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First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...if this team cares." Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: "So often you hear NBA coaches say matchups make a series. Well, in the NBA Finals between the Lakers and Orlando Magic...
Blog | June 01, 2009Monday Playoff Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...in there is there any real optimism about the Pistons doing well in this year's playoffs. Basketball can seem complex. For instance, consider some of what David Thorpe tells us about the Cavaliers...
Blog | April 20, 2009Playoff Warmup Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...but I could not stop watching this. If that doesn't give you playoff fever, nothing will. About the NBA and research into referee bias. More to come on this topic next week. A...
Blog | April 17, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...39;t follow March Madness into complete predictability over the next eight weeks, if the NBA stuffed its postseason, which begins this weekend, with one surprise outcome after another. It would cause quite a...
Blog | April 17, 2009If the NBA Playoffs Were Run Like a Democratic Primary ...
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...before we play a seventh game and have all the results in. As anybody who follows the NBA knows, a seven-game series would be good for the league, and the added competition would make...
Blog | June 04, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Nothing's hard for me.' The thing about it is, Stuckey is not just another cocky young NBA player with an inflated sense of his own ability. The rookie point guard from Eastern Washington has...
Blog | May 14, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...vs. Spurs John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "Know what? The Hornets actually are behaving like the playoff kids they are, no matter how much they'd rather not see or hear something like that...
Blog | May 06, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...league, it meant $25,000. That's how much the Celtics captain was fined for what the NBA called a 'menacing gesture.' Sources said the signal was consistent with a gang-related threat, though the...
Blog | April 29, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...latest example of the fact that he runs NBA basketball teams about as well as he hit...point when New Jersey very much remained in playoff contention. ... Similarly, O'Neal bailed on the Heat...
Blog | April 28, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...to do all season. Even when the preseason predictions had the Sixers finishing dead last in the NBA East, when some people had them winning as few as 20 games, when they seemed hopelessly mired...
Blog | April 25, 2008TrueHoop's Stat Geek Smackdown: 2008 Playoffs
Henry Abbott, ESPN.comTrueHoop's Stat Geek Smackdown is back for the 2008 NBA playoffs.
Story | Conversation | April 18, 2008First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Rockets traded for five years ago, and the Tracy that will help some lucky NBA team make a deep playoff run. Tracy looked so good that Morey probably had a fleeting thought that he...
Blog | December 17, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...him during the off-season. 'This is a basketball environment.' Artest recently acknowledged drinking at halftime of NBA games earlier in his career." Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle: "Many times since his season came...
Blog | December 16, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...now. As long as Del Negro is replaced by summer, when the Bulls' commitment to winning an NBA title resumes, there's no hurry. It really doesn't matter if the Bulls have a news...
Blog | December 11, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the only spot in the league where Wade has yet to experience a victory in his seven NBA seasons. The drought continued Thursday, when the Nuggets simply pummeled the Heat 114-96. The up-and...
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