http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/index27.htmlDiscover our selection of NBA articles written exclusively for HoopsVibe.com by our talented and experienced writers. en-enhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/images/hoopsvibe_sml_logo.gifhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/NBA BAsketball, NCAA and Streetball. News, interviews, videos, wallpapers, reviews and morehttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/detroit-pistons-go-up-3-1-with-win-in-orlando-ar48224.html 2008-05-11T05:09Despite having an All-Star point guard on the sidelines in dress clothes the Detroit Pistons took care of business on the road to go up 3-1 on the Orlando Magic. In a game that had 20 lead changes with Detroit down by as much as 15 and was tied 26 times the Pistons made it clear why they have been to five consecutive Eastern Conference Finals. They know how to get it done down the wire. Tayshaun Prince who scored 17 points for the Pistons sunk the game winner on a floating layup with ...Hoopsvibe.com - Natalie Sitto2008-05-11T05:08 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/the-celtics-stumble-crumble-and-bumble-on-the-road-again-ar48223.html 2008-05-11T04:51For the record only noted author Cormac McCarthy has a bleaker vision of The Road than the 2008 Boston Celtics rsquo playoff squad. Or a note to the Boston Celtics The New York Knicks called. They want their copyrighted typical first quarter back. Here we go again. 108-84 Cleveland. On the road the Celtics reverted once again to the lesser version of themselves. For those of you already aware that lesser resembles a team substantially softer on defense inexplicably loses its poise ...Hoopsvibe.com - BSMW Full Court Press2008-05-11T04:52 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/new-orleans-hornets-fall-to-spurs-on-the-road-ar48203.html 2008-05-9T03:00It was our second straight Game 3 loss on the road. But unlike in Dallas we executed well until the very end. Honestly I can rsquo t complain much about the Hornets rsquo effort at all. Tip your hat to Tony Parker for a fantastic game credit Ginobili for being much more aggressive and credit Duncan for beating West to loose ball after loose ball. New Orleans started off with great intensity but it waned down the stretch. San Antonio rsquo s defensive strength only got stronger. In the ...Hoopsvibe.com - Rohan of At The Hive2008-05-9T03:01 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/boston-celtics-gangsters-of-defense-ar48201.html 2008-05-9T02:50Steve Miller may be the Gangster of Love but the Boston Celtics have firmly established themselves as the Gangsters of Team Defense. In this order it was defense depth and determination that were the drivers behind Boston rsquo s decisive Game 2 victory over Cleveland 89-73. As noted above Boston rsquo s defense was once again stifling especially over the final 40 minutes of the game in which Cleveland scored only 52 points. Most notably as part of that defensive effort was the fact ...Hoopsvibe.com - BSMW Full Court Press2008-05-9T02:50 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/test-2-ar48198.html 2008-05-8T16:08Test pieceHoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-05-8T16:13 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/utah-jazz-fall-again-to-lakers-in-los-angeles-ar48186.html 2008-05-8T03:11Stop me if you ve heard this one before. The Jazz have one poor quarter. Boozer does jack on either end. The Jazz get down double digits. The backups lead a comeback in the final quarter only to fall short. Second verse same as the first. Utah is known for their strict liquor laws. It s all watered down. But maybe the legislators need to call a special session to up the alcohol content because our Booze is weak. See what I did there One of our team captains continued his two-month ...Hoopsvibe.com - Basketball John2008-05-8T03:12 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/detroit-pistons-drop-one-to-orlando-magic-on-the-road-ar48185.html 2008-05-8T03:04The Orlando Magic took care of business Wednesday night on their home court in Game Three of their second round matchup against The Detroit Pistons. Rashard Lewis scored a career playoff high 33 points for The Magic in an emotional 111-86 win in front of their home crowd. Dwight Howard put up big numbers again with 20 points 12 rebounds while racking up 6 impressive blocked shots in the much needed win for the Magic. Orlando stuck Detroit hard right from the tip leading in the first with ...Hoopsvibe.com - Natalie Sitto2008-05-8T03:03 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/cleveland-cavaliers-down-1-0-optimist-or-pessimist-ar48184.html 2008-05-7T10:05The optimist in me wants to feel good about this game. After all at tip-off Thursday we re still only down 1-0 with a chance to steal home court. And there s more. We held the Three Amigos to 85 points per 100 possessions. LeBron nearly went for a triple double ahem quadruple double . Mike Brown even got creative in putting pressure on the double teams LeBron saw. That s right tonight was so bad I m forced find a silver lining in Mike Brown s coaching. Still having Boobie set ...Hoopsvibe.com - Matthew Pincus2008-05-7T10:06 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/the-celtics-earn-it-and-win-game-1-ar48175.html 2008-05-6T23:55I rsquo m at the game again in this case Game One of the Eastern Conference Semis between Boston and Cleveland so I rsquo ll be offering my thoughts in stream-of-consciousness style as the game evening progresses. Here goes. Pregame Fluff Before the game I run down Wally Szczerbiak rsquo s game logs from the Round One series and find myself startled. No not by his atrocious defense because that kind of thing generally doesn rsquo t show up in the box score. Rather I am shocked by his ...Hoopsvibe.com - BSMW Full Court Press2008-05-6T23:54 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/clock-or-not-the-detroit-pistons-up-2-0-ar48166.html 2008-05-6T01:11There will be talk talk for the rest of The Pistons 8211 Magic series about the shot clock malfunction that allowed a three pointer to count at the end of the third quarter that shouldn rsquo t have. Chauncey Billups knocked down a 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left in the third the clock clearly stopped mid play and the officials weren rsquo t able to look at the replay due to the rules. The refs were put in a tough situation and made what they thought was the right decision. The TNT ...Hoopsvibe.com - Natalie Sitto2008-05-6T01:12 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/garnett-celtics-deliver-the-message-in-series-clincher-ar48156.html 2008-05-5T11:35Wow. Crisis averted and in resounding fashion with a 99-65 Boston win. After dealing with a noisy chorus of doubters and some well-deserved criticism for letting this series go seven games the Celtics did their answering on the court by delivering an epic beating of the Hawks in the deciding contest. This wasn rsquo t the kind of game that warrants a traditional recap so we rsquo ll zoom right past those formalities and skip ahead to summarize the facts comment on some key moments and ...Hoopsvibe.com - BSMW Full Court Press2008-05-5T01:10 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/can-the-atlanta-hawks-do-the-unthinkable-ar48151.html 2008-05-4T06:50The 2008 Atlanta Hawks have already done many things no one thought they would do this season including making the playoffs at all and taking the best team in the NBA to 7 games. Very few people thought the Hawks would make the playoffs even in an extremely weak Eastern Conference but the team played well down the stretch and managed to slip into the 8th spot. Then matched up against the Celtics no one even thought the Hawks would win 1 game let alone 3. Most people would only give ...Hoopsvibe.com - Chase Kuech2008-05-4T06:51 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/new-orleans-hornets-rout-spurs-in-game-one-ar48150.html 2008-05-4T01:52Well I caught the game on TNT and unfortunately I have to say I never saw as many Peja heads or quot Serb-sickles quot as expected all I got were a few fleeting glimpses of them running around after a Predrag triple. But instead of drowning you in my despair about the lack of coverage the Peja heads received on TNT good news everyone the Hornets won 1 The biggest story had to be Hugo as Super Hugo who later came out as Inferior Hugo in the 2nd half. That was a great dunk Hugo ...Hoopsvibe.com - Rohan of At The Hive2008-05-4T01:52 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/detroit-pistons-start-series-strong-take-game-one-ar48149.html 2008-05-4T01:43The Detroit Pistons and The Orlando Magic faced off in Game One of the second round Saturday evening in Detroit. What did Detroit accomplish besides a convincing 91-72 win on their home court They tamed the beast that is Dwight Howard. Howard who was averaging 22 points and 18 boards in Orlando rsquo s first round series with The Raptors was corralled by the a number of Pistons bodies that they threw at him. Orlando rsquo s Superman scored just 12 points with 8 boards 3 blocked shots ...Hoopsvibe.com - Natalie Sitto2008-05-4T01:42 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/mr--williams-utah-jazz-ready-for-round-two-ar48148.html 2008-05-4T01:32It rsquo s Deron. Mr. Williams if you rsquo re nasty. There are a lot of great players in the NBA. A lot of players can put the ball in the basket and got make flashy passes. But the playoffs seem to separate the elite players from the great. They separate themselves by doing seemingly whatever it takes to win. And they rsquo re evaluating several scenarios in a split second and most of the time choose the right one. And it rsquo s in the playoffs where the stars and faces of ...Hoopsvibe.com - Basketball John2008-05-4T01:29 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com