Investigating the rivalries among NBA teams 14 Articles

by Jack Serapiglia

As much as the promotion of individual play, rivalries are what brought the NBA into prominence during the 1980s. The grand-daddy of them all was of course Lakers / Celtics, who met for three straight years for the NBA cha...read more

by David Funk

The NBA has not been near as popular over the last decade in part due to the labor dispute in 1998. However, the game has seen a lack of a good rivalry that keeps the league from reaching the levels of the NFL and MLB. ...read more

by Muthana Gubran

Clippers among the developing Teams Long before coach Mike Dunleavy joined the Clippers, they lacked depth and weren't considered talented enough to compete with the NBA's elite. And as the fourth season begins, th...read more

by Justin Lemaire

In order to truly understand how rivalries are created and how they propagate throughout the sport, it is important to understand rivalries in their three primary forms. Rivalries, in their most logical form, can be divid...read more

by T-Dizz

Rivalries are among one of the great things in professional sports. They usually are between two teams that play each other often and have close to equal success against each other. A rivalry could start because of a certa...read more

by Tim Carson

The fans roar. Families, marriages, and cities are divided. The players compete hard. No other element in sports is more intriguing than the rivalry: a heated event between two teams of close proximity or involving hist...read more

by Justin Eland

It's hard to say if there are consistent rivalries in the NBA anymore. You have the infamous Lakers and Celtics of the 80's, a few others throughout the games tenure on the popular sports scene. Think about i...read more

by Sean Reaves

Rivalries in the NBA among teams are diminishing. They are not as there than in Football or in Baseball. In the same respect the fans keep the rivalry going. Look at some of the great rivalries in all of sports. Baseba...read more

by Torry Jones

Usually rivalries are built up in the playoffs and a hard playoff battle. This is how the Knicks-Heat rivalry started, with them playing each other in the playoffs for 3 or 4 straight years, and going to the maximum number...read more

by Paul Lines

Rivalry between teams in any league sport is legendry and NBA teams are no different in this respect. It permeates through the team, their fans and, in some cases, through the towns they play in. What causes this rival...read more

by Roy Jacobs

A little rivalry is always good in competitive sport. The trick is balance so that it does not interfere with ones performance. However, some rivalry maintains team spirit and provides an important element of drive that he...read more

by Robert Solis

Rivalries are what make any fun sport a great sport. The NBA, with its seven game series in the playoffs, provides one of the best settings for these kind of rivalries to flourish. This format allows for the possibility...read more

by Eric Chang

NBA rivalries are amongst the most compelling in professional sports. The reason is that basketball is a game of match-ups. Unlike other popular team sports (e.g. football, baseball), there are often individual player ri...read more

by Fajolu Oladayo

Nicholls State on Probation: NCAA officials placed Nicholls State on probation for four years following revelations that an academic adviser and assistant football coach completed schoolwork for several athletes, includi...read more