Watch the dunk by Dwight Howard in the lead video, but pay attention to the pass that allowed him to dunk it. It was a high-off-the-glass shot/pass from Jameer Nelson that paved the way for Howard to splash the ball down. The play was executed so effectively, it forced some NBA scholars to [...]

No, this is not McDonald’s redux’ing their Larry Bird/Michael Jordan HORSE commercial. It’s simply Chris Paul being awesome by displaying one of the nastier “make this if you can” trick shots you’ll see. At least for this week. What we need now is a full-on HORSE competition featuring Paul, LeBron James, Dwight [...]

I’m happy to announce a little partnership between ourselves and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. We’ll be cross-blogging with perhaps the best center ever to play in the NBA and he’ll be answering two questions a month for us. I’m awfully excited about our agreement because it’s not often a middling blogger like myself gets to [...]

Did EA’s “Madden Curse” wander over to their NBA property? One would think after the way Dwight Howard bricked those free throws in the closing seconds of Game 4… Unless you’d rather believe the reveal of EA’s NBA Live 2010 cover, featuring Dwight Howard, and the corresponding missed free throws are unrelated.
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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 [...]

Lots on the line tonight. For the Lakers, it’s a chance to take a commanding 3-1 series lead and for Orlando, an opportunity to put everything back to square one. There’s a lot to keep an eye on tonight. Things like, will the Lakers get Pau Gasol the ball in a position [...]