Seven takeaways from Game 5
7. Kyle Lowry’s failed shot at history Upon further review, the shot was tipped. Here’s the evidence. So leave Kyle Lowry alone. He...
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Jun 11, 20192 min read
No one knew the gravity of Monday night more than Bob Myers
Of all the theatrics involving Monday night’s 106-105 Game 5 win for the Warriors, there was perhaps no stranger thing unfolding in...
Jun 7, 20192 min read
Warriors-Raptors: Seven thoughts for Game 4
1. Thought exercise: Pretend the Raptors win the NBA Finals. Where does this rank amongst postseason shockers? Our top-eight, in no real...
Jun 7, 20192 min read
Time’s running out for the NBA’s oldest host
Tonight’s Game 4 will be the last or second-to-last NBA game at Oracle Arena. It originally opened as Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum...
Jun 3, 20193 min read
You didn't think it'd be that easy, did you?
Despite a 20-0 run for the Warriors between the second and third quarter and a classic Klay Thompson game, the Raptors were thiiiiiiiiis...
May 29, 20191 min read
From Marc Stein: The NBA may soon crown two champions
In his latest newsletter, the NYT's Marc Stein reported that NBA commissioner Adam Silver is a huge fan of European soccer....
May 29, 20191 min read
Five interesting prop bets heading into the NBA Finals, from our resident tragic betting figure
Pat: If you didn’t lose enough money on the NBA playoffs yet (I have), or you’ve got some winnings that are burning a whole in your...
May 29, 20193 min read
It’s Kawhi (and hopefully some others) vs. the 2015 Warriors
Believe it or not, there is an actual basketball game tomorrow. Hopefully, Magic Johnson won’t parachute onto the floor, Fan Man style,...
May 24, 20191 min read
From The Ringer: Are these the last days of Marv Albert’s career?
The great media reporter Bryan Curtis wrote a column on Marv Albert last night, that highlights both the greatness and creepiness of the...
May 24, 20192 min read
Kawhi: the introvert’s champ
For the person who last year looked at the best organization in American sports and said goodbye to all that, this is quite the...
May 20, 20191 min read
Five things from last night's Toronto-Milwaukee game
1. Giannis grabbed 24 rebounds and dished seven assists... ...but had a playoff-low 12 points, fighting foul trouble all night before...
May 20, 20192 min read
Draymond Green, noted sociopath, is rebranding himself
No one is enjoying Kevin Durant’s elongated absence from the Golden State Warriors more than Draymond Green, the team’s enigmatic...
May 17, 20192 min read
In appreciation of the OG Warriors
The Kevin Durant Warriors have an air of droning inevitably. Like the freight train that rumbles by at 2 a.m., that team is going to get...
May 14, 20191 min read
Processing The Process, two days later
Hey Philly, I hope you cried with Embiid, and found a friend to hug you the way Marc Gasol hugged your 7-foot-3 weeping willow. We...
May 14, 20191 min read
Let the mid-major victory lap begin
Both of these conference finals matchups are going to be billed as a triumph for the small college basketball program. And for good...
May 8, 20192 min read
This Rockets-Warriors series is what we needed
If you’re one of those people who thinks the NBA got significantly worse the day Kevin Durant paid a ghost-writing Syracuse grad to pen...
May 8, 20192 min read
The Celtics have a first-world problem
Celtics fans have always been a positive bunch. Blame it on Bob Ryan, who revolutionized basketball writing while at the Globe, and also...
May 1, 20193 min read
Let's remember some great old commercials
Sports generally deal in the business of packaged nostalgia. The teams or players you fell in love with early on are the ones you’ll...
Apr 29, 20191 min read
So, what was that all about?
Let’s just get this out there: The way Nuggets-Spurs Game 7 ended on Saturday night was amateur hour at the Comedy Studio. The Nuggets...
Apr 29, 20191 min read
James Harden ran out of tricks in Game 1
So much of James Harden’s game is predicated on fooling the referees into giving him calls. In Game 1 against the Warriors on Sunday...
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