December 31st, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in New Orleans Hornets forward David West has, as of late, been offensive – but in a good way. West on Tuesday against the Houston Rockets lit up the scoreboard for 44 points and was looking to make his presence known Wednesday night as the Hornets welcomed the Miami Heat to New Orleans Arena. While Chris [...]
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West’s Double-Double Helps Hornets Fend Off Heat 95-91
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Nets Snap 10-Game Losing Streak, Beat Knicks 104-95
As I have always said, despite the New Jersey Nets being easily the worst team in the NBA, eventually they do win a game. But to be fair, their opponent on Wednesday was the New York Knicks. Perhaps it was because the Nets had their opening day lineup for the first time since the second [...]
CP-3, West’s Huge Efforts Wasted; Rockets Soar Past Hornets 108-100
It isn’t every day that two players on the same team have excellent overall games while the bench collapses. Yet that’s exactly what happened Tuesday when the New Orleans Hornets visited Houston to take on the Rockets at Toyota Center. Both teams shot well, yet despite a career high of 44 points by David West and [...]
Slam Dunk Central NBA Power Rankings
Well folks, it’s time for another weekly installment of Slam Dunk Central NBA Power Rankings. This week, there was quite a bit movement, both north and south. Cleveland and Portland definitely made some noise this week, while some other teams barely made a whimper. Without further ado, here we go: ( ) – Last week’s [...]
Stoudemire, Dudley Combine For 45; Suns Blast Lakers 118-103
An interesting development has developed recently in LA-LAland. And the development in question is something that Los Angeles Lakers fans aren’t used to: a semi-losing streak. Call it coincidence if you like, but the Lakers, ever since Ron Artest fell down the flight of stairs and sustained a concussion and an elbow injury, aren’t the [...]
LBJ, Kobe Named NBA Players Of The Week
Two of the usual suspects, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, were announced by the NBA as Players of the Week for the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively for games played from December 21-27. James led the Eastern Conference in scoring (28.8 ppg), was second in assists (7.3 apg) [...]
Nuggets Get Dose Of Gooden Plenty, Mavericks Prevail 104-96
Typically when the Dallas Mavericks play, one would think that the offense would usually go through a couple players: Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry. During their game Sunday against the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center, they got some clutch offense from an unlikely source – Drew Gooden. And to put it mildly, the Mavericks [...]
Turnovers, Poor Shooting Help Pacers Get Scalded By Heat 114-80
The Indiana Pacers, during their visit to American Airlines Arena Sunday, had a formidable task at hand, which was to cool off the surging Miami Heat. Suffice it to say, the mission was not accomplished. The Pacers did just everything wrong, including 18 turnovers, 31% shooting and only 64% from the charity stripe. Nothing went [...]
