Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Hall-of-Famer Carmelo Anthony shares his thoughts on the upcoming Western Conference Finals

The Oklahoma City Thunder are still the team to beat on their quest for back-to-back titles, even with Jalen Williams hamstring injury keeping him absent so far, but the San Antonio Spurs are reaching for the throne. The upcoming clash between the regular season’s top-two Western powers will begin on Monday in OKC.   They […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Victor Wembanyama cost his team in Game 4 and now a disciplinary decision looms

The NBA probably doesn’t have the stones to suspend Victor Wembanyama for viciously and intentionally elbowing Naz Reid in the throat, but they should. His good reputation will help his case, but chief disciplinarian James Jones has to make sure his penalty is more than a fine because there was potential for catastrophic damage and […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: The Hawks suffered a historic humiliation, Philadelphia forced Game 7 and the Nuggets were eliminated

Surprisingly, the Atlanta Hawks are not a Doc Rivers team.    One could have looked at Cory Kispert playing, realizing that they had conceded, or checked the scoreboard highlighting a 47-point disparity at halftime. That was the largest lead at intermission in NBA playoff history courtesy of the Knicks sacking State Farm Arena.   OG […]