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First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Celtic coach Doc Rivers agreed: 'It was a great foul by Rondo. You always talk about playoff basketball, no layups. Rondo did it on the very last play and it won the game for...
Blog | April 29, 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: 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, 2008Feeling Violated by Playoff Basketball
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...is not a foul. Or it might have a lot to do with the reality that NBA playoff basketball is, by design, not as aggressively maniacal as it used to be, and no one...
Blog | May 14, 2007TrueHoop'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, 2008Playing for good teams, having been let go by bad teams
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...a 3-point shooter mid-NBA career. That addition to his game, that bit of player development (which was encouraged by the team) contributed directly to the Lakers' playoff success that resulted in a...
Blog | November 10, 2009Your Second-Favorite Team
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopNBA fandom usually begins with the love of a team. My love of the NBA, for instance, springs...
Blog | August 21, 2009Lessons from the Schedule
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopESPN's Chris Sheridan has a thorough rundown of some of the best NBA games on the 2009-2010 schedule. My favorite line: Oct 29: San Antonio at Chicago (TNT) Richard...
Blog | August 04, 2009The Back of the (Really Large Manila) Envelope Guide to the Las Vegas Summer League
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Howland, the former Fairfax High standout went undrafted as a senior and will try to make an NBA team the hard way. Cleveland Cavaliers Christian Eyenga The Cavs surprised the league and their fans with...
Blog | July 09, 2009Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopTrevor Ariza's agent is making noises about leaving the Lakers, but he has made noises before. The Cavaliers are said to be suitors -- and I'm...
Blog | July 02, 2009The Michael Jordan of Turkey, in Free Agency
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...his best game. In Game 5 of the NBA Finals he dawdled on offense. He fell for...of urgency still wavered some. But in the playoffs, his focus was just about always there, and...
Blog | June 30, 2009Without Manu: Spurs Fans React
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThere is a busy San Antonio Spurs message board called SpursTalk.com. When news hit that Manu Ginobili was out for the season, there were several earl...
Blog | April 07, 2009The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...s the start of the second quarter in a pivotal playoff game. We see repeated camera shots of the best players in the NBA, and they're ... resting on the bench. Fans know...
Blog | March 16, 2009NBA: No Bodies Available
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...awful lot of teams in the playoff mix are missing an awful lot of key players. Which makes an old idea as fresh as ever: Would a shorter NBA season be better? It came up...
Blog | March 09, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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