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Six Years Bolder.

Editor’s Note: This will conclude our Series of the Week feature for the 2013 postseason.  Many thanks for reading Games of the Week and Series of the Week this year.   *** When one sits down and watches the 2007 … Continue reading

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Series of the Week: Miami Heat (1) versus Indiana Pacers (3)

For the past four days I have been on vacation on the East Coast; caught up in rushing rivers full of busy people armed with iPod earphones and yoga mats, wearing intensely blank stares as they zoom through underground metro … Continue reading

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Series of the Week: San Antonio Spurs (2) versus Memphis Grizzlies (5)

Can one really not want liberation, and instead choose captivity? I shall explain.  Last Thursday, after seven months of loyal viewership, my Warriors were eliminated by the Spurs.  They put up a valiant fight in the face of an overwhelming … Continue reading

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Series of the Week: Oklahoma City Thunder (1) versus Memphis Grizzlies (5)

“We have a pretty good team.  Just got hurt.” David Kahn, ex-GM of the Minnesota Timberwolves The above statement has nothing to do with either the Thunder or the Grizzlies.  Rather, it concerns the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team that David … Continue reading

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Series of the Week: New York Knicks (2) versus Indiana Pacers (3)

  There seems to be a tendency among humans to fetishize bygone eras in an attempt to elevate them over other epochs, namely, the one we are currently living in.  Colloquially expressed in the oft-uttered phrase “back in my day”, … Continue reading

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Series of the Week: Indiana Pacers (3) versus Atlanta Hawks (6)

In the modern NBA, where matchups are key, and momentum means just about everything, it is interesting that all NBA playoff series are not created — or received — equally.  Indeed, professional basketball teams are skilled enough to refocus and … Continue reading

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Series of the Week: Miami Heat (1) versus Milwaukee Bucks (8)

Editor’s Note:  With the playoffs in full swing, we’ve brought back “Series of the Week” to supplant the “Games of the Week” feature.  These will be extended weekly discussions on a particular team, player, theme or topic from a playoff … Continue reading

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