Archive for March 16th, 2008
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Healthy Cavaliers Fend Off Late Bobcat Attack Win 98-91
There is a phrase that is endemic to Cleveland, I picked it up from associates while I live there for a decade and a half. The phrase is pieces-parts, but it is pronounced as one word “piecesparts.” Such as when the Cleveland Cavaliers have all their ”piecesparts” together they are a pretty impressive team. For [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Five Mavericks Score In Double-Digits, Send Heat To 8th Straight Defeat 98-73
The Miami Heat are a team with no luck at all; coach and team president Pat Riley can’t get his team to win while he is pacing the bench, and when he goes away for a brief scouting trip, they can’t win either. Sunday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks was an exercise in domination [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament Matchups
Well here we are at March Madness, that time of year that is surpassed perhaps only by the 3 weeks preceding the Super Bowl. 64 teams. But only one can be the 2008 NCAA basketball champion. Below you will find the sectionals with the games; teams in bold are teams I predict to win their [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Rockets extend winning streak to 22 against Lakers
It has taken 22 games over 48 days, but the Houston Rockets’ winning streak is officially front page news. They achieved their 22nd consecutive win on Sunday in front of a national television audience by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 104-92 in front of a raucous home crowd.
Rafer Alston hit a career-high eight three pointers [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Hayes Seven Treys Take The Sting Out Of Hornets Pistons Win 105-84
When you think Detroit Pistons, you think of Rip, Chauncey, Rasheed, Tayshaun, and McDyess. The name Jarvis Hayes does not normally spring to the front of your mind. Well on Sunday the former Washington Wizards small forward was the center of attention at the Palace at Auburn Hills, as Hayes came off the bench and shot [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Kobe Should Be NBA MVP
(Editor’s Note: On Sunday March 9, Kyle Stack and myself had a debate on the NBA MVP Race Point: It’s Finally Kobe’s Year To Shine As NBA MVP Counter Point: The Cavaliers Are No Where Without LBJ. Since I got the last word Kyle has asked for a chance for a rebuttal. I will allow my initial argument [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Amare’s Double-Double Helps Phoenix Knock Kings Off Throne 127-99
Amare Stoudemire recorded a double-double, the Phoenix shot at a white hot clip of 60.8% (48-79) from the floor for the game and a very impressive 57.9% (11-19) from outside the arc as they just pummeled the Sacramento Kings 127-99 Saturday night. the win was the fourth victory in a row for Phoenix and leaves [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Short Handed Celtics Clinch Atlantic With Trampling Of Bucks 99-77
Kevin Garnett scored a game high 19 points, the Boston Celtics shot 51.9% (41-79) from the field for the game and even without guard Ray Allen who was out with an injured left heel the Green Team just flat out embarrassed the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center Saturday night 99-77. The victory clinches the [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
LBJ Does Vogue Cover
Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star forward has set a lot of firsts in his career, but he had to settle for a third this time. LBJ will be the third man to be on the cover of “Vogue” magazine accompanied by Super-Model and Tom Brady’s girlfriend Gisele Bündchen from Brazil. The mag hits the streets next week. [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
ESPN “Black Magic” Explores The History Of Basketball
Imagine living in a country, where white men and black men playing a game of basketball together on the same court, could result in their arrest. Well, it happened right here in the USA and not all that long ago 64 years, 1944 to be exact. The ESPN documentary “Black Magic” which airs in two [...]
