Category: NBA
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Mavericks Have Something to Prove, Collapse Under Raptors
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/BMF SPORTS. During the second half of the Dallas Mavericks home opener against the visiting Toronto Raptors, small forward Chandler Parsons watched anxiously from the roughness of the bench. He wasn’t...
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Pacers Notch First Win Against Formerly Undefeated Detroit
Image courtesy of Joe Glorioso/Flickr . The Indiana Pacers defeated the Detroit Pistons in a game in which the Pacers finally looked like a professional basketball team. From the beginning to the end, Indiana didn’t...
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Ben McLemore Continues to Struggle in Kings 103-89 Loss to the Grizzlies
Image courtesy of Sean Davis/Flickr . Might as well call DeMarcus Cousins the MVP of the Sacramento Kings. Sacramento was completely inept without the All-Star center and were throttled down low by the much larger...
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Fantasy Basketball: Rookie Rollercoaster
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . We’re a week into the 2015-16 NBA season and it’s time to see how this batch of rookies are faring. To be honest, I personally gave them a...
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Sixers Show Progress in Loss to Cavaliers
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . On a fourth quarter alley-oop dunk in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 107-100 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to reach the...
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The Return of the Blue-Eyed Handsome: Mavericks Squash Lakers
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/BMF SPORTS Crammed between Game 5 of the World Series and an NFL football match up between two undefeated teams, was it difficult for Twitter to sniff out handsomeness at the...
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Hawks Soar to the Top of the Southeast Conference After Back-to-Back Wins
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Atlanta Hawks fans were in a small state of emergency after their opening season loss against the Detroit Pistons. That loss is now a distant memory after the teamed...
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Sixers Crushed 99-71 By Jazz in Home Opener
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . From the tip, the Sixers looked inept at being able to put the ball into the basket. Jahlil Okafor (10 points, 6 rebounds) and Nerlens Noel (8 points,...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: The List
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube . Each of the last four years I've done this top 50 NBA players countdown in the fifty days leading up to the upcoming NBA season. I've said it...
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'Vintage Rondo': Kings Fall to the Clippers 114-109
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube . DeMarcus Cousins does not like the Los Angeles Clippers. In fact, he hates them. Rightfully so as the Kings have gone just 6-20 against the Clippers since Blake...
