From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Elbows, face slaps, fines, fouls and suspensions

April 29, 2009

Big news came through today in the Magic vs. 76ers series, in that Dwight Howard will be suspended for game six. The suspension comes as a result of Howard swinging his elbows at Samuel Dalembert’s head. The Magic (up 3-2 in the series) will now also be without Courtney Lee, who fractured his sinus as [...]

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Playoff Preview: San Antonio (3) vs. Dallas (6)

April 18, 2009

Both the Spurs and Mavericks ended their seasons on high notes, taking down formidable opponents (Hornets and Rockets), however both have struggled with consistency throughout the season. Despite having much of the same cast of previous great teams, the Mavericks don’t seem to have the same swagger that they used to. While still one of [...]

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Playoff Preview: Denver (2) vs. New Orleans (7)

April 18, 2009

If you were to have told me at the beginning of the year that the 2 vs 7-seed matchup would be between the Nuggets and Hornets, I would have believed you, but naturally assumed that the Hornets would be the two-seed, not the other way around. The Hornets, who were largely expected to be amongst [...]

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Playoff Preview: Los Angeles (1) vs. Utah (8)

April 18, 2009

The Lakers have clearly been the most impressive team in the Western Conference this season, and I’d expect their success to continue throughout the playoffs. Their first victim, the Utah Jazz – a familiar foe who they eliminated in the first round of last year’s playoffs. The Jazz, have struggled with injuries throughout the season, [...]

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Playoff Preview: Portland (4) vs. Houston (5)

April 18, 2009

This Portland vs. Houston series is of course near and dear to my heart as a Blazers homer, but I genuinely think that this could be one of the tightest matchups in the playoffs. These teams met only three times this season, with Houston claiming wins on both of their home games, and the Blazers [...]

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Playoff Preview: Atlanta (4) vs. Miami (5)

April 17, 2009

This matchup between the Heat and Hawks is easily the most interesting of all the Eastern Conference playoff matchups.  The Hawks have put together yet another solid season (47-35), and have some playoff experience after pushing the Celtics to 7 games last year.  This experience, coupled with home-court advantage should prove to be major factors [...]

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Playoff Preview: Orlando (3) vs. Philadelphia (6)

April 17, 2009

The Magic have owned the Sixers in their matchups this year, but that doesn’t mean that they will be able to completely write them off in the playoffs. The Sixers have a dangerous team: an underrated point in Andre Miller, a dynamic scorer in Andre Iguodala, a serviceable frontcourt defender in Samuel Dalembert and some [...]

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Playoff Preview: Boston (2) vs. Chicago (7)

April 17, 2009

The Bulls have been riding their scrappy perimeter play all season, which landed them one of the final seeds in the east. Derrick Rose is my vote for Rookie of the Year as he successfully managed the helm for the Bulls for much of the season, and put up some solid numbers while he was [...]

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Playoff Preview: Cleveland (1) vs. Detroit (8)

April 17, 2009

What an interesting first round matchup this is. This can’t be who Cleveland hoped they would face right off the bat. These two teams have a great rivalry in the Lebron era (who can forget Lebron’s epic Game 5 outburst?). And while this isn’t the chemistry-laden Pistons team that we have become accustomed to, they [...]

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