While the Houston Rockets got an impressive Game 1 win against the Los Angeles Lakers last night, some of their players had to pay for the win with blood. Particularly, Shane Battier. Not only did the Rockets go-to defender have to check Kobe Bryant for most of the evening — while doing a [...]

Move over, Al Capone. There’s a new bad guy for the city of Chicago to love — or in this case, hate. I’m talking about Rajon Rondo, of course, who, after his Brad Miller face-check, was already thought poorly of in the Windy City. Thanks to a toss of Kirk Hinrich into [...]

If Stan Van Jeremy thought life without Jameer Nelson was difficult, imagine how he’ll feel when Orlando and Philly go at it in Game 6 — most likely without Stan’s main man, Dwight Howard. As you can see in the video, Howard’s mountain-sized elbow made contact with Samuel Dalembert’s noggin… Because Superman threw [...]

Yes, Paul Pierce saved the Celtics’ bacon, Rajon Rondo was great again and Kendrick Perkins was an absolute beast inside, however, the story today is was Rondo’s face-slap foul against Brad Miller a flagrant foul? Opinions are completely divided here. One expert says yes (Jalen Rose), another says no (Tim Legler). One [...]

After stealing Game 1 against the Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks allowed Tony Parker and crew to knock them around the court last night, to the tune of 105-84. Most, if not all of the Spurs’ damage was provided by Tony Parker, who could very well be the fastest Frenchman, maybe ever. Parker so [...]

Denver Nugget Kenyon Martin gave a hard (unnecessary?) foul to Spencer Hawes, knocking the Kings center to the ground as Hawes clutched his knee in obvious pain (in the lead video). The foul left the Joe Maloof, who owns the Sacramento Kings with his brother, awfully upset and they’ve issued a demand for Martin [...]