Category: NBA
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Clippers vs. Spurs Game 2: Early Desperation
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The last time the San Antonio Spurs were 0-2 in a playoff series was in 2010 against the Phoenix Suns. They were eventually swept, but the Spurs were well...
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Rick Carlisle: Chandler Parsons Out Totally and Rajon Rondo Out Indefinitely
Rick Carlisle addresses the media regarding the health of Chandler Parsons and Rajon Rondo 's future with the Dallas Mavericks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=255&v=bl355JqpfCw
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That's Better: Wizards Dominate Raptors
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr< /em>. If Game 1 was sinful, then Game 2 was an apology to the Basketball Gods and the Toronto Raptors were the sacrificial lamb. After opening up an early lead,...
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'The Energy is Toxic': Rajon Rondo Benched by Carlisle
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/Baller Mind Frame Dallas Mavericks' head coach Rick Carlisle is not the first, nor likely the last NBA head coach to butt heads with Rajon Rondo . But this time there...
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Coveting the House Money: Shorthanded Dallas Mavericks Face Plant in Fourth
It was announced shortly before tip off of Game 2 of the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets series of the NBA playoffs: Former Rocket and now terrifyingly brilliant Maverick Chandler Parsons would not play on Tuesday...
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Cleveland Cavaliers Take a Closer Game 2
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . After the first quarter of Game One, Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said in a sideline interview, "I knew if the game was 24-all with four minutes...
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Klay Thompson Leads Warriors to Game 2 Victory
For the second straight contest, the Golden State Warriors didn't come close to playing its best game. Yet the Bay Area squad still managed to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans by a 97-87 score ,...
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Bulls Show More Grit Than the Bucks in Game 2
Game 2 of the Chicago Bulls vs. the Milwaukee Bucks went to the Bulls, as they are now up 2-0 in the series. The defensive battle made for a closer game than the last outing,...
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Rick Carlisle Speaks on the Availability of Chandler Parsons and Devin Harris for Game 2
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/Baller Mind Frame. As Dallas Mavericks’ power forward Dirk Nowitzki and his mentor Holger Geschwindner worked tirelessly across the court from the watchful eyes of the media on Monday afternoon at...
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Kyle Lowry: Playoff Jitters or Trying Too Hard?
Teddy Geiger once asked a very melodic question : "Did anyone try too hard?/ Well, I guess I did." Kyle Lowry did too. In Game 1, on Saturday afternoon, the Raptors point guard tried so...
