January 8th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Perhaps it was less than 24 hours ago when the Indiana Pacers blew a double-digit lead against the San Antonio Spurs. Perhaps it was their lack of focus during their game against the Atlanta Hawks Saturday night. No matter what the true reason was, Indiana never led for the entire 48 minutes and Atlanta cruised [...]
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Pacers Drop Third Straight, Clawed By Hawks 108-93
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Heat Wins 8th Straight, Hold Off Bucks In OT 101-95
One thing that can be said about the series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat: the final scores do not reflect how competitive this series has been. The aforementioned teams met Thursday night at Bradley Center in their final meeting of the season, with the Heat riding a seven-game winning streak. The game was [...]
Early Third Quarter Run Helps Magic Defuse Rockets 110-95
Truth be told, when I saw Thursday’s game between the Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic, the very first thing that came to mind was what the winning margin would be for the Magic. After all, we have two teams who are in different scenarios. Orlando is a team that pulled off, in my humble opinion, [...]
Sixers Stop Bulls 105-99
The Philadelphia 76ers have just taken down Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls 105-99. It was a close game throughout as the Sixers were trailing the entire first half. However, they bounced back having an unstoppable third quarter outscoring the Bulls 32-18. In the outstanding third quarter performance, the Sixers hot nearly perfect from the [...]
NBA Preview:San Antonio Spurs VS Indiana Pacers
What could be worse for a struggling team than playing the San Antonio Spurs? How about an angry, motivated San Antonio Spurs team. That will be the task facing the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, as they “welcome” the Spurs to town. Yes, it will be another homecoming for George Hill, the standout guard from [...]
Tyreke’s Havoc On Nuggets, Kings Romp 122-102
Funny how even when you’re the worst team in the National Basketball Association, you still can get some TV exposure on TNT. That would be the case for the Sacramento Kings, who got to be televised by the national cable network on Thursday night as they hosted the Denver Nuggets at Arco Arena. Usually in [...]
Warriors Sting Hornets 110-103
Finally. Staring a 1-4 toad trip right in the face, the Warriors played their best quarter of the year, and turned a 10-point deficit entering the fourth quarter into a seven-point win in New Orleans, 110-103. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. OK, I didn’t see it. I [...]
Trail Blazers Survive Martin’s 45, Outlast Rockets 103-100
Wednesday night’s game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets at Toyota Center pitted a pair of teams very close to each other in terms of the seedings in the Western Conference playoff chase. The Trail Blazers are a team without Brandon Roy while the Rockets, while offensively powerful, still lack size at the [...]
