Tag: Basketball

Rainbow Trout” Nike Dunk Low coming June 16

Brandon King

This upcoming NIke Dunk Low is inspired by the Rainbow Trout, the most widely stocked and distributed fish in Nike’s home state, Oregon. It sports a combination leather, canvas, suede and mesh upper. The Swooshes on the lateral side sports a fish scale texture and a fish tail visual, with the spotted aesthetic inspired by the skin of the rainbow trout. The fish the is all further expressed via a fish logo that can be seen on the tongue as well as on the insole. Underneath resides a sail midsole…

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June 2, 2023 WNBA StatCap

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Player Spotlight- Lexie Brown Lexie Brown scored 26 points on on 11-16 from the field, including 3-7 from downtown in the Los Angeles Sparks 99-93 win over the Phoenix Mercury. The 26 points were a season-high for the fifth year guard. Who Got It Done Rk Player Tm   Opp   MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS +/- GmSc 1 Brittney Griner PHO LAS L 33:06 7 13 .538 0 2 .000 10 12 .833 4 7…

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Lebron continues his campaign to hijack and monopolize media coverage

Brandon King

The Denver Nuggets are in their first NBA Finals, where they will face the Miami Heat, after sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. However that achievement has been an afterthought, as the mainstream sports media has been full steam ahead with force-feeding Lakers coverage. They have spent more time speculating on what moves this team that failed to make the Finals will make in a season that has yet to take place, than the team that made the Finals in the season that is currently happened.…

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Game 7 of the 2023 East Finals: A place we never thought we’d be

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The Miami Heat were a mere 0.1 of a second away from their seventh trip to the NBA Finals, but no one bothered to block out the inbound man, Derrick White, who had an unmolested run to the was able to tip in Marcus Smart missed three-point attempt for the most improbable sub-0.5-second game-winning basket since Derek Fisher’s infamous heave against the San Antonio Spurs back in 2004 Western Conference Semifinals. Although Jimmy Butler made some plays down the stretch, for most of the game he, nor Bam Adebayo played…

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May 26, 2023 WNBA StatCap

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Player Spotlight-Elana Delle-Donne Della-Donne scored 25 points on 10/17 from the floor in the Mystics 71-69 win over the Chicago Sky. Who Got It Done Player Tm   Opp   MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS +/- GmSc 1 Elena Delle Donne WAS @ CHI W 31:18 10 17 .588 3 5 .600 2 3 .667 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 25 -1 19.1 2 Jewell Loyd SEA DAL L 36:58 10 25 .400…

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May 23, 2023 WNBA StatCap

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Player Spotlight-Alyssa Thomas Thomas led the way for the Conneticut Sun with 22 points , as the the Sun defeated the Wahington Mystics 88-81 to remain undefeated at 3-0 on the young season. In addition to the 22 points, Thomas added 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Who Got It Done Rk Player Tm   Opp   MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS +/- GmSc 1 Elena Delle Donne WAS CON L 35:32 11 18 .611…

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May 22, 2023 NBA Playoffs: Nuggets send Lakers with WCF sweep

Brandon King

Spotlight- The Denver Nuggets starting lineup Though Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray will get their share of the praise for completing Denver’s sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, it was a team effort, particularly the Nuggets starting five. All five Denver’s starters scored in double figures, and scored 105 of the team’s 113 points. Who Got It Done Rk Player Tm   Opp   MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS +/- GmSc 1 LeBron James LAL DEN…

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22 May 2023 NBA Injury Report

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Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Danilo Gallinari PF May 22 Out Gallinari (knee) has been ruled out for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Heat on Tuesday, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Dorian Finney-Smith PF Apr 26 Day-To-Day Finney-Smith underwent a procedure Wednesday to correct a fracture of the right fifth finger but is expected to be cleared for offseason workouts in six weeks, Ian Begley of SportsNet New York reports Ben Simmons PG…

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The LeMedia is setting the excuse table

Brandon King

As great as LeBron James is, whenever his teams come up short it seems there is always an extenuating circumstances that were the cause of their defeat. The excuses, as varied and impuissant as they often are, rarely are attributed to the opponent simply being better. Cavalierly chucking teammates under the bust to cosplaying are previous and favorite tactics employed by James and his media retinue. Down 3-0 in the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers are likely on the path to postseason slaughter courtesy of the Denver Nuggets. As such,…

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May 21, 2023 NBA Playoff StatCap: Heat Culture crushes Celtics

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title image via Bangor Daily News Player Spotlight – Gabe Vincent and Duncan Robinson Gabe Vincent did work against the Boston Celtics, connecting on 11 of his 14 field goal attempts, including canning 6 of 9 from downtown in scoring 29 points. His fellow undrafted Heat compatriot Duncan Robinson also lit the Celtics up, scoring 22 points of his own, hitting 7/11 from the floor, including 5/7 from downtown. Who Got It Done Rk Player Tm   Opp   MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB…

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