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NBA Preview: Injured Nash Could Cripple Suns in Orlando

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Phoenix Suns could be without their best player when they take on the Orlando Magic tonight. The possible absence of Steve Nash could cripple Phoenix’s offense. Orlando can pile on the pain The Suns have done remarkably well to start 6-5, including a win over the Lakers. The good times look set to come...

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NBA Preview: Blazers And Thunder Clash in Portland

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Portland return home from a successful road trip to take on the Western Conference’s rising stars, the OKC Thunder. Depth is critical to Blazers’ success The Portland Trail Blazers are not lacking in star power but it’s the depth of their bench that’s got them off to a 4-1 start this season. Wesley Matthews’ 18...

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NBA Free Agency: Decision Time For LeBron James

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

LeBron will reveal all live on ESPN, with the future of the entire NBA possibly hanging on his decision. We are through the looking glass Somebody call up Merriam-Webster, we need them to change the definition of power. Power is when one athlete can call the Worldwide Leader in Sports and get it to change...

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NBA Free Agency: Battles for LeBron James and Chris Bosh Will Be Crucial

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

LeBron is King but where will he hold court? Who will be his ‘princes’? Al Dannity says the free agency battle will be intense but short Where to for the big stars? Free agency began hours ago and right now all we can say with any certainty is that Dwayne Wade will stay in Miami....

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All Hail King Kobe, the Greatest Laker of Them All

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It was a Game 7 to remember and Al Dannity says the Lakers and Celtics finally delivered a classic worthy of the NBA Finals We remember the good times As a Best-of-7 series this was hardly breakneck stuff or drama of the highest order, well not for six games. Up until the deciding game in...

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Lakers vs. Celtics – This One is Going All the Way

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Look over there Kobe, it’s your legacy in the window but the Lakers need to win Game 6 before Black Mamba gets to go shopping for immortality. LA can take heart Just like I predicted last week, Black Mamba came good in Game 5 but it wasn’t enough to stop Boston from winning and taking...

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Lakers and Celtics Will Go the Distance

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Al has seen it all in the NBA playoffs this season but he finally thinks he’s sure of one thing, the NBA Finals will go to a seventh game. Boston to take charge This has been a typical Celtics performance in the series so far. A balance of dominance and disaster to make sure they...

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Lakers, Celtics in NBA's Timeless Rivalry

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle previews the 2010 NBA Finals, which feature the NBA’s classic Finals matchup of Boston and the LA Lakers. It’s June, it’s the NBA Finals, it must be Celtics/Lakers. The Lakers are warm favorites in the NBA odds to reverse their 2008 loss against Boston, and the most likely series options are a Lakers...

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Artest of Character: Comebacks Stopped, Succeeding in the NBA Finals

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle looks at the comeback kids of the NBA playoffs. The fightback is in for the NBA playoffs. It took a Ron Artest buzzer beater in the Staples last night to put away the Suns, but the ball dropped, the Suns lost and now they face a must win Game 6 back on home...

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Lakers, Celtics Looking Good for Another Showtime Final

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle assesses the likelihood of another Celtics v Lakers NBA Finals Series. It’s high. The challengers are struggling to land a glove on the Champs, and anyone who was thinking of new colors at the NBA Finals this year is going to have to think again. The Celtics and Lakers are odds-on NBA betting...

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LeBron and the Knicks – Could Jay-Z Cost the Nets by Accident?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle looks at LeBron James’ options after Cleveland fail again in the playoffs. LeBron answered his critics with a triple double last night but it still didn’t save Cleveland from more gut-wrenching sports heartbreak. And now it’s going to be another anxious summer by the banks of the Ohio as the city waits and...

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Beware the 007 Seeds: Spurs v Sun NBA Preview

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle previews the Western Conference semi-final series between the 3 seed Phoenix Suns and the 007 seed San Antonio Spurs. Some teams are greater than the sum of their parts. Some teams are less. The Western Conference semi-finals give us a classic encounter between such teams when serial over-achievers San Antonio take on serial...

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Joakim Noah May Go On Vacation Sooner Than He Thinks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle looks back on a wild start to the NBA Playoffs. So the playoffs have started, and nearly all the series are offering us something to talk about. Even an open and shut series like Bulls and Cavaliers has the added spice of the trash talking that’s going on. Joakim Noah wasn’t shy about...

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Cavs and Mavs Look Good as Playoffs get Under Way

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Cavaliers have the easiest route through the first round of the NBA playoffs. Cavs to brush aside Bulls With a little help from a Chris Bosh injury, the Chicago Bulls overcame their own internal adversity to make the 2010 NBA playoffs against the odds. After four games that journey will come to an abrupt...

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Dallas will Rule the West in the NBA Playoffs

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Prepare for a war the likes of which the NBA has never seen, the Western Conference playoffs will be nothing short of brutal. Durant deserves the hype but he’s not beating Kobe The opening round match-up that has critics and blogs salivating over most is the battle between the Lakers and the Thunder. The Lakers...

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Hey LeBron, Clear Your Schedule; it's Playoff Time in the NBA

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

After taking the last two games of the season off on holiday it’s time for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to shine in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Chalk up the first round Even a bumbling Rasheed Wallace can’t stop the inevitable, the top four seeds will progress from the Conference Quarter Finals in the...

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Coach K Cuts Down One Net – Can He Build Up Another?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle looks back on a catastrophic weekend for the Bucks, an ominous warning from San Antonio and what could be the scratchy sound of checks being scribbled by the Jersey shore. Disaster has descended on the Milwaukee Bucks. Milwaukee bounced back from bad beat losses against Cleveland and Orlando to end the Suns’ winning...

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NBA Review: Raptors Hang On, Nets Win! Nets Win!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

A historic night in the National Basketball Association as the New Jersey Nets — the lovable losers that were threatening to break a decades-old record for futility — won their 10th game of the season. Also, the Toronto Raptors kept their slip-sliding playoff hopes alive. Here’s the rundown: New Jersey Nets 90, San Antonio Spurs...

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NBA Recap: Bucks Knock Off Hawks in Big Eastern Conference Clash

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Another huge night in the National Basketball Association as the jockeying for postseason positions continues. The biggest game of the night went down at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, where the white-hot Bucks took care of the Atlanta Hawks by a score of 98-95. Let’s break down that one and the rest of the action...

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Mavs and Rockets to Win Big this Weekend

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The ultra-hot Mavs take on the Celtics this Saturday while Portland looks to boost its playoff hopes at Phoenix on Sunday. Al Dannity gives his picks for the best of the NBA action this weekend. Mavs to outgun visiting Celtics This is a clash of the provisional #3 seeds in the NBA playoffs. Dallas enters...