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Back to the Future, Texas-Style

Sports PhotoDeep into another postseason, San Antonio is somehow poised to make a championship run. SC’s Corrie Trouw takes a closer look at what allows the Spurs to keep winning after all these years. Complete Story

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Material Differences

Sports PhotoWhat do you prefer? Ready-made or built brick-by-brick? NBA teams can’t agree on that answer, either. And, as SC’s Jonathan Lowe points out, the conference semifinals offer both sides of a two-way street. Complete Story

Pace Yourself

Sports PhotoThe Miami Heat are just warming up for an inevitable showdown with the Oklahoma City Thunder, right? SC’s Paul Foeller says it’s not that simple, as he examines four reasons the Heat may want to hold off on their Finals plans, starting with Indiana. Complete Story

Why the Spurs Could Capture the Title

Sports PhotoWhile much of the NBA playoff discussion centers around the Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers, and even Oklahoma City Thunder, SC’s Stephen Kerr gives five reasons why the San Antonio Spurs should be in the championship conversation. Complete Story

X-ceptional

Sports PhotoEvery championship team has an “x-factor” who comes out of the woodwork in the playoffs to help their team get over the hump and take home the hardware. SC’s Gary Flick takes a look at each playoff team and reveals their potential x-factors. Complete Story

NBA Postseason in Search of Redemption

Sports PhotoThe NBA figured to do fans a favor this weekend with eight games of non-stop action to kick off its postseason. Yet not even a buzzer-beater and an historic comeback were enough to make this must-see TV for SC’s Bob Ekstrom. Complete Story

Queen City Quagmire

Sports PhotoAs the Bobcats stake their claim as the worst team ever, SC’s Ross Lancaster, a former Carolinas resident, looks back at the history of basketball in Charlotte and investigates the sad state of the franchise that calls the Queen City home. Complete Story

The Myth of Tanking

Sports PhotoThe NBA season’s last weeks breeds rounds of accusations of tanking by the worst teams. But SC’s Corrie Trouw debunks tanking as a false myth as unproven as the Lochness Monster. Complete Story

How Hurt is Derrick Rose Really?

Sports PhotoDerrick Rose’s spotty attendance in the starting five for the Chicago Bulls this season has been slightly confusing. Rose is a player always been known for his durability. SC’s Louie Centanni wonders how hurt the star point guard really is. Complete Story

A Bear in the Clutch, and a Bull Under Heat

Sports PhotoDerrick Rose wears a Chicago Bulls uniform, and his accolades seem to indicate he’s a clutch player. But SC’s Paul Foeller says Derrick Rose is more Bearish than Bullish in clutch situations — and you might be surprised who’s better. Complete Story

More NBA Commentary

04.02.12 Give Me Six! By Gary Flick
03.26.12 Hawk Hell Rises to Stern’s Challenge By Bob Ekstrom
03.19.12 Maybe Dwight Howard Just Can’t Win By Louie Centanni
03.12.12 Rubio Roller Coaster By Jonathan Lowe
03.06.12 Are the Knicks Returning to Sanity? By Bill Hazell
03.04.12 Fantasyland Basketball By Gary Flick
02.27.12 The Inescapable Heat By Corrie Trouw
02.23.12 What if Jeremy Lin Wasn’t an Asian? By Jeffrey Boswell
02.13.12 All-Class NBA All-Stars By Louie Centanni
02.07.12 The Best Out West? By Jonathan Lowe
02.03.12 Another Case of the Starburys? By Bill Hazell
01.25.12 Rookie Rubio: 2012 ROY Contenders By Gary Flick
01.23.12 Superman Needed? By Ross Lancaster

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