Category: NBA Eastern Conference
Friday, December 14th, 2012
It appeared that the Indiana Pacers could be in store for a pretty solid season, but they're off to just a .500 start at 11-11 and if the season ended today, they'd be on the outside of the playoffs looking in. Never fear, says power forward David West. The team ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2012
The Nets won 46 games combined in Avery Johnson's first two seasons with the team in New Jersey. Now in Brooklyn, Johnson says the organization feels that it is their time. And that is despite the fact that they weren't able to acquire Orlando center Dwight Howard this week.
Johnson, the ...
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Friday, May 11th, 2012
With the way things are set up in the Eastern Conference, I'm finding it hard not to look forward to the Conference Finals even though the second round hasn't even started yet. Philadelphia knocked off top-seeded Chicago after Derrick Rose went down and Indiana has been a nice story, but ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
The Philadelphia 76ers are 15-6, giving them the fourth-best record in the NBA's Eastern Conference entering Wednesday night's games. They have a 4 1/2 game lead in the Atlantic Division, 13 of those victories have come by double digits, and they've lost just twice at home, both in overtime. To ...
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Larry Bird has been around the NBA long enough to know a good thing when he sees it. And the Indiana Pacers' team president had a lot to like in watching his team come together to make the playoffs this season.
But Bird has also been around long enough to know ...
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
With less than a month remaining in the regular season, the Boston Celtics are gearing up for another extended postseason run. They are in a familiar place atop their division and Eastern Conference, but still have some work to do after acquiring several players via trades and signings, a few ...
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The Indiana Pacers are a completely different team since they fired Jim O’Brien and promoted assistant, Frank Vogel, to head coach. Since taking over, Vogel is 7-1, including three-straight victories, and currently has the team sitting at the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, nipping at the heels of Philadelphia ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The longest winning streak in the NBA right now is nine games, and it's not even really close. Of course, you probably already knew that seeing as it's the Miami Heat that have won nine in a row.
But the Heat aren't alone. They're joined by fellow division rival Orlando in ...
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
We may have finally achieved something in the NBA that has not happened since the 1980's - conference equality. Even though all eight Western Conference playoff teams totaled at least 50 wins last season, each conference has about the same number of good and elite teams, while either conference could ...
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Remember "T-Mac?" These days, that's almost like asking, Remember "Penny" Hardaway (and "Little Penny")? The two players, Tracy McGrady and Anfernee Hardaway, experienced similar journeys in the NBA as lanky swingmen who could do just a little bit of everything, but whose careers were essentially over by age 30 due ...
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