The Western Conference Playoff picture is set. Here is how we see it: 1 vs. 8- Utah vs. San Antonio. The Jazz have some good pieces with Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Gordon Heyward and company. But the Spurs of Duncan, Ginobli and Parker have too much experience. Plus they will be determined to put last [...]

Now we know for sure what the playoff match-ups are. No more “if the season ended now”, the matches are set. Here are my picks for the Eastern Conference. 1 vs. 8- Philadelphia vs. Chicago. The Bulls went 50-16 in the regular season, even with Derrick Rose missing a lot of time due to various [...]

When Michael Jordan was a player, he was the best. He was also not shy about letting management of the Bulls know that he knew more than they diod about how to run a team. Somewhere Jerry Reinsdorf and Kerry Krause are laughing it up right now. The NBA’s worst team of all time resides [...]

It looks like Memphis will host the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the NBA Western Conference Playoffs. The people who work at the Staples Center will be happy about that. They won’t have the swap the Lakers floor for the Clippers floor as often now. Unless a depleted Orlando Magic team with [...]

For those early in the season that thought the Clippers were the new boss in the Staples Center, in the words of Lee Corso “NOT so fast, my friend” The Lakers are again the Pacific Division Champions. The Atlanta hawks saw to that on Tuesday with a 109-102 victory over the Clippers to clinch the [...]

The Utah Jazz are playoff bound. They clinched the spot on Tuesday night by beating the only team still with a chance to chase them down, the Phoenix Suns, 100-88. ”It’s good to make people eat their words,” Utah’s Al Jefferson said of doubters who thought Utah was too young and inexperienced to reach postseason. [...]

The artist never to be referred to again on this site as MWP, A.K.A Ron Artest received his punishment today for the brutal attack he levied against Oklahoma City’s James Harden. Here’s my problem with this. If I did that to someone at my job, I’d be fired immediately and deservedly so. Also, there’s a [...]

A few days ago, it looked as if the 76ers were about to blow their chances at a second straight playoff berth. They had lost their final home game of the season and were looking at finishing with five straight on the road. Their lead over Milwaukee had shrunk to one game on the loss [...]

On Sunday, the Knicks were led by Carmelo Anthony’s 39 point performance in a 113-112 shootout win over the Atlanta Hawks. Ironically, it was a defensive play that decided the game when Amare Stoudamire Blocked a dunk attempt by Marvin Williams at the buzzer to seal the win for the Knicks. ”No contact at all. [...]

The Double OT come-from-behind win could be a division winner for the Los Angeles Lakers, but it could a costly one too. The Lakers may be without Metta World Peace for quite some time after he was ejected for throwing an elbow to the head of James Harden just before halftime. The Lakers battled back [...]