Derek Fisher deserves all the credit in the world, as does Phil Jackson for sticking with him. Nevertheless, they both should be thanking Dwight Howard and his impotent attempts from the free throw line with a chance to ice the game. If Howard only hits one, Fisher’s late-game heroics from the 3-point line [...]

As San Antonio and Los Angeles threw down last night, they provided us basketball watchers with a great regular season NBA game, something that doesn’t exist, provided you ask the wrong people. It was a back and forth affair with both teams getting sterling performances from their stars–Kobe went for 29, 7 and 10 [...]