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Has Dirk Nowitzki started an early bid for MVP with an incredible fourth quarter of 29 points against the Utah Jazz? Dirk had 40 total points on a night when for 3 quarters he just could not get it going and it looked like a boring defeat at the hands of the Jazz, but then the magic scoring hands of Nowitzki went to work and broke Mark Aguirre’s 1 quarter Maverick scoring record.
NBA factoid: Last December Carmelo Anthony had 33 in a single quarter to tie George Gervin’s …read more

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Dwight Howard is Superman and if you have watched him play through the years then you know his super powers are improving. In other words, Dwight is getting more offensive moves and learning better how to get position on defense. He is becoming the best center in the game. We have to use the word becoming, because Tim Duncan is still playing.
The question being asked is why Dwight Howard needs Vince Carter.
This is tough because your intrepid author is not a big Carter fan and …read more

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Manu Ginobili is out. There is nothing the Spurs can do about that and it is a hard loss to take. Manu is often the X-factor that spells doom for the other teams. If they bully Parker and double Duncan then Manu kills them with his outside game or slashes to the basket for repeated layups.
Now the Spurs have faced injured players before and if that was all there was then they would not be so worried. Sure the Lakers are the odds on …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
All you had to do was look at the Lakers team at the beginning of the year and they were the odds on favorites to win it all. Sure the Celtics were going to be tough, but think about it, they were getting older and had lost a few key players and maybe were not as hungry. The age factor especially was going to be an issue. You can only go so long without an injury or two when you play hoop for that long. …read more

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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

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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

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
NBA Finals – Let the games begin!
This series is unlike most series in a very dramatic way. Neither team has earned their way into the NBA Finals in the ordinary sense.
Hey, before you get all defensive, hear me out.
That earlier sentence did not say that either team did not deserve to be there. Both teams deserve to be there.
Will Kobe Bryant triumph over Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen?
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Just to be clear (Because my wife …read more

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Tim Duncan at 32 is the baby in this group with Bruce Bowen, Brent Barry, and Kurt Thomas
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Los Angeles Lakers stay young
The Lakers are a young team and their victory over the Spurs may cause some changes to the league.
San Antonio’s elimination might signal the end of its era of dominance. With Duncan leading the way, the Spurs won championships in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007, but with a rotation made up solely …read more

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Legendary Jerry West and Kobe Bryant celebrate winning the Western Conference title
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The Lakers defeated the Spurs and earned a trip to the NBA Finals.
Kobe Bryant scored 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers rallied from an early 17-point deficit to beat the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs 100-92 on Thursday night and win the conference finals in five games.
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Stern rejoices
Commissioner David Stern could get his dream matchup …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
A quick news rundown of game 2.

How can the Spurs come back from such a major beat down in game 2?
Los Angeles with Kobe Bryant playing at his peak looks more and more like the NBA Champions for this year.
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