Playoff Stats of the Day (5/14): Kevin Garnett’s Unsustainable Offense and the Positive of Kendrick Perkins’ Injury
Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics (7:00ET on TNT): Celtics lead series 1-0 Stat: In his 29 point performance in the Celtics 92-91 game 1 victory, Kevin Garnett made six of nine (66.6%) attempts from…Read More
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
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
Dirk: The Great and Powerful
@treykerby provided my favorite tweet from last night: Raise your hand if you picked Portland to beat…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
The Two Best Words in the NBA
There has been much to love about the Western Conference Second Round series between the Thunder and…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
Season Recap: Why Predictions are Stupid, and Other Stories
Well folks, as the regular season winds down, I think that now is an appropriate time to look back on the season that was. Actually it’s more like the season that “is,” since the regular…Read More
NBA Power Rankings (1-15)
Here’s a look at the Saving the Skyhook Power Rankings for the week: 1. Chicago Bulls Last Week: Wizards (W), Nets (W), Pacers (L) The Bulls continue to come on strong, led by MVP candidate…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
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
NBA 2k14 – Dynasty Mode
 A little more than halfway through this season, while waiting for the heavyweight night to kick off (the LA Lakers throw down with their nemesis the San Antonio Spurs, and the Miami Heat powers into…Read More
48 Hour Twitter Chatter – Purple, Gold, and Green Edition
When I was only running  Ball Above All, a maverick muddling around in the blogosphere all by my lonesome, I entertained millions (ok, hundreds. Maybe dozens. Alright, my mom and myself) with the world’s…Read More
Fightin’ For That #1 Spot: The Pretenders
Being a GM in the NBAÂ has GOT to be one of the most thankless jobs ever. The personnel maneuvers, the salary dumps, worrying about the PR, the athlete’s egos, and the fans’ roarin’-rabid…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
NBA Power Rankings: 1/3/11
Ladies and gentlemen, another week of NBA action is upon us, which means more power rankings! And now that the new year is here, it’s time for some teams to make their move if they want to be contenders…Read More











