Playoffs

Trail Blazers - Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum are the forgotten Splash Brothers. If the duo keeps shooting they way they have, Portland should keep making the playoffs like they have in the last three seasons. 5. Oklahoma City Thunder - Even without Kevin…

The Boston Celtics have been to the finals only 21 times which is a good 10 times short of the Lakers. This dynamic purple and gold team has gone through many players, coaches, and management personal but seem always hold their standings in the playoffs. To start off with, the Lakers moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles 1961 season making Los Angeles the place to see an the awesome Jerry West, Robert J. Smith and Elgin Baylor. This made the Lakers the NBA's first West Coast team. The first…

Richardson. While also signing former Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk to a four year $50 million contract. Pat Riley is bringing back the core of a Heat team that went on a second half resurgence and posted a 30-11 record, yet fell short of the playoffs. The team is built with a foundation of youth for years to come as Waiters, Richardson, Tyler Johnson, Justise Winslow and this year’s first round draft pick Bam Adebayo are all 25 years or younger. The main concern for the Heat is the…

Teams in the NHL have a wide variety of skill and playing styles, some teams, like the Capitals, have shown that not everyone needs to be a standout player to take your team to the top of the leaderboards. Others, like the Oilers, shows that even after acquiring lots of young talent, you can still be one of the worst teams in the league. This paper will try to classify teams in the NHL based on the standings of each team. The first type of team is the dynasty teams. These teams are almost…

had just about the same record. The Colts have made the playoffs 2 of the last 3 years and the Chiefs have made it 2 of the last 3 years. The Chiefs have had a better record, a better quarterback, and a better defense when the Chiefs are compared to the Colts in the last two year. The Chiefs record is 13 and 6 since the beginning of last year. The Chiefs had a good enough record last season to be able to make it to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the Chiefs played the Houston Texans and won by…

Regarding arranging seasons and playoffs, a large distinction can be seen. The NBA season starts in October and runs all the way to June, making a long 82 game regular season and then the playoffs, players often playing around three games per week. In the NFL, the season starts in September and runs until February, assembling a 16 game regular season and playoffs where players only play one game a week. The playoff system can also be contrasted. The NBA created a system of playoffs where teams…

the playoffs, he has scored 8,023 points.…

It's Sunday on a cold evening in mid-March. While others are freezing their buns outside, you're sweating out a possible heads-up victory in your fantasy league that will ensure a playoff spot. All of your opponent's players are done and you've got Kevin Durant facing a leaky Kings defense that's already scouting their latest lottery pick. Your fantasy team is already up 5-4, but can claim two more categories if KD can pour in 35 points and 2+ three-pointers. Here's the dilemma. You live in…

this road trip and slip even further in the standings then that’s where the organization should re-evaluate things and forget about the playoffs. As painful as that sounds, it’ll be the right choice. A bad road trip here would dig the Wings in an even deeper hole and it’s hard to see them digging themselves out to gain the necessary points to extend their playoff streak. It would be better for them to start thinking about a top 5 pick at that point. This will be a critical trip for this team…

Junior Research Paper: Reggie Miller VS Ray Allen In an interview with Larry Brown, Head Coach of the ‘94 championship Pistons team, once described Reggie Miller as one of the best shooters he has ever seen and if he ever needed someone to hit a clutch shot, Reggie was the guy. At the time of this interview Reggie Miller was one of the top shooters in the league and held the record for most three pointers made. Reggie’s record was then passed by Ray Allen in 2014 which sparked one of the…