Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant says he guarantees that the struggling Lakers will make the playoffs and be a force to be reckoned with once they secure a playoff spot. “It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs. We will,” Bryant said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that was published on [...]
NBA Finals Aftermath: Kendrick Perkins Played Injured
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
So, that explains it. Reports from Yahoo Sports indicate Oklahoma City center Kendrick Perkins played with a partially torn groin in the final three rounds of the playoffs. Maybe fans will better accept his sub-par effort in the post season, especially in the NBA Finals the Thunder lost in five games to the Miami Heat. [...]
OKC Thunder Bummed, But Has Promising Future
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
There is no shame in losing in the NBA Finals to the Miami Heat, but still there is little consolation, either, for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Young. Talented. Athletic. They have the elements to be champions. They know that. Losing the NBA Finals 4-1 to Miami did not hurt any less knowing they have a [...]
Call LeBron James ‘King’ Now – And Champion
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
LeBron James sits atop the basketball world now, resplendent in a crown that he earned in resounding fashion. Call him King James. It fits. He is the best player on the best team – an appropriate place for a superior athlete that responded to a year of anguish with an unbending purpose and focus. Once [...]
NBA Finals: No Crown Tonight For LeBron James
June 21, 2012 | Posted by
In 1993, the Chicago Bulls of Michael Jordan led the Phoenix Suns 3-1 in the NBA Finals, with Game 5 at Chicago Stadium. Most everyone there took it as a foregone conclusion that the Bulls would capture its third straight championship that night. The businesses near the arena boarded up their windows in anticipation of [...]
NBA Finals: Cramps Won’t Keep LeBron James From A Chance At Title
June 20, 2012 | Posted by
LeBron James will play in Thursday’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Duh. Neither cramps nor anything short of an amputation would prevent James from playing in the game that could land him his first NBA championship, something he has coveted for nine years. Muscle cramps in his legs would not all him to finish [...]
LeBron James, Heat One Win Away From NBA Championship
June 20, 2012 | Posted by
LeBron James continues to build on his legacy, a legacy far different from the one established last year when he shrunk in the NBA Finals. No, this LeBron James is one of purpose and courage—and he is one more victory from being crowned King. He got to this prime position Tuesday night when he and [...]
NBA Finals: LeBron James, Serge Ibaka Feud
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
Just what an already-intriguing NBA Finals needed: A war of words between two key players. LeBron James means far more to the Miami Heat than forward Serge Ibaka to the Oklahoma City Thunder. But that does not take away from the spice those two added to tonight’s Game 4 in Miami. Ibaka, one of the [...]
NBA Finals: Focused LeBron James A Different, Better Player
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
If LeBron James seems different, it’s because he is going about things differently. Last year’s defeat in the NBA Finals changed him. For the better, he says. “Obviously, up until the Finals last year, he was having an amazing playoffs,” Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade said. “He had a game where he struggled, and he [...]
NBA Finals: OKC Faces Must-Win In Game 4
June 18, 2012 | Posted by
NBA Finals Depending on how you look at it, the Oklahoma City Thunder could be up 3-0 in the NBA Finals or down 0-3. That’s how close the games were The reality is that the Thunder trail 2-1, making Tuesday’s Game 4 in Miami a game OKC cannot afford to lose. History shows that no [...]
