Alex Curtis-Slep

The Celtics beat the Pistons 94-80 (it was a road game for Boston!) to take a 2-1 series lead. Let me emphasize those word in the parentheses: IT WAS A ROAD GAME! This is a great burden that is now off their shoulders. They knew they had to win a game in Detroit if they … Read more

In what ended up being a blowout game, the Lakers beat the Spurs 101-71. The Lakers got the rust of their first quarter game and executed terrifically throughout the game. The root of the Spurs problem is the health of Manu Ginobili. He didn’t look great in the first half, but he showed some signs … Read more

Watching the Celts beat the Pistons last night, I was surprised to see Billups not play like Billups. Now, I know he just came off of that bad injury, but in an interview with the crew at TNT, he said he was 100%. I know it’s now good to rush an injury, but he wasn’t … Read more

In a surprisingly close game, the Spurs beat the Hornets 91-82 to win the series 4-3. The Spurs played great throughout almost the entire game. Near the end of the game, the Hornets were fueled by a hot streak from Pargo. The problem was Chris Paul didn’t have any heroics in the bag. He is … Read more

The Celtics beat the Cavs 97-92 to advance to the Eastern conference finals. We saw two special players really ball today: Paul Pierce and LeBron James. The reason the Celts are better is they have a tremendous supporting cast. Despite Allen’s poor performance, Rondo has been great, Brown was ballin and House provided a spark. … Read more

LeBron James willed the Cavs to win over the Celtics. The series is now tied 3-3 and game seven will be played in Boston on Sunday. It seemed just like another typical game in the second round- the home team had the upper hand. They started the second half on fire and I thought they … Read more

I wrote a nice guest post about sports blogging on a site called The Sports Dollar. It is written by a friend of mine named Kellex and he is a great writer (he also writes le basketbawl). Here’s a sneak peak at my post titled: Don’t Recap, Rethink: A Sports Blog Primer:Blogging is thought to … Read more

The Knicks will hire Mike D’Antoni as head coach. His contact will go four years and he will payed-too much for a rebuilding team. Everyone knows that Mike can coach and be successful, but a great coach has to have great players. It’s almost as bad as the Larry Brown debacle. I think six mill … Read more

The Pistons beat the Magic 90-89 to take a 3-1 series lead. I think that the Magic went too quick on the last play of the game. Hedo held the ball for a few seconds and didn’t leave the Magic enough time to extend the game. I would have liked to see a quick shot, … Read more

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