For over three quarters, the Oklahoma City Thunder did exactly what they needed to do to beat the Houston Rockets on the road. They weathered an early storm of three’s by the Rockets (8-10 in first) and methodically used their stars to their advantage. While Kevin Durant didn’t shoot particularly well, Russell Westbrook was hitting
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In his (triumphant) return to New York and Madison Square Garden, Jeremy Lin scored 22 points and had 8 assists as the Houston Rockets soundly beat the New York Knicks 109-96. Lin and James Harden (28 points, 10 rebounds) continually attacked the Knicks’ defense using good ball movement, but also took advantage of hurried 3
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2012-13 Southwest Division Preview (by expected order of finish) San Antonio Spurs 2011-12 Record & Division Standing: 50-16 (1st) Key Off-Season Additions: Nando De Colo and Eddy Curry (?) Key Off-Season Losses: none Outlook: The Spurs will probably finish atop the division but it doesn’t appear they’ve made improvements to win a playoffs series against
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#2 Miami Heat vs #7 New York Knicks Miami Heat: 46-20, 28-5 at home, 18-15 on the road New York Knicks: 36-30, 22-11 at home, 14-19 on the road BBallBreakdown Chat with Seth Rosenthal of Posting and Toasting Playoff Series Outlook Having won all three regular season games vs the Knicks, the Heat come
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Watching the Knicks host the Mavericks on Sunday, one might think that the pick and roll is the oldest play in the basketball book. However, the true history of the game reveals that Dutch Dehnert of the original Celtics was the first pivot player, catching the ball with his back to the basket and wreaking
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Written by: Arun Chikyarappa (@arunKnows) & Coach Nick Second-year guard Jeremy Lin is the talk of the NBA as he has come from almost nowhere to lead the New York Knicks to five-straight wins. In those games, Lin averaged 26 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and two steals. These are remarkable numbers for anyone but
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