I realize it is still early in the NBA season, yet one must wonder who is the most dominant center in the NBA at the moment. And there are some worthy big men out there, make no mistake about it. I cannot speak for other media’s criteria, but I can speak for myself when I [...]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant isn’t a clutch player by mere reputation alone; he scored 6 important points in the last 3:51 to push the Lakers past the pesky Seattle SuperSonics 106-99. In doing so, Los Angeles snapped a three-game losing streak and extended Seattle’s losing streak to 5.Despite Bryant’s 21 first-half points and [...]

The Indiana Pacers may want to add Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith to their Christmas card list this season. Smith’s missed free throw with 2.7 seconds left in the game allowed the Pacers to escape with a 112-110 win over the Nuggets at Denver. Not unlike their previous meeting in Indianapolis on November 10, the [...]

To the Chicago Bulls, it has to be comforting to know that despite their recent woes, they can usually rely on the Atlanta Hawks to cure what ails them. The Hawks obliged, as Bulls guard Ben Gordon and forward Luol Deng combined for 43 points in a convincing 90-78 Bulls win over the Hawks.Despite a [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers’ mentality as of late has been that they have nothing to lose, especially in light of the fact they are in a current 4 games in 5 nights stretch. It also helped them that they shot especially well Tuesday night, shooting 52% from the floor. The hot shooting enabled the 76ers to [...]

One would think that the Golden State Warriors, after a successful 4-1 road trip, would be tired returning to Oakland. Perhaps they were, but you wouldn’t know it by tonight’s game against the Phoenix Suns at a sold-out Oracle Arena. Fifteen points in the fourth quarter by Golden State guard Monta Ellis helped boost the [...]

The Sacramento Kings probably played, to date, their best game of the year Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs. They shot 55% from the floor (including 41% from 3-point land) and made 91% of their free throws. Those figures were more than enough for the Kings to beat the Spurs 112-99 at Arco Arena [...]

Without a doubt the Denver Nuggets and their fans let out a big sigh of relief when, according to the Associated Press, it was discovered that an MRI performed on power forward Kenyon Martin’s surgically repaired right knee revealed only a bone bruise. He is being listed as day-to-day.The Nuggets can ill afford to lose [...]