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Big Game Hunting: 2011-12 NBA Schedule

July 19, 2011  ·  2:49PM

HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – Now that the 2011-12 NBA schedule has been officially unveiled, it’s time to dive in and see where your favorite team(s) will spend their most important days.

We’re Big Game Hunters around here. We love the biggest games on the biggest days. That’s usually where the true superstars separate themselves from the pack.

Just look at some of the biggies, and there are plenty of them:

– The Champion Dallas Mavericks begin their title defense on opening night, Nov. 1 at home against the Bulls (TNT), followed by Thunder vs. Lakers (TNT).

– The Mavericks and Thunder get it on in a Western Conference finals rematch Nov. 5 (NBA TV).

– The future stars game between the Thunder and Bulls is Nov. 10 (TNT).

– The West Coast/East Coast showdowns, Lakers at Heat on Dec. 8 (TNT) and Heat at Lakers are on March 4 (ABC).

– The Christmas Day triple-header … Celtics at. Knicks (ESPN), Heat at Mavericks (ABC) and Bulls at Lakers (ABC) … is always a hideout favorite and goes great with whatever you’ve got going on during the holiday season.

– MLK Jr. Days is absolutely loaded with games starting with the Bulls at the Hang Time Grizzlies (ESPN), including the Raptors at the Hawks (NBA TV) and finishing up with the double-shot power of the Thunder at the Celtics (TNT) and the Mavericks at the Lakers (TNT).

– The Bulls travel to Miami on Jan. 19 for a belated Eastern Conference finals rematch (TNT).

– And since we love LA, the Jan. 20 Battle  of Los Angeles takes place between the Lakers and Clippers (ESPN).

That should get us through to All-Star Weekend … and that’s when things really kick into high gear.

Scan the complete schedule here and share your favorites!

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Hang Time Podcast (Episode 52)

April 20, 2011  ·  8:40AM

HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – We had to call in some serious favors and promise to sell super producer Micah Hart’s phone contact list to the Smithsonian one day, but we finally landed the one guest we’ve been waiting on since the Hang Time Podcast first hit the airwaves.

Basketball legend and Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar graced us with a visit on Episode 52. We talked about his documentary, “On the Shoulders of Giants,” detailing the history of the Harlem Rens basketball team – the story of the greatest basketball team you never heard of.

The film is available on is available now on Comcast Video on Demand and will be available on Netflix on May 15th. You can pre-order the DVD at www.kareemabduljabbar.com.

We didn’t let the NBA’s all-time leading scorer make his Hang Time Podcast debut without getting his thoughts on a wild opening weekend of the NBA playoffs.

And we also enlisted the services, live from the golf course, of NBA TV’s Brent “Bones” Barry and his brother Jon Barry, a scratch golfer and NBA analyst himself for ABC and ESPN. They weighed in on the shocking Game 1 defeats in Los Angeles and San Antonio, while also sharing their insights on what’s to come in all of these first round series — in between a little brotherly trash talking on the links, of course.

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CP3: Hornets getting national TV shaft

January 28, 2011  ·  1:52PM

New Orleans point guard Chris Paul had this to say last night after learning he was starting for the Western Conference All-Star team:

“This is an unbelievable feeling for me as a player. What makes it even more special is that it is due to the fans, who I am extremely grateful towards. I am honored to be representing the Hornets and the city of New Orleans.”

Today, he expounded a bit:

“I think it’s big, and I’m unbelievably grateful for the fans for it, because I’ve probably got to be the only All-Star who hadn’t played yet on national TV.”

The lack of exposure didn’t hurt Paul in the fan vote, but he’s obviously not happy with the lack of national coverage given his team. The Hornets have been through some trying times this season already — from being sold to the league to having to make an attendance quota to keep their arena lease — only to emerge as one of the season’s true feel-good stories under Paul and rookie coach Monty Williams.

Paul will get his TV spotlight on the grandest stage in about three weeks, just without his Hornets teammates, when TNT televises the 60th All-Star Game from Los Angeles on Feb. 20.

As for Paul’s television blackout declaration, he’s right that the Hornets have yet to appear on TNT, ESPN or ABC. New Orleans, Minnesota, Detroit, Toronto and New Jersey are the only teams that haven’t been on those national networks. The Hornets have made several appearances on NBA TV.

As for the TNT-ESPN-ABC triumvirate, the Hornets are the only team with a winning record/or currently in playoff contention not to be on their airwaves. New Orleans happens to be 30-16 and riding a league-high nine-game winning streak.

Paul’s surprising squad is does have an ESPN date coming March 6 at Cleveland.

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Jackson: “They know how to lose”

June 14, 2010  ·  12:47AM

Posted by Art Garcia

As if the Celtics needed any extra motivation, Phil Jackson supplied a quote for the Bulletin Board Hall of Fame late in the fourth quarter of tonight’s Boston win.

The mic’d-up Zen Master told the Lakers the following in the huddle as the champs were trying to mount a late comeback:  

“They know how to lose in the fourth and they are showing us that right now.”

Frittered-away fourth-quarter leads were an issue for Boston all season and the playoffs, and that’s of course what Jackson was alluding to, but such biting words seldom make the otherwise innocent pep talks that make up such TV segments.

Kudos to ABC for showing a clip that truly portrays what’s going on in the heat of the game, much less The Finals, but Jackson’s words can’t help the Lakers’ cause going into Game 6 Tuesday. Already one victory away from snatching the title back from the Lakers, the Celtics will have now heard Phil essentially calling them “chokers” on international TV.

The task for the Lakers is already tough enough. Now they need to win two straight against a rival that’s already won in Staples and was insulted. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett brushed off Jackson’s comments in the postgame presser, but privately this is something the Celts can use.

And if any team has shown a tendency of how to lose in the final period , it’s the Lakers in the last two games. Kobe Bryant and Co. were in striking distance in each fourth — the Lakers actually led in Game 4 — only to falter down the stretch.

As for the Celtics’ fourth-quarter woes, Boston has been outscored by 17 points (498-481) in postseason thus far. The Eastern Conference champs have been outscored in the fourth in 13 of their 22 games. Of course, they’re also 15-7 in the playoffs and one victory away from a title.

 These Finals have been chock-full of drama, 180s and plot twists. ABC may have inadvertently added another delicious turn.

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