Most people can take only so much pressure before their performance slides. Then again, most people aren’t Dirk Nowitzki. In what seemed like a reminiscence of Michael Jordan’s famous flu game, Dirk Nowitzki and his 101 degree fever stunned the [...]
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Premature celebrations, posing after every other play, and paying more attention to crowd reactions can sum up the final quarter of Game 2 of the 2011 NBA Finals. What looked to be a Miami Heat comeback that would put them [...]
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After starting the season 9-8, the Miami Heat were already being talked about as a bust. The team seemingly had no chemistry and they couldn’t beat a contender. The media was all over the story. The Cleveland Cavaliers were 7-10 [...]
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Before playing the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night, LeBron James was talking with reporters about the idea of contracting the NBA. In an article that Brian Windhorst wrote for ESPN.com, James is quoted as saying, Hopefully the league can figure [...]
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LeBron James returned the Quicken Loans Arena last night for the first time since he controversially left the Cleveland Cavaliers on “The Decision.” The results for Cavs fans was something they were used to seeing – a LeBron James win. [...]
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Paul Pierce takes the honor of being picked as the first ever MikesPickz’ Daily Diss. The Daily Diss is the best sports insult currently in the news. Eric Mangini was a close second for comparing Rex Ryan to a Macy’s [...]
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Their were three games on the schedule for the 2010-11 NBA season opener: Miami traveled to Boston, Houston traveled to Los Angeles to play the Lakers, and Phoenix traveled to Portland. This was to be the beginning of the Miami [...]
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