Playoffs

the best scorers in league history, finishing in the top ten of points scored eight times. His average of 31.4 points per game during the 2001-2002 season is the highest single game average in the post NBA-ABA merger era. He led the team to the playoffs six times, making the NBA finals in 2001. His 2001…

The Civil War had a huge impact on the game of baseball and how it evolved. The background of baseball is a key part of how it is played now and how different it is. Baseball during the Civil War was a thing. The Union and Confederate soldiers each played as well. The game of baseball is completely different now from how it was when it first started from rules and regulations to who they let play. Baseball is the game that really shaped sports in America. It was played during war times just for…

He broke a bone in his foot and therefore, had to miss all but eighteen games in the regular season. The Bulls still made the playoffs that year, however, Jordan returned more determined than ever to make an impact. In the first round of the playoffs against the Celtics, he averaged 43.7 points. In the three game series he set a playoff record by scoring 63 points in a single game. He was the second person to ever score 3,000 points in a single season. Michael Jordan has proven…

send Central Dauphin boys volleyball to the state semifinals, I could feel the excitement spread through the gym like wildfire. Never had I expected I would feel that much exhilaration over a volleyball game. Little did I know attending that state playoff game would dramatically change the course of my four years of high school. Less than one year later, I decided that I wanted to experience that rush of adrenaline that volleyball seemed to promise. When I told my family I was not going to…

Chicago Bulls. At the time of his injury, Rose was playing at a significantly high level, he was averaging 21.8 points per game, 7.9 assists per game, and 35.3 minutes per game, But one day this would all come to an end. During game 1 of the 2012 NBA playoffs, Rose and his Bulls were facing the Philadelphia 76’ers. In this game Rose had put up 23 points, had 9 assists, and 9 rebounds. With 1:22 left to play Derrick tore his ACL while trying to jump. Derrick was then forced to have surgery…

Nice Guys finish…. First? Teams of the Midseason & Awards We have now reached the halfway point of the regular season, and all that we know is that Nathan’s The League in Review was right. Figuring out which teams get a spot in the postseason will be difficult, because after this past week’s match-ups, the gap between teams #2-#10 is a measly two games, and the gap between teams #6-#10 is at one game. It was a tough week overall for the teams in the Douchebag division as the top four teams in…

1995-96 the Bulls had a record of 72-10; an NBA record of most wins in a season. During this season Jordan got his shooting rhythm back and earned his eighth scoring title. In the seasons of 1996-97 and 1998-99 the Bulls ended up making it to the playoffs and championships. Jordan led the team to victories and his sixth NBA finals MVP award (Michael Jordan Biography). Jordan wasn’t only a NBA basketball player he was also a well-known business man. He had profitable endorsements for companies…

with two minutes left and my team was down by five. I had to guard the best player on Reese. That was a hard thing to do. With one second left, something amazing happened. It was the last game of the season and my team needed a win to make the playoffs. We were against Reese at our school gym. This would be a good test for us. While I was warming up, the gym felt like an earthquake with the fans jumping up and down. After warming up are coach talked to us and said, “This game means…

together. Although these two have been through a lot together, and have been like brothers. Kevin Durant decided to leave Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors, the team who previously eliminated them from the playoffs. They have a lot of similarities. One is that they are both 28 years old. Also, they were both drafted by the same franchise, the "Seattle Supersonics." Except, Russell Westbrook was drafted a year later, due to wanting…

chance to win their championship. Unlike the NBA, larger market teams win the championship. Small market teams has no chance to win. In the NFL or College Football, one game at a time is the theme. In any football playoffs, any team can be eliminated at any time. Cause it is a game playoff series. The NBA, NHL, and MLB have seven game series. The chances to win gets higher each game. Football play a lower numbers of games. Making every game matter even more. In college football, two losses could…