In the run up to Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, the Serge Ibaka story dominated the series. Ibaka injured his calf in the final game of the Thunder’s series against the Clippers and isn’t expected to return, leaving the Thunder without their starting power […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dick Pfander, the collector of NBA box scores whom I wrote about this week, was integral to getting decades of statistics from the league’s early years into Sports-Reference.com’s database. So, too, was a man with little interest in the NBA but a knack for typing — really, really fast typing. After Pfander sold his trove […]
Dick Pfander, the collector of NBA box scores whom I wrote about this week, was integral to getting decades of statistics from the league’s early years into Sports-Reference.com’s database. So, too, was a man with little interest in the NBA but a knack for typing — really, really fast typing. After Pfander sold his trove […]