Tag: NBA Playoffs
2019 NBA Playoffs: Three things to watch for in Sixers vs. Nets
Updated:After struggling down the stretch to end the regular season, the third-seed Philadelphia 76ers will begin their NBA playoff quest…
Read more »Your Morning Dump… Where the celtics will have to look elsewhere for “winning plays” to start the playoffs
Updated:Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing…
Read more »NBA Powerless Rankings: One Month Remains
Updated:A month from today the NBA’s 2018-19 regular season will be over. Another 1,230 games in the books. Without getting…
Read more »NBA Season Preview: 2018/19 Over/Under Predictions and X-Factors
Updated:Last season I decided to share my season predictions on opening night. The results? 18 out of 30 over/under predictions…
Read more »TLM Podcast: Debating NBA Over/Unders
Updated:This episode was recorded during the dog days of late August, prior to several big news stories (Lee Jenkins-to-L.A., Jimmy…
Read more »NBA League Pass Rankings: Lottery Edition
Updated:As you’re already aware, the NBA released the full regular season and national TV schedules on Friday. And so, it’s…
Read more »In N’ Out of the NBA Playoffs: So Last Season?
Updated:We the people at The Lottery Mafia recently rolled out our Powerless Rankings: Offseason Wrap-up edition, as well as an…
Read more »Streaks of Stink: Missing the NBA Playoffs
Updated:One-third of the league has missed the playoffs at least two years in a row. We will take a quick…
Read more »Your Morning Dump… Where “He’s a Rookie” and his scoring has Cs one game away
Updated:Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s…
Read more »Kobe Bryant shares how he’d tinker with Ben Simmons’ jump shot
Updated:Philadelphia 76ers rookie point guard Ben Simmons is struggling to score in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Celtics. The…
Read more »The Pelicans Blow Out Golden St 119-100 Now Trailing 1-2 In Series
New Orleans, LA- The New Orleans Pelicans hosted the Golden State Warriors in The Smoothie King Center Friday night before…
Read more »Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics preview
Updated:After a hard fought seven-game battle with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics are now set to play the Philadelphia…
Read more »2018 NBA Playoffs: 3 takeaways from Sixers’ Game 5 win over Miami
Updated:The party will continue in South Philadelphia! After winning Game 4 on Saturday afternoon in Miami, the Philadelphia 76ers returned…
Read more »Dwyane Wade on Sixers: ‘This is the future of the NBA’
Updated:On Tuesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers wrapped up a tough and hard-fought first-round series against the Miami Heat. The Heat…
Read more »Playoff Ben Simmons is an actuality, not just a formality
Updated:Earlier this season, I wrote a column on why an aggressive Ben Simmons is good news for the Philadelphia 76ers….
Read more »The Pelicans Stomp Portland 119-102 To Take A 3-0 Series Lead
New Orleans, LA– The New Orleans Pelicans hosted the Portland Trailblazers in-game 3 of the first round playoff match-up. The…
Read more »Jrue Holiday Leads The Pels To A 111-102 Win Over Portland, New Orleans Controls The Series 2-0
Portland. Oregon– The New Orleans Pelicans battled the Portland Trailblazers in the second Playoff match up with a lot riding…
Read more »Your Morning Dump… Where the playoffs, and their lessons, begin today
Updated:Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s…
Read more »2018 NBA Playoffs: 3 things to watch for in Sixers vs. Heat
Updated:After finishing the regular season on a 16-game winning streak, and capturing the third seed in the Eastern Conference, the…
Read more »The Pelicans & Trail Blazers Playoff Series Info Released
Updated:The New Orleans Pelicans and The Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Series dates and time were released to-day by the NBA….
Read more »With One Week Left, the Wild West is Wide Open
Updated:If you foresaw the Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves going into the final stretch of the…
Read more »NBA Powerless Rankings: March Edition
Updated:The NBA is entering the stretch run, and the teams at the bottom are sinking further into the depths. Who…
Read more »Imagining NBA Utopia: Less is More, Top 16 Teams and the End of One-and-Done
Cash rules (almost) everything. Whether it’s sports, politics, or anything else in between, the almighty dollar will rear its ugly,…
Read more »NBA Powerless Rankings: February Edition
Updated:The NBA returns from the All-Star break tonight, which means the respective races for the playoffs or ping-pong balls are…
Read more »The NBA Anti-Tanking Manifesto: Draft Pick Tournament
The NBA is awesome. That is why you are here. The NBA isn’t perfect. That is why I’m here to…
Read more »NBA Trade Deadline: Lottery Edition
I wasn’t going to do this, but at the last minute I decided to take one last trip to the…
Read more »NBA Trade Machine: Discussing Five Potential Deals
Updated:The NBA Trade Deadline (Feb. 8) is rapidly approaching. Three weeks from tomorrow the buzzer will sound, and then there…
Read more »At Long Last: Will Lifelong Lottery Players Finally Reach the NBA Playoffs This Season?
The playoffs are not a given for any team nor any player. Which players have toiled the longest without a…
Read more »NBA Hot-Take Cannon: Way-Too-Early Edition
We are about five games into the regular season. In other terms, NBA teams are six percent through their 82…
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