Chicago Bulls 99 Cleveland Cavaliers 93 CHICAGO - Nikola Mirotic tied season highs with 28 points and six 3-pointers. Jimmy Butler scored 25, and the Chicago Bulls (36-39) beat the Cavaliers (47-27) on Thursday. Rajon Rondo added 15 assists, Robin Lopez recorded a double-double (10 points and 11 rebounds), and the ninth-place Bulls moved within a game of Miami and Indiana in … [Read more...] about NBA Roundup: Mirotic records season-high; Rubio records career-high in win over Lakers, and Lillard drops over 30 again
Los Angeles Clippers
Crawford rallies past Bulls; Heat take advantage without LeBron and Kyrie, and Spurs clinch a playoff spot
Los Angeles Clippers 101 Chicago Bulls 91 CHICAGO - Jamal Crawford scored 25 points and took over down the stretch to carry the Clippers (37-25) to a victory over the Bulls (31-31) on Saturday night. Chris Paul added 17 points and Blake Griffin finished with 16 points for the Clippers. Jimmy Butler led the Bulls in the scoring department with 16 points. He also recorded six … [Read more...] about Crawford rallies past Bulls; Heat take advantage without LeBron and Kyrie, and Spurs clinch a playoff spot
Los Angeles Clippers: Best in the West?
By Dave Holcomb With the moves the Los Angeles Clippers have made in the last month, the question no longer remains whether the Clippers are the team to beat in Los Angeles, but whether they are the best team, on paper, in the entire Western Conference? Yes, the San Antonio Spurs will be there, again, this season. They always are. And don’t count out the Oklahoma City … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Clippers: Best in the West?
Missing Monta? Not in the Bay Area
By Nicholas Steblenko A little over a year ago, I moved to San Francisco. As an avid sports fan for many years, I was curious to see a corner of the United States ridden with both scandal and greatness through its lengthy history with professional sports. As a young man from the east coast, where you are taught to focus on teams that "truly matter" like the Yankees and … [Read more...] about Missing Monta? Not in the Bay Area
Joe Manganiello’s Trimester all-NBA selections: First Team
First Team all-NBA G- Kobe Bryant (5th place in my MVP voting) Kobe Bryant is still doing it, man. Surrounded by more question marks than any Laker roster since the Malone/Payton experiment in ’03-’04, Bryant has been forced to watch injuries, roster changes and a monumental coaching switch derail the first third of the season. The Lakers are a losing team, stuck … [Read more...] about Joe Manganiello’s Trimester all-NBA selections: First Team