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The Inaugural In-Season Tournament – An Overwhelming Adam Silver Masterclass
Cover Photo Via CBS Sports Author: Spencer Wood When the In-Season Tournament was first announced, many were skeptical that the league was trying to “do too much” and was creating a meaningless addition to the season. Questions began to circulate on the validity of such a tournament, and why anyone would be willing to “buy-in”…
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Inside the Rockets Red-Hot Start
Author: Grayson Obey Cover Image By: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports As a nearly newly minted Houstonian, I’ve had the pleasure of watch the Houston Rockets take the leap forward from the rebuild and retool stage of past seasons, into a staggering 6 game win streak up and apparent jump into the thick of Western Conference…
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NBA Season Preview – The NBA is Back Tonight!
Co-Written by Grayson Obey & Spencer Wood Welcome back, those who know ball! The NBA is back, just as we are so back. As we look ahead to another season of spectacular basketball, we took a look around the league to recap where they’re at, what moves they’ve made, what their preseason O/U win totals…
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In-Season Tournament – What Is It?
After rumors came out over a year ago about a potential NBA In-Season Tournament being announced, we have since gotten confirmation that the tournament is indeed real and we will all see it in action this November-December. Many of the rumors were unclear on what the games would look like, how teams would be matched…
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NBA Playoffs – Conference Finals Recap and Finals Prediction
Co-Written By: Spencer Wood and Grayson Obey Nuggets Sweep Lakers for First Franchise Finals Bid So… we got this wrong. It was a long series for the Los Angeles Lakers, whose defensive proficiency was erased by the high-powered two-man game of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, as well as the Nuggets’ pristine system of play.…
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NBA Playoffs Predictions – Conference Finals
Co-Written by: Grayson Obey & Spencer Wood Celtics and Heat Meet Again Image from NBA.com This will be the third iteration of a Celtics – Heat matchup in the Eastern Conference Finals in the past four years, with the Heat winning in 6 in 2020 in the bubble, and Boston taking last year’s series in…
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NBA Playoffs – Conference Semi-Finals Recap
Co-Written By: Grayson Obey and Spencer Wood Playoff Jimmy Prevails to the ECF The Heat will become just the second 8 seed ever to make the conference finals, joining the 98-99 Knicks, after defeating New York in 6 games. They are now headed to their second straight Eastern Conference Finals with the hopes of a…
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NBA Playoffs – Round 2 Update
Written By: Spencer Wood Knicks Struggle Ahead of Pivotal Game 4 Defense wins championships, and perhaps no team in the east is showing us that more than the Miami Heat, who have secured a 2-1 lead over the New York Knicks in their second round playoff series. Despite playing with a hobbled star in Jimmy…
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NBA Playoffs Predictions – Round 2
Welcome back folks to our second installment of Playoff Predictions! Before we jump into what we think about our upcoming/ongoing series, let’s look back at what happened last round: Philadelphia 76ers in 4 over Brooklyn Nets (Our pick: Philly in 5) Phoenix Suns in 5 over Los Angeles Clippers (Our pick: Clippers in 7) New…
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What Did We Just See!? Monday Night NBA Playoffs Round 1 – 4/24/23
Playoff Jimmy and the White-Hot Heat up 3-1 There isn’t a single way you could convince me that anyone knew what was in store for us when we tuned in to see Jimmy Butler and the short-staffed Heat take on the Milwaukee Bucks and newly-returned Giannis Antetokounmpo. In what was a game that fully controlled…
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