Larry’s NBA Power Ratings
Sixteen teams will begin the playoffs, but only five have anywhere close to a legitimate chance to win the championship.
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Jazz vs Mavs NBA Handicapping
Left for dead in a gully by the side of Interstate 20 in Dallas, the Mavericks somehow have managed to play their way back into the Western Conference playoff conversation.
Pacers vs Bulls NBA Handicapping
Boston is down. The Bulls probably won’t get Derrick Rose back this season. The Knicks may or may not have patched things together for the stretch run.
Pistons vs Heat NBA Handicapping
In Muhammad Ali’s 1974 Rumble in the Jungle bout against George Foreman, Ali backed into the ropes, covered up and let Foreman wail away at him. The ropes absorbed a lot of the force of Foreman’s punches, tiring him out. Ali then attacked and won the fight.
Trail Blazers vs Bulls NBA Handicapping
Strange year in Chicago, no?
Since the season started five months ago, Bulls fans have been trying to figure out when Derrick Rose would return, and how he would change expectations when he did come back.
Thunder vs Grizzlies NBA Handicapping
It’s not often Kevin Durant goes zip-for-6 from beyond the 3-point line. It’s not often the Thunder make only 4 of 25 shots from beyond the arc.
Larry’s NBA Power Ratings
While the Heat players spend their days on the Miami beaches and then crush their opponents at night, a few hundred miles to the north a different Florida scenario is playing itself out.
Nuggets vs Thunder NBA Handicapping
Boston coach Doc Rivers always loves to point out that the NBA is a make-miss league. You make shots, you win. You miss . . . well, you know. At the end of the regular season, which we’re approaching, it’s a make-miss schedule.
Heat vs Celtics NBA Handicapping
Because the talent divide in the NBA is so great, long winning streaks are possible. Talent almost always wins out, and on occasion a superstar call in the finals seconds assures that the underdog won’t be able to pull off an upset.
Portland vs Philadelphia Betting!
Blazers set to take on the road
It’s obvious that the Portland Trail Blazers are still playing to win. They currently sit three games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the 8th and final spot of the Western Conference Playoffs.
Lakers vs Pacers NBA Handicapping
Nut-cracking time for Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. The same guy who several weeks ago was so critical of Dwight Howard’s unwillingness to play with pain now finds himself in the same (uncomfortable) spot.
Knicks vs Blazers NBA Handicapping
Now what?
Wasn’t that long ago that the Knicks were riding high, the Garden rocking again. Close your eyes, listen to the crowd noise and you could swear that it was Walt Frazier and Willis Reed out there on the court again.
Mavs vs Spurs NBA Handicapping
Gregg Popovich has been around the block enough times to know all about the ups and downs of an NBA season. But even Pops must be a puzzled, and maybe even a little frustrated, by his team’s play since Tony Parker went down with an ankle injury on the first day of the month.
Grizzlies vs Clippers NBA Handicapping
It doesn’t have quite the panache of a game between the Heat and Thunder, but if tonight’s matchup between the Grizzlies and Clippers at Staples Center in Los Angeles were a boxing match, it would be a very interesting undercard battle.
Hawks vs Heat NBA Handicapping
It’s time for the Atlanta Hawks to start to take stock in this season and figure out just who they are and how they want to finish the year.
Larry’s NBA Power Ratings
Does winning help LeBron James rehabilitate his image? Do you like him now that his team has figured it out and is favored to win its second consecutive championship?
