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Popovich; sustained grumpiness and greatness
The Spurs beat the Nuggets last night, 120-103, to force a final deciding game in Denver on Saturday at 10 p.m. EST, which makes sense...
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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The Clippers are wonderfully annoying
First of all: The Golden State Warriors are completely fine. Two lazy losses to a first-round opponent are not a reason for panic; if...
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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Lillard: ascension
For better or worse, Game 5 last night was supposed to be about Russell Westbrook. Nope. Damian Lillard shot him into obscurity, nailing...
Apr 24, 20192 min read
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The Grip's NBA Playoffs Round-up 4.19.19 [Eastern Conference]
[1] Milwaukee Bucks vs. [8] Detroit Pistons Game One: Bucks 121, Pistons 86 Game Two: Bucks 120. Pistons 99 Game Three: Bucks at Pistons,...
Apr 19, 20192 min read
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With Embiid out, we got the full Boban experience
Great NBA players influence the game in some important way. Wilt’s dominance led to the three-second violation; Steph Curry’s shooting...
Apr 19, 20191 min read
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The Grip's NBA Playoffs Round-up 4.19.19 [Western Conference]
[1] Golden State Warriors vs. [8] LA Clippers Game One: Warriors 121, Clippers 104 Game Two: Clippers 135, Warriors 131 Game Three:...
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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The Grip's NBA Playoffs Round-up [Western Conference]
This was first featured in The Grip's 100th edition. Thank you for reading, or, at the very least, pretending to. We appreciate you....
Apr 15, 20193 min read
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The Grip's NBA Playoffs Round-up [Eastern Conference]
This was first featured in The Grip's 100th edition. Thank you for reading, or, at the very least, pretending to. We appreciate you....
Apr 15, 20192 min read
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The end for Dirk, D-Wade
In Dwyane Wade’s last home game last night -- Detroit’s win over Memphis knocked Miami out of the playoffs -- he tried to jump up on the...
Apr 10, 20191 min read
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The free bird screws his old team
According to a few different reports, nobody within the organization had any clue that Magic Johnson was going to hold an improvisational...
Apr 10, 20192 min read
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Yes, there are still important games left
Talented the Eastern Conference’s bottom rung is not. Wildly entertaining, it is. Last night, the Brooklyn Nets beat the Indiana Pacers,...
Apr 8, 20191 min read
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Some of the stupid things Ernie Grunfeld did, ranked
(Grunfeld, who had been Washington’s general manager for 16 years, was “relieved of his duties” on April 2. Here are some very stupid...
Apr 8, 20191 min read
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‘Crief was great. Now he has the plaque to prove it.
The NBA undid one of its long-standing injustices on Saturday, announcing Sidney Moncrief’s election to the Naismith Basketball Hall of...
Apr 8, 20192 min read
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Isaiah Thomas finally got his closure
Isaiah Thomas came back to Boston, finally got his tribute video, played pickup with Emerson kids, which produced the worst shot of...
Mar 20, 20191 min read
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Another reason to shame the Lakers...
Last night, the Nets came back from a 25-point deficit after three quarters to beat the Kings in Sacramento. They outscored the Kings,...
Mar 20, 20191 min read
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For once, it’s good to be a Clipper
After moving on from Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan over the last few years, the Clippers this season were planning on...
Mar 20, 20192 min read
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Who wants LeBron?
Jeff Van Gundy floated the idea of trading LeBron on Saturday during the 76ers-Warriors game. Yesterday, B/R’s Ric Bucher dropped a piece...
Mar 15, 20191 min read
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Giannis's final form
The 3-point shot has long been the final frontier in the evolution of Giannis Antetokounmpo. He rebounds like a center. He drives like a...
Mar 15, 20192 min read
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The Lakers’ lost season is good for something
Take it from Zach Lowe -- this year for the Lakers has been a complete trainwreck. But the recent white flag has brought back Andre...
Mar 13, 20191 min read
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Just shut up, man
James Dolan, who recently banned a fan for life from Madison Square Garden for imploring him to sell the Knicks, a notion virtually the...
Mar 13, 20192 min read
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