You know how many times New York City has hosted two NBA playoff games on the same day?
James leads all remaining NBA playoff scorers with 24.6 points per game, but he's not receiving as much help on offense as he did last season.
The New York Knicks had a three-game lead against the Boston Celtics in their first-round NBA playoff series and they have surrendered two games of it.
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Charles Barkely talking about his CrossFit workouts during the halftime shows of NBA playoff games, Chad Ochocinco twittering about his CrossFit workouts while various other NFL players talk about their CrossFit experiences.
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During this season's playoffs, lefties have accounted for 48.5% of all Memphis field goals attempted, second in NBA playoff history only to the 48.8% of the 1968 New York Knicks, according to Basketball Reference.
In this season's playoffs, lefties have accounted for 46.1% of all minutes played by Memphis players, the second highest percentage in NBA playoff history behind the 46.2% of the 1969 Philadelphia 76ers, according to an analysis by Basketball Reference.
Compares the number of wins per player payroll relative to the rest of the NBA. Playoff wins count twice as much as regular season wins.
You almost had me, NBA. This playoff series has been the most entertaining in years.
Let's just take the opening round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoff between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks.
For De Bontin, the team's general manager, that goal encapsulated Henry's singular worth not simply because it came in the 88th minute and won the game, but rather on a Wednesday night that featured a full slate of NBA and NHL playoff games, the goal occupied the No. 1 spot on ESPN SportsCenter's Top-10 plays.
Most notably, he didn't play Kidd (who is now scoreless for an NBA-record nine straight playoff games) or Stoudemire (who's shown considerable rust coming off a two-month layoff from knee surgery) at all in the second half.
But what if the NFL used a similar system to the NBA and put all non-playoff teams in a weighted lottery?
The Spurs have averaged 56 regular-season wins (second best in the NBA) and an NBA-high 10.6 playoff wins over the past five years.
Baseball played 37 playoff games last year, while the NBA and NHL had 84 and 86 respectively.
The NFL playoffs and Super Bowl in particular resembled the shift that annually occurs in the NBA between (most) regular season games and playoff games (and some bigger regular season ones).
Judging by the interest in the first round playoff games in the 16-team field NBA, where TNT and ABC-ESPN are seeing solid ratings, baseball would probably be well served by stretching the field a bit.
Fortuitously, the Lakers were in the middle of winning three consecutive NBA titles, with Shaq bagging the Finals MVP during each playoff run.
World Peace could miss at least six playoff games as a result of the suspension, the NBA said.
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The NBA's Trail Blazers also failed to win it all during their 21-season playoff streak.
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It was an impressive playoff opener for top-seeded Oklahoma City, which made it to the NBA Finals last season before losing to Miami in five games.
Combine that suffering with the misery fans are feeling from the NBA lockout and the only possible antidote that would give relief this fall would be a playoff in college football.
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We scored each city on the number of times one of its teams has lost in the postseason, adjusting the misery points to give the most weight to losing in the final round (World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Final, Stanley Cup Final) and doling out progressively fewer points for losing earlier playoff rounds.
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