April 30th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in As was expected, according to the Associated Press, Rookie of the Year guard Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo were unanimous choices on the All-Rookie team. Below are the selections: First team – Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, New [...]
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Rose, Mayo Lead All-Rookie Team
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Nuggets Advance, Fumigate Hornets 107-86
1994. Remember that date, folks. Why you ask? For those of you who may be NBA historians, then you know that the last time that the Denver Nuggets won a playoff series was during the 1994 season. Having said that, the Nuggets hoped to break that long streak in their game Wednesday night against the [...]
Trail Blazers Narrow Series Gap, Beat Rockets 88-77
If the Portland Trail Blazers’ future playoff success was predicated on the health of Brandon Roy (he had the case of the flu), they would actually do pretty well. Roy sucked up an IV before game time then proceeded to score 25 in leading Portland to the 88-77 win over the Houston Rockets Tuesday night at [...]
Nowitzki Leads Mavericks To Second Round, Trounce Spurs 106-93
I have no idea what happened to the San Antonio Spurs during this postseason. One can say that they simply couldn’t shoot the ball during the series – which was actually true – while an argument can be made about the team’s age. Truth be told, the Spurs are a bit long in the tooth. [...]
Lakers Advance to Second Round, Spank Jazz 107-96
Before Monday night’s game between the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers, site editor Jeff Sack and I were discussing what lineup tweaking the Lakers should do if they expect to go to the NBA Finals; he and I came to the conclusion that Andrew Bynum should come off the bench and that Lamar Odom [...]
Nuggets Take Commanding 3-1 Series Lead, Destroy Hornets 121-63
Throughout the series between the Denver Nuggets and New Orleans Hornets, for those who have been paying attention, you may have noticed that the Hornets haven’t made a decent accounting of themselves. Why that is is up for speculation, but what can be said with certainty is that in all of their losses prior to [...]
Rockets Edge Trail Blazers 89-88, Lead Series 3-1
In yet another exciting series game, the Portland Trail Blazers nearly tied their series at 2 games apiece against the Houston Rockets on Sunday night; unfortunately for them, a go-ahead jumper by Shane Battier would help Houston edge Portland 89-88 at Toyota Center and take a commanding 3-1 series lead. Both Portland’s Brandon Roy and [...]
Turkoglu’s Late Trey Sends Magic Past 76ers 84-81
One thing that can be said about the series involving the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic is that if anything else, the series has been competitive, with the victor in each game winning by no more than 9 points. Sunday’s game between the Magic and 76ers would prove to be no different as Hedo Turkoglu [...]
