Some are saying that the Knicks gave…Read More
NBA Power Rankings: 2/14/11
We had two showdown games in the NBA yesterday (not counting Cavs/Wizards), and well, one of them lived up to the hype. The Boston Celtics held off the Miami Heat after a missed three by Mike Miller was…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
Carmelo Anthony to the Lakers?
While hoops fans were busy talking about the Bobcats surprising win over the Celtics last night, the upcoming showdown between Blake Griffin and Dwight Howard, and the #lastimethecavswon fun on Twitter,…Read More
The Formula: Champion’s Edition – The East
It’s that time. In the NBA, the cream is rising to the top, all teams are settling into the grove of the season, jockeying for the playoffs is heating up, and the hardcourt warriors are strapping…Read More
NBA Power Rankings: 2/7/11
When I opened up TweetDeck yesterday and saw everyone talking about the “big game“, I’ll admit that it was a little surprising. After all, I had no idea that the Indiana Pacers/New Jersey…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










