3 votes – George Hill: Manu’s shot wasn’t falling. Timmeh (4 points) and Parker (10 points, 5 turnovers) plain stunk it up. So George Hill’s big night wasn’t only impressive, it was also absolutely crucial to the Spurs’ hopes of winning the series. The kid had 29 points on 16 shots, including 5 threes – [...]

3 votes – Lebron James. He was phenomenal on this night. Got his teammates involved, made his jump shots, and took over down the stretch to end with a 40-8-8 that would be considered epic if it was anyone other than Lebron James. But don’t take this from me, take it from the man himself. [...]

J.O is the newest writer here at NBAMate. His mantra is “If it’s not NBA, it’s not BASKETBALL”. The owner of over 200 NBA ‘video-taped’ games, J.O. lives n breathes NBA on a daily basis, reads it, watches it, writes about it and challenges anybody to a game of NBA 2K10! This guy really does need a life….
Playoff bound [...]

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3 votes – Carlos Boozer. What a turnaround for this half-man half-jungle animal. Grabbed more rebounds than he did in games 1 and 2 combined, broke the Jazz playoff record for rebounds in the first quarter (11) and a game (22), and more importantly, continually bulled the Lakers frontline from start to [...]

Haven’t added to my playoff diary in almost a week – I’ve got some serious catching up to do! Best way to do it is probably with my MVP playoff votes.
Day 20’s Playoff MVP Votes
3 votes – Tony Parker. No real doubt about this one. After Chris Paul looked like he’d murdered the CP vs [...]

Day 1 of the season. Oh how I’ve waited for you. The endless months spent in anticipation, the speculation about the flashy new rookies, the desperate need for another NBA game to wipe away the foul memories of last year’s Finals series. Yes, the best eight months of the year have started, and here’s what [...]

They couldn’t be more worlds apart. One sport is played by lean, leaping giants, throwing a round ball into a small hoop with five-man teams running end-to-end on shiny wooden floor boards. The other is played by tough, rugged warriors trying to kick an impossible egg-shaped ball over a grass paddock 180 meters long through [...]

Day 42: Nine in a Row
From a Detroit fan’s perspective, thats the only way to look at it… nine in a row. Since playing arguably our best game in the playoffs in game 3 against the Bulls, Detroit have played nine very ordinary, average-at-best games. That is an incredible streak of poor form to have [...]