NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The New Orleans Hornets needed game 3 in their series with the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets were starting to believe in themselves with Chauncey Billups showing them the way to win in the playoffs.
The Hornets were at home and ready to perform. Chris Paul led the way and the Hornets pulled it out. Carmelo Anthony had a chance to win it at the end, but missed a jump shot with 3.2 seconds left in the game.
Chris Paul, who only rested for a hiccup, had game …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
MVP time is this week Thursday and the choice is a tough one. LeBron James or Kobe Bryant? It really is down to the two of them as Dwyane Wade as had a drop-off recently and that remains in the voters’ minds.
One way to look at a player’s production is the Bird value.
As always, I am informed, but not driven, by the formula three-time MVP Larry Bird devised to quantify any player’s true value: points, rebounds, assists, steal and blocks, minus missed shots, missed free throws …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Maverick fans have to be drooling. Mark Cuban has let it be known that he would pick up the two worst contracts on the Hornets in order to get Chris Paul.
It makes the mind swirl to think of the Dallas Mavericks picking up Chris Paul to play on the same team as Dirk Nowitzki. You would have a former MVP still playing at a very high level with a future MVP candidate adding some much needed full court speed.
Dirk is still one of the top …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
As a follow up to the Part I of Rodney Stuckey is candy and a Rose blooms – Part I, your intrepid author would like to show you some interesting comments by Coach Michael Curry of the Detroit Pistons.
Keep in mind, Joe Dumars hired Curry in part because he is such a great student of the game and the players of the game.
This comment came after the Pistons beat the Bulls.
After the game, Pistons coach Michael Curry described Phoenix’s Steve Nash, San Antonio’s Tony Parker and Denver’s Chauncey …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Byron Scott has the Hornets ready.
Chris Paul has the Hornets ready.
Chris Paul paid his dues

Most of all Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs have the Hornets ready.
You have to pay your dues and earn your way to the NBA Finals. That is what San Antonio Spurs did last year.
“There was a timeout in the second quarter, and I turned to my assistant coaches and said, ‘We’re (in trouble). We are playing tight for the first time in 100 games, and I can see it in our …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Hornets had the Spurs in their hand. It was all but over.
It was described this way.
It’s the team of the decade against the team of the future.
It’s the king of the hill vs. the new kid on the block.
Its last year’s NBA title winners squaring off with this year’s Southwest Division title winners.
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Turns out the old king of the hill had enough in them to pull out the series and send the Hornets home. This got them thinking. Maybe we need more.
Now they …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Chris Paul magically floats the ball, while on his back
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The NBA is set up for guards to be able to dominate. There is no hand checking on the outside, so even forwards are handling the ball on the outside like guards.
Quick guards like Chris Paul are very valuable.
If you saw the Hornets play at all last year, you saw Chris Paul rule the hardwood. He had one year left on his contract, so …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili celebrate with victory over New Orleans
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In the NBA, some of the natural order has been restored.
The game, like a lot of these games, came down to the final few shots. This in spite of the fact that the Spurs had a big third quarter lead.
Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, to send the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan take turns rubbing Tony Parkers head. It is said to contain large quantities of good luck!
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Hey, Chris Paul was amazing with 35 points and 9 assists, but it was not enough as San Antonio managed to win game 3 of the Western Conference second round series.
San Antonio Spurs 110, New Orleans Hornets 99
For San Antonio it involved getting a little more physical and hitting some big shots in …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Chris Paul with 2 of his 30 in game 2
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David West had tortured the Spurs in game one of the series, so San Antonio made all the adjustments to stop David West. That did not stop the New Orleans Hornets.
New Orleans 102, San Antonio 98
This game ought to add fuel to the Kobe Bryant MVP award discussions. Chris Paul was absolutely unstoppable. Chris was helped out by a great shooting effort by …read more