ONE: A mixed week in the NBA, as far as the Aussie contingent goes. The bad news obviously being that Bogut injured his leg. The good news is that Bogut thinks he can get back on the court quicker than the 2-4 weeks that was initially diagnosed.
I had a similar injury my second [...]

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Don’t bash the Cavs just yet. Having watched the first half of yesterday’s Celtics vs Cavs game, and the last quarter of today’s Raptors vs Cavs game (thank you ILP), I find myself for once agreeing with the Big Diesel (or “The Big Witness Protection” as he’s now apparently known in Cleveland). “You [...]

ONE: Roundup of the Aussies in pre-season competition. Bogut had a solid outing against the Bulls with 12 points (on 6-9 shooting), 5 rebounds and 2 assists in just 18 minutes. In the first five minutes the big man had 6 points, 2 rebounds and a block – a start that raised the spirits of [...]

Having had time to reflect on the 2009 Finals I’ve come to a conclusion on what they really were. Not Kobe’s vindication, or Phil’s coronation. But something else: an anticlimax. There were at least four series that were more entertaining during these playoffs – Boston v Chicago, Houston v LA, Orlando v Boston and Orlando [...]

It always amuses me when I read a playoff series preview, how people do the position vs position thing, coach vs coach, bench vs bench, and then make some sort of conclusion that amounts to adding up points accrued along the way. Hell, it’s the easiest way to do it, and without trawling through two [...]

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The great series had to end. Some predicted a Celtics blow-out, some suggested a Bulls upset victory, while many presumed it would reach at least one overtime period before ending again in epic fashion. The answer was neither of those, or perhaps somewhere in between. The game didn’t reach the nail-biting heights of [...]

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3 votes – The Bulls-Celtics series. Where do I start.. Maybe I’ll start exactly how I started Day 11, and that is by quoting what I said on Day 9. “Surely the remaining games of this series won’t be able to top Game 4? Right?”. Let me tell you something about that [...]

Forget amazing, tonight Impossible Happened. The series with four overtimes through its first five games has ended up with seven overtimes through its first six. If those numbers don’t make sense, they’re not supposed to. You’re not supposed to have more overtimes than games. Tonight basketball fans were left speechless, incapable of describing a game [...]

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One thought kept going through my mind over and over again while watching the Chicago v Boston game today: these Bulls always respond. In an incredibly hostile environment where games are often blown open in minutes, an environment conducive to bouts of Celtics heroism, these Bulls responded every time they needed to. All [...]

Brian Scalabrine. The name inspires a number of reactions. For some, it is a cringe; for others, a giggle; and for others, a deep resentment… Yet Celtic fans such as myself, we see Scalabrine as a 6’9” Ginga-Ninja who will forever be under-appreciated. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.

As of today, the Celtics [...]