Basketball Game Persuasive Essay

Led by All-American Buddy Hield (25.1 PPG), they have the talent to beat anyone in the tournament.

I mean you’ll have Magic, who is a pass first point guard, dishing out to the likes of Kobe, Shaq, West, and Kareem on top of keeping defenders on their heels. Bulls would have to really figure out how to slow that down and I don’t think Rose is the guy to really do that. I do believe the Bulls have an advantage at the Small Forward and Shooting Guard position. Yes Laker fans I would have to give the edge to Pippen over Jerry West seeing Scottie was a lot more athletic and was pretty good defensive player, while Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are about equal. They’re very identical when you look at them on film but I give the slightest of slight edge to Jordan on this one. The huge disadvantage comes in the post where you have Kareem and Shaq for the Lakers and Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman for the Bulls. Now offensively realistically the Lakers would have an issue because A: Both Kareem and Shaq are centers and B: Both will clog up likely clog up the post, but even with that Kareem and Shaq too much for Grant and Rodman. Rodman would do whatever to grab rebounds and was a pretty good defensive player while Grant was a solid starter on some pretty good teams but when you’re talking Kareem and Shaq, that’s a tall task for the two offensively and defensively. The bench is also a huge advantage for the Lakers where it’s

The Mountaineers (5-1) will face Missouri in Sunday's championship game. The Tigers defeated St. John's 90-82.

NBA All-Star Weekend is in books, and it might have been one of the better All-Star Weekends in several years. Although the All-Star Game wasn’t as competitive as most had hoped, the pageantry surrounding the event was at an all-time high as Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour made its latest stop at the Air Canada Center in Toronto. The Slam Dunk Contest might have been the best ever, the Three-Point Contest came down to teammates and likely the two best shooters in the world, and a big man pulled off the biggest upset of the weekend by winning the Skills Competition. The culmination was one of the better All-Star Weekends in recent memory.

This game is a difficult one to predict because the Cavs' looked like they have regrouped

The Warriors will enter next season as defending champions after a historical run to the Larry O'Brien trophy. The Cavaliers made the finals and pushed Golden State to six games despite missing three opening-night starters, two of which are all-stars. Thus far this offseason they have resigned Kevin Love, LeBron James, and Iman Shumpert. They intend to do the same with Tristan Thompson and J.R. Smith. They also added Mo Williams and are showing interest in big time scoring wingmen such as Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson. The San Antonio Spurs held their core intact while adding LaMarcus Aldridge, the biggest name free agent on the market this year. There front court only got better as they picked up former all-star David West on a discount. Boy have the Clippers been in the news this offseason. To make a very long story short, they resigned the leagues leading rebounder, DeAndre Jordan. Paul Pierce will be back home next year reuniting with Doc Rivers. They also added the talented but troubled Lance Stephenson.

Two players step to the forefront of about every conversation surrounding who the best centers are in the NBA today. Ironically, they both came to professional basketball 3 years apart from the same legendary college program.

The (9-34) Los Angeles Lakers face the (17-23) Sacramento Kings at the Staples Center in the third game of their four game season series. The Lakers wasted a fast start (shot 74-percent from the field in the first quarter) and surprisingly competitive first half before the Rockets turned up the heat defensively, dropped a nine – 0 scoring run on the purple and gold to start the third quarter en route to a 22 point lead in a 112-95 victory.

LeBron takes on one of his biggest rivals, Lance Stephenson Paul George. Game 1 was one C.J Miles jumper away from giving the Pacers the series lead. The Cavaliers’ Big Three dominated Game 2 combining for 89 points. In Game 3, the Cavaliers overcame the largest halftime deficit in NBA history, 25 points. James finished with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. Anytime King James is on the court it’s a marvel to watch. In retrospect, the Pacers should be up 2-1. Instead, they face a 3-0 deficit. LeBron extended his winning streak to 20 consecutive first round games. In other words, Paul George will soon be riding into the sunset of Los Angeles.

As much as fitting in Westbrook should be a top priority, it is hard to ignore what Wall and Lowry can bring to the table. Especially tonight in plus matchups. The All-Star point guard- and Drake best friend- will get to tee off against a mess of a Denver Nugget back court. Emmanuel Mudiay and Jameer Nelson each own a DRating of 110 and 112, respectively. Lowry is poised for a nice bounce back.

“We need Kevin and Kyrie definitely to score the basketball,” Lue said before the game. “With LeBron out, you lose 25 points. Everyone else has to step up and also be great offensively, but we’re going to go through Kyrie and Kevin, and they have to produce for us.”

The Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs series is now tied at 2 going back to the Alamo. If you missed Game 4, then you are just plain out of your mind. Not only was it the best game of the series, but it was the best game of the entire playoffs. Very entertaining action. The two heavyweights went back and forth in a slugfest that went into overtime.Grizzlies won 110-108. Memphis had a good lead towards the end of the 4th quarter until Kawhi Leonard channeled his The Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs series is tied at 2 going back to the Alamo. If you missed game 4, then you are just plain out of your mind. Not only was it the best game of the series, but it was the best game of the whole entire playoffs. Very entertaining action.

Just want to have a nice discussion and see how people feel about the 2 dynamic all-star duos. Which one would you chose (both healthy of course) and why?

Trevor Ariza vs BKN ($5,500) - The Nets allow the most fantasy points to small forwards in the league. And, as mentioned above,

Anthony Davis vs POR ($11,600) - The Blazers allow the most points per game in the league and allow the most fantasy points in the league to power forwards. Sounds like a dream matchup for AD. Then throw in the fact, the Blazers haven’t looked good of late and the Pelicans have looked better with Jrue Holiday..