January 21st, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in It is a good thing that the San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz are playing most of their games against each other at this juncture of the season. Prior to Wednesday night’s game between the two squads, the Jazz has had the Spurs’ number, defeating them three straight. Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko had their [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Boozer, AK-47 Combine For 57 As Jazz Beats Spurs 105-98
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Strong Bench Play Helps Hawks Bounce Kings 108-97
The Atlanta Hawks are usually a team that gets its lion’s share of points from their starting five, along with perhaps the top sixth man in the league this year, Jamal Crawford. During the Hawks game Wednesday night against the visiting Sacramento Kings, there was balanced scoring by the starting five; however, it was Crawford [...]
D-Wade’s 18 First Quarter Points Help Heat Scorch Pacers 113-83
On the vast majority of nights, you’re not going to see Dwyane Wade hit that many three-pointers. As a matter of fact, he ranks next-to-last in 3-point accuracy, so going behind the arc is obviously not a big part of his game. Until the Indiana Pacers visited American Airlines Arena to take on the Miami [...]
15-0 Run Helps Lakers Slip Past Magic 98-92
The game Monday night between the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center was a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals and for the first 36 minutes was not much different than that series. But a 15-0 run to begin the fourth quarter was the beginning of the end for the Magic [...]
Slam Dunk Central NBA Power Rankings
Slam Dunk Central Editor Jeff Sack and I once again discussed the current shift of power in relation to the current standings in the NBA, and one thing is abundantly clear (you don’t have to be a sabrematician to figure this one out): the playoff picture right now unfairly favors the Eastern Conference. While the [...]
Gay, Mayo Combine for 59; Grizzlies Hold Off Suns 125-118
Until this season, the Memphis Grizzlies never had any appreciable winning streak of note at the FedEx Forum – until this season. The Grizzlies have won three straight at home and on Monday took on the Phoenix Suns, who have been having troubles of their own while on the road. Despite six Suns players scoring [...]
Big Second Quarter Helps Raptors Stomp Mavericks 110-88
The Dallas Mavericks, by and large, are a focused team most nights. For whatever reason, the focus vanished once they crossed the Canadian border when they came to the Air Canada Centre in Toronto to face the Raptors on Sunday. A big 34-18 second quarter was more than enough for Toronto to coast to their [...]
Hot Shooting, Balanced Scoring Boosts Jazz Past Bucks 112-95
Saturday’s game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Utah Jazz at Energy Solutions Arena was one of opposites. On one hand, the Jazz shot 56.4% while Milwaukee shot only 43.2%; otherwise, the stats were relatively close. Nonetheless, five Jazz players scored in double-digits as Utah easily disposed of Milwaukee 112-95. The Jazz pushed the issue early [...]
