Posts Tagged ‘NBA Champions’

The Resurgence of Dwyane Wade

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Since he exploded on the world stage at the Olympics this past summer, expectations for the return of Dwyane Wade’s top-five-in-the-NBA game ratcheted up. 21 games into the season later, Wade is not only meeting these high expectations, he’s exceeding them.
After scoring 41 points to help beat the Charlotte Bobcats last night, Wade pushed [...]

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Doc Rivers Responds

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

While the playoffs were taking place, no coach was more maligned that Boston’s Doc Rivers. Questions about his rotations, his ability to coach defense — an apparent shortcoming Rivers himself was aware when he accepted Tom Thibodeau as one of his assistants — and his ability to motivate were constantly called out.
Never [...]

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The Redemption of Kevin Garnett

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

OK, time for a quick house-cleaning segment: when I said the Lakers would win in six over at With Malice, obviously I made a typo. I must have meant Boston but it just came out as LA. Yeah, we’ll say that.
Anyway, besides bringing another title to Beantown and besides [...]

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NBA Finals: Top of the World

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Introducing your NBA World Champions, the Boston Celtics. After beating the absolute snot out of the Lakers last night — 131 -92 — the NBA welcomed their latest champion, a franchise that’s awfully familiar with the NBA’s championship hardware (although, not for the last 20-plus years). For Boston, this title represents their 17th, [...]

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