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Miami looks to pour on the heat

Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks
1:00 PM ET, April 15, 2012
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Coverage: ABC

Not only will this game stand as the last meeting between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks of the season, but it might be the most important game the Knicks play of the regular season. This game will give the Knicks the knowledge they will need to really see what kind of a shot they have in the postseason, if they can beat the Heat that will most definitely put them in their A game (after losing back to back games to the Celtics, another eastern conference team). The Knicks know they have been hot in recent weeks, but they have not really been challenged, the real honest test came in an OT win against the Bulls, who had an unhealthy and very rusty Rose playing point guard for most of their game. Read the rest of this entry »

Boston to keep pressure on

Boston Celtics vs. New Jersey Nets
7:30 PM ET, April 14, 2012
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Coverage: YES Read the rest of this entry »

The Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are having the season of the decade; they have not played this well since the time of the great Reggie Miller. They have positioned themselves to not only make the playoffs this year, but be the #3 seed coming out of the east, surpassing teams like Boston, New York and Orlando. They are playing more in-sync now than they ever have and the combination of youth and veterans are helping them tremendously, but the experience will come in big time as soon as the playoffs arrive. They currently are second in the central division behind the Chicago Bulls, who own the second best record in the NBA. Read the rest of this entry »

The Milwaukee Bucks

The Bucks are currently a .500 team and compared to the top squads, well that is not much, but they are still in the hunt for that last playoff spot in the East. They are fighting with the Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers and the New York Knicks to see which team will fall out of contention over the next few weeks. Now the Bucks are currently where they are now because of a major mid-season trade that involved one of their star players, Stephen Jackson going to Golden State, where he was then sent to San Antonio for the All-star guard Monta Ellis, who until this season had been the name and face over in Golden State. Read the rest of this entry »

The New Jersey Nets

We all expected huge things from the New Jersey Nets this season, they went out last offseason and signed as many free agents as they could, even trading for one in mid-season, but nothing is going their way, soon to be known as the Brooklyn Nets they even allowed New York native and rapper all-star Jay-z to own a small portion of the team to get some publicity, but it simply is not working, they have all the power of any team on paper, but cannot get it to translate onto the floor. Read the rest of this entry »

The Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors have for a long time been the laughing stock of the NBA, the only team that does not reside in the United statesbut in Toronto Canada, although there is a steady fan base they just cannot seem to grow the team. They have traded all the good players Toronto has ever really had, Tracy MaGrady, Vince Carter, Marcus Camby, Chris Bosh and Leonardo Barbosa just to name a few, they have not really tried to sell the team as an actual basketball franchise, in my personal opinion, it almost looks like a cover for something else going on in the back, something not visual to the rest of us. Read the rest of this entry »

The New York Knicks

I don’t think I remember ever having seen a team so up and down as the New York Knicks have been over this last season. They have been from highlight to bust meter and everywhere in between; the Knicks have been the most inconsistent ball club of the league by far starting with the coach and moving your way down the line. The Knicks have changed coaches, point guards and signed players from the China league all in the same season; they have gone on 7 game win streaks to 9 game losing streaks and have yet to find any equilibrium in their core guys. Read the rest of this entry »

The Philadelphia 76ers

What has happened to the Philadelphia 76ers, last year a mere .500 team, they have not really been in the spot light since the days of Allan Iverson and Dikembe Mutombo in the early 2000s. This season the 76ers were on a mission to turn their franchise around, with the addition of Jrue Holiday and Lou Williams who lead the team in scoring all season long and their co-captains Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand, they have managed to stay atop of the eastern conference with surprising wins over the Heat, Bulls, Celtics and Pacers. Read the rest of this entry »

The Boston Celtics

After going back and forth all season long battling for the top spot in the Atlantic division, the Boston Celtics currently lead this year’s nemesis, the Philadelphia 76ers by 1 game. Coming into this shortened NBA season due to the extended lockout, the Boston Celtics were written off the map from the get go, people saying they were simply too old to compete, too slow or that they would not have the health to carry them through the season and into the playoffs if that were to happen. Read the rest of this entry »

Kings try to even up the score against the Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers vs. Sacramento Kings
10:00 PM ET, April 6, 2012
Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, CA
Coverage: CSNS

These two teams have for a long time been referred to as the lower side of California, as both teams reside in the State of California and also must compete alongside the Lakers; it makes things difficult for them to grow a loyal fan base. Back in the early 90s the Kings had something going, they had good players and made a few good runs at a title, but never had what it took to get over that last hump. One the other hand the Clippers for a long time have lived in the direct shadow of the Lakers, sharing the same home court, but this year, things have started to turn around for the smaller Clippers team, who now holds a better record than their neighbor the Lakers. Read the rest of this entry »