Maddux Sports Blog

The Ottawa Senators are in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time ever. They did it by beating the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 1, including a 3-2 OT win in the final game of the series.

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So, in the Eastern Conference finals the question is can the Pistons stop LeBron James? James has had a dynamite post-season, averaging 27.3 PPG while dishing off an average of six assists and grabbing 6.7 rebounds.

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The New York Mets are looking as good as or better than the Mets of last season. The New York Metropolitans (28- 14) are at .667, have won 4 in-a-row and are 8- 2 over their past ten games. (more…)

Up-tempo, penetration, passing out along the perimeter and shoot—that’s the basic Warrior way and coach Don Nelson’s blueprint for creating three-point opportunities. Although the last seed Warrior lost to the fourth seed Jazz in the first game of their Western Semifinal match-up, it was more of one team outlasting the other than Golden State Breaking down.

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The Detroit Pistons defeated the Chicago Bulls handily in game two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals 108- 87. By the end of the first quarter it was 34- 18 and by the half 58- 43. That marked the second home court victory in a row for the East’s first-seed Pistons.

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The New York Yankees announced today that future Hall of Famer and pitch-when-he-wants-to Roger Clemens will rejoin the floundering club. Last year, Clemens started 19 games for the Astros, going 7- 6, posting an ERA of 2.30 over 113.1 innings. He struck out 102 and walked 29.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers earned the first victory in their Eastern Conference Semifinal series against the New Jersey Nets. LeBron James had a stuffy nose and was slowed down a bit but with 21 he was still the top point maker for Cleveland. For the Nets, Vince Carter led the way with 21 points. But Jason Kidd was only good for seven.

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Every year it seems that the Yankees get off to a bad start or go into some sort of mid-season funk and then pull it out. This year, they look exceptionally bad due to (not a lack of conditioning) but a pitching roster with more holes in it than Blackburn Lancashier (it’s a reference to a Beatles song, I didn’t want to say the age-old reference, “Swiss cheeseâ€?). (more…)

So, do you think the Dallas Mavericks are a little confused today? I am. I thought they would go all the way. Instead, they join the other team that made is to the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat, on the golf course of elimination.

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It was a clean sweep. The closest game was the first, which the Bulls won 96- 91. The third-game was won by eight-points. But the Bulls beat the heat by 13-points in Miami to win game four and take the series! Very few analysts picked Chicago. (more…)