So the Spurs came up big and got the Game 7 win over our Hornets here in New Orleans last night. Four losses in five games to end your season is tough to swallow, but it was a great ride nonetheless. For the last time this season, here's your news wrap...

We'll open it up with John DeShazier of the Times-Picayune...  read more »

This is the continuation of an interview Chris Wallace gave exclusively to 3 Shades of Blue. The first part of the interview began with his Blue Ribbon Basketball Digest up to the point he made his first real pick in the draft.

As in the Michael Heisley interview in April, we are presenting the interview in it's entirety and not taking excerpts out to forward any agenda or point of view. We at 3 Shades of Blue hope everyone enjoys the interview and trust our readers to draw whatever conclusions they want from it.  read more »

Herald Garden party for Celtics Sam Cassells time to shine Paul Pierces big night speaks volumes FL's Take: Pierce is going to have to keep this same aggressive mindset for the Celtics to win game 6 in Atlanta. He can't play timidly and will have to be aggressive just as he was in game 5. Big Papis a big fan of Hawks Horford Celtics make it look simple Joe Johnson: It aint over yet' FL's Take: The Celtics have given the Hawks confidence by playing so poorly in games 3 and 4 and letting them back in the series. They will need to play very well to take game 6 as the Hawks are going to come at them with a lot of confidence that they can win in their own house.  read more »

The Hornets took Game 5 at the Hive last night, securing a 3-2 series lead and putting the defending champion Spurs on the brink of elimination. Today, they had to delete all the porn off the internet so everyone would have room to talk about it. Here's what I found...

We'll open it up with words from Jim Eichenhofer's recap at The Official...  read more »

Another Nomuskles live blog. Pregame Kobe receives his MVP award in front of the Staples Center crowd. The TNT crew says that watching a person receive an MVP award fires up the opposing team. Lets hope that doesnt hold true tonight. Nomuskles-girl is currently taking an Organic Chemistry/Biochemistry exam so were gonna do the deed with an infamous Live Blog. 1st Quarter Starting five for both teams is as expected. Kobe, Pau, Lamar, Radman and Fisher for the Lakers. Memo, AK47, Brewer, Boozer and D-Will for the Jazz. 11:52 Fisher gets it started well with a quick two. Nothing but net. 11:26 First defensive stand goes very well for the Lakers. They force a 24 second violation. And whoops. Lakers inbound to no one and it goes out of bounds. Utah reboots.  read more »

(Boulder-CO) Today's date is April 9th, and on this day: '57- Bob Cousy of Boston dished off a then NBA Finals record 19 assists, in the Celtics 124-109 win over St. Louis in Game 5. Magic Johnson set the current NBA Finals record of 21 assists in Game 3 of the 1984 NBA Finals, during the Lakers 137-104 win over Boston. '58- Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks made 19 free throws in his teams 102-100 Game 5 victory over Boston. Pettit set an NBA Finals record for most free throws made in one game. '59- The Boston Celtics beat the Minneapolis Lakers 118-113 in Minneapolis in Game 4 of the 1959 NBA Finals to complete the first sweep in Finals history and capture their first of eight consecutive NBA Championships.  read more »

Herald C's handle their business History by the numbers Can't wait for the playoffs FL's Take: Like everyone else, I am excited for the playoffs. It has been so long since I was able to look forward to more games after the regular season. But, I am also savoring every single game of the regular season. I watch and re-watch every game. Knowing that we are going into the post season with more games coming is just the icing on the cake. KG in Rivers' corner FL's Take: I think Doc has done a great job this season. I think he is similar to KC Jones in a lot of ways in that he is the right coach for this mix of veterans and young players.  read more »

The Lakers are not going to win the NBA title this year, and it is my fault. I want to apologize to all Lakers fans in advance. You see, my wife and I are expecting our third daughter in early June. Were excited, although a little nervous that moving from two to three kids means a change from man-to-man to zone defense. But before you say congratulations, understand that this likely will cost the Lakers any shot at the title. My first two daughters were born during the NBA playoffs as well. The first was during the 2004 Lakers/Pistons NBA Finals. Dont think I need to remind you how that turned out. The second daughter came two years later: Just at the start of the Lakers/Suns first round playoff series. You remember, the one the Lakers led 3-1 before falling apart.  read more »

The New York Knickerbockers are coming to town Sunday night and that means it's time to check in with my man Modi, the mastermind behind one of my favorite blogs Cosellout.

 read more »