Our NBA Short Film

Short Description

The following video is a short film or mockumentary that our blogging group made which follows the life of an upcoming NBA superstar who in this case is Tony. On the other hand, the two other members played roles of being a mentor and coach for Tony, who were played by Gabriel and Kevin respectively.

This was filmed and edited over a course a few days using two cameras, a tripod, and an external microphone. The location you see within the video is filmed completely around the campus of Macquarie University, along with editing for extra aesthetic.

Contributions

Kevin - Responsible for mainly directing, writing, editing, filming, and playing the role of a coach within the video.

Gabriel - Contributions to writing, filming and playing the role of a mentor within the video.

Tony - Contributions to filming, providing props, suggesting the filming location, and playing the main role as the uprising NBA superstar.

Toronto Raptors onto the ECF

On Sunday night playoff match, Game 7 between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors, most people were on the edge of their seats to see who would come victorious and advance to the semi-finals of the NBA season. Raptors with the home court advantage on this tiebreaker decision maker showed who really was the better team with great finesse and teamwork, the Raptors came up on top to win Game 7 and send the Heat packing back to the sunny state of Miami, (89-116).
Kyle Lowry led the charge putting up 35 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists with Demar DeRozan backing him up with 28 points and 8 rebounds. The Raptors showed great teamwork with their starting line up scoring more than 10 points each and a total of 50 team rebounds to break through with the lead in the 4th quarter, outscoring the Heat (30-11 in the 4th).

(Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yQfaPnrBck)

The Toronto Raptors proceed to the Eastern Conference Finals where they match up against Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, whilst the Oklahoma City Thunder meet the Golden State Warriors for the Western Conference Finals. These games are not to miss, stay tuned! 

(Image from: https://basketball-society.com/2014/10/20/part1-eastpreview/)

The Champion Ring of NBA

People who likes NBA will know about the champion ring. The champion ring is an annual award given by the National Basketball Association to the team that wins the Final Games. Rings are presented to the team’s players and coach. The ring have been handed out since the first NBA finals in 1947. And it consist of silver or gold include team name which win the finals and year of winner with player name. Rings make by hands only. Usually it was made by 75-100 workers and takes average 10 weeks to finish. Obviously, each ring is expensive.

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The ring is expensive not only because of its value. It also represent reputation. Every player in NBA will feel honour to get these rings. And it’s the best souvenir for every player who was played in NBA. Philip Jackson was got the maximum 13 rings in the history of NBA. But most of these ring got in his coach period. Bill Russell has the most rings as a player (11).

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Those famous NBA players with familiar names such as Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan also got many rings. Here are pictures that the player shows champion rings.

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Future Star

After fierce competition for days, I have some summary and ideas about the top 5 board based on the conversations with executives and scouts during the combine activities. The first one is Ben Simmons. He is not simply tracked by the NBA from his native Australia to high school but Simmons was the consensus No. 1 at the start of the season and held the spot as his LSU one-and-done season ended with the Tigers. The second one is Brandon Ingram. As a freshman, Ingram has enough ball handing skills and is so smoothing. He is good at creating his own shot on the perimeter or playing above the rim when he moves inside. The third one is . As the European background. he's a bit of Kristaps Porzingis. But the difference between them is that Bender is better distributor and KP has better range. The forth one is Jaylen Brown. Brown was the Pacific 12 Conference Freshman of the Year. He is a a great open-court player, a good rebounder for a wing and the potential to be a high-level defender. He is elite athleticism. And the last one is Kris Dunn.He is the top 10 barring an unexpected development. Though some front offices don't like that Dunn, he is more developed physically and emotionally .

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The Miami Heat vs. the Toronto Raptors - Game 6

What a crazy series! This game has allowed the Heat to bring in a 7th game against the Raptors due to their most recent win of 103-91. This does bring an awesome series into the world of NBA but we also have to consider that whoever comes up on top in this series alone will be very tired. As a result the Cavaliers may have an easy game coming back onto the court since there will be a long rest period for them. Funnily enough, this makes the Cavaliers the real winners in the end. Who knows, maybe we'll also see an 8th game coming up through some crazy turn of events.

Both reams played great but I should mention Toronto's offense was lacking just a bit throughout this game. With nothing really exciting happening, we even find Joseph taking a nap in the middle of the play. In my opinion, he hasn't been playing to his full potential lately with some questionable plays pushing the game into overtime and losing in the end. Maybe the Raptors could've taken the game if it weren't for these small mistakes? In the end, I can't imagine how frustrating it could be to be a Raptors fan and witness this game.

Watch some of the highlights below.

Image source: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S9AfewyCE1E/maxresdefault.jpg

Spurs knocked out of the playoffs!

Today the San Antonio Spurs faced off with the Oklahoma City Thunders, potentially for the last time if OKC got the win and that was just the case! OKC took out their round 2 opponents with a convincing lead, winning Game 6, 113-99 on their home turf.
The Thunder move onto the next round, which is the Western Conference Finals.
Major factors contributing to their victory was a 17-2 run in the 2nd quarter with Kevin Durant knocking down a 3-pointer withe 2.3 seconds on the clock. Kevin Durant scored 37 for the night with a staggering 9 rebounds (all defensive) and Russell Westbrook put on a spectacular guard performance with double-double stats of 28 points and 12 assists. A well deserved win by the OKC Thunders.

At the Western Conference Finals, the OKC Thunders face off against the reigning champs Golden State Warriors and the current MVP Steph Curry who swept the Portland Trailblazers  (4-0) Wednesday night. This matchup will be very close with both teams being of high caliber play and expertise, without a doubt this these two teams are the best of the best and will showcase a display of blood, sweat and tears. Join the NBA on the 16th of May as the Conference Finals kick off, make sure not to miss out on these highly anticipated games.

Image source: http://blackathlete.net/2014/12/thunderous-christmas-san-anto-thunder-beat-spurs/

Spurs vs Thunder in Game 5

I was excited that with the score of 95:91 Thunder vs Spurs, Thunder has won yesterday game. This success gave credit to Westbrook who leads Thunder pasts Spurs for 3-2 lead. And because Thunder railed in the forth quarter to beat the Spurs on yesterday night and take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.  In the game, Westbrook had 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. He had sealed the victory with a three-point play with 6.3 seconds remaining, scoring after the Spurs weren't able to foul him intentionally and he drove for a layup while being fouled. Before that Tony Parker missed the second of free throws to make it to 92-91. Parker also missed a 12-foot jumper. So after an erratic first half Westbrook had settled and committed six of the Thunder's 13 first-half turnovers.Now there is a really hard situation for Spurs. They lost game5 which means Thunder win one more game can weed Spurs out. Here is a video to show some wonderful moment of game.