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1985 NBA Finals Game 6: Bill Bertka Guest Breakdown

Coach Nick breaks this historic game down with Bill Bertka, the lead assistant to Pat Riley during the Showtime era of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy.

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1980 NBA Finals Game 6: Magic Johnson Starts At Center

Coach Nick breaks down the rarely seen game where Magic had to fill in for an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the Lakers took the game on the road in Philadelphia for Magic’s first title. Pat Riley...

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2006 NBA Finals: Dwyane Wade’s Star Treatment From The Refs

Coach Nick breaks down Game 6 from the 2006 NBA Finals. He examines whether Dwyane Wade and the rest of the Miami Heat got an inordinate amount of calls from the refs and how Dirk Nowitzki fell short...

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RetroBreakdown: 1975 WCF Game 7 – Bulls vs. Warriors

Coach Nick breaks down this classic game, and shows you the first great Bulls team featuring Jerry Sloan, Chet Walker, and Norm Van Lier. If you haven’t had a chance to see Rick Barry in action, watch...

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Lakers Couldn’t Beat The Celtics: 1963 NBA Finals Game 6

Coach Nick breaks down the series clinching game for the Celtics, featuring such players as Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, and many more. This style of basketball, while less...

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Why Michael Jordan Was Better Than Kobe Bryant

Coach Nick compares and contrasts how Kobe and Michael attacked out of the triangle offense.

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Reggie Miller’s Amazing 8.9 Seconds

In honor of Reggie Miller’s induction to the NBA Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA, I decided to look at one of his most famous achievements. Single handedly beating the Knicks in Madison Square Garden...

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1997 NBA Finals Game 6: Bulls vs Jazz and the No Call That Changed the Series

The Marquee Matchup: Michael vs MaloneReliving the Bulls 5th title was something of a bittersweet experience, taking me back to an earlier less-complicated time in my life (single, no kids). Coming off...

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Kiki Vandeweghe On The State of the NBA

Coach Nick spoke with, former NBA All-Star, Coach and GM, Kiki VanDeWeghe at the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Some of the topics Kiki talked about include the value of a stable coaching...

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Larry Coon on the NBA: Are Teams Trapped by the new CBA?

Coach Nick interviewed Larry Coon of CBAFAQ.com at the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Larry explained how teams are constructing their roster given the constraints of the new collecting...

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