SAN FRANCISCO – The day before Kevon Looney produced the best game of his professional career, he sat in a hallway at Chase Center in San Francisco, thinking about the way his role had changed since Golden State drafted him in 2015. This was a team known for its smaller lineups; that’s how it had …
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SECAUCUS, NJ – “They think they know refereeing,” Steve Javie muttered to no one in particular, wearing a wry smile. “It’s even hard in slow motion.” The “they” could be anyone, from enraged fans to confused television broadcasters – and, sometimes, even Javie, who was an NBA official for 25 years. He was sitting in …
Who Referees the NBA Referees? On TV, Steve Javie Does. Read More »
A group of mostly 20-something out-of-towners heading to Miami this time of year typically would be called spring breakers. But for our purposes, we’re referring to the Boston Celtics. Their reward for outlasting the Milwaukee Bucks in a grueling seven-game Eastern Conference semifinal series is a date in the conference finals with the No. 1-seeded …
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There was a time when the Boston Celtics’ season seemed in danger of crumbling into a pile of fine dust. They had a losing record in late January. They were scuffling through a series of injuries. There were questions about whether Jayson Tatum could coexist with Jaylen Brown – was it time for the team …
Jayson Tatum Saves the Boston Celtics’ Season With 46 Points Read More »
There’s hardly a more exciting play in basketball. A player is pounding the ball up and down with eyes darting left and right, deciding a point of attack. The player feints with one hand, and leans that way, so the defender follows. The ball flicks the other way, and the hapless defender slips, or in …
Anybody Can Dribble a Basketball. But Few Can Do It Like This. Read More »
Chris Paul had already started the fourth quarter by draining a long 3-pointer and passing to Cameron Johnson, his Phoenix Suns teammate, for another. It was a bad sign for the visiting Dallas Mavericks, because Paul hadn’t even called for the defensive matchup he really wanted. His next time up the court, Paul was dribbling …
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MEMPHIS-The Golden State Warriors expected a physical fight in Game 2 of their second-round NBA playoff series with the Memphis Grizzlies. But to lose that game, 106-101, and to lose a beloved defender to a fractured elbow? Those events they did not expect. It created a mélange of emotions after the game – anger, disappointment, …
Against Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors Feel Range of Emotions Read More »
MEMPHIS-The Golden State Warriors expected a physical fight in Game 2 of their second-round NBA playoff series with the Memphis Grizzlies. But to lose that game, 106-101, and to lose a beloved defender to a fractured elbow? Those events they did not expect. It created a mélange of emotions after the game – anger, disappointment, …
Happy. Sad. Angry? Golden State Is Feeling It All Against Memphis. Read More »
PHOENIX – When will Brittney Griner be set free? That painful question hangs over the Phoenix Mercury, just as it is likely to hang over the coming WNBA season. Last week, at a home preseason game pitting Phoenix against the Seattle Storm, hip-hop blared and gyrating dance squads revved up the crowd. When the teams …
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The Liberty are not sure what the full identity of their revamped team should be. But they are certain about one aspect of it. “I want teams to kind of be scared of us when they have to be on offense,” said forward Natasha Howard, who won the WNBA’s Defensive Player of the Year Award …
