define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); vladimir radmanovic – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:25:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Where Near Chokes Happen. http://rushthecourt.net/2008/06/09/where-near-chokes-happen/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/06/09/where-near-chokes-happen/#respond Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:10:32 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=943

Like most basketball fans I spent last night watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals and assumed the game was over well before it actually was. Unlike most people I also sent taunting text messages to the Lakersfans I know with 1:21 left in the 3rd quarter when Boston went up by 20. I was feeling pretty confident in my rather moronic display of hubris when Boston was still up by 24 with 7:40 remaining in the game.

Unfortunately, I had forgotten Billy Packer’s faux pas from just over 2 months ago when he awarded Kansas a place in the [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/06/09/where-near-chokes-happen/feed/ 0 NBA Finals Preview 2008 http://rushthecourt.net/2008/06/05/nba-finals-preview-2008/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/06/05/nba-finals-preview-2008/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:51:01 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=912

Well it’s the series everybody has been waiting for (ok, not rtmsf). I’ll try to limit my bias in this preview although all of my friends are well aware of the extent of my taunting. Honestly, they’re just happy there isn’t a potential Triple Crown (and eternal bragging rights) at stake here. Anyways, on to what might be the most hyped NBA Finals since 1991 when Michael Jordan formally took the throne away from Magic Johnson (and Larry Bird).

By now, you may have heard that the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers have a little bit of basketball history. Boston comes [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/06/05/nba-finals-preview-2008/feed/ 2