Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat make easy work of the Grizzlies in third-highest scoring game in franchise history

The Heat curbstopped the Grizzlies on the road for the first win of the season (1-1) and had them mentally checked out midway through the second quarter. Kel’el Ware started over Nikola Jović to match Memphis’ size, and the twin bigs feasted on lobs and jumpers.   Bam Adebayo went on the first shooting spree, […]

“154 is mine”: Jaron “Boots” Ennis puts 154-pounders on notice, destroying Uisima Lima

Jaron “Boots” Ennis wiped out Uisima Lima in round one, declaring himself a huge threat in his junior middleweight debut in front of hometown (Philadelphia) supporters. There was criticism for fighting a lesser-known opponent on a four-fight win streak, and it even continued until shortly before the bout when former boxer and current Golden Boy […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young took over Game 2 of the Finals, putting Las Vegas ahead 2-0 going to Phoenix

Jackie Young is public enemy no.1 in Phoenix after lashing the Mercury for 21 of her 32 points in the third quarter, the most in any 10-minute interval in WNBA Finals history, and helping the Aces take an enormous 2-0 lead.     The Aces smothered the visitors before intermission as A’ja Wilson sullied schemes and […]