April 29th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in To Those Who Said He Lost A Step It doesn’t take a rocket science to realize the Lakers are playing like champs again. “Potential to be as good as any team I’ve coached with the Lakers.” Remember, Phil Jackson has already coached one Lakers three-peat. Consider that club a decade ago had not only Kobe, [...]
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Lakers Hurdle Hornets 98-80; Jump On To Meet Mavs
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For The Philadelphia 76ers, Even a Single Win Would Be Monumental
Yeah- It’s the Miami Heat. Yeah- Everyone wants to see them lose in the first round. Yeah- The 76ers would love nothing more than to sweep the heat and come back from an 0-2 deficit to advance in the postseason. It’s tough to watch a team like Philadelphia get into the postseason and have to [...]
Opening Weekend of the Playoffs: What’s Next?
The first weekend of the NBA playoffs is over, and it’s turning out to be as good as we hoped. Now that each team has one game under its belt, what can we predict about the rest of the post-season? Here is a look at some historical statistics related to opening weekend of the playoffs: [...]
Allen’s 3-Pointer Helps Celtics Edge Knicks 87-85, Take 1-0 Series Lead
So now that Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups – teammates on the New York Knicks – are tasting the playoffs, one wonders if the team that calls Madison Square Garden home is of the mindset that they’re just happy to be there (in the playoffs). If what they did against the Boston Celtics on Sunday [...]
Is It Time To Take The Denver Nuggets Seriously?
It would be difficult to find an NBA analyst that expected the Denver Nuggets to turn around their downtrodden season into a playoff season, after the trading of Carmelo Anthony. Most were under the impression that Melo was the lifeline that was keeping the Nuggets alive, and without him the team would fall apart. There were even [...]
The New Playoff Picture
Now that the trade deadline has passed and the NBA landscape has been shaken up, it’s time to re-evaluate the playoff contenders. Here are my new predictions for how the playoff picture will look come April: Eastern Conference Although they won’t beat them in a seven-game series, the Miami Heat will almost definitely pass up [...]
Five Problems That Need To Be Fixed By Playoff Teams
You can find plenty of parity in this year’s NBA teams. The good are really good (see Boston, Miami, Dallas, and San Antonio) and the bad are awful (see Sacramento, Minnesota, and teams #7-15 in the Eastern Conference). And with so much talent in the franchises that will be making the playoffs, only the most [...]
Lethargic Lakers Collapse At Home; Shell Shocked By Mavs 93-81
Time To Put To Rest A Potential Lakers Three-Peat? Is the reign over? It might as well be. After the Lakers put up a stunning lowly 32 points in the second half, you can say the chances of bringing La La Land a possible three-peat are quickly dwindling away. With their supporters at Staples witnessing, [...]