Recently Chris Bosh and Kevin Durant have conceded that the Los Angeles Lakers have the best team in the NBA “on  paper” with their acquisitions of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard to play with Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. I have no idea why these two would say such a thing.  It’s just my opinion [...]

It closer than most expected, but United States basketball won the gold in London after defeating Spain 107-100. U.S. held a 35-27 lead after the first quarter after Kevin Durant heated up.  Durant had 12 points in the first quarter including two 3′s while Carmelo Anthony added eight points off the bench.  The only player [...]

United States basketball blew out Argentina 109-83 in the Olympic semifinals to advance to the gold medal game against Spain on Sunday. U.S. led 24-19 after the first quarter thanks to an early outburst from Kobe Bryant.  Bryant had 11 points early in the first quarter by hitting 3-for-5 from 3-point range.  It looked as [...]

United States basketball cruised to a win 119-86 win over Australia to advance to the Olympic semifinals in London behind a triple double performance from LeBron James.  It was the first triple double in Olympic history. The U.S. took a 56-42 lead into the half after a physical first two quarters of play.  James was [...]

United States dismantled heavy underdog Tunisia 110-63  to improve to 2-0 in Olympic play. U.S. went into the halftime break up by 13.  Far from the beating that most expected early as Tunisia got from deep and hit 7-for-13 while the U.S. hit just 2-for-12 from downtown in the first half.  The U.S. players would [...]

United States Basketball wrapped up its exhibition schedule by beating Spain 100-78 in Barcelona.  Carmelo Anthony put on a scoring display with 27 points through three quarters before going to the bench for the rest of the way with four fouls.  LeBron James finished strong putting in 25 points. U.S. started off slow falling down [...]

United States Olympic basketball team debuted against the Dominican Republic and not surprisingly dominated Coach Calipari’s experienced team the entire way in Vegas to a 113-59 win. Coach K went with a starting lineup of Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Tyson Chandler.  Anthony played the power forward position.  I like this [...]

Heat came out in game-3 of the NBA Finals in Miami and set the tone with great energy and physicality while dominating in the paint and on the glass. LeBron James is too big, too strong, and too fast to be stopped.  James had it in his head to get to the rack and finish [...]

Miami Heat got good performances from all of the big-3 and Shane Battier was on fire as they won game-2 in Oklahoma City to tie the series. Heat got out to an 18-2 start and saw Thunder stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook pick up two early fouls each along the way.  Oklahoma City never [...]

Oklahoma City overcame a slow start to the game to overcome the Miami Heat and take a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals. Miami took a seven point lead into the halftime break after they were extremely hot from 3-point distance.  Heat were shooting 55% at the break while the Thunder were just under 45%. [...]