Missing stars shouldn’t spoil our night

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Dec 072012
 

For the second consecutive week on Thursday, a marquee NBA game was broadcasted nationally without the full cast of principal actors.

The parallels are faint. Carmelo Anthony sat out after slicing a finger that required five stitches in Charlotte on Wednesday night, whereas Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sent four-fifths of his starting lineup home with no associated injuries.

But just as the absences of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili were supposed to produce a lopsided home win for Miami devoid of drama, Anthony in street clothes seemed to diminish much of the allure of the Knicks-Heat matchup going in because how many solid conclusions can you take away from a game that isn’t really a fair fight?

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Did Popovich, or Stern, sit those players?

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Nov 302012
 


Pedro Portal/Getty Images/Getty ImagesWith his record, no one can accuse Gregg Popovich of not trying to win as much as possible.Six times more likely. Research shows that serious injuries are six times more likely in professional soccer players that play twice a week instead of once, because:

Without adequate training, practice and rest, experts say fatigue causes cognitive ability and joint stability to both decrease, which is why fatigued athletes get injured far more often.

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