The Wiz were just living in it.
That wild, crazy and zany Bulls/Nuggets game? The one where Derrick Rose had ice veins, knocking down free throws to tie before Chauncey Billups won the game for the Nuggets after Brad Miller hit a game-winning shot with 0.3 seconds remaining only to have the shot reviewed and called off after the Bulls celebration at midcourt? Yeah, I didn’t see a glimpse of it because I was liveblogging the Rockets/Mavericks game that didn’t end up being quite so exciting.
Of course the Bulls would lose a heartbreaker like that at home so that they would be coming in to Toronto today to face the Raptors. Fully expect them to come out wanting blood tonight. I’ve got myself a long day lined up in front of me. Whoooo.
The Mavs game I liveblogged? The Rockets came out on fire, scoring 61 points in the first half and leading by as many as 17 before they all but died in the third quarter managing just 13 points as the Mavericks doubled them in the period and ran away with the lead in the fourth. It was a total tale of two halves as Dallas figured out how to slow the game down, rob the Rockets of their running game and dominate things the rest of the way through. Erick Dampier had 14 points and 20 rebounds to go with three blocked shots. Dirk finished with 23 and Jason Terry had 24 off of the bench (fantasy team hive-five!). Carl Landry played his undersized body and oversized heart out, batting for his 19 points in the loss.
In the Heat/Wizards matchup there was a whole lot going on. Gilbert wasn’t supposed to play, then he was, the Wiz led at the half and then Gil finished with 21 points, eight assists and 12 turnovers, grabbing himself the double-double you don’t want. The Wiz lost 90-76, gave up 41 points to Dwyane (I didn’t get to see any of them, tell me, how pretty were they?), and continued to confuse me with their rotation. Why oh why did Caron log 45 minutes of action? 42 for Gil? Still no time for JaVale McGee and less than three minutes for Nick Young. Unfortunately, the Wiz also lost Randy Foye to an ankle sprain.
I think I speak for us all when I say: GET HEALTHY WASHINGTON!
It was an odd game on the Heat side of things. After the strong start, QRich went scoreless for the game, Wade had 41 and Michael Beasley added 15. Jermaine O’Neal had just six points and six boards and after starting the season out with a bunch of double-double performances, Udonis Haslem was also quiet, finishing with four points to go with seven rebounds. Still, the Heat won, thanks to Dwyane Wade’s 29 second half points, which was two more than the entire Washington team’s 27.
With the win the Heat are now 6-1. Not bad, not bad at all. Good for second place in the East, behind Boston’s 7-1 record.
Did you all see Travis Outlaw’s dunk over Rudy Gay? It was a pretty one. The crazy thing is, think about how hyped up we get watching these dunks. imagine being able to do them. Imagine the rush you must get, jump, jump, jumping into the air, OVER your defender and then slamming the ball through the hoop. Crazy.
Speaking of the Portland game…. Hasheem Thabeet has a fractured jaw after a collision with Zach Randolph. Damn. Get well soon, rook!
Anyone else’s heart feel for Kevin Durant when he missed the game-tying three and lifted his jersey up to cover his sad face after the buzzer sounded in Sacramento? He finished with 37 points, 9-for-23 from the floor, inlcuding 1-for-6 from three and 18-for-18 from the line, but he also finished with the loss. Another W for the Kings who improved to 4-4 on the season. .500 mark for the first time since Dec/06!
Okay, I must get myself moving here. I hope to be enjoying a well-fought contest between the Bulls and Raptors this evening. Wherever your day and evening takes you, enjoy it!
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And about that Nuggets game… I love kmart and the toughness he brings to the team, but sometimes i wonder… leavin anyone wide open for the game winner… not a smart idea
I like their rook though.
The refs made the right call overturning that shot. But, video replay is kind of wack in basketball.
“The game clock must show :00.3 or
more in order for a player to secure
possession of the ball on a rebound or
throw-in to attempt a field goal. Instant
replay shall be utilized if the basket is
successful on this type of play and the
clock runs to 0:00″
he’s a miracle
flash!
king of the impossible”… lyrics by queen, performances by dwyane
ridicule away.
I didn’t see that many people bring up KD’s shooting percentages.
I was skeptical about the kid since forever, particulary putting him in the top 10 in the League when his team doesn’t win and he doesn’t just flat out dominate games. I said back then that dude has some chucker tendencies, and I stick by that. He needs to learn how to pick his spots and which shots to take.
Durant oesn’t actually have to score 30 for that team to be great. 23-25 is fine if it means more touches for Green and Westbrook. That team has good talent right now. Green, Westbrook, Thabo, Weaver, Collison, Etan Thomas, those are solid players. Durant needs to step up and make it happen. Now.
Reggie Miller never got big. KG, Pippen, these cats have remained thin late in life.
Durant may stay this size forever with possibly a slight increase.
Like Z said, I like that Durant can score in a variety of ways. But, what is his main weapon? What is his unstoppable skill as a scorer that nobody can really defend. Dude’s size makes him a tough guard, but I’ve yet to watch a Thunder game (and I’ve watched a few) and said “Man, they just can’t stop Durant from doing X.)
With Bron and Wade it’s getting to the lane, with Kobe it’s the jumper. Even Melo and Dirk are borderline unguardable at certain things. I haven’t seen that yet from Durant, which puts him below the absolute best in the league as far as scoring. Not that he can’t or wont’ get there, but I think his biggest development isn’t putting on strength, it’s understanding how and where to get is buckets.
I am in Canada. It’s Remembrance Day here. I just got off parade and took my uniform off!!”
I thought you only comment here nude when Kobe plays?
TMac’s handle was better, his passing was WAY better, hell, McGrady was just a better scorer since he took a wack Magic team to the playoffs several times and averaged 30+ per game as soon as he hit Orlando. And, when McGrady wanted to, he could play defense with the best in the league. The problem was he rarely wanted to play d like that.
NBK
Garnett is still thin despite the 30 pounds. What I’ve noticed is that very few players get substantially larger. They might put on a little weight, but nobody turns into the Hulk.
After I was convincing people this for two and a half years.
They finally realize it.
I’m doing a slight jig right now.
I have never thought Deron was a better three point shooter than Chris Paul because of percentages. Deron’s got a better midrange but I see them hit the same damn shots from outside. People overrate Deron’s outside shooting skills. So yeah, I am a stat guy.
Also, I think me and a LOT of people agreed with you that Durant would go insane on the offensive end this year. I mean, 45/40 percent shootings droppin’ 25 his sophomore year, he was easily gonna hit 30-33 this year with no big improvements to his team.
And he just hasn’t.
I’m not sure what he worked on over the summer, he looks like he worked a lot on getting into position and boxing out for rebounds, but that’s the only vast improvement I see for Durant. I don’t even notice a great leap in defensive abilities. His shot looks the same, if not more hesitant.
So while Durant may be able to score in a more variety of ways than Melo, Dirk, Lebron and Wade, I’m still going to take them if I need buckets because they can get buckets.
Kobe is the obvious choice here though.
Anyone else think of that movie ‘The Replacements’?
-yet-
So, we’ll see.
Tad: I hope you weren’t one of the dudes saying Lebron should focus less on rebounding and now you’re saying Melo should rebound more…
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