December 31st, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in The Portland Trail Blazers will get the opportunity to deal with adversity as they learned that star shooting guard Brandon Roy will be sidelined for a spell with a pair of sore knees. With a lot of teams, they oftentimes would fold up their tent and head home. For at least one game, that wouldn’t [...]
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Matthews, Aldridge Combine For 57 As Trail Blazers Deal Jazz Sour Note 100-89
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Slam Dunk Central’s NBA Power Rankings – Week of December 20-26
This week’s edition of Slam Dunk Central’s NBA Power Rankings will be the final one for 2010. The year closes out with the Los Angeles Lakers taking a trip south (rankings-wise) while the Spurs remain King of the Hill for the second straight week. So let’s close out 2010 with this week’s edition of Slam [...]
76ers Enjoy Holiday In Valley Of The Sun, Cool Off Suns 123-110
Perhaps the Philadelphia 76ers, even with Andre Iguodala out of the starting lineup, are gelling at the right time of the season as they came to Phoenix to take on the struggling Suns, losers of four straight prior to Wednesday’s game. A name that most Eastern conference teams have had to deal with, much to [...]
Lakers End Three-Game Skid, Swat Hornets 103-88
The Los Angeles Lakers, prior to their game Wednesday night against the New Orleans Hornets, were in the midst of a three-game losing streak. With their roster, one wonders if there was something problematic or some inner turmoil happening with the team of purple and gold. The fact of the matter is is that they’re [...]
Spurs Rise To League-Best 27-4, Rout Lakers 97-82
The San Antonio Spurs and their opponent on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers, provide some interesting contrasts. First, the Spurs. They do not have that one player that stirs the drink, so to speak. In fact, their roster composition can be compared to a fine wine, as they have several players who contribute in [...]
D-Wade’s 40 Helps Heat Quiet Knicks 106-98
The Miami Heat have the luxury of having three players (Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh) who on any given night can have a big game, thus carrying them to a victory. The New York Knicks? Not so much, although they do have some offensive scoring punch in Amare Stoudemire, Wilson Chandler and a [...]
Orlando’s Three-Point Barrage Bury The Cavs In 110-95 Win
While the Cavs have obvious differences all over the roster as the 2010-11 season continues, one difference that night in and night out is killing the team is a lack of defense. That was apparent once again Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena, as the Cavs allowed the Orlando Magic to do whatever they wanted [...]
Warriors Ellis Proving He’s An All-Star
If the question is still un-answered about whether or not Monta Ellis is an All-Star, I think we can move on. Let’s try to figure out something much more difficult to explain, like the popularity of the Kardashians, because the first one has been answered. Done. Over. I know an All-Star when I see one [...]
