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  • Portland Trail Blazers guard Matthews celebrates three-point shot against Dallas Mavericks in Portland

    Roy, Blazers bounce back with wild Game 3 win over Mavs

    For the Portland Trail Blazers, Game 3 of their series against the Dallas Mavericks was a must-win. Behind an always raucous home crowd, they stormed out of the gate, playing with the intensity of a team determined not to go away. Wesley Matthews was on...

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    San Jose Sharks: Antero Niittymaki or Antti Niemi To Start Game 4?

    How would you like to be San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan right now? Okay, he’s probably not the worst person to be right now, I mean, he is head coach of a team that came back from a 4-0 deficit to win 6-5 in...

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    What makes a playoff team, and what makes up the Leafs?

    In the finale of my 5 part series on the makeup of the 2011 playoff teams, I’ve decided to do a little summary on my findings and then apply that knowledge to how the 2010-2011 edition of the Toronto Maple Leafs were assembled. First, let’s...

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  • Mavericks forward Stojakovic shoots against the Trail Blazers during their NBA Western Conference playoff game in Dallas, Texas

    Blazers fall flat in fourth as Mavs take 2-0 series lead to Portland

    In Game 1, it was Jason Kidd who doomed the Portland Trail Blazers. In Game 2, it was Peja Stojakovic’s turn. The player who drained hundreds upon hundreds of catch-and-shoot three-pointers with the Sacramento Kings turned back the clock and looked like the deadly scorer...

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    On the John: Getting medieval on the Pacers

    My favorite moment of Saturday’s Game 1 victory over the Indiana Pacers wasn’t Rose’s block-spin-layup sequence in the 1st quarter, or his game-tying layup-FT-layup sequence in the 4th quarter, or Noah’s consecutive blocks on Josh McRoberts in the game’s final moments. It was Luol Deng...

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    He still has it: Hornets’ Chris Paul schools Lakers in upset win

    Chris Paul had Pau Gasol on roller skates and Derek Fisher in wet cement. The New Orleans Hornets point guard, who has lost a step following knee surgery last year, dominated this duo and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers to prove he is...

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  • Mavericks guard Kidd, forward Marion, center Chandler and forward Nowitzki celebrate during their NBA Western Conference playoff game in Dallas

    Kidd unexpectedly delivers for Mavs as Blazers fall in Game 1

    Jason Kidd didn’t do much offensively in the regular season for the Dallas Mavericks, but the 38-year-old point guard proved the playoffs are a whole new ballgame. He hit six three-pointers on his way to a season-high 24 points in defeating the Portland Trail Blazers...

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    With Wallace, Blazers built to get past Mavericks in playoffs’ first round

    Portland was a good team before making the February trade for small forward Gerald Wallace. They would have been a tough team to beat come playoff time with Dante Cunningham instead. But Crash transformed the Blazers from a potential threat to undeniably dangerous. As The...

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    San Jose Sharks Get By L.A. Kings In Game One Slugfest

    Joe Pavelski’s game-winning goal at the 14:44 mark of OT snuck the San Jose Sharks past the Los Angeles Kings last night in front of a rowdy crowd at HP Pavilion. Sharks coach Todd McLellan had said it all week. The playoffs were going to...

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    Remembering the Sacramento Kings at their finest

    The Sacramento Kings may not be in Sacramento come the 2011-2012 season. There is a move to Anaheim in the works, which is painful for those who have followed their teams through the years, including me. I watched Sacramento head coach Paul Westphal give their...

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