March 17th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in The Nets, like a handful of Eastern Conference teams, have little-to-no chance of grabbing a playoff berth; but unlike most teams in that predicament, they had yet another off-the-court issue as forward Sean Williams was arrested Monday and arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and felony criminal mischief. But despite that, New Jersey had a game [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Nuggets Balanced Scoring Overwhelms Nets 121-96
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Big Third Quarter Helps Raptors Rout Pacers 110-87
Two teams who are safely out of contention for an Eastern Conference playoff slot went against each other on Sunday at Air Canada Centre, with nothing to lose (besides the obvious) and everything to gain. The teams in question were the host Toronto Raptors and the visiting Indiana Pacers. This game marked the return of [...]
Cavaliers Knock Off Knicks 98-83
It was another night of balanced scoring and defense for the Cavaliers, who in the end had to struggle, but eventually got the job done, topping the New York Knicks 98-93 at Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavs are starting to eye that ever important number one seed in the Eastern Conference, as with the win [...]
Parker’s 28 Helps Spurs Edge Rockets 88-85
There’s one thing for certain when the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets get together: good matchups across the board. Yao Ming vs. Tim Duncan. Ron Artest vs. Michael Finley. And on and on. And the vast majority of their games are competitive. Nonetheless, both teams got together Saturday night at the Toyota Center and [...]
Kidd’s Triple-Double Wasted, Warriors Club Mavericks 119-110
A healthy Golden State Warriors team is a happy and productive team. In Friday’s night game against the Dallas Mavericks, they had what can be considered their Opening Night roster. While both teams didn’t shoot especially well, the Warriors made more trips to the free throw line (31 times vs. the Mavericks’ 16), which made [...]
Johnson Helps Hawks Win 4th Straight, Rout Pacers 101-87
The Atlanta Hawks, despite being a bit short-handed without Marvin Williams, at the very least have their old reliable, Joe Johnson; but to be fair, they have lots of scoring options at their disposal. Nonetheless, they hosted the Indiana Pacers Friday night at Philips Arena in a game that would go a long ways towards [...]
Lakers Clinch Playoff Spot, Defeat Spurs 102-95
Three of the Eastern Conference’s elite teams – Boston, Cleveland and Orlando – have already clinched playoff spots while the Western Conference was at zero prior to Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs at AT&T Center. Apparently, the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant was mindful of that fact as he scored [...]
Magic Secures Playoff Berth, Tramples Bulls 107-79
Folks, the game on Wednesday night between the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic at the Amway Arena can only be described in one word: ugly. The Bulls’ shooting percentage was ugly (31.4% from the floor) as was the final result. While granted Orlando didn’t shoot lights out, they didn’t exactly have to as they easily disposed [...]
