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The Painted Area's 2012-13 NBA Awards 17 Apr 2013 | 07:47 pm
With the 2012-13 NBA regular season in the books, let’s get right to it with our mythical awards ballot, which was submitted as part of the ESPN Forecast and the upcoming TrueHoop Network Awards: MOS...
In Favor of NBA Goaltending Rules > FIBA's 12 Apr 2013 | 07:49 pm
In FIBA basketball, goaltending rules allow for the ball to be live after it hits the rim. In other words, what's known as basket interference in most of American basketball is a legal play in the int...
Effective Age Snapshot: Heat Would Be Among Oldest NBA Champs, Thunder Still Among Youngest 8 Mar 2013 | 08:00 pm
Today, we're examining the "effective age" numbers for this season's top NBA teams. Effective age is a metric used by ESPN Insider Kevin Pelton to measure a team's average age, but weighted by minutes...
Trade Deadline Musings: What If Thomas Robinson Just Isn't That Good? 22 Feb 2013 | 08:37 pm
I've been surprised by the vehemence of the negative reaction to Sacramento's trade of Thomas Robinson to Houston for Patrick Patterson (the core players of this deal). I feel like there is a lot of n...
2012-13 NBA Win Over/Under Predictions 24 Oct 2012 | 11:12 pm
Hello, folks. We're back with one of our annual favorites here at The Painted Area, as we offer our predictions for picking NBA regular-season win over/unders. For the record, we were 5-2 in O/U pred...
2012 Olympics: USA Holds Off Spain's Valiant Effort to win Gold 13 Aug 2012 | 07:06 pm
USA 107, Spain 100 Team USA won their second Olympic gold medal in a row, but it didn't come easy. Spain made this game a lot more interesting than expected. This game had a strikingly similar feel ...
2012 Olympics: Gold Medal Preview 12 Aug 2012 | 02:27 pm
USA (A-1) vs. Spain (B-3) (3 p.m. London time/10 a.m. ET EST): Four years ago these two teams engaged in a highly entertaining Olympic final in Beijing. In London, Team USA has done what was expected...
2012 Olympics: Spain's Second-Half Surge Sinks Russia 11 Aug 2012 | 06:55 pm
Semifinal: SPAIN 67, RUSSIA 59 Spain's goal of reaching the Olympic finals looked to be in danger after a putrid first half. Going into the halftime break, Spain's offense only managed 20 points on 2...
2012 Olympics: Semifinals Preview 10 Aug 2012 | 08:18 pm
Below we take a look at Friday's semifinal matchups. Russia meets Spain at 5pm (London time) while Team USA plays Argentina (9pm) for the second time in four days. USA (A-1) vs. ARGENTINA (B-1): The...
2012 Olympics: Spain Holds Off France to Advance to the Semis 9 Aug 2012 | 07:49 pm
SPAIN 66, FRANCE 59 Low-scoring, competitive game where the defenses dictated the action. Spain pulled out a tough victory on Wednesday but they should be somewhat concerned with their play, particul...
