The tussle between the top seeded Hawks and the eighth seeded Nets has ended up being one of the better match ups in the first round. While the Hawks were able to eke out a win at home last night,…
Category: Playoff Thoughts
2014-15 Playoff Preview
The 2014-15 NBA playoffs presents an atypical playoff scenario. There aren’t several contenders to assess. Really, we are talking about the Golden State Warriors and everyone else. Only five teams have ever had more wins in an NBA regular season…
NBA Finals Preview
It took a year for us to get right back where we left off at the end of 2012-13, Heat v. Spurs, the rematch. Let’s run through the some interesting tidbits about the rematch. But first a few notes on…
Can the Heat Match the ’93 Bulls?
The ’91 Bulls were a team that needed to win a championship. They were coming off consecutive Eastern Conference finals losses to the champion Pistons the previous 2 seasons. In Michael Jordan they had the league’s best scorer. While Jordan…
2013-14 Playoff Preview
As usual, we reach the end of another interesting season with the same reaction: thank god it is finally over, now let’s get to main event already! At the outset, the 2013-14 season finds us, for the first time in…