Basketball

Spurs vs Heat Pick NBA – June 18th

Written by Chris S | Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

The Miami Heat find themselves in a dangerous, albeit familiar, position tonight.  Do or Die.  Backs against the wall.  On the brink of elimination.  Pick a cliché, and call it what you like, but this team is one loss away from their second disappointment in three seasons and the avalanche of criticism and scrutiny that [...]

Heat vs Spurs Pick NBA – June 16th

Written by Chris S | Sunday, June 16th, 2013

What better way to spend Father’s Day evening than with Game Five of the NBA Finals; the series knotted at two games apiece, and the title likely on the line tonight.  If the Spurs win, we have ourselves one heck of a series finale coming.  However, if the Heat should grab a second win (they [...]

Heat vs Spurs Game 4 Pick NBA Finals

Written by Chris S | Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Game Three featured the most impressive long-distance shooting display in NBA Finals history, as the Spurs knocked down a record-setting sixteen three point baskets. The result was the most humbling loss in the Big Three Era of Miami Heat basketball, a 36-point thrashing. Yet, for all the panic-inducing a 36-point loss causes, it is still [...]

Heat vs Spurs Pick NBA – June 11th

Written by Chris S | Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

NBA Finals – Game Three (Series Tied 1-1) The stat has been bandied about in the media a ton this week; the team that wins Game Three in the NBA Finals when the series is tied 1-1 wins the series.  Every time.  Except for of course the Dallas Mavericks two years ago, who beat this [...]

Spurs vs Heat Game 1 Pick NBA Finals

Written by Chris S | Thursday, June 6th, 2013

After a seemingly eternal layoff for the Spurs, the NBA Finals finally begin tonight at 9pm EST. The age old question of rest vs. rust takes center stage – will the Spurs be fresh and reenergized, or will they be sluggish and sloppy? Meanwhile, can Miami replicate their smothering defense and laser-focus from Monday’s Game [...]

Pacers vs Heat Pick NBA – June 3rd

Written by Chris S | Monday, June 3rd, 2013

Eastern Conference Finals – Game Seven It all comes down to this.  One of the best and hardest fought series in recent memory will come down to a winner-take-all Eastern Conference Finals Game Seven.  Will Lebron cement another chapter in his growing legacy and budding case to become the G.O.A.T?  Or can Indiana do something [...]

Heat vs Pacers Pick NBA – June 1st

Written by Chris S | Friday, May 31st, 2013

Eastern Conference Finals – Game Six Here we are again, at an interesting NBA crossroad between stats and momentum; a tussle between stubbornness and conviction; torn between the tantalizing and the inevitable.  Game Six between the Heat and the Pacers could be the end of a thoroughly entertaining series, or it could be the birth [...]

Pacers vs Heat Pick NBA – May 30th

Written by Chris S | Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Last night was dark in the NBA, thanks to the Spurs making quick work of the Grizzlies, but the NBA retakes center stage tonight with an enormously pivotal Game Five between the dead-even Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat.  Even casual sportsfans know what is at stake tonight; the team that wins Game Five in series [...]

Heat vs Pacers Pick NBA – May 28th

Written by Chris S | Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

One half of the NBA Finals is set after the Spurs completed their quick work of Memphis.  I, like most NBA fans, am surprised this series was a sweep, but every time Memphis seemed to get on track, Coach Pop and Tony Parker had an answer.  Now we can let the “rest versus rust” debate [...]

Spurs vs Grizzlies Pick NBA – May 27th

Written by Chris S | Monday, May 27th, 2013

The Miami Heat shut up a lot of doubters last night.  Similar to last year when the Pacers took an early series lead, Lebron, Wade and this time, Bosh, answered in a loud and resounding fashion.  Miami absolutely shredded Indiana’s vaunted defense to the tune of 70 points in the first half and never looked [...]