Superman Howard stress fracture points to weakness
June 29, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Dwight Howard, NBA Basketball, Orlando Magic
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Superbad Superman has a stress fracture, but not to worry. It will heal in time for the next set of practices on July 21. That is when training camp resumes.
“It’s a six to eight week recovery time, and this is the sixth week,” said Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski, who expects Howard to be fully healed by the time the team reconvenes for training camp July 21.
Still, the injury is worrisome for the Americans, who are planning to go to Beijing with just three big men …read more
Boston Celtics – Kevin Garnett buzzing with victory
June 18, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, NBA Playoffs, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kevin Garnett – anything is possible
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It seems like yesterday that my Piston won the world title, the Larry something trophy, in the NBA.
My friends were on a high that lasted a week.
Boston fans feel like that right now. You could sell little kid sippy cups with Boston Celtic logos on them and the fans would scoop them up by the hundreds.
They sound just like we did. Our team is great. …read more
Boston takes NBA Title, Pierce MVP
June 18, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Boston Celtics rule the world or at least the NBA World.
Paul Pierce is MVP and played fantastic.
Kevin Garnett reminds us that anything is possible.
Defense rules and the Lakers better get one.
Redlasso gives us this video from after the final seconds.
source RedLasso
Kevin Garnett was so emotional that he was crying one moment and shouting out the next moment. Boston absolutely dominated the last game of the series.
As always, any NBA Basketball related comments are welcome.
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Paul Pierce – 2nd Qtr Boston on a roll
June 17, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Paul Pierce cannot be stopped. Not by Kobe. Not by anyone.
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Sam Posey or SAM missile. He just keeps burying 3’s.
Paul Pierce, not Kevin Garnett. It is the Paul Pierce series. Hey, Kevin is averaging a double double, but it does not matter. Paul Pierce is dominating.
Pierce had waited for his chance to be one of those generational Boston sports icons, and the Celtics had stopped surrounding him with …read more
Lakers – Game 5 for respect
June 15, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant is ready, but is Pau Gasol ready?
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The Lakers blew it in game 4. A 24 point lead and still they did not win. The Celtics stepped up the defense and Paul Pierce went crazy on offense and that was it.
The Lakers have to face game 5 as a game to get respect.
Let me lay it out for you.
First off your leader has to be cool. Kobe Bryant …read more
Lakers blow 24 point lead to Celtics, ouch!
June 12, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Paul Pierce, with a lot of help, put the clamps on Kobe Bryant
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The Lakers are done. They had a 24 point lead in the second quarter over the Boston Celtics.
Even in the 3rd quarter the Celtics were down 20 points.
Then the Lakers stopped scoring.
What was it? It was Celtic defense and Paul Pierce scoring.
It didn’t help that Kobe was being locked down by Pierce. Kobe just could not get his …read more
Kobe Bryant carries the day, Lakers take game 3
June 11, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant walked off with a victory in game 3 of the NBA Finals
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Kobe was cool and calm and had an excellent game.
Los Angeles Lakers 87, Boston Celtics 81
Bryant scored 36 points with an MVP-worthy performance; Sasha Vujacic added 20 points and the Lakers, teetering on the brink of falling into an impossible hole in the NBA finals, beat the Boston Celtics 87-81 in Game 3 on Tuesday night.
L.A.’s brightest sports star, Bryant was …read more
Boston beats Lakers in game 2
June 8, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Paul Pierce? Kobe Bryant? It looks like Leon Powe is the man as he is getting triple teamed by the Lakers!
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If you did not see this game, you would not believe it.
Boston dominated this game up until the last 7 minutes. The Celtics were up by over 20 points. Paul Pierce was scoring like crazy. Rajon Rondo was dishing assists like Bob Cousy. The Celtic Defense was shutting down …read more
Pierce and Perkins, will they play?
June 8, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Injuries, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Can Paul Pierce take his injured knee and guard Kobe Bryant and still score points?
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Doc Rivers is cautiously optimistic about his two injured starters.
Pierce (sprained right knee) and Perkins (sprained left ankle) spent much of the media-access portion of practice riding stationary bikes, and coach Doc Rivers indicated he was more optimistic about Pierce’s chances of playing against the Lakers than he was about Perkins’s, even though the fifth-year center said he …read more
Boston beats Detroit and leaves what?
June 2, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons, NBA Basketball, Rasheed Wallace, Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Who will do this if Rasheed Wallace is gone?
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It is simply amazing to me, your basketball writer, how fans and writers alike can simply take a one game loss and magnify it to immense proportions.
The Secret
Here is a little secret. Boston, another NBA team and a good one at that, beat Detroit. The U.S. Army did not storm in to Detroit and destroy the city. The Marines did not try to take out the …read more






