December 20th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in It seems to me that on most Sundays in the NBA, usually only one team will shoot very well or neither one does. So it was the rare occasion on this Sunday when the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat got together at American Airlines Center. The two teams getting together wasn’t so unusual insomuch [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Roy’s 11-Point 4th Quarter Rallies Trail Blazers Past Heat 102-95
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Melo’s 41 Wasted, Randolph’s Monster Game Helps Grizzlies Hold Off Nuggets 102-96
Carmelo Anthony is on an offensive tear as of late; three of his last 4 games, he has scored at least 30 points. So it would seem that the Denver Nuggets may be depending a bit too much on Melo’s offense. Anthony and the Nuggets on Sunday to the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN to take [...]
Late Duncan Dunk Helps Spurs Edge Pacers 100-99
The San Antonio Spurs seem to have gotten healthy at the right time, especially with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili returning from injury and coach Gregg Popovich limiting Tim Duncan’s time on the floor to around 32-35 minutes a game. Apparently, the move by Pops has done the Spurs a world of good. The Spurs [...]
Rose’s Free Throws In OT Help Bulls Edge Hawks 101-98
Two superstar players were on display Saturday night when the Atlanta Hawks visited the United Center to take on the Chicago Bulls – Joe Johnson and Derrick Rose. And for the 21,381 who were in attendance, not one of them were disappointed as both Rose got their points. The game was closely played throughout as [...]
Cut May Sideline Nowitzki Against Cavaliers Sunday
As I reported here Saturday, Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, in a collision with Houston Rockets Carl Landry, suffered a cut on his elbow when it met Landry’s mouth. Landry broke five teeth in the collision – parts of two were embedded in Nowitzki’s cut. Because of the collision, Nowitzki could possibly miss Sunday’s game [...]
Nowitzki Absence Helps Rockets Beat Mavericks In OT 116-108
During Friday night’s game between the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center, the game in and of itself was rather competitive. Then came the collision. The collision in question took place late in the second quarter between the Rockets’ Carl Landry and Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki; unfortunately for both players, they had to [...]
Third Quarter 30-6 Run Helps Hawks Blitz Jazz 96-83
During the Atlanta Hawks’ game against the Utah Jazz at Philips Arena, neither team shot very well; both shot well under 50 percent (Atlanta shot 44.6% while Utah bricked at 42.9%), yet when it mattered the most, Atlanta scored big as they exploded on a 30-6 run in the third quarter before coasting to the 96-83 [...]
Bayless’ Late Free Throws Vault Trail Blazers Past Suns 105-102
One of the more overlooked players on the Portland Trail Blazers these days is Jerryd Bayless. But then again, with the point guard surplus on the team (Andre Miller and Steve Blake), Bayless’ absence has been conspicuous. During Thursday night’s game between the Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns, Bayless may have perhaps earned some minutes [...]
