2013 NBA Playoffs
Who Wants To Win? The Story of Game 1 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals Pacers at Heat
While Game 1 in Miami provided lots of drama and entertainment, from a purely fundamental perspective, this game was a disaster. While Paul George came up clutch with his 35 foot three pointer to tie and 3 free throws to seemingly give the Indiana Pacers the victory, he also mishandled his dribble several times and
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2012-13 Regular Season
The Race for 8th: Lakers vs Clippers and Jazz vs Warriors
The Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers are competing as hard as they can for the 8th and last spot in the Western Conference Playoffs. Unfortunately, I fear most of this is for naught, as they will simply be lambs led to slaughter by either the Spurs or Thunder in the first round. So let’s
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How The Bulls Banged And The Heat Streak Ceased
The Chicago Bulls ended the Heat’s 27-game win streak in a wonderfully played game that had the feel of a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals. Without Joakim Noah, Marco Bellineli and Derek Rose, the argument could easily be made that the Heat should have won with little resistance. The interesting aspect of this
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Why The Clippers Are Vulnerable: Defending The Three
While the LA Clippers will win their first Pacific Division title this year, the team is currently far from the one that went undefeated in December. One of the areas of concern has been the Clippers defense against three pointers. To examine this issue, the BBALLBREAKDOWN team examined all three pointers allowed over a 4-game
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Knicks at Celtics In Game Breakdown
View as slideshow BBALLBREAKDOWN@bballSource @JayD1881 YES! I have an agenda – I will criticize players who don’t play with fundamentals. Tue, Mar 26 2013 18:35:37 ReplyRetweetFavorite BBALLBREAKDOWN@bballSource At this point, you have to ask why Melo is still in the game… other than stat padding… Tue, Mar 26 2013 18:35:07 ReplyRetweetFavorite BBALLBREAKDOWN@bballSource Don’t miss our
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History Of Basketball
Larry Coon on the NBA: Are Teams Trapped by the new CBA?
Coach Nick interviewed Larry Coon of CBAFAQ.com at the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Larry explained how teams are constructing their roster given the constraints of the new collecting bargaining agreement. Follow Arun and Coach Nick on Twitter
Kiki Vandeweghe On The State of the NBA
Coach Nick spoke with, former NBA All-Star, Coach and GM, Kiki VanDeWeghe at the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Some of the topics Kiki talked about include the value of a stable coaching situation to an offensive system, fit between a player & a particular system, and the ability for NBA players to improve.
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1997 NBA Finals Game 6: Bulls vs Jazz and the No Call That Changed the Series
Reliving the Bulls 5th title was something of a bittersweet experience, taking me back to an earlier less-complicated time in my life (single, no kids). Coming off a record setting 72-10 the year before, the Bulls cruised through the Eastern Conference playoffs before running into arguably their most formidable foe of any of their championship
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Reggie Miller’s Amazing 8.9 Seconds
In honor of Reggie Miller’s induction to the NBA Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA, I decided to look at one of his most famous achievements. Single handedly beating the Knicks in Madison Square Garden with two 3 point daggers goes down as one of the most clutch playoff performances in professional basketball history. Amidst
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