NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Chad Ford writes for the ESPN insider and has some definite opinions on basketball.
On Denver vs. the Lakers:
Damon (Socorro, NM): At this point, are the Lakers worrying about Denver?
Chad Ford: They should be. Denver has been great. Chauncey is showing that he was really the heart of the Pistons all of those years and they have a physical front line. They don’t have the depth that the Lakers have, but I think the Nuggets will really, really push them. I’ve been really, really impressed.

Any Piston …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe about to be fouled
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Kobe is expected to be presented with the NBA MVP award, but he got in a hurry and put on an MVP performance for the LA crowd in defeating the Utah Jazz.
Los Angeles 109 Utah 98
Kobe set a foul shooting franchise record.
Bryant, celebrating what’s expected to be his first NBA MVP award, converted six of his franchise playoff-record 21 foul shots in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Well, truth be told, the time is now. The Western Conference is tight as tight can be. While some teams look better than others, let the records show they are not. At least, not by much.
Western Conference
Team GB
1. x-New Orleans —
2. x-San Antonio 1.5
3. x-LA Lakers 1.5
4. x-Utah 3.5
5. x-Houston 2.5
6. Phoenix 3.5
7. Dallas 6.5
8. Denver 8.5
9. Golden State 8.5
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So who wins this battle …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
There is a grass roots effort to get a Wilt Chamberlain stamp.
Gee, would that be the 100 cent stamp? After all, it is the 100 point game that they want to depict.
Anyway, the effort is on and you can join.
The cause was started by sports writer Donald Hunt of The Philadelphia Tribune, a 123-year-old newspaper that primarily targets the black community. Hunt, who recalled as a child watching in person Chamberlain play for the 76ers against Oscar Robertson and the Cincinnati Royals, believes “The Big Dipper” has …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant takes aim at the Houston Rockets and Tracy McGrady
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In a dream winning streak by an inspired team, the detractors will speak loudly again.
The Rockets are playing no one.
Recently they faced the Dallas Mavericks while Dirk Nowitzki sat out the game with a suspension.
Now they face the Lakers without Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol.
Gasol injured his left ankle during Friday’s first quarter in New Orleans. An MRI taken Saturday in Houston revealed a moderate sprain. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain knocked down 100 points in a single game in 1962.
The Warriors won, 169-147, setting what was then a record for the most combined points in a game by both teams. But the game is most remembered for the 100 points scored by Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain, who demolished the NBA single-game scoring record. source
How good was Wilt?
In the following night, Chamberlain got the permission to travel back to New York with three Knicks players. According to Cherry, Chamberlain drifted in and …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant gets Pau Gasol
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Which teams benefited the most from the recent signing frenzy?
10. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade fell through, would still have been a great move for the Mavs.
9. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade worked after about a week, is taking longer than that for it to work for the Mavs. Dirk Nowitzki gets the ball in the right place.
8. Bibby to Hawks – Young team needed a scoring leader. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Duncan, the Big Fundamental, goes to work on New Jersey
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How do they do it?
They do it with defense.
The San Antonio Spurs have the best record in the Western Conference. They just extended their longest winning streak of the season with a 10th win in a row against the Vince Carter New Jersey Nets. They are one game better than the Kobe Lakers.
San Antonio 81 – New Jersey 70
That’s right, 70 stinking points.
“Think about this. They …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe was smoking hot with 52 points, 22 of them coming in the 4th quarter.
The Lakers won the game in OT 108 – 104 over the Dallas Mavericks.
In what has to be one of the best basketball quotes in a while, Avery Johnson the coach of the Mavericks expounds on their defensive philosophy used to stop Kobe.
“We gave him a single look, then we double-teamed him, then we gave him a triple-team and he split the triple-team and scored,” Johnson said. “We tried to zone him, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron became the youngest player to reach 10,000 points in the history of the National Basketball Association.
With LeBron coming out of High School scoring like crazy it is no surprise.
Kobe Bryant made 10,000 points at the age of 24 years and 193 days.
LeBron James made 10,000 points at the age of 23 years and 59 days.
Hey, we are getting a numberish here, but you get the idea. Both of these players are great star players and scoring machines.
James did it in 368 games, the ninth fastest in …read more