April 4th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Typically when you think of the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers locking up, high-scoring games don’t exactly come to mind. Yet a funny thing happened on the way to Conseco Fieldhouse on Friday. Both teams shot fairly well (Indiana shot 51.6% while San Antonio shot a sizzling 54.9%), which tells you that defense was [...]
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Spurs Shoot 55%, Hold Off Pacers 126-121
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Bench Helps Nuggets Pound Jazz 114-104
On most nights, the Denver Nuggets starting five would be the main source of their offense; however, on Thursday night in their game against the Utah Jazz, their bench gave them an unexpected but most welcome offensive spark – with the end result being Denver reaching the 50-win plateau at the earliest time in their [...]
Ellis’ 42 Trumps K-Mart’s 50; Warriors Edge Kings In OT 143-141
There is one definite truth about both the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings: lots of offense and defense is an afterthought. Perhaps this was best displayed on Wednesday night when both teams combined for 199 shot attempts and 94 free throw attempts; also factor in that the Warriors’ Monta Ellis and Kings’ Kevin Martin [...]
Granger, Ford Combine For 53; Pacers Edge Bulls 107-105
There’s very little time left for the Indiana Pacers to try and gain ground in the Eastern Conference playoff chase as there’s roughly 7 games or so to make this happen. Nonetheless, they had a game to play Tuesday when they hosted the Chicago Bulls at Conseco Fieldhouse. Both teams shot well (Chicago at 52.9% while [...]
