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The Truth Is Expensive for NBA Coaches

Cherry Picking recaps yesterday's NBA playoff action.Complaining about officiating is a tradition among NBA fans and coaches alike. After feeling like the Lakers got the short end of the whistles in Monday's Game 4 loss in Denver, Phil Jackson took to the podium after the game to vent his frustrations. "Basketball is a...

Three-Pointers Tell the Game 2 Story

Cherry Picking recaps yesterday's NBA playoff action.Three-point shots often play a critical role in an NBA playoff contest. But in Denver's win over the Lakers in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, the threes that were made (and missed) by both teams came at such key moments, that they ended up defining this...

The Cavs Were Rusty, but That's Not Their Only Problem

Cherry Picking recaps yesterday's NBA playoff action.Were the Cavaliers rusty or simply overrated? Anyone who watched the Magic go into Cleveland and steal home court advantage by winning Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals is pondering that question today. The answer, as unsatisfying as it may be, is likely somewhere...

No Lessons Learned in Game 1, Just Good Basketball

Cherry Picking recaps the previous day's NBA Playoff action. After a grueling, physical seven-game series with the Rockets, there was some worry the Lakers might come out flat against the Nuggets (even if history suggested otherwise). And for the first 10 minutes, that's what happened as the Nuggets jumped out to a...

What Now for the Celtics?

Cherry Picking recaps yesterday's NBA playoff action. My colleague Matt Steinmetz made a compelling case over the weekend that the Lakers are at a crossroads. If this team falls short of reaching the NBA Finals, should Mitch Kupchak do everything in his power to bring back the current core? Will retaining free agents...

Background on cherry picking

Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases or data that may contradict that position.

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