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The Storify: Western Conference Finals Game 2
Over the next few weeks we’ll be letting social media help tell the story of each of the remaining games in the Conference and NBA Finals: Western Conference Finals: Game 1 | [View the story "Western Conference Finals Game 2: San Antonio Spurs 93- Memphis Grizzlies 89 (Spurs lead series 2-0)" on Storify]
The Storify: Western Conference Finals Game1
[View the story "Western Conference Finals Game 1: San Antonio Spurs 105- Memphis Grizzlies 83 (SA leads series 1-0)" on Storify]
Bittersweet Dominance
April 3, 2010 is a sad day for me as a basketball fan. Because on April 3, 2010 things one freak accident changed the career of a player that was quickly becoming second to only Ray Allen on my list of personal favorites. Before that fateful day Andrew Bogut was doing everything he could to carry that special “Fear the Deer” mishmash of players to what looked like a potential first round playoff victory and the … Continue reading
Decision Time in Memphis: The Invisible Prince
Despite their victory in Game 3 on Thursday night the Memphis Grizzlies are getting to the point where a tough decision needs to be made. Despite only being down 2-1 in the series Memphis has gotten virtually nothing from Tayshaun Prince. In his 97 playoff minutes he’s gone 4-18 from the field and has just 11 rebounds and four assists. As we saw in Game 2 between the Rockets and Thunder a lineup change … Continue reading
The Myth of Danger
Every year as the playoffs approach one thing is guaranteed. A team or two always gets marked as “the team no one should want to face.” The teams normally fall into one of two categories. First the young up and coming team that does something better than anyone else in the league. Think the Grizzlies of a few years ago, who excelled at the slowdown grind it out game because of an elite defense. … Continue reading
Fun with Numbers: Defensive On/Off Court Data
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece in which I took a deeper look at the “defense” of Andre Miller. In the process of writing that piece I happened to check the on/off court splits for Miller according to 82games.com. What I found surprised me to say the least. The Nuggets were actually better defensively with the walking, lazy Miller on the floor. After I saw that I decided to take a look … Continue reading
Daily Dribble for December 12, 2012
The Daily Dribble is a somtimes-daily feature here at Hickory-High. Matt Cianfrone offers his thoughts on a handful of the previous night’s NBA games, and then turns to Twitter to fill in the gaps. We had some close games, but the action last night wasn’t nearly as gripping as Monday or Tuesday. Warriors 97- Heat 95: This was an incredibly fun game and it came down to the last play. Basically all anyone can ask for. … Continue reading
Daily Dribble for December 11,2012
The Daily Dribble is a somtimes-daily feature here at Hickory-High. Matt Cianfrone offers his thoughts on a handful of the previous night’s NBA games, and then turns to Twitter to fill in the gaps. This turned out to be the the second straight night of fun, fun basketball. Cavaliers 100 – Lakers 94 The NBA is better when Kyrie Irving is healthy. The second-year point guard was terrific in his return from a finger injury and his … Continue reading
Daily Dribble for December 10, 2012
The Daily Dribble is a somtimes-daily feature here at Hickory-High. Matt Cianfrone offers his thoughts on a handful of the previous night’s NBA games, and then turns to Twitter to fill in the gaps. This was a pretty fun night of basketball, at least in two of the three games I caught parts of. Heat 101 – Hawks 92: The Heat defense is just so much better with Joel Anthony in the game. He … Continue reading
Daily Dribble – November 29th, 2012
Editing Transparently: Last Night’s Numbers is no more and we’re still searching for a daily format that works here at Hickory-High. Matt Cianfrone is trying out this new (sometimes) Daily Dribble thoughts/storify set-up. Let us know what you think, what works and what doesn’t. What would you like to see added? Now, back to Matt: Spurs 100- Heat 105: Obviously I am disappointed Gregg Popovich decided to send his stars, and Danny Green, home but in … Continue reading
