The Basketball Section

  In this fall... this is very tough... in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat. Those words, uttered by LeBron James on July 8, 2010 from the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Connecticut, seemed to write the conclusion of the upcoming NBA season right there and then. James, the reigning and two-time MVP, was joining the Miami Heat and teaming up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Between the three of them in 2010 were James' two-MVPs, 17 all-star selections, and six All-NBA 1st team selections. All of this while the three were still in their primes and all under 30. The early 2010s looked like they were going to be ruled by the Miami Heat, and the 2010-11 season would be their official coronation. The preseason odds put the Heat at +175 , the best in the league. The Heat would post one of the best records in the league that season before costing to the NBA Finals, never going beyond Game 5 in each of the first three rounds of the playoff...

June 7th, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Game 2 of the 2015 NBA Finals is about to begin. The Golden State Warriors are facing the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 1-0 lead in the series. The Cavaliers limped into this series missing Kevin Love following a dislocated shoulder in the first round of the playoffs, and Game 1 saw their luck take an even worse turn when their All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving fractured his left kneecap in overtime. Even with LeBron James, one of the greatest players of all time, the Cavaliers were massive underdogs to the Warriors, a team led by Stephen Curry. Behind Curry, the Warriors had posted the best record in the NBA and the best in their franchise's history at the time. Curry himself was crowned MVP for the first time in his career this year. So, with no Irving, who did the Cavaliers rely on to guard the best player in the league that year? This guy: Matthew Dellavedova, a second-year reserve who played just nine minutes in Game 1. He's a short, scruffy guy who ...