NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It should be the name of a rock group and at times they play just that crazy and act just that crazy. The team got to the point that there was no separation between the night life and the court life.
Now all that has changed. George Karl was fed up and wanted to go back to the old tried and true ways of actually stopping your opponent. Still, something was missing and that is when Chauncey Billups arrived.
Chauncey had played for Rick Carlisle (Defense, man …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Terry Porter was fired by the Suns and replaced by Alvin Gentry.
GM Steve Kerr has no clue. He took the very successful running offense that could not get it done in the playoffs and fired its architect in Mike D’Antoni.
Then Steve hired Terry Porter to bring in the Detroit Pistons defensive style of play. Huh? Same players completely opposite styles? Won’t work and it didn’t.
Porter was in the first year of a three-year, $6 million deal to replace Mike D’Antoni, who left after four …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Byron Scott in with the new.
Avery Johnson out with the old.
That was the swan song of the Coach of the Year award.
New Orleans 99 Dallas 94
Top 10 reasons Hornets eliminate Mavs
10. Chris Paul at beginning of a potential Hall of Fame career, while Jason Kidd near the end of potential Hall of Fame career.

Chris Paul had 24 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, and the Hornets held on for a 99-94 victory over the Dallas Mavericks to win their first-round series in five games.
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
2008 NBA Playoffs
Kobe takes Melo to the rack
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Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers make you think of offense with Kobe and his jumpers raining down from up high.
Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs
The Spurs make you think of offense with Tim facing up and playing like a power forward and Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker slicing through the defense.
Truth be told, both teams are very efficient on offense, but …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
In a game of two awesome point guards, it was the lack of defense that stood out.
Dallas came back in the fourth quarter with a 16 – 0 run to take the game. A game that Phoenix led from the get go and had a 13 point lead in the 3rd quarter.
Dirk scored 32 points on one ankle as the Mavs won 105 – 98.
Dirk Nowitzki signals he can score on one ankle or two
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Ok, don’t take this the wrong way, but that was an easy 50 points if there ever was one.
LeBron James is awesome. There is no question of that and he is the front runner with Kobe Bryant for MVP of the National Basketball Association.
But come on. The Knicks?
Happened to catch the Sports Center Highlights of the 50 point barrage.
What was that the Knicks were playing? You could not call it defense. One gets the feeling that LeBron could have scored all the points if …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Pistons were able to play defense on one guy.
Uhh, one guy?
Yeah, they held Dwight “Superman” Howard to eight points on 2 for 9 shooting with 5 turnovers.
Nice, what happened?
The Pistons lost to the Magic 103 – 85.
How could they lose?
They forgot to play defense on the other 4 guys.
“I am disappointed, (the players) are disappointed and the fans are disappointed,” coach Flip Saunders said after the Orlando Magic came into The Palace on Wednesday night and laid a 103-85 whipping on the Pistons. “We didn’t …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Jason Maxiell danced to victory against the Bobcats

The Pistons are hot again and looking like a championship team.
Taking 24 three-point attempts was probably not the way the Pistons figured they’d beat the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday night.
But they started falling early, when Tayshaun Prince made four of five in the first quarter, and they never really stopped, as the team finished 12-for-24 from long range in a 113-87 victory at the Palace. source
The Pistons set the tone early with defense.
The Pistons (37-13) held the Bobcats to 13 points …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rasheed Wallace calls for low post offense
In the pre Super Bowl marquee NBA matchup, the Detroit Pistons showed why defense wins championships.
Holding the powerful offense of the Dallas Mavericks to 29 points in the second half, the Detroit Pistons easily won the afternoon game.
Detroit had lost in Dallas in January in a typical Maverick racehorse affair. They were determined not to play that way this time.
A special focus was put on stopping the high scoring Dirk Nowitzki and it paid off with Dirk missing shot …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Big Baby Glen Davis
No it was not Kevin Garnett. He sat for most of the first half.
No, it was not Ray Allen or Paul Pierce. It was Big Baby.
Get this; it was the first time all season that one of the Big Three did not lead the team in scoring. Big Baby was humble, just the same.

“It feels real good to contribute in a big game like this,” Davis said. “But we can’t get too excited. This isn’t the last time we’re going to see this team.” source

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