J.R. Smith Has The NBA By The Shoelaces
Hello again, casual basketball fan! The NBA Finals begin tonight. The heavily favored Golden State Warriors will face…
The Hawks Were Fun, Occasionally Terrific, And Not Revolutionary
The Finals matchup is set, and thanks to a scheduling quirk and two mostly non-competitive conference finals series,…
How Did We All Get Sucked Into James Harden's Nightmare?
He had more turnovers than shot attempts. The whole performance was bad—sickeningly bad, broadly and in nearly all its…
How To Watch James Harden, The Loathsome Genius
Hi, casual basketball fan! As you’re likely aware, the NBA’s conference finals begin tonight. In the Eastern…
Clippers Blow Out Rockets, Advance To–Wait, What? The Rockets Won???
Late in the third quarter of last night’s game at Staples Center, the Rockets looked about as dead as any team has been…
The Valiant Hawks Withstood Mighty Ramon Sessions, Can Do Anything
By now everybody knows the game plan for beating the Washington Wizards in the playoffs. We can neither stop nor…
The Washington Wizards Are Not Going To Win The NBA Finals
Last April, the first-seeded Indiana Pacers, who’d spent the season’s first few months crushing the league before…
Hey Canada, What The Hell Happened To The Raptors?
The Wizards completed their four-game sweep of the Raptors yesterday evening in D.C. Sweeps aren’t all that uncommon in…
Kyle Lowry Is The Most Frustrated Man
Over the first two games of the Raptors-Wizards series, both played in Toronto, Kyle Lowry has played 60 minutes,…
Two-Shootin' Beno Udrih Killed The Blazers And It Was The Best
That the opening game of the Grizzlies-Blazers series ended up being dominated by the work of a slick, cold-blooded…