The Indiana Pacers’ victory Sunday in Game 1 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals seemed a fitting reward for their long regular-season campaign to secure home-court advantage, always with an eye on a hypothetical playoff matchup with the Miami Heat. The Pacers’ raucous home crowd egged them on to an out-of-character offensive performance. They scored at a rate of 120.6 points per […]
On Wednesday night, both the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs closed out their series in five games. Through the end of these second-round series, the Spurs have been outscoring their opponents by an average of 9.9 points per 100 possessions, the Heat by nine points per 100 possessions. Both of those marks lap the […]
On Wednesday night, both the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs closed out their series in five games. Through the end of these second-round series, the Spurs have been outscoring their opponents by an average of 9.9 points per 100 possessions, the Heat by nine points per 100 possessions. Both of those marks lap the […]
Heading into Game 4 against the Brooklyn Nets, LeBron James had been laying low. The Miami Heat had been playing so well that they hadn’t had to call on James for peak production. But Monday night, he put together an offensive performance of monstrous proportions: James made two-thirds of his shots from the field and […]
Heading into Game 4 against the Brooklyn Nets, LeBron James had been laying low. The Miami Heat had been playing so well that they hadn’t had to call on James for peak production. But Monday night, he put together an offensive performance of monstrous proportions: James made two-thirds of his shots from the field and […]
