While the Atlanta Hawks rolled over the offensively inept Miami Heat last night — 90-64 — Josh Smith put on a dunk show that highlighted Atlanta’s Game One domination. While helping finish the Heat, Smith finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds, as well as five nasty dunks in a manner you would expect [...]

Oh well, at least the Hawks went down with style to the Celtics, who won their 16th-straight, 88-85. The win, which puts them at 24-2, continues the best start to a season by a defending NBA champion. Ever.

Things like the video above simply serve as a reminder the NBA is getting ready for lift-off. In fact, I’m sure they’ll start the final countdown clock any day now. What we have is Maurice Evans dunking on the Detroit Pistons after one of the worst inbound passes I’ve seen in some time. [...]

So what did we learn this weekend? The Hornets have no plans of making it easy on the Spurs. Yesterday, the Lakers just kind of skated by Utah, who was coming off their series clincher against Houston; a game played on Friday night.
Utah is probably really happy that Kobe shot a [...]

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After being blitzkrieged by the Hawks in Atlanta, the Boston 3-Party (which CRIMINALLY excludes Rajon Rondo) came back to Boston and stomped the Hawks, 110-85, making things right with the basketball cosmos again — at least until the Celtics have to make their final return trip to Atlanta for Game 6. Speaking [...]

Who would’ve thought this would happen — besides, perhaps the Atlanta Hawks players? Who would thought the Hawks would actually be able to challenge, let alone win two games, against the best regular season team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics? If you say “you did,” you’re lying. Hell, even the Atlanta [...]