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Led by Ronnie Brewer’s great defense on Kobe Bryant, the Utah Jazz upset the Lakers Thursday night. Deron Williams hit a game winning shot for Utah with 2.2 left in an 88-86 Utah win.
After Williams’ basket, Brewer still had to keep Kobe from making a game winner in those last 2.2 seconds. The [...]

Derrick Rose’s first NBA playoff game was a record setter. The Chicago Bulls’ rookie guard slashed up the Boston Celtics’ defense Saturday.
He drove the lane left and right, making a few layups and a lot of short bank shots in traffic. He also had some nice dishes to his teammates, including an allie-oop [...]

Before the NBA playoffs get started later today, I thought I would put in my two cents worth on some of the awards for the regular season.
With the MVP, usually there are one or two top candidates. This year I think there could be three — LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade. [...]

The regular season does matter in the NBA. Even the last game of the regular season matters. Teams were so close in both conferences entering last night’s regular season finales that the outcome of this last game determined who played who in six of the eight first round match-ups.
In the Western Conference, three [...]

Dwayne Wade made nearly two-thirds of his shots Sunday against the New York Knicks. The sharp shooting resulted in a career high 55 points.
Usually you are happy if your shooting guard makes close to 45% of his shots. Wade shot 19-30 from the field, a marksmanship that calculates out to over 63%.
He [...]

All 16 NBA playoff teams are now set. But the seeding order which determines who plays who still has a lot of unknowns.
The Western Conference in particular could still see a lot of shuffling of positions even though there are only three games left in the regular season. Out of eight seeds, only [...]

Michael Jordan was one of the greatest NBA players of all time. Maybe the greatest.
Does that mean he should be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame by himself this fall? Some in the Chicago area think so.   I don’t agree but I can understand the argument.
Also [...]

The great Michael Jordan was one of five former NBA greats to be named to the NBA Hall of Fame Class of 2009.
I found a page on YouTube with clips of 10 of Air Jordan’s greatest plays. Remember how amazing Michael was driving to the basket. He would hang in the air, have [...]

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Pau Gasol impressed me with some of his footwork and coordination in the Lakers’ win over the Bucks earlier this week.
The Bucks led much of the first three quarters of this game, playing good scrappy defense. But when Los Angeles made a run in the fourth quarter, two [...]