The NBA’s Best Players… It’s A Numbers Game
June 26, 2011 by Stat Watcher
Filed under More Sports, NBA, The Featured Sports
I’m a stat guy, but as most would agree, stats do not tell the entire story. That is why the NBA Playoffs is a conundrum for basketball stat geeks. Why? Well, it’s a numbers game. As a stat guy, I shouldn’t let a relatively small sample size trump the findings of a large sample size—especially [...]
Is LeBron James the Best Player in the NBA?
June 21, 2011 by Uzo Ometu
Filed under NBA, The Black Page, Zo Knows
Whew! I didn’t think I would have to ask myself this question for a very, very long time. At most, I thought I would ask the general sports-viewing audience, and even then, I didn’t think many more people needed any persuading. But all of a sudden, I too, am no longer sure whether or not [...]
The Miami Heat Are Not Your 2011 NBA Finals Champions
June 13, 2011 by Uzo Ometu
Filed under NBA, The Black Page, Zo Knows
Admit it, America. That’s what you feel right now. As great as it is that the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat in 6 games to win the 2011 NBA championship, it’s even sweeter for you that the Miami Heat lost in six. With all due respect to the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki, outside [...]
For the Miami Heat, Defense Wins Game 3
June 6, 2011 by The Sports Watchers
Filed under NBA
Defense wins championships. And when…I mean if the Miami Heat end up turning last night’s NBA Finals Game 3 victory into a championship over the Dallas Mavericks, it will 100% be because of their defense. In three games so far, the Mavericks have shot over 40% just one time, and that of course was the [...]
NBA Finals Offer LeBron Chance at Jordan Throne
May 30, 2011 by Uzo Ometu
Filed under NBA, The Black Page, Zo Knows
Here we are. The 2011 NBA Finals. Playing for the NBA championship is essentially the place everyone with any common sense thought the Miami Heat would wind up. Certainly, Dallas comes as a bit of a Finals participant surprise (somewhat of a surprise, I took out 20:1 odds that they’d win the whole thing!). However, [...]
An Epic NBA Playoff Collapse: Five Reasons the Thunder Lost to Dallas
May 24, 2011 by The Sports Watchers
Filed under NBA
By now you have heard the news already. Last night’s Dallas Mavericks come-from-behind win over the Oklahoma City Thunder was the first time in 15 years that a team ever lost after having a 15-point lead with less than five minutes left in an NBA Playoff game. Needless to say, what happened to the Thunder [...]
