Archive for November, 2010

Lakers Perfect No More; Nuggets Win 118-112 In Denver

The game could have been ours. We outscored Denver every quarter, until the final five minutes of the fourth. My internet froze when the score was tied at 103. Once I got it back up, it had quickly changed to 105-114. What the hell. But somehow, Bryant brought the game back to within 4 after a [...]

Heat Drops Second Straight At Home, Celtics Win 112-107

LeBron James. Dwyane Wade. Chris Bosh. I dare anyone to name a team that wouldn’t love to have this trio on their side. One would think that with this “Big Three”, the Miami Heat would have a better record than the one they owned (5-3) prior to their game Thursday night against the Boston Celtics at [...]

Rockets Looking For Love?

With A Limited Yao, Houston Could Use A Boost In The Frontcourt Rumors from CBS Sports: • Kevin Love’s breakout double-double (23 points and 24 rebounds Tuesday night against the Lakers) only underscored the bizarre dispute between the 22-year-old and coach Kurt Rambis over his minutes. Love has been walking a fine line between publicly [...]

A Closer Look At The Numbers

The NBA season may only be less than three weeks old, but here are some interesting facts and statistics so far that you might not have heard: John Wall (5.8) Steve Nash (4.9), Kevin Durant (4.7), Derrick Rose (4.5), LeBron James (4.4), Amare Stoudemire (4.3), Rajon Rondo (4.0), Deron Williams (4.0): Top eight players in [...]

Warriors Fans Have To Admit They Were Thinking The Worst

Admit it. I will if you will. C’mon, you first. Alright, I’ll say it. Up 85-66 in the 3rd quarter, the Warriors squandered all of it, and with two minutes left in the Garden, trailed the Knicks by two. Game over. I’ll admit it: This team finds ways to lose games it shouldn’t. They had [...]

Jazz Rallies From Double-Digit Deficit, Rallies To Beat Magic 104-94

After some early hiccups, it looks like the Utah Jazz has righted their ship. Granted, they went about it the hard way, but whatever works, right? Utah rallied from a double-digit deficit and won against the Miami Heat Tuesday night and were looking to not have that happen again as they visited Orlando to take [...]

Wonder Wall Zooms Wizards Past Rockets, 98-91

Wall recorded his first career NBA triple-double John Wall, who had 13 assists in Washington’s win over Houston, has handed out at least seven assists in each of the six games he has played in the NBA. Oscar Robertson is the only other player in NBA history to record at least seven assists in each [...]

New Jersey Gets Hot In The Second Half, Tops Cavs 95-87

The Cavaliers night in and night out so far this season have won using energy late when other teams are worn out. For the first time this season, that was not the case Wednesday night in the teams 95-87 loss to the New Jersey Nets. On the second night of a back-to-back against the same [...]