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HEAT AT CELTICS
October 26, 7:30 P.M., TNT
This is the fi rst time you’ll
see the big three: LeBron,
Dwyane Wade, and Chris
Bosh. Anyone who thinks
the Celtics are going to
hand over their crown to
Miami doesn’t know much
about basketball. We’re
going to start to see how
things play out here.
94 MAXIM NOVEMBER 2010
After a seismic shift rocked the roundball world this summer,
a South Beach superteam has a target on its back.
Get ready for bigger games, badder blood, and the most
gripping season in basketball history!
HEAT AT LAKERS
December 25, 5 P.M., ABC
Kobe’s the man, and,
man, it ain’t easy. If
winning championships
were easy, everybody
would do it. The Lakers
are the best team in the
NBA, but Miami’s gonna
want to send them a
message that they’re the
new kids on the block.
BARKLEY
ON THE BIG
GAMES*
NUGGETS AT THUNDER
December 25, 8 P.M., ESPN
Everyone thinks this game
is about Carmelo Anthony
versus Kevin Durant, but
really it’s for the entire
country to see Oklahoma
City. They’re the next big
thing. They’re all, like, 21
and will be tough to beat
for the next 10 years. Get
to know them now.
> “The regular season?” says Charles Barkley. “Most of it’s monotonous.
There are really only six teams that have a shot at winning the NBA
championship: Boston, Miami, and Orlando in the East, and the Lakers, Utah,
and Oklahoma City in the West. There’s nobody else with a chance of
surpassing them in either conference. The marquee games between those
teams (fi ve of them are listed below) are the ones to watch, where
everybody’s trying to send a message in advance of the playoffs. And all
those other teams? Well, they’re just playing for fun.”
MAGIC AT CELTICS
January 17, 8 P.M., TNT
This one’s all about
getting the upper hand on
your competition in prep -
a ration for the playoffs.
Both teams should have
stellar records, but each
team will be trying to fi g -
ure out how good they are
and if they need to make
a trade to win the East.
THUNDER AT LAKERS
January 17, 10:30 P.M., TNT
A great playoff matchup
from last year. Go back
and look at the series—the
Thunder were the Lakers’
toughest matchup before
the Celtics. The Lakers
won 4–2, but each game
they won went down to
the last couple minutes.
Should be a real battle.
*(and one to avoid)
HEAT AT CAVS
December 2, 8 P.M.
People will be intrigued by
LeBron’s return to Cleve -
land, but I’m not looking
forward to it. It’s going to
be bitter and emotional,
and could be dangerous
fo r the players. I don’t
do that trash. I respect
the game too much.