Jordan Schultz

While LeBron James' fourth-quarter disappearance in Game 1 of the NBA Finals was surely alarming for the Miami Heat, perhaps just as notable was Dwyane Wade's. Wade, of course, has long been one of the league's premier big-game players. Even when he struggled in the Eastern finals versus...

It was the quietest 30-point effort I've ever seen.

It was, to be exact, 30 points, 9 rebounds -- and no desire to take over late.

It was the antithesis of Kevin Durant's night of 36 points, 17 in the fourth quarter.

It was LeBron James.

No player is more...

If you are a fan of track-meet basketball, then the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat matchup in the NBA Finals is a pure best-of-seven dream. OKC is the young and brash force of 20-somethings, all speed and length, with a three-time scoring champ in Kevin Durant. Miami is returning...

In a new segment with Noah Coslov of CineSport, I break down why LeBron James was so dominant in Game 6 over Boston. Specifically, his ability to get to the elbow and operate within 16-feet and attack was a stark contrast from previous moments in this series where he started...

Paul Pierce did it again, ladies and gentleman. In a series full of young superstars, Pierce -- as he has throughout his entire career in Boston -- provided yet another dagger in the biggest of playoff games. The 2008 Finals MVP connected on a near impossible three-pointer over the outstretched...

It was not supposed to be this close.

Boston was not supposed to be this good; Miami, not this vulnerable.

Each team is headed in a decidedly different direction after this season. The Heat, with LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, all of whom are 30 or younger, seemed...

In a new segment with Noah Coslov of CineSport, I break down why the Celtics' swing-and-miss Game 2 effort was a necessary but wildly costly risk, even as the series shifts back to Boston. Rajon Rondo was magnificent with 44 points, but he played all 53 minutes; Ray Allen, Paul...

The Oklahoma City Thunder has punished opponents all season with fast-paced scoring and athleticism.

The San Antonio Spurs has punished opponents all season with half-court execution and a bench that goes 10-deep.

A young and still rather inexperienced team, the Thunder hasn't faced a significant challenge in...

LeBron James is going to get his. And if Game 1 against Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals was any indication, he'll have an easy time of it. James scored 32 points on just 22 shots; he drove the lane with power and ease and created offense for his teammates...

In a new segment with Noah Coslov of CineSport, I break down why LeBron, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat remain vulnerable against Indiana in Game 6. Essentially, it comes down to this: Without Chris Bosh and the suspended Udonis Haslem, Miami does not have any big man (sorry, Juwan...

The San Antonio Spurs are owners of the NBA's best record. They have not lost since April 12 and have won 18 consecutive games. They have the league's most no-nonsense superstar in Tim Duncan, a healthy Manu Ginobili, a legitimate 10-deep bench -- and of course, Tony Parker....

In a new segment with Noah Coslov of CineSport, I break down why two-time NBA MVP Tim Duncan is the greatest power forward of all time.

We also discussed the fate of the Miami Heat without Chris Bosh and why LeBron's Houdini act in Game 2 is worrisome moving forward....

If the NBA Playoffs teach us one thing, it is that you cannot hide any longer.

Late in the fourth quarter of Miami's 78-75 Game 2 loss against Indiana Tuesday night, LeBron James pulled off yet another miraclous Houdini-style disappearing act. It wasn't just the two missed...

The prevailing theory that an NBA Playoff series doesn't officially start until the home team loses a game may still hold true under most circumstances, but in the case of Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers, Game 1 Monday night showed us that sometimes it is just that --...

Nineteen-year-old phenom boxer Jose Ramirez is officially heading to the London Olympics to represent the United States in the 132-pound class. For Ramirez, who has a decorated amateur career of 143 wins, 11 national titles and six consecutive USA Golds, it has been a wild -- and highly unstable --...

With the London 2012 Summer Olympics drawing close, The Huffington Post caught up with swimmer Michael Phelps, who with 16 medals, is now just three Olympic medals away from breaking the all-time record of former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. Phelps, 26, recently announced his upcoming retirement and that 2012 will...

The original plan was merely to help his eighth-grade daughter with her flat basketball shot, but somehow Dwyane Wade, Jeremy Lin and the entire Gonzaga University men's basketball team ended up benefiting from Alan Marty's high-tech basketball contraption.

Formerly a guard at North Central College in Illinois, Marty is...

At one point or another, it was only logical to assume Andrew Bynum would figure out that he is a professional basketball player. Bynum is 24 years old now, which is still very young; but seven years into his NBA career, he is considered a veteran. Yet, just as he...

Carmelo Anthony was brilliant.

For one game of one first-round series, the dim lights of Madison Square Garden flickered a little brighter and the infamous Garden organ and fans' incessant chants of "Defense" prevailed. Anthony's herculean 41-point performance put an end to the longest playoff losing streak in...

When Dallas took the court Thursday night at home, down 0-2 to Oklahoma City, the defending champs were fully aware what the consequences of their performance represented. "Game 3 is Game 7," Mavericks guard Jason Terry said on Wednesday.

The truncated 66-game regular season hasn't been friendly to the...