While the basketball world has been focused on the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, LA Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the San Antonio Spurs have quietly worked their way up to the number two spot in the Western Conference. This is quite remarkable since the Spurs began the season with a mediocre start (12-9) and

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Coach Nick shows you how the Bulls have come of age with the maturation of Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, and Joakim Noah. With coach Tom Thibodeau at the helm, they are poised, focused, and efficient. It appears they will not have to grit their teeth and get experience for one more year – they are

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As the playoffs loom and statistical analysis heats up to a boil, something gnawed at me as I watched the 4th quarter of the Lakers Nuggets game on Sunday. There was something familiar about the patterns as they unfolded, and nobody on TV seemed to notice. Phil Jackson was concerned with turnovers, yet looking at

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Coach Nick breaks down the keys to the games from March 31, 2011 – The third quarter was where the Celtics and Lakers took control of the game. With teams this good, there is very little margin for error.

Coach Nick shows you how important it is to have a clear defensive philosophy. It is the main reason why the Chicago Bulls, under coach Tom Thibodeau, are leading the Eastern Conference. It’s also the reason the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by Byron Scott, are in the conference’s basement.

Coach Nick shows you how Vince Carter hurt the Suns so much, they couldn’t overcome it, despite Channing Frye’s career night.