Archive for January, 2009

D-Wade’s 10 Points In Overtime Help Heat Drop Kings 119-115

  Dwyane Wade is an established All-Star and by all accounts, a clutch player when the game’s on the line.  In the Miami Heat’s game against the Sacramento Kings, he not only validated his All-Star credentials, but may have enhanced his chances of grabbing the NBA MVP award as he scored 10 of his 41 points [...]

Kobe Scores Lakers’ Last 11 Points, Edge Pacers 121-119

It seems like as of late, the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers always provide competitive, entertaining basketball when they hook up; Friday night’s game was no different as both teams played the game close, with no ridiculous leads being held by either team.  But when the smoke cleared, it was Kobe Bryant who was [...]

Cleveland Remains Unbeaten At Home Bash Boston 98-83

In a battle of two Eastern Conference heavyweights that both teams have had circled on their calenders for quite some time, the Cavaliers continued to dominate on their home court, knocking out the the Boston Celtics 98-83. The win improves the Cavaliers to 29-6, the best mark in the NBA. They also are now 19-0 [...]

Six Mavericks Score In Double-Figures, Fend Off Knicks 99-94

The New York Knicks welcomed back center Eddy Curry, albeit he saw limited action in their game against the Dallas Mavericks Thursday night at American Airlines Arena.  It would be speculative to say whether Curry could have helped his team this particular night; however, the Knicks shot a woeful 41.6% from the floor and couldn’t [...]

Gasol, Bryant Combine for 54; Lakers Rally Late To Beat Warriors 114-106

The Los Angeles Lakers have been rather hot as of late, winning 6 of their last seven games; they would get a chance to enhance that winning streak in their game Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena.  For a good part of the game, it appeared that the win streak would [...]

Granger Hits 3 At Buzzer, Pacers Edge Suns 113-110

Funny thing about the Indiana Pacers, they have all kinds of difficulty against the mediocre-to-bad teams in the NBA, yet they somehow manage to beat some of the elite teams.  Teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics – teams they have no business defeating – have fallen victim to the Pacers.  [...]

Cavaliers Get Run Away Victory Shoot Down Bobcats 111-81

The Cavaliers had to make sure Wednesday night that their full attention was on their opponent, the Charlotte Bobcats, and not on their impending huge regular season showdown Friday with the Boston Celtics. Well, at least for a half. Led by a huge outburst to start the game, the Cavs had it in cruise control [...]

Odom Day-to-Day With Bum Knee

The Los Angeles Lakers received a bit of good news when it was discovered that his right knee injury is not serious, according to the Associated Press; Odom, who was injured during the second quarter of Tuesday night’s loss to the New Orleans Hornets, was examined by Dr. Steve Lombardo.  An MRI discovered a bruised [...]