LeBron James’ mission is to lift a pedestrian supporting cast of Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA championship by conquering a superior Golden State Warriors team led by two of the world’s best perimeter shooters. Golden State opened as a minus-270 favorite to win the series and has been bet down to minus-240.
Dannielle Diamant was a star at Bishop Gorman High School, and after that she was a star at Northwestern in the Big 10. She signed with a team in Hungary, Uni Gyor, out of college, because women who play pro ball overseas generally make more money than women who play in the WNBA.
One loss is not enough to put a scare into the Golden State Warriors. But the fear of losing Stephen Curry to a serious injury threatened to change a series in the blink of an eye.
NCAA officials hope proposed rule changes, including a shorter shot clock, will help increase scoring in college basketball. But it looks as if the rule changes will make things much tougher for lesser-talented teams to upset bigger, faster, more athletic ones.
Jelan Kendrick on Saturday walked in a procession far more important than any half-court set he has been part of, graduating from UNLV with a degree in sociology. His journey to the reality of a cap and gown, more than anything else, is best described as complex.
A majority of bettors backed the Chicago Bulls in their must-win spot against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who dominated in a 94-73 win. Favorite bettors also got burned with the Los Angeles Clippers, who blew a 19-point lead with 14 minutes left in a 119-107 loss to the Houston Rockets.
Cerruti Brown labels himself as a man who thinks outside the box. He wants to form a team — the Las Vegas Dealers — made up of McDonald’s All-American prep players and current college and NBA Development League players to compete against professionals from Europe over a six-month season that would begin in October.
The strategy of fouling DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard or any big man who can’t shoot free throws seems to be slowly killing what is meant to be a beautiful game and the NBA may try to change its rules to prevent it. But the strategy seldom works.
After rolling an ankle, LeBron James overcame the pain. That was the easy part. His toughest challenge was to find a way to win the game while his supporting cast was collapsing and his coach was rendered clueless.
Dantley Walker has departed UNLV for a land of mangoes and guava and cooling trade winds, for a Division II program in Chaminade whose history is defined by one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history.
