Overlooked to All-Star Status: The Journey of Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic

Credits: NBA Preamble We all know, by now, that Denver Nuggets defeated Miami Heat about three weeks ago to win the 2022-23 NBA Finals and that Nikola Jokic was the year’s NBA Finals MVP. An all-round phenomenon being Denver’s first win in its forty-seven seasons. Yours truly had a hectic week traveling during the deciding … Continue reading Overlooked to All-Star Status: The Journey of Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic

Loving Basketball: Warriors’ 2022-23 Season Ended

Credits: Golden State Warriors It was sad and depressing to watch how the defending champions fell yesterday. One saw the pain in each player’s eyes and particularly in Curry’s. I couldn’t sleep either because I could not comprehend what just happened. But like warriors, I’m sure that they will be back a much better team … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Warriors’ 2022-23 Season Ended

Loving Basketball: Game 4 was depressing; 5 was promising, and 6 a must-win for GSW

Andrew Wiggins Game 4 was depressing The Warriors-Lakers Round 2 Game 4 was extremely depressing for ThinkTalk to watch. Need I blog about it again? I watched as strange things were happening on court with the Dubs players looking so perplexed as all their efforts proved abortive. Golden State Warriors (GSW) were only down a … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Game 4 was depressing; 5 was promising, and 6 a must-win for GSW

Loving Basketball: Warriors-Lakers Round 2 Game 3

Curry’s jiggle I haven’t seen the Warriors so inconsistent in their game like they have been in this Playoff. I began to ask myself “is’t a strategy?” I was all on edge with the Sacramento Kings Series, but kept praying and believing. Warriors’ mantra after all is “We believe’l right? Thank goodness for that outcome. … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Warriors-Lakers Round 2 Game 3

Loving Basketball: Warriors got this – wins Round 2 Game 2

Credits: ESPN - Proud Currys cheering The Warriors trailed in the first quarter of the Game 2 Playoff till Klay Thompson ignited a flaming fire. He was aflame with 30 points (8 3-pointers), burned everyone on court, to led Warriors to victory. Klay Thompson Curry was double- and even triple-teamed throughout the game. But they … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Warriors got this – wins Round 2 Game 2

Loving Basketball: R-E-S-P-E-C-T … Steph Curry did it in grand style!!!

Underrated, Reserved, & Humble Steph Curry 2022-23 Playoffs Round 1 Game 7 between Golden State Warriors (GSW) and Sacramento Kings (SK) was spectacular and, dare I say, the best in NBA history that I had ever watched. I wanna replay the whole reel. The two teams rocked buckets back-and-forth in the first two quarters, with … Continue reading Loving Basketball: R-E-S-P-E-C-T … Steph Curry did it in grand style!!!

Loving Basketball: No Sense Game 6 to War Zone Game 7

Think-Talk Gallery Golden State Warriors (GSW)-Sacramento Kings’ (SK) Game 6 just didn’t make any common sense. “It was the biggest loss in the franchise’s history” (Klay Thompson). The Warriors who, two days prior, had played energetically, with mental acuity on hostile grounds and won, couldn’t bring in the clutch on their home court. It didn’t … Continue reading Loving Basketball: No Sense Game 6 to War Zone Game 7

Loving Basketball: Experience trumped in Game 5

Game 5 moment - TT Gallery The Golden State Warriors won Game 5 on Kings’ court; an unexpected win given Sacramento Kings’ boisterous fans and Dubs’ away-over-home record. As I absorbed the four quarters of the ecstatic game, I pondered how much of skills, agility, experience, self, and/or synergy culminated in the outcome of the … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Experience trumped in Game 5

Loving Basketball: 2022-23 NBA Season, Playoff, and Play-In

In a couple hours the NBA Play-Ins will commence. The Playoff Play-In style, which began two years ago during COVID, has now become a part of the NBA Season schedule. Eight teams (four from each Conference) will battle for the seventh and eighth Playoff seed. Read here for more. The players/Teams who clinched the first … Continue reading Loving Basketball: 2022-23 NBA Season, Playoff, and Play-In