March 9th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in To say that the Miami Heat is in a free-fall is a major understatement. Because they have a weak bench despite signing Mike Bibby, the team has relied a little bit too much on LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. That sense of reliance has hurt the Heat as they had lost four straight prior to their [...]
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Aldridge, Wallace Combine For 48; Trail Blazers Send Heat To Fifth Straight Loss 105-96
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Winning Ways Continue For Lakers In Victory Over Blazers
Lakers 121, Blazers 96 If the Blazers were supposed to be the key test in the West, it seems Lakers will have a clear path to the Finals. Undefeated at 7-0, Lakers kept their opponent under 100 for the second time this season. An unlikely triple-double emerged from our towering center, Pau Gasol, who ended [...]
Westbrook Free Throws In OT Help Thunder Edge Trail Blazers 107-106
Prior to the Oklahoma City Thunder-Portland Trail Blazers game on Thursday night, it was announced that Fabricio Oberto abruptly retired, due to a heart condition. Oberto was signed by the Trail Blazers to help shore up the center position, with Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla healing from knee injuries. In addition, Portland lost Elliot Williams [...]
10 NBA Questions That Need Answers, Part 2
Imagine Rip City with Roy leading a healthy Blazers club 10 NBA Questions That Need Answers, Part 1 1. How is Yao? The big fella for the “Red Team” isn’t quite yet ready to rise and play at the level we’re accustomed to seeing him compete at. His performance early in the season will have [...]
Deng’s Career-High 40 Helps Bulls Trample Trail Blazers 110-98
The Chicago Bulls, under new coach Tom Thibodeau, will certainly be glad when Carlos Boozer returns to their lineup; the word is that he may return as early as late November. So scoring will, in the meantime, have to come from other sources that do not have the name Derrick Rose. Enter Luol Deng. Don’t [...]
10 NBA Questions That Need Answers, Part 1
Can Rose, Bulls get past the 1st round? 1. Will the Lakers three-peat? Yes, and they will do so against Miami, not Boston. Pau Gasol is getting better and better as we speak, Kobe is not going to be denied, and the bench is revamped. Imagine if Bynum gets healthy for the Playoffs. Ron Artest is [...]
Around The Association In Night Two
Don’t sleep Avery Johnson’s New Jersey Nets Brook Lopez is the second best big in the East next to Dwight Howard. I see some Tim Duncan and some Pau Gasol in the former Stanford Cardinal. Lopez is a 23-12 guy who can lead New Jersey to the Playoffs. Anthony Morrow, the hero who hit the [...]
Easter Weekend NBA Playoff Pass
I Love This Game! From Brandon Roy’s fourth quarter heroics to Jamal Crawford’s effortless clutch jumpers, to a rowdy Rose Garden crowd to cost of a Playoff head butt, all the way to the importance of a bounce back performance by the NBA’s best to an electrifying Madison Square Garden hosting its first Playoff game [...]