As a coach, there is a tremendous amount of torque in my psyche as I watch the Oklahoma City Thunder attack the defense in the half court. Their sets, especially in crunch time, devolve into a series of 1 on 1 isolations out on top. The shots are of the “most difficult” variety, yet when
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With a military background, it’s clear that San Antonio Spurs head coach Greg Popovich relishes the mental game within the physical. At this level of the playoffs, it’s the toughest teams mentally that come out on top, and he has identified a weakness in the Oklahoma City Thunder. It’s been well documented here why we
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Brothers from another mother. That’s probably the best way I could describe Manu Ginobili and James Harden. While one was born amid the rolling hills of Argentina and the other a roll down the freeway from Los Angeles, these two players couldn’t be more similar. It starts with their left arms, sharing a kinship and
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Matt Moore, senior blogger for CBSSports.com and weekend editor for ProBasketballTalk.com, joins Coach Nick to go over the important story lines of the 2012 NBA Playoffs.
The last time we had a lockout, the Spurs won the title in 1999. While Phil Jackson wanted to put an asterisk next to it, this lockout title deserves a bright red star. Having survived a compressed schedule with back to back to backs, whoever wins the championship will have proven how tough they are.
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#1 San Antonio Spurs vs #8 Utah Jazz San Antonio Spurs: 50-16, 28-5 at home, 22-11 on the road Utah Jazz: 36-30, 25-8 at home, 11-22 on the road Check out all of our Playoff Previews BBALLBREAKDOWN Chat with Andrew McNeill of 48 Minutes of Hell and Spencer Ryan Hall of Salt City Hoops Playoff
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