How to construct an NBA playoff bracket

Are you looking to make your own NBA Playoff Brackets that look good and are useful for you? Well, your best friend can be Microsoft Excel. Here are some steps to take to create your own NBA Playoff Brackets.

Before 1983, Philadelphia had won the NBA championship, but it had been a generation earlier. After several near misses, 1983 was the year the 76ers finally broke through with Moses Malone leading the way.

You don't have to head into Manhattan in order to enjoy the NBA Playoffs. Here are the best sports bars to watch the NBA Playoffs in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Wow, I was in my early teens and I just found out that I was being sent to NBA basketball coach Larry Brown. He would determine my punishment....

If you are curious to find out how much you know NBA championships, take this NBA finals trivia quiz to find out.

Chicago Tribune NBA columnist Sam Smith stopped by the NBA Vine to discuss the latest happenings in pro basketball

Here are the latest NBA Vine Power Rankings for January 15, 2008.

Every season top NBA draft picks get all the attention when the season starts, yet it is often rookies drafted later on in the draft, or not drafted at all, who make a significant impact come playoff time.

After a great day of picks yesterday, my current record stands at a red hot 9-2. A great start to a great NBA season.

New Orleans is the host of the 2008 NBA All-Star weekend festivities, and the Hornets may have just the right combination of timing, momentum and talent to make the playoffs their playground for a 'Nawlins parade.

Whatever the result in 2008, the Trail Blazers could be setting themselves up for something even the original trailblazers - Lewis & Clark - couldn't do within a few years: win an NBA championship.

Last night, the NBA draft came and went. Many teams' fans are left dreaming about what the future holds for their new superstars and fans of other teams are left scratching their head.

Here are the top point guards in the 2007 NBA Draft class.

A scathing indictment of the officiating and the interpretation of rules by the NBA.

When you look at the way the NBA has allowed the game to be played in this years playoffs the league DOES NOT protect its players. If they did there would be a no tolerance policy when it comes to dirty players like Bruce Bowen.

The accuracy of jump shot shooters in the NBA is not as good as that of former players from previous decades.

NBA teams that don't make the playoffs get a better chance of drafting good college players. Is this fair to the fans?

The National Basketball Association (NBA) continues to wield its power in a disturbing way. They have decided to suspend Darell Armstrong for a game without pay for arguing with officials and being ejected from a game.

The graphics may not be the best but the gameplay and overall realistic NBA feel make this game one of the best basketball games on the market. 2k Sports obviously wanted to compete with EA and they did just that.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is tired of the constant fighting from pro players towards referees. The league throughout the years has had an increase of players complaining to the referees. They want this to stop, but are they going too far?

The ins and outs of the 2007 NBA All Star Game in Las Vegas. Whether to book a sports packages, or, buy a game ticket and go it alone.

The NBA and Spalding decided this year to replace the traditional leather ball for a completely redesigned composite material one. Only the second major change in over 60 years and the first since 1970, the question is why?

We will be taking a look back at the last 10 NBA drafts, with analysis of the draft picks. Along with analysis, there will be a reordered top ten picks, along with a selection of the worst and best draft choices.

We will be taking a look back at the last 10 years of NBA drafts, with analysis of the draft picks. Along with analysis, there will be a reordered top ten picks, along with a selection of the worst and best draft choices.

NBA Europe, No Longer a "Big Man's Game"

From LeBron to Glyniadakis, and everyone in between, one of the best draft classes of the last 5 years has been in the NBA for three seasons. It's an appropriate time for their first report cards.

Every year as the NBA Draft approached, the words "potential," "talent" and "upside" are used by every writer, fan and NBA Draft aficionado; sites like Draft Express devote an entire site to prognostications and evaluations of potential draft picks.

Okay, I admit it; when Duke's Shavlik Randolph and Arizona's Chris Rodgers enter the NBA Draft early, something is amiss. However, does the NBA need an age limit just because these college students suffer from delusion and make poor life choices?

If we had to apply the Justice League to the NBA, who would our heroes be…and how would they stack up with their 80's counter-parts?