That was some game, huh? Kobe Bryant hit a game-winning jumper with 7.3 seconds left to lift the Lakers over forever rivals, the Boston Celtics, 90-89. This is NOT just another game in the regular season for both teams; I’m sure they had this date circled on their calendars for a while now.
I got immediate [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rajon Rondo’
TNLP Talks To ESPN’s Land O’ Lakers
I Like Watching The Celtics
So people pretty much know that I root for the Lakers first and I root for the Clippers second. And I believe it was Chris Mannix from Sports Illustrated that posed this question: which five teams in the NBA do you watch the most? And, of course, my top two were obvious. But I’m sure [...]
The No-Look Pass Turns 1!
(REY-REY’S NOTE: I actually put this entry up on Nov. 24 but I just had it scheduled for Dec. 2 in time for TNLP’s first anniversary.)
Happy Birthday to the one and only TNLP.
It was pretty much over when David Diep told me that I should make an NBA blog. I didn’t think it would last [...]
Tim Donaghy And The NBA
Hey, guys. Y’all remember Tim Donaghy (who, by the way, is now a free man). He is forever known as the referee that fixed NBA games, including the ones that he worked on. Donaghy also wrote a book about it called Blowing the Whistle. In the same vein as Jose Canseco with Major League Baseball, [...]
The Week-Old NBA Season
Well, last Tuesday, the season finally started. Obviously, we’ll overreact and call for people’s heads, overpraise players, and proclaim the champions after like… uh… three games.
But I’ll go ahead and make observations of what I thought about the first week. No stories are going to stand out just yet. But here’s what I’ve observed so [...]
TNLP Season Preview (NBA Champions)
I asked the whole staff of TNLP various questions about this season… and we all compiled our answers to give you our thoughts of each question. Here’s a rundown of what we went through…
Game-Winning Shot
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
6th Man of the Year
Most Improved Player
Most Surprising Team
Most Disappointing Team
Most Valuable Player
Now for [...]
Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops (Stephanie K)
Welcome to Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops. We all know female sports fans are a hot commodity for us dudes. Maybe not as rare as we think but us guys always think they’re inferior when it comes to sports knowledge. Well, in this feature, I talk to them about the NBA and check what [...]
2009 NBA Playoffs (Days 26 and 27 Recap)
Let’s see if teams were actually able to close out some series.
May 13, 2009
#6 Dallas Mavericks 110 @ Denver Nuggets 124 (Denver wins series, 4-1)
The Nuggets got off to a fast start. They were up at halftime, 69-55. Dallas had cut it down to six midway through the fourth before Carmelo Anthony hit a three [...]
