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Old School Meets New School
The Cleveland Cavaliers have re-tooled on the fly. It remains to be seen if all the trades done at the deadline will turn them into a legitimate title contender. It’s not easy finding chemistry in such a limited amount of time but Cleveland hopes to work it out this week against the Oklahoma City Thunder....
The Denver Nuggets have been fantastic at home this season, which has kept them in playoff contention despite poor play on the road. They hope to the home court dominance continues next time out but it won’t be easy as they host the San Antonio Spurs....
The Golden State Warriors lead in the Western Conference is slipping. For whatever reason, Golden State continues to lose games in inexplicable fashion. Although this team is without question the most talented squad in the NBA, they have now lost three of their last five and are just a couple games up on Houston for the top spot in the conference....
The last time the Phoenix Suns won a game in the Bay Area their starting point guard was Steve Nash, who tallied a double-double with 14 points and 15 assists. That was seven years ago and in between the Suns have dropped 11 in a row to the Golden State Warriors inside Oracle Arena, and 11 straight overall in the series. The good news is that Phoenix hasn’t lost to the Dubs this season. The bad news is that Monday’s tilt is the first of four games the rest of the season....
It’ll be hard to recognize the Cleveland Cavaliers when they take the floor on Sunday after their roster overhaul at the trade deadline. It was apparent that what they had wasn’t working and wasn’t going to change anytime soon, and in an effort to save their season the Cavs swapped out their entire backcourt in order for another run at the Finals. They’ll have to get by the Boston Celtics to get there, though, as the Cs continue to hold the top spot in the Eastern Conference....
The Portland Trail Blazers are looking to keep their playoff streak alive. Portland has made it to the playoffs in four straight seasons and is right in the thick of things to make it five straight. Currently, they are a game ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers and a half-game ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans in the Western Conference race. With the Clippers trading Blake Griffin and DeMarcus Cousins suffering a season-ending injury, they look to be in a great position. However, they need to win winnable road games against teams like the Sacramento Kings. They will try to do just that on Friday night....
Jimmy Butler’s return to the Windy City is going to be one of the most highly anticipated games this week. The Chicago Bulls have hit rock bottom without their former star this season. They have lost seven in a row, and it would take a miracle run for them to even come close to sniffing the postseason at this point. That being said, they will be certainly motivated to knock off Butler and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night....
The Boston Celtics are looking to continue to stay atop the Eastern Conference when they travel to take on the Washington Wizards on Thursday night. Washington had been on fire until a recent loss to Philadelphia ended its winning streak, while Boston has been the best team in the East all season long. Both teams have star players dealing with injuries, so it will be interesting to see how this one shakes out....
On Tuesday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped a four-game losing streak in a big way. The Thunder traveled to Oakland to take on Golden State and put on a show, dominating the Warriors on their way to a 20-point victory. It was exactly the performance we’ve come to expect out of Russell Westbrook, who dominated all night long. Westbrook and the Thunder will look to keep that intensity up when they travel south to take on the Los Angeles Lakers in another TNT game on Thursday night....
The Minnesota Timberwolves haven’t reached the postseason since the 2003-04 season, but they are on their way to ending the NBA’s longest playoff drought. The Wolves have already eclipsed last season’s win total and their 34 victories are their third-most over the past 14 seasons. One of those victories was a 127-99 thumping of the Cleveland Cavaliers last month. The Cavs have been struggling and they look to avoid being swept by the Wolves....
This doesn’t feel like the San Antonio Spurs team we’ve been accustomed to seeing over the past several seasons. And that’s because it isn’t. The Spurs have survived without former defensive player of the year Kawhi Leonard, who has played in just nine games this season. Tony Parker missed a number of games with injuries and he’s now in a reserve role. Still, the Spurs are hanging around at the top of the Western Conference and go for the season sweep of the Phoenix Suns when the teams meet for the fourth time....
For the first time in six years, the Philadelphia 76ers look set to return to the postseason. Their long-suffering fans were told to “Trust the Process”, and now Sam Hinkie’s plan is paying dividends. Philadelphia is 25-25 and in eighth place in the East at this point of the season. The young guns have looked great and are starting to come together as a unit....
The Golden State Warriors are again the team to beat this season, but they have been stumbling more than they did last year. Golden State has lost two of its last three after dropping road games to Utah and Denver, and now must face the team that wants to beat them more than anyone else....
The Golden State Warriors’ three-game road trip did not get off to a good start, as they traveled to Utah and got blown out by the Jazz. Coach Steve Kerr was not happy with the effort from his team and they should be re-focused next time out. That’s not a good thing for the Sacramento Kings, who will likely be staring down a Golden State team intent on getting back on track....
The Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers have the name recognition of title contenders, but only one is playing like it. Houston is on the Warriors’ tail for supremacy in the Western Conference but the Cleveland Cavaliers have not lived up to the billing as of yet. They are hoping a win over Houston this week could be a signature victory that gets them going....
The Oklahoma City Thunder is one of the hotter teams in the NBA and has made up ground on foes in the Western Conference of late. They are expected to keep that up in a home game against the Los Angeles Lakers this weekend....
The Miami Heat have been a really good road team this season, accumulating more wins than anyone not named the Celtics or Warriors. They hope to keep that trend rolling in a showdown against the Philadelphia 76ers this week....
The Oklahoma City Thunder is making its move in the Western Conference. After a slow start, OKC is pushing toward a top four seed and is aiming to track down Minnesota. The Thunder is also within shouting distance of the Spurs for the No. 3 seed. Oklahoma City has a tough game next time out when it hits the road to face off against the Denver Nuggets....
The San Antonio Spurs have been the main contender to Golden State’s Western Conference thrown for the past couple of years, but the Houston Rockets have taken that title in 2017-18. Houston will aim to prove that in a resounding way this week when they travel to take on the Spurs in San Antonio....
Two of the worst teams in the NBA will face off this week when the Phoenix Suns host the Dallas Mavericks in a Western Conference matchup. Usually the home team in a game like this would be the favorite, but it is possible the Suns will be without star guard Devin Booker, which complicates things even more....
The Boston Celtics’ hold on the top spot in the Eastern Conference has gotten precarious. In order to hold off the Raptors, the Celtics will need to start playing better ball. They are only ahead by one game in the standings but can remain atop the conference with a win next time out against the New York Knicks....
There is a logjam near the last few playoff seeds in the Western Conference. Both the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers are a part of that group, and will be facing off in a critical game this week....
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been sputtering lately, but nothing compared to the struggles the Detroit Pistons are currently experiencing. Detroit has lost eight consecutive games to drop outside of the top eight seeds in the Eastern Conference....
It’s possible the NBA gets its Finals preview on Saturday night. The East-leading Boston Celtics will travel to face off with the defending champion Golden State Warriors in one of the most intriguing games of the season....
Every upset win is a big one this time of year for the Philadelphia 76ers, as they jockey for position in the Eastern Conference playoff race. They hit the road for a crucial game against the Oklahoma City Thunder this weekend....
