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NBA Playoffs: Adjustments for ATL-BOS, LAL-DEN
Notes on Tuesday night’s games. For my thoughts on how Chicago should play without Derrick Rose, click here. Atlanta Hawks (1-0) vs. Boston Celtics (0-1) The Celtics find themselves perilously close to...
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Philadelphia vs. Boston: Adjustments for Game 2
In a series that pits two of the best defensive teams in the league against one another, the biggest tactical adjustments in Game 1 came out of a need to create offense. The Celtics in particular...
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Enough about LeBron and his fouls
LeBron James and his lack of fouling has (again) become a talking point, mostly thanks to a much-bemoaned Dwyane Wade no call on Rajon Rondo (Well that, and Miami’s 47 free throws to Boston’s 29 FTs)....
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Whither the Grin?
(Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) “He had a smile on his face as he was waiting for the pass!” With two minutes and thirty nine seconds left in last night’s game and Miami trailing Boston...
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LeBron is better while being worse
There were a few Game 7 fourth quarter plays where LeBron James was matched up against Brandon Bass. Now, it’s remembered as LeBron torching Bass, or Doc making the mistake of putting Bass on James....
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Why Ray Allen might not care about Boston fans
Many are shocked that Ray Allen would “betray” his Boston fans. “Judas Shuttlesworth,” they call him. That’s a clever jab, one that’s also funny because it places the stereotypical Massachusetts...
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Have fun with that, Boston
I’ve been an NBA fan for as long as I can remember. The first game I ever remember watching was between the Bulls and Celtics during the 1986 NBA Playoffs. I was watching with my dad and I was...
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Would you like Ray Allen to lie?
We desperately want to know these athletes, but we refuse to have a grownup conversation with them. We’re really too angry and jealous to be trusted with so much as a paragraph of their actual...
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Will we see more Melo pick-and-rolls?
Look familiar? With J.R. Smith out of the lineup against Boston in Game 4, the Knicks leaned heavily on isolation play from Carmelo Anthony. His jumper was not able to bear the load. Melo fought his...
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The science of movement
In the waning moments of a Sweet Sixteen game this past March, Butler big man Andrew Smith received an inbounds pass and immediately scanned the court, desperate to make a play. As the seconds melted...
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