Last Friday, LeBron James went a little nuts in Milwaukee, at least from a scoring-the-basketball perspective. James finished the game with an impressive 55 points, but that gaudy total was somehow overshadowed by his absolutely overpowering start to the third quarter. The Cavaliers entered the second half down by six, but Cleveland responded [...]

We established last year that we like the NBA All Star Game and all the regalia involved. If you don’t, too bad. Don’t watch. That will not, however, interfere with my desire to see freak athletes try new things when dunking a basketball or to watch the NBA’s new breed run up [...]

Or is it, “Ray!!! It’s Jesus Shuttlesworth!!!”? Either way, the message is clear: Ray Allen can really, really shoot the ball. Just ask the Philadelphia 76ers. Allen hit two HUGH 3-point bombs to lead his Celtics to their 12th win in a row, making that “dropping seven of nine” stage seem [...]

While you were busy out chasing skirts or exorbitant bar tabs, LeBron James was busy being perhaps the best basketball player in the world. On Friday night, James swatted those pesky Golden State Warriors–no defense, but will score a ton of points–with a last second shot as the Cavaliers were trying to finish off [...]

The Howitzer from Orlando was the leading vote getter, pulling in over 3 million votes, as the NBA announced their All Star Game starters last night during TNT’s NBA double-header. There were some interesting voting issues that almost made the these selections farcical, but, with the exception of Allen Iverson, the consensus is, the [...]

LeBron gets the extra “O” because he can’t shoot from outside like Jodie Meeks can. Anyway, ho-hum. Another 30-point night for the best player in the NBA–actually, a 30-point triple-double (30, 11, 10) as Cleveland continued its assault on the “Best Team in Eastern Conference. Sorry Boston.” label. [...]