OK, I promise I’m not piling on Chris Andersen, but Odom’s dunk over the Denver Bird was just filthy, while serving as a nice little payback for the first quarter block Andersen had on Odom. For his troubles, Odom, who is still struggling with a back contusion, played his best game of the Conference [...]

The “other” Lakers potentially saved the team’s collective bacon last night with an inspired performance, led by folks like Lamar Odom and Shannon Brown, who both took turns victimizing Chris “Birdman” Andersen. Brown’s dunk was probably a little more significant because of the run the Lakers went on shortly thereafter — 11-0 to start [...]

This morning I wrote about the NBA possibly rescinding Dwight Howard’s sixth technical foul of the playoffs. Guess what? That’s exactly what they did. Howard received the penalty after “taunting” Anderson Varejao in the overtime period after scoring a tough, tough basket — one that saw Varejao hanging all over the Orlando [...]

There’s one thing I’ve learned watching this year’s NBA Playoffs: the league is quick to rescind a technical foul if… well, I’ll let you conspiracy buffs work out those details. Off the top of my head, there are two players in the Western Conference Finals who’ve had black marks removed from their ledger [...]

When you consider all the free throw shooting that’s been going on during the last two games of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals, figuring out how the officials missed such an obvious play is puzzling; especially when you consider who it was Jones tripped. Never fear, Lakers fans, because what the on-court referees [...]

Sometimes, you hit the tuning fork just so and it gives the folks an idea of just how good you can be. Just ask J.R. Smith, who, after three games of playing like a turnover waiting to happen, showed just how good of a player he can be when he plays within himself, exercising [...]