Your 2009 NBA Champion is going to be one of these teams
Los Angeles Lakers
Shortly after the Gasol trade last season, me and one of my many Suns-supporting friends (who for unnamed reasons shall be known as the Cougar Hunter) were musing about the Lakers fortunes. “It’s so unfair”, was the overriding theme of that conversation, [...]

A couple of months ago I learned that I’d be traveling to Manila for work. While the Federal Government’s security warnings had me frightened a little (i.e. “Don’t travel to this place unless you really really need to”), the prospect of spending a few weeks in a basketball-mad country had me really excited. It was [...]

A lot has happened since my last playoff diary blog back on Day 32. I’m a bit behind. But with five days of no NBA action I’ve got plenty of time to write stuff, and you’ve got plenty of time to read it. Where do I start…
We have the Finals everyone wanted. Right after the [...]

Being a Detroit Pistons fan is like dating a bad girlfriend. She’ll take you on an emotional roller coaster ride (win in Boston, lose at home), she’ll lead you on (up by 10 in last quarter of game 6), tease you, then leave you hanging (lose by 8 ). She’ll make mistakes and tell you [...]

Day 30’s Playoff Votes
The Spurs shot 39.5% in this game and they still won. Duncan, Ginobili and Parker combined to shoot 34% but they still won. They turned the ball over 14 times (to the Hornets 8 ) and they still won. David West had 20-9 and Chris Paul went for 18pts-14ass-8rebs-5stls, and the Spurs [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 15
This day was black and white for me. There were two games and the setting was similar for both: A young hungry team trying to make a name for itself in the playoffs (Magic, Hornets) against a playoff-savvy veteran ball club who’s been here a million times before (Pistons, Spurs). The results [...]

My Knicksperience in New York – PART I
Hey everyone, Tizzle here. Thought I’d put together some thoughts and observations about my trip to NY to see the Knicks. Hope you enjoy.
Game 1 vs. Houston

My NBA cherry was to be popped tonight and I was pumped. Walking down 7th towards the Garden I couldn’t help but [...]

Yes I know I’ve already written one blog declaring my love for Sheed this season, and he may have slid off the radar a little amidst the Pistons balanced attack and steady success over the past month or so. But his performance yesterday against the Spurs reminded Pistons fans everywhere just how dangerous he is and [...]

Like most Aussie NBA fans I was glued to the live box scores during the marquee matchup on Sunday between the top-of-the-league Celtics and the coasting Pistons. I don’t remember a regular season game being so hyped – at least in the East – for a long, long time and it points to just how [...]

Which team is inconsistent yet disciplined enough to let a team score 40 points in a blitzing opening quarter, then hold them to 64 over the next three while methodically overturning a twenty-two point defecit? There’s only one: the Detroit Pistons. No other team could pull that off. The Mavs would have just kicked into [...]