February 5th, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in You have to admit at least this much – the Portland Trail Blazers are an amazing ballclub, in light of their current circumstances. They’ve been been bit by the injury bug just about all season, especially at center and most recently, Brandon Roy. Despite it all, they always seem to find a way to win most [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Webster’s 10 Fourth Quarter Points Help Trail Blazers Get Past Spurs 96-93
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Odom Takes Charge Late, Lakers Edge Bobcats 99-97
Unbeknownst to the casual NBA or Los Angeles Lakers fan, coach Phil Jackson was fast approaching a milestone that no other coach will ever do – become the winningest coach for not one, but two NBA teams. And it certainly wasn’t comforting to Jackson knowing that his star player, Kobe Bryant, was hobbling. During the [...]
Balanced Scoring Helps Suns Scorch Nuggets 109-97
Pepsi Center is one tough venue to win a game at, as any visiting NBA club can attest to. Enter the Phoenix Suns, who came there to take on the Denver Nuggets Wednesday night. The Nuggets, without Carmelo Anthony, would have a harder time winning games, despite their winning record since his absence. Tonight would [...]
Durant’s 33 Helps Thunder Fend Off Hawks 106-99
It looks like Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is a man on a mission lately as he recently received the NBA’s Player of the Week in the Western Conference, not to mention that he’s scoring like crazy. They would need more of the same from Durant as the Thunder hosted the Atlanta Hawks at [...]
Bosh, Durant Named NBA Players Of the Week
The Toronto Raptors’ Chris Bosh and Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Jan. 25-31. Bosh finished the week as the league leader in rebounds (16.0 rpg) and ranked fifth among leaders in scoring (25.7 ppg.), while guiding the Raptors to a [...]
Slam Dunk Central NBA Power Rankings
More movement, both north and south, took place this week in the Slam Dunk Central NBA Power Rankings. Cleveland and the Los Angeles Lakers remain near the very top while there was jostling for position nearly everywhere else. A couple surprise teams made a leap upwards (Washington and Chicago) while the Clippers took a dump. [...]
Kobe Milestone Wasted, Grizzlies Edge Lakers 95-93
If anything was learned by the Los Angeles Lakers in their game Monday night against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum, it is that you cannot always expect one player to carry you on their back for the vast majority of 48 minutes, game-in and game-out. You’ve probably assumed correctly that the player I’m referring [...]
Durant Explodes For 45, Thunder Fend Off Warriors 112-104
Being the superstar that Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is, his scoring has kept the Thunder in many games this season. Prior to their game against the visiting Golden State Warriors, Durant had scored 25+ points for 21 games in a row. And as it would turn out, they would need all of [...]
