Way to Go:
Al Jefferson who had 29 and 9 and managed to have 0 turnovers which I know I should be impressed with but so did fellow starters, Gerald Henderson and Josh McRoberts...Pistons' Brandon Jennings had 13 assists and Josh Smith had 25 points and 8 rebounds in their easy win over the Cavaliers...in a losing effort, Arron Afflalo kept up his all-star bid with a 26 point and 5 three-pointer game. Backcourt teammate, Jameer Nelson just missed a triple-double with 17-10-8 as did Gordan Hayward meaning both Jameer and Gordon's teams lost despite them doing a whole lot...Lance Stephenson followed his triple double last game with a 26-points and 4 three pointers tonight as he returned back to Brooklyn and the Pacers easily beat the Nets. On of Stephenson's threes was this unique shot....
Ray Allen conjured up images of yester-year with a reverse jam. He also hit 3 free throws to tie the game and force overtime between the Hawks and the Heat. Also, monster scoring night for Lebron with 38. Lebron James also definitely made another poster tonight.
So I guess Paul Millsap is solidifying himself as a three-point shooter with the 7 out of 10 threes he made last night (on the season he is an efficient 30-66)....With James Harden out with a left ankle injury, Chandler Parsons, Dwight Howard, and back-in-the-starting-lineup Jeremy Lin had 20+ each, but Dirk had 31 in moving to 13th place in the all-time scoring list and the Mavs won by 7....Nuggets were without Kenneth Faried, but Timofy Mosgov filled in well with a double-double. Not a particularly good shooting game for the Splash Brothers, but Curry did have this nice move and jumper on Ty Lawson.
Rough: Khris Middleton hitting a buzzer beater but because his foot was on the line, the Bucks ended up losing by one instead of tieing the game in the overtime period...Andrew Bynum and Paul Pierce both went scoreless tonight which is pretty meaningful because Bynum hasn't gone scoreless in a game since '12 and Paul Pierce hasn't gone scoreless in a game since I was in sixth grade ('99)..Knicks finally win but word is that they might lose Melo for a couple games to an ankle injury...For the Lakers, cus back in '11, Gerald Green was signed to be a Laker but just didn't get much chances to prove himself in the purp and gold. Well he's doing pretty well now as a Sun and I wonder if Green had that in mind when he tied his career high for three-pointers tonight en route to 22 points as the Suns beat the Lakers in Phoenix...Tyreke Evans also had some former team revenge as the Pelicans played the team that Tyreke ran with in his rookie year and made Sacramento probablyy miss him a little with his 25 and 12 stat line, all coming off the bench too.
Duel: Quite the battle between Brandon Knight and Kemba Walker tonight as both barely missed a triple double. Kemba won in points (25 to 24) and rebounds (9 to 8), but Knight had more assists (14 to 10).
What A Dish:
I hope Quincy Acy gets Isaiah a better gift than what Demarcus said he'd be giving their point guard.
Other: Blake Griffin has a new Redbull commercial coming out during Christmas where hes actually pretty serious...what looks like a pretty cool reindeer halftime show at the Bucks vs Bobcats game the other day...can't find the video for this Jonas V and1 but the celebration was worth sharing.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/21-22/2013
Good job:
Trevor Ariza with 27 points off of 5 threes in leading the Wiz to a road win over the Celtics.
Dwight Howard with 35 and 19 against Andre Drummond, perhaps, the only big man in the NBA that can match him athletically. Dwight got the win and the more impressive statline as the Rockets beat the Pistons in Detroit.
Andrew Bogut, after having an 18 board game against the Spurs, grabbed 20 against the Lakers on Saturday in the Warriors dominating home win.
The Bulls who beat the Cavs at home behind double figures from 6 different players. With their injury issues, this type of team effort is what the Bulls might need to get wins this season.
That guy Khris Middleton, who had his second 27 point game this month and the Bucks as they beat the Sixers despite double-doubles from Thad Young and Spencer Hawes.
Another great game from the combo guard lineup of Bledsoe and Dragic as they both had 20+ and they beat the Mavs at home .
Raptors, the whole team, cause they ended the Thunder's undefeated record at home on Sunday night.
This year's king of triple doubles is Lance Stephenson cause he registered another one tonight in the Pacers win over the Celtics. Plus he did a filthy move to put a Celtic on his backside (see below video)
Alexis Ajinca played in his first NBA game this season on Saturday after being signed as a free agent. He had 11 boards, which was more than Lamarcus Aldridge and Anthony Davis had in Portland's win over New Orleans. Good job, newbie Pelican.
Curren NBA Championship belt-holders, the Clippers did not trail once in Saturday's game against the Nugget. Things were closer against the T'wolves tonight. In fact, the Clippers looked like they had lost the belt when they were down 5 with a minute left to go. The Clippers did not give up, as they kept doing that quick basket and then foul thing until this happened.
If you're going to lose the ball, losing it in the backcourt while double-teamed is pretty much the worst. Tough minute a half for Kev Martin as he also basically threw an outlet pass to Darren Collison later in overtime.
Jared Dudley hadn't made a three all game up until this point. So if you're a T'wolves fan, this shot going down must have been a serious "c'mooooon man".
Bad times
The Knicks have the second most losses as the home team with 10 this season. I didn't watch the game (cause the game was on when I'm usually enjoyin my cereal), but my expectation of another Knicks home loss was correct.
Poor Courtney Lee
Celtics had won 7 in a row against the Wiz, but then that streak was ended when they loss at home to Washington on Saturday. Then tonight they got dominated when they had to go to Indiana and Courtney Lee fell on his butt trying to stay in front of Lance Stephenson.
Plus, Rondo said he's not gonna be back in January so i'm guessing the Celtics are watching this year's college basketball guys pretty closely.
Pretty well timed block
No Look
Alexis Ajinca played in his first NBA game this season on Saturday after being signed as a free agent. He had 11 boards, which was more than Lamarcus Aldridge and Anthony Davis had in Portland's win over New Orleans. Good job, newbie Pelican.
Curren NBA Championship belt-holders, the Clippers did not trail once in Saturday's game against the Nugget. Things were closer against the T'wolves tonight. In fact, the Clippers looked like they had lost the belt when they were down 5 with a minute left to go. The Clippers did not give up, as they kept doing that quick basket and then foul thing until this happened.
If you're going to lose the ball, losing it in the backcourt while double-teamed is pretty much the worst. Tough minute a half for Kev Martin as he also basically threw an outlet pass to Darren Collison later in overtime.
Jared Dudley hadn't made a three all game up until this point. So if you're a T'wolves fan, this shot going down must have been a serious "c'mooooon man".
Bad times
The Knicks have the second most losses as the home team with 10 this season. I didn't watch the game (cause the game was on when I'm usually enjoyin my cereal), but my expectation of another Knicks home loss was correct.
Poor Courtney Lee
Celtics had won 7 in a row against the Wiz, but then that streak was ended when they loss at home to Washington on Saturday. Then tonight they got dominated when they had to go to Indiana and Courtney Lee fell on his butt trying to stay in front of Lance Stephenson.
Plus, Rondo said he's not gonna be back in January so i'm guessing the Celtics are watching this year's college basketball guys pretty closely.
Pretty well timed block
No Look
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/20/2013
Nice Job:
Throwback game for Paul Pierce with 24 points, 10 rebounds, on 7 of 9 shooting with 4 three-pointers, but it was spoiled by Evan Turner's 29 and 10, including the game winnner...Great road win for the Raptors in Dallas, as all five of their starters scored 15 or more points. Despite the overtime loss, good game for Monta Ellis as he had his 2nd 20+ point 10+ assist game this season (in his career he has 21 of these type games). Pau put together a really nice night of 21 points 13 rebounds and 8 assists for the Lakers in their home win against the pretty good T'wolves. So basically, take your time Steve(s) and Kobe. Pau's got things perfectly under control.
Richard Jefferson showing that you still shouldn't give him the baseline and Brandon Knight had a really neat all-around game with 17 points 14 rebounds 8 assists and 0 turnovers. Can't forget about their other lanky Bucks teammate, John Henson, who threw down a really snappy putback dunk. Kyrie Irving had a huge scoring night of 39 points as did Kemba Walker with a season high of 34 points as both the Cavs and the Bobcats won beating the Bucks and Pistons. Demarcus Cousins led all scorers in the Kings/Heat game with 27 but the Kings lost by 19 so he probably wasn't shaking hands with anybody still.
Ball Fake of the Night:
Return:
Danny Granger played for the first time this season and he did look a bit rusty with those 5 turnovers. However, he did have a nice block on Dwight Howard.
On the subject of blocks, Gordon Hayward's hustle on this Demare Carroll fast break layup is a little Tayshaun Prince-ish or maybe just very Gordan Hayward-ish. Either way, dejavu.
Not the Worst Attempt At Taking A Charge:
Not bad because what else could you do if Lebron comes barreling down the lane at you? Definitely an addition to Ben's Mclemore's library of "Welcome to the NBA" moments categorized under "dangit".
Bummer
Gerald "Gets his lips to the rim" Green took 12 shots tonight all of which were threes. He made six of those shots which is a really impressive amount of three-pointers made but that stat also means there were no dunks to report on. Hence, the bummer subtitle.
Cheerful
In the first game of the season without Kobe since his return from achilles injury, the Lakers looked like they were having a lot of fun on the court. It didn't even look like they had lost their superstar shooting guard or their first-second-and third string point guards this season.
First a block by their gimpy backup-center which led to a dunk by the streaky but really good at dunking, Wesley Johnson
Now the T'wolves were the team to draft Wes Johnson so maybe tonight was a bit personal for him cause then he also brought Staples to their feet with this long jump dunk too.
Nick Young whose big smile is currently the banner on this blog, led the way for the Lakers with 25 points. As a review, some were really far three-point shots and one of them was™ this 360 spin on his follow through of a 4-point play opportunity.
Not to be left out, Pau also hit a pretty miraculous three tonight, which was the reason for the cute celebration between Nick and Pau that you can see at the head of this post.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/19/2013
Only 2 games tonight. A yawner win by the only undefeated team at home this season and a surprise road win by a team playing the six through nine guys in their rotation.
First that yawner game where Reggie Jackson showed off his shiftniness and the Thunder led the whole way in beating the short-handed Bulls.
Then the Spurs won at Golden State behind a solid game from Marco Bellinelli and a whole lot of Boris Diaw making plays in the last two minutes.
First, Boris blocked Stephen Curry on a fast break attempt.
Then a Diaw Dunk. So basically in a matter of a minute, Boris Diaw stopped the best player on the other team and then put the Spurs up three off a nice give-and-go with the Tiago Splitter.
Splitter ends up making the biggest and most controversial play of the night, tipping in the game-winning basket after this scramble underneath the basket
First that yawner game where Reggie Jackson showed off his shiftniness and the Thunder led the whole way in beating the short-handed Bulls.
Then the Spurs won at Golden State behind a solid game from Marco Bellinelli and a whole lot of Boris Diaw making plays in the last two minutes.
First, Boris blocked Stephen Curry on a fast break attempt.
Then a Diaw Dunk. So basically in a matter of a minute, Boris Diaw stopped the best player on the other team and then put the Spurs up three off a nice give-and-go with the Tiago Splitter.
Splitter ends up making the biggest and most controversial play of the night, tipping in the game-winning basket after this scramble underneath the basket
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/18/2013
Way to Go:
Similarly good games by Lebron (24-9-7) and Paul George (28-8-6), although Lebron's team got the win - tieing the season series up at 1-1.
Also, don't know about the title of this video being accurate cause I don't think Luis Scola was fooled by Lebron; more like caught flat-footed and not as athletic so he looked fooled when Lebron punched the accelerator on the way to the basket.
Career high for Trey Burke as he thoroughly outplayed his fellow rookie of the year candidate, Victor Oladipo, by recording 30 points and a solid 8 rebounds and 7 assists as the Jazz win in Orlando.
Deandre Jordan is this year's rebounding leader and he looked like it with his 20 boards tonight. Plus he had 5 blocks and didn't turn the ball over once.
Lots of Threes
Kyle Korver had 2 more threes than the Kings had as a whole, as the Hawks won by 17. With the way Korver's shooting, that consecutive games with a three-pointer record (94) might continue for a little while.
JR Smith took 17 threes (and made 5 of them) in the double overtime win against the Bucks. Here's an awesome graphic from Matt Moore of CBS Sports in case you weren't sure what 5 for 17 from beyond the arc looks like.
You're Too Far away, JoJo
Silly: Knicks won but gave the Bucks a golden opportunity when Bargnani took this three-pointer despite being up 2 in overtime and a full shot clock in their favor.
Didn't See These Ones Coming:
Someone on the Grizzlies had 10 offensive rebounds last night. Not Rebounder lover Zach Randolph or Marc Gasol cause he's still injured. It was Tony,who hasn't even had more than 7 rebounds the whole season, Allen.
In his first game back, Tyreke Evans registered a triple double with 11-13-10, but the Pelicans were beat pretty handedly by the Clipps so it wasn't the most impactful of triple dubbz.
Unsuspecting
I think Nic Batum is going to be careful about his defensive stance now that he's become another victim of Rubio's nutmeg pass.
Other: Even in a loss to the T'Wolves tonight, Damian Lillard was able to make the crowd ohh&aww after he banked a half court shot after the buzzer...Paul George gettin' his flop tonight dissected
Similarly good games by Lebron (24-9-7) and Paul George (28-8-6), although Lebron's team got the win - tieing the season series up at 1-1.
Also, don't know about the title of this video being accurate cause I don't think Luis Scola was fooled by Lebron; more like caught flat-footed and not as athletic so he looked fooled when Lebron punched the accelerator on the way to the basket.
Career high for Trey Burke as he thoroughly outplayed his fellow rookie of the year candidate, Victor Oladipo, by recording 30 points and a solid 8 rebounds and 7 assists as the Jazz win in Orlando.
Deandre Jordan is this year's rebounding leader and he looked like it with his 20 boards tonight. Plus he had 5 blocks and didn't turn the ball over once.
Lots of Threes
Kyle Korver had 2 more threes than the Kings had as a whole, as the Hawks won by 17. With the way Korver's shooting, that consecutive games with a three-pointer record (94) might continue for a little while.
JR Smith took 17 threes (and made 5 of them) in the double overtime win against the Bucks. Here's an awesome graphic from Matt Moore of CBS Sports in case you weren't sure what 5 for 17 from beyond the arc looks like.
You're Too Far away, JoJo
Silly: Knicks won but gave the Bucks a golden opportunity when Bargnani took this three-pointer despite being up 2 in overtime and a full shot clock in their favor.
Didn't See These Ones Coming:
Someone on the Grizzlies had 10 offensive rebounds last night. Not Rebounder lover Zach Randolph or Marc Gasol cause he's still injured. It was Tony,who hasn't even had more than 7 rebounds the whole season, Allen.
In his first game back, Tyreke Evans registered a triple double with 11-13-10, but the Pelicans were beat pretty handedly by the Clipps so it wasn't the most impactful of triple dubbz.
Unsuspecting
I think Nic Batum is going to be careful about his defensive stance now that he's become another victim of Rubio's nutmeg pass.
Other: Even in a loss to the T'Wolves tonight, Damian Lillard was able to make the crowd ohh&aww after he banked a half court shot after the buzzer...Paul George gettin' his flop tonight dissected
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/17/2013
Wow:
So in case you forgot, Damian Lillard is a second year point guard whose predraft comparisons were to Norris Cole. I'm sure the Blazers are glad he's a lot different than Norris Cole cause I don't think Cole would have pulled off that puckered mean mug or knocked down that 27 footer.
So Quincy Acy looks like he may be related to Reggie Evans and jumps like a bearded kangaroo.
If you weren't impressed by how aerodynamic Acy and his beard are, check out the block he had on Cody Zellar
Too Bad:
Demarcus Cousins had the most points, rebounds and assists (30-17-6) of any player in the Kings vs. Bobcats game, but it wasn't enough as the Kings lost by 8.
Almost a Triple-Double
Russell Westbrook missed it by 2 assists and 2 turnovers as the Thunder beat the Nuggets by 12.
Related
Pau scored 21 points playing against his brother's team but his brother wasn't playing. The Lakers played a team that has suffered a whole lot of injuries this season in the Grizzlies as well and Kobe had 21 points but he had a scary moment with twisting his knee in the second half.
Almost a Ig-WHOA-dala Moment
Andre played in his first game back from his hamstring injury and he almost pulled an NBA Street combo move but Jason Smith's wrist kinda got in the way. Still a cool highlight and so so glad Iggy's back.
Other: Marc Gasol is off crutches so it seems...pretty cool Warriors promotion for the All-star game involving kids dressed as current players..Five reasons according to the Suns.com guys why we should be excited for the Suns game against the Spurs this week.
So in case you forgot, Damian Lillard is a second year point guard whose predraft comparisons were to Norris Cole. I'm sure the Blazers are glad he's a lot different than Norris Cole cause I don't think Cole would have pulled off that puckered mean mug or knocked down that 27 footer.
So Quincy Acy looks like he may be related to Reggie Evans and jumps like a bearded kangaroo.
If you weren't impressed by how aerodynamic Acy and his beard are, check out the block he had on Cody Zellar
Too Bad:
Demarcus Cousins had the most points, rebounds and assists (30-17-6) of any player in the Kings vs. Bobcats game, but it wasn't enough as the Kings lost by 8.
Almost a Triple-Double
Russell Westbrook missed it by 2 assists and 2 turnovers as the Thunder beat the Nuggets by 12.
Related
Pau scored 21 points playing against his brother's team but his brother wasn't playing. The Lakers played a team that has suffered a whole lot of injuries this season in the Grizzlies as well and Kobe had 21 points but he had a scary moment with twisting his knee in the second half.
Almost a Ig-WHOA-dala Moment
Andre played in his first game back from his hamstring injury and he almost pulled an NBA Street combo move but Jason Smith's wrist kinda got in the way. Still a cool highlight and so so glad Iggy's back.
Other: Marc Gasol is off crutches so it seems...pretty cool Warriors promotion for the All-star game involving kids dressed as current players..Five reasons according to the Suns.com guys why we should be excited for the Suns game against the Spurs this week.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/16/2013
Way to Go:
Josh Smith and the Pistons, as they were the first to beat the Pacers on their homecourt.
Second game in a row for j.smith in which he had 30+ and 7 rebounds. A better game tonight because he scored one less point on 12 less than shots than he did the previous game and his only block was this huuuuuuuge one in the final minute of the game.
A job well done to Joe Johnson as he went BIZERK, knocking down 10 threes for 37 points. 29 of those points was in the 42 point 3rd quarter that the Nets had in beating the 76ers. For the record, Johnson's huge night also helped the Nets set a team record in making 21 threes in a game.
His first game back in almost a month. Bradley Beal's right leg looked fine in helping him soar up for this game-winning drive to the basket against the Knicks.
Nice night for Lebron aside from what looked like a minor ankle injury in the 2nd half as he went for 30-9-9. That would have been tops for points, boards and assists for anyone that played in the Jazz vs Heat game except bench guy Alec Burks outscored Bron with 31 points.
Clippers are the 10th team to get the belt this season after taking it from the Spurs with the 23-point win.
If You Want to Set A Record for 3's Made In A Game as A Team
Play the Sixers. Its been two nights in a row that the team that is playing the 76ers ties the record of 21 three pointers. The Nets play the Sixers again in Philadelphia on Friday so I suspect a little tighter defense on the perimeter by those Sixers.
A Famous Person:
Josh Smith and the Pistons, as they were the first to beat the Pacers on their homecourt.
Second game in a row for j.smith in which he had 30+ and 7 rebounds. A better game tonight because he scored one less point on 12 less than shots than he did the previous game and his only block was this huuuuuuuge one in the final minute of the game.
A job well done to Joe Johnson as he went BIZERK, knocking down 10 threes for 37 points. 29 of those points was in the 42 point 3rd quarter that the Nets had in beating the 76ers. For the record, Johnson's huge night also helped the Nets set a team record in making 21 threes in a game.
His first game back in almost a month. Bradley Beal's right leg looked fine in helping him soar up for this game-winning drive to the basket against the Knicks.
Nice night for Lebron aside from what looked like a minor ankle injury in the 2nd half as he went for 30-9-9. That would have been tops for points, boards and assists for anyone that played in the Jazz vs Heat game except bench guy Alec Burks outscored Bron with 31 points.
Clippers are the 10th team to get the belt this season after taking it from the Spurs with the 23-point win.
If You Want to Set A Record for 3's Made In A Game as A Team
Play the Sixers. Its been two nights in a row that the team that is playing the 76ers ties the record of 21 three pointers. The Nets play the Sixers again in Philadelphia on Friday so I suspect a little tighter defense on the perimeter by those Sixers.
A Famous Person:
Paul Mccartney lookin' a little dissapointed at not catching a free shirt.
Disheartening:
A half court prayer that is answered, except that its not quite enough. A description of what happened for the Bulls last night against the Magic and sadly not even the worse loss the Bulls have suffered this season.
2 Points
Taj Gibson only had two points and it was this ferocious one. Two points is two points though and since the Bulls lost by 1, had Taj Gibson made a three, the Bulls could have gone into overtime. So sometimes a ferocious dunk like this can't be enjoyed quite as much as we would like.
Taj Gibson only had two points and it was this ferocious one. Two points is two points though and since the Bulls lost by 1, had Taj Gibson made a three, the Bulls could have gone into overtime. So sometimes a ferocious dunk like this can't be enjoyed quite as much as we would like.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/13/2013
Recap:
Despite a less than stellar game from probably the first quarter of the season MVP, Paul George, the Pacers still beat the Bobcats and are the first team to 20 wins.
Cavs won in Orlando and Alonzo Gee almost recorded a 11 trillion had he not recorded a foul. Missed out, Alonzo.
Raptors beat the Sixers and their box score really showed off the strength of this young team. 20+ points for both Terence Ross and Derozan, Efficient double double from Amir Johnson and 11 assists from Kyle Lowry. Even young center, Jonas Valaciunas grabbed 13 boards to go with 10 points. Maybe their GM shouldn't consider trading their PG and breaking up this team for draft picks.
With the Steves all injured, Kobe was playing point for the Lakers tonight against the OKC Thunder. He had an impressive 13 assists but turned the ball over 7 times. According to my 7th grade math, that means he's averaging almost 4 turnovers a game which is what some other good point guards are averaging (e.g. Steph Curry), so maybe this experiment will continue.
That pass probably defined the night for Kobe as the point guard. Some passes turned into awesome assists like on this play, but there were still too many plays that turned into turnovers.
Duos:
The Pair of Piston big guys, Greg and Andre, had 20 and 10 games as Detroit beat the Nets
Pretty sweet night by the starting guards for the Phoenix Suns. Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe shot 21 for 30 from the field, 6 for 9 from three for a total of 57 points. Speaking of Bledsoe:
Eric Bledsoe and Demarcus Cousins played a season together (09-10) at the University Kentucky along with a lot of current NBA players. I imagine all the NBA-guys on that team ( John Wall, Josh Harrellson, Patrick Patterson, DeAndre Liggins and Daniel Orton (he still counts right?), having a good laugh on their Kentuck-cats group ichat about how Boogie got his shot swatted by teeny Eric.
Another instance of Demarcus Cousins getting blocked. This time the Plumlee that plays for the Suns punched Cousin's lazy layup attempt basically to the half court circle. Very Volleyball of that Miles P.
Unexpected
Probably not a good reflection of what kind of offense Houston is running that James Harden kicks it out to Howard at the end of the shot clock.
Last Monday, the Spurs beat the Hawks with a fallaway game winner off an inbounds play. The Hawkies got one of their own tonight against the Wiz.
Definitely not a smoothly executed play. Actually quite the opposite, a failed lob attempt, but still worth getting rowdy over.
Old Guys Flying
Feels like Manu Ginobili gets one or two of these a season. Feels good to have caught sight of this rare dunk so early in the season.
Kinda forgot that the Celtics had Gerald Wallace. Really forgot that Gerald Wallace has pogo calves even at his age.
Dang, you guys.
Third night in a row mentioning Kevin Love in these noteworthy posts, but the man was dialed in with 42 points, making his first seven threes of the game (ended up 8 for 9). Too bad Manu and Tony Parker played quite good themselves and helped the Spurs come out with 7 point win.
After 4 consecutive games of gobbling up 18+ rebounds, Dwight was a little more modest tonight, grabbing 11 and scoring 18 in the Rocket win against the Warriors.
Gordon Hayward had 30 and 13 which is cool but the bigger deal is that the Jazz retain the belt for another day.
Other: This hilarious Spurs cleaning lady
Despite a less than stellar game from probably the first quarter of the season MVP, Paul George, the Pacers still beat the Bobcats and are the first team to 20 wins.
Cavs won in Orlando and Alonzo Gee almost recorded a 11 trillion had he not recorded a foul. Missed out, Alonzo.
Raptors beat the Sixers and their box score really showed off the strength of this young team. 20+ points for both Terence Ross and Derozan, Efficient double double from Amir Johnson and 11 assists from Kyle Lowry. Even young center, Jonas Valaciunas grabbed 13 boards to go with 10 points. Maybe their GM shouldn't consider trading their PG and breaking up this team for draft picks.
With the Steves all injured, Kobe was playing point for the Lakers tonight against the OKC Thunder. He had an impressive 13 assists but turned the ball over 7 times. According to my 7th grade math, that means he's averaging almost 4 turnovers a game which is what some other good point guards are averaging (e.g. Steph Curry), so maybe this experiment will continue.
That pass probably defined the night for Kobe as the point guard. Some passes turned into awesome assists like on this play, but there were still too many plays that turned into turnovers.
Duos:
The Pair of Piston big guys, Greg and Andre, had 20 and 10 games as Detroit beat the Nets
Pretty sweet night by the starting guards for the Phoenix Suns. Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe shot 21 for 30 from the field, 6 for 9 from three for a total of 57 points. Speaking of Bledsoe:
Eric Bledsoe and Demarcus Cousins played a season together (09-10) at the University Kentucky along with a lot of current NBA players. I imagine all the NBA-guys on that team ( John Wall, Josh Harrellson, Patrick Patterson, DeAndre Liggins and Daniel Orton (he still counts right?), having a good laugh on their Kentuck-cats group ichat about how Boogie got his shot swatted by teeny Eric.
Another instance of Demarcus Cousins getting blocked. This time the Plumlee that plays for the Suns punched Cousin's lazy layup attempt basically to the half court circle. Very Volleyball of that Miles P.
Unexpected
Probably not a good reflection of what kind of offense Houston is running that James Harden kicks it out to Howard at the end of the shot clock.
Last Monday, the Spurs beat the Hawks with a fallaway game winner off an inbounds play. The Hawkies got one of their own tonight against the Wiz.
Definitely not a smoothly executed play. Actually quite the opposite, a failed lob attempt, but still worth getting rowdy over.
Old Guys Flying
Feels like Manu Ginobili gets one or two of these a season. Feels good to have caught sight of this rare dunk so early in the season.
Kinda forgot that the Celtics had Gerald Wallace. Really forgot that Gerald Wallace has pogo calves even at his age.
Dang, you guys.
Third night in a row mentioning Kevin Love in these noteworthy posts, but the man was dialed in with 42 points, making his first seven threes of the game (ended up 8 for 9). Too bad Manu and Tony Parker played quite good themselves and helped the Spurs come out with 7 point win.
After 4 consecutive games of gobbling up 18+ rebounds, Dwight was a little more modest tonight, grabbing 11 and scoring 18 in the Rocket win against the Warriors.
Gordon Hayward had 30 and 13 which is cool but the bigger deal is that the Jazz retain the belt for another day.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/12/2013
Nice: Career high for Lamarcus Aldridge in rebounds, 25, to go with 31 points as his team won despite Dwight Howard's 32 and 17 effort.
Also, not a bad night for the Lopez brothers as both of their teams won and if Brook Lopez hadn't gotten hurt, he probably would have matched brother, Robin Lopez' 16-10 game.
Not so much: Chris Paul only had 2 assists last night, which was the same amount as teammate, Willie Green, and less than the amount that Andray Blatch had. As a team, the Clippers only had one more assist than they had turnovers.
No Look Reverse Alley Oop Dunk
No big deal if you're really tall and can really jump like DeAndre Jordan
Battle of 2005 NBA Draft Point Guards
Dwill and his team win this battle as he got the better of CP3 on these two plays and the Nets ended up winning by 9.
Teamwork
For all those non-believers in the Blazers, check out their unselfish passing as exhibited on this possession
Other: David Stern struggling to drink some water at the Clippers/Nets game...More pictures of Justin Timberlake with Pacers (with Rasual Butler and looking tiny next to Roy Hibbert)...since this post was dominated by Lamarcus Aldridge and Robin Lopez, it only makes sense that I close with a local car commercial featuring these two tall guys.
Also, not a bad night for the Lopez brothers as both of their teams won and if Brook Lopez hadn't gotten hurt, he probably would have matched brother, Robin Lopez' 16-10 game.
Not so much: Chris Paul only had 2 assists last night, which was the same amount as teammate, Willie Green, and less than the amount that Andray Blatch had. As a team, the Clippers only had one more assist than they had turnovers.
No Look Reverse Alley Oop Dunk
No big deal if you're really tall and can really jump like DeAndre Jordan
Battle of 2005 NBA Draft Point Guards
Dwill and his team win this battle as he got the better of CP3 on these two plays and the Nets ended up winning by 9.
Teamwork
For all those non-believers in the Blazers, check out their unselfish passing as exhibited on this possession
Other: David Stern struggling to drink some water at the Clippers/Nets game...More pictures of Justin Timberlake with Pacers (with Rasual Butler and looking tiny next to Roy Hibbert)...since this post was dominated by Lamarcus Aldridge and Robin Lopez, it only makes sense that I close with a local car commercial featuring these two tall guys.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/11/2012
Not a happy day for Kirk Hinrich and the Bulls
The Bulls shot 33% for the game and really needed help on offense as they could only put up 15 points in both the first and fourth quarters. Plus, watch the clip again and see how slouchy Kirk gets
Welcome Back, You Guys
Nikola Vucecic was back after a week off with his hurt ankle and had 17 points and 14 boards in the Magic's win over the Bobcats.
Stephen Jackson played his first game as a Clipper after being out of the league since last Spring. The Clippers won on the road against the Celtics and Boston gave Doc Rivers a neat standing ovation to welcome him back.
Lobs for Clippers as expected, except there was this failed one by Deandre Jordan.
Avery Bradley also caught this nice one handed oop.
These two teams met int he conference semi's last year, but tonight only one team really looked like a playoff team.
Hmmm
The Bulls shot 33% for the game and really needed help on offense as they could only put up 15 points in both the first and fourth quarters. Plus, watch the clip again and see how slouchy Kirk gets
Welcome Back, You Guys
Nikola Vucecic was back after a week off with his hurt ankle and had 17 points and 14 boards in the Magic's win over the Bobcats.
Stephen Jackson played his first game as a Clipper after being out of the league since last Spring. The Clippers won on the road against the Celtics and Boston gave Doc Rivers a neat standing ovation to welcome him back.
Lobs for Clippers as expected, except there was this failed one by Deandre Jordan.
Avery Bradley also caught this nice one handed oop.
These two teams met int he conference semi's last year, but tonight only one team really looked like a playoff team.
Hmmm
Greg Monroe had 28 and 10 but missed 5 free throws. The Pistons lost by 5, so you could irrationally put the blame on him for this one.
Spurs whooped on the Bucks with Tim Dnucan continuing to show that he might be a vampire cause based on his rebounding and shooting efficiency, he's not a day over 23.
This Sounds Really Rare
Spurs' Center, Jeff Ayres aka the man formerly known as Jeff Pendergraph started his second game in a row and grabbed 10 rebounds, 0 turnovers and 0 points. In fact, Ayres didn't even take a shot or a free throw the whole game. He played 25 minutes near the basket (obviously, cause he grabbed a lot of rebounds) but didn't shoot it even once.
Really Obscure Fact
I guess there hasn't been a guy in the NBA to wear #57 until Hilton Armstrong did for the Warriors last night. Way to go and do something semi-basketball related that gets you in the news, Hilton.
Goood
Jazz won their second road game of the season against the Kings who still haven't gotten their newest players yet. This feels like a extraordinarily long time for a traded player to suit up for his new team. This kind of dissapointment kinda makes sense when you consider that the player we are talking about is Rudy Gay.
I've been calling Spencer Hawes the mini-Kevin Love this season, but KLove outplayed Hawes tonight with 26 and 15 and this really excited celebration for Robbie Hummel's swooshed three.
Game of the Night
Monta Ellis and Steph Curry used to be backcourt mates at the beginning of Curry's career and both teams make slick passes and swish a lot of jumpers so I was super excited to watch this game. Bet you weren't expecting a blocked three and layup all on one possesion in this game though.
And of course there would be a Steph Curry game winner.
Other: JJ Barea getting a noogie from Pekovic (hehehe)...Glenn Davis is a really good interviewee
Spurs whooped on the Bucks with Tim Dnucan continuing to show that he might be a vampire cause based on his rebounding and shooting efficiency, he's not a day over 23.
This Sounds Really Rare
Spurs' Center, Jeff Ayres aka the man formerly known as Jeff Pendergraph started his second game in a row and grabbed 10 rebounds, 0 turnovers and 0 points. In fact, Ayres didn't even take a shot or a free throw the whole game. He played 25 minutes near the basket (obviously, cause he grabbed a lot of rebounds) but didn't shoot it even once.
Really Obscure Fact
I guess there hasn't been a guy in the NBA to wear #57 until Hilton Armstrong did for the Warriors last night. Way to go and do something semi-basketball related that gets you in the news, Hilton.
Goood
Jazz won their second road game of the season against the Kings who still haven't gotten their newest players yet. This feels like a extraordinarily long time for a traded player to suit up for his new team. This kind of dissapointment kinda makes sense when you consider that the player we are talking about is Rudy Gay.
I've been calling Spencer Hawes the mini-Kevin Love this season, but KLove outplayed Hawes tonight with 26 and 15 and this really excited celebration for Robbie Hummel's swooshed three.
Game of the Night
Monta Ellis and Steph Curry used to be backcourt mates at the beginning of Curry's career and both teams make slick passes and swish a lot of jumpers so I was super excited to watch this game. Bet you weren't expecting a blocked three and layup all on one possesion in this game though.
And of course there would be a Steph Curry game winner.
Other: JJ Barea getting a noogie from Pekovic (hehehe)...Glenn Davis is a really good interviewee
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/10/2013
Two Eastern Conference Teams That Are Pretty Good:
The Heat started off hot but then the Pacers took the lead in the 3rd quarter and never let the Heat get the lead again.
Real physical game with Roy Hibbert hittinf Lebron in the face area and David West setting his usual really scary picks.
The Heat started off hot but then the Pacers took the lead in the 3rd quarter and never let the Heat get the lead again.
Real physical game with Roy Hibbert hittinf Lebron in the face area and David West setting his usual really scary picks.
These two meet again next Wednesday, so that should be fun. Also, Dwade looked good with a pair of dunks despite those achy knees
Two Eastern Conference Teams That Are Not Very Good:
Deron Williams was back after missing a bunch of games with a hurt ankle. He had his way with 25 points. Paul Pierce came off the bench and really didn't play like he should have been starting missing all three of his field goals but he had 4 made free throws and the slowest change of direction move you'll probably ever see on the fast break.
Kyrie Irving with a really efficient game of 37 points 11 assists, and only 1 turnover. Plus, he yo-yoed Pablo Prigioni pretty nasty-like
Despite scoring 15 in the second quarter, the Bucks managed to beat the Bulls in Chicago 78-74, behind the most lanky of lankys, John Henson, putting up 25 and 14.
That kind of night for Henson who couldn't hit a jumper to save those skinny arms of his in college but made a reverse pivot fadeaway. Lots has changed for HenHen since college i guess.
Best Highlight that Didn't Count
Jonas Jerebko had a nasty tip dunk that was called off for "offensive interference". Tryin' to find the video of the play but I guess no one else thought it was worth capturing so just take my word for it.
hahahaha
This JR Smith turnover
Typical
Kevin Love with a nice night of 26 points 16 rebounds and 7 assists including this dish to a full-speed Cory Brewer.
Can't forget these:
Kobe threw down his first dunk of the season. Some borderline carry-over dribbles by KD made Paul Millsap look sill. My personal favorite of the night involved three Spurs bench players getting a three pointer to fall after a ridiculous over the head save followed by a no-look kick out.
Other: Brian Shaw isnt letting the Nuggets eat pizza and nachos before games...Derrick Williams is enjoying his new team enough to photoshop a family portrait with them...
Two Eastern Conference Teams That Are Not Very Good:
Deron Williams was back after missing a bunch of games with a hurt ankle. He had his way with 25 points. Paul Pierce came off the bench and really didn't play like he should have been starting missing all three of his field goals but he had 4 made free throws and the slowest change of direction move you'll probably ever see on the fast break.
Kyrie Irving with a really efficient game of 37 points 11 assists, and only 1 turnover. Plus, he yo-yoed Pablo Prigioni pretty nasty-like
Despite scoring 15 in the second quarter, the Bucks managed to beat the Bulls in Chicago 78-74, behind the most lanky of lankys, John Henson, putting up 25 and 14.
That kind of night for Henson who couldn't hit a jumper to save those skinny arms of his in college but made a reverse pivot fadeaway. Lots has changed for HenHen since college i guess.
Best Highlight that Didn't Count
Jonas Jerebko had a nasty tip dunk that was called off for "offensive interference". Tryin' to find the video of the play but I guess no one else thought it was worth capturing so just take my word for it.
hahahaha
This JR Smith turnover
Typical
Kevin Love with a nice night of 26 points 16 rebounds and 7 assists including this dish to a full-speed Cory Brewer.
Can't forget these:
Kobe threw down his first dunk of the season. Some borderline carry-over dribbles by KD made Paul Millsap look sill. My personal favorite of the night involved three Spurs bench players getting a three pointer to fall after a ridiculous over the head save followed by a no-look kick out.
Other: Brian Shaw isnt letting the Nuggets eat pizza and nachos before games...Derrick Williams is enjoying his new team enough to photoshop a family portrait with them...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/9/2013
Aww, keep your marChin up, Gortat.
Lookin' Good, Sacramento:
They added Rudy Gay, Q-Acy and AGray via trade and last night their previously newest addition, Derrick Williams, had a career high 31 points and that off backboard reverse dunk.
Also, the Kings have the championship belt now, so nows not a bad time to be a fan, bandwagoners.
Birthday boy:
First, a really good effort in chasing down Harrison Barnes
Then a ridiculous shot to confirm it must be his birthday if those shots are banking in. Give the man his birthday cake.
Low Scoring
75-74, with John Wall leading all scorers with the not-so-good stat of having the same amount of shots as points (20)
Then a ridiculous shot to confirm it must be his birthday if those shots are banking in. Give the man his birthday cake.
Low Scoring
75-74, with John Wall leading all scorers with the not-so-good stat of having the same amount of shots as points (20)
Reaaaaal Nice
Steph Curry with 43 points in the loss to the Bobcats and Deandre Jordan with 21 boards in the win against the Sixers and Demarcus Cousins with a ridiculous 32 points and 19 boards in leading his team to victory against the Mavericks.
Steph Curry with 43 points in the loss to the Bobcats and Deandre Jordan with 21 boards in the win against the Sixers and Demarcus Cousins with a ridiculous 32 points and 19 boards in leading his team to victory against the Mavericks.
Other: So looks like captain jack is back in the league....
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/5/2013
Testy: Lots of heated emotions between guys that I had no idea would get into it with each other
Maybe I kinda saw this coming. KG isn't scaring anyone these days, so he probably was pretty offended that Bargnani was blowing by him for dunks as well as talking trash to him after splashing threes in his face.
another scuffle...
Andray Blatche and Iman Shumpert have beef? For what? who's first name is most unconventional?
Didn't expect this game to be very good at all as both teams are struggling on offense, but there were some nice individual moves including Shaun Livingston's unnecessary behind-the-back-pass to Mirza "hates bears" Teletovic and then Livingston getting dropped by JR Smith.
Actor
Maybe all those commercials are getting Blake Griffin too comfortable with acting. Besides making it look like Jerryd Bayless knocked him across the court, Blake also drew a technical foul on Kosta Koufos when he made it look like Koufos tossed him under the basket. All this phantom contact seemed to pump up the Clipps as they had a huge 3rd and 4th quarter. So maybe there is a purpose for all that acting besides getting more endorsements and possibly even a movie with Kevin Hart.
Routs
After the Knicks won by 30 and the Clippers overwhelmed the Grizz in the second half of that game to win by 20, the Bulls made the defending Champs look quite terrible. The Heat were held down to 44 points in the first half and out-rebounded by 22 by the Bulls.
Other: Cool shout tribute by Joakim Noah to Nelson Mandela who passed away today.
Maybe I kinda saw this coming. KG isn't scaring anyone these days, so he probably was pretty offended that Bargnani was blowing by him for dunks as well as talking trash to him after splashing threes in his face.
another scuffle...
Andray Blatche and Iman Shumpert have beef? For what? who's first name is most unconventional?
Didn't expect this game to be very good at all as both teams are struggling on offense, but there were some nice individual moves including Shaun Livingston's unnecessary behind-the-back-pass to Mirza "hates bears" Teletovic and then Livingston getting dropped by JR Smith.
Actor
Maybe all those commercials are getting Blake Griffin too comfortable with acting. Besides making it look like Jerryd Bayless knocked him across the court, Blake also drew a technical foul on Kosta Koufos when he made it look like Koufos tossed him under the basket. All this phantom contact seemed to pump up the Clipps as they had a huge 3rd and 4th quarter. So maybe there is a purpose for all that acting besides getting more endorsements and possibly even a movie with Kevin Hart.
Routs
After the Knicks won by 30 and the Clippers overwhelmed the Grizz in the second half of that game to win by 20, the Bulls made the defending Champs look quite terrible. The Heat were held down to 44 points in the first half and out-rebounded by 22 by the Bulls.
Other: Cool shout tribute by Joakim Noah to Nelson Mandela who passed away today.
Noteworthy: 12/4/2013
Postponed:
Due to some pretty smokey reasons, the game in mexico city between the Spurs and the T'wolves was called off and rescheduled.
Rundown of the Games That Weren't Postponed:
Paul Millsap led the Hawks in points, boards and assists and pump fakes that really tricked DeAndre Jordan as the Hawks beat the Clipps in Atlanta.
Rockets lose to the Suns and Aaron Brooks almost got his 3rd block of the season on Jumpin' Gerald Green. Too bad those haters a.k.a., refs, called it off, but i'm still counting it in my book. And by book i mean blog, and by blog I'm referring to the sentence I just wrote on this post.
Lefty to Lefty to Lefty
Brandon Jennings played his first game back in Milwaukee since he left the Bucks and showed off the chemistry between him and the other southpaws on his team.
Casual:
Not to be left out, the righty center, Andre Drummond also had his fair share of highlights. Drummond, for the 3rd game in a row, had more than 18 rebounds (19 total) while Greg Monroe also grabbed 17 boards as the Pistons beat the Bucks.
Changing it Up
After getting teased by Brent Barry on NBA TV for making 7 threes but having no assists in his previous triple OT game, Ryan Anderson really stuck it to Barry by only making 1 three BUT dishing out 1 assist and being pretty fierce on the boards (13 rebounds) to help the Pelicans beat the Mavericks last night.
21/21
Not like slightly off perfect vision, but like the amount of rebounds and career highs for Tristan Thompson and Al Farique Aminu. Besides copying each other in rebounds, they also both only had 1 assist and recorded a total of 3 other things (steals for Aminu and blocks for Thompson).
Not like slightly off perfect vision, but like the amount of rebounds and career highs for Tristan Thompson and Al Farique Aminu. Besides copying each other in rebounds, they also both only had 1 assist and recorded a total of 3 other things (steals for Aminu and blocks for Thompson).
Longhorn Battle
Former U of T guys, Kevin Durant and Lamarcus Aldridge played each other last night. Not a great game from their #0 wearing sidekicks, Lillard and Westbrook, but L.A. and Lillard came out on top in the end. Not the best game ever for KD as he had no assists and no defense on this last play which put the Thunder away for good.
Other: A new kobe and messi commercial involving some selfies (thanks and happy birthday to my kobe-loving bro, Ryan, for facebooking this to me)....it was also the birthday of Martell Webster, who Gortat calls 'sexual chocolate', so here is Gortat, or as Webster cals him, 'sexual white chocolate', and some reporters singing happy birthday to the aforementioned sexual chocolate. Conclusion, if you join the wizards, you just instantly produce blogging gold.
Former U of T guys, Kevin Durant and Lamarcus Aldridge played each other last night. Not a great game from their #0 wearing sidekicks, Lillard and Westbrook, but L.A. and Lillard came out on top in the end. Not the best game ever for KD as he had no assists and no defense on this last play which put the Thunder away for good.
Other: A new kobe and messi commercial involving some selfies (thanks and happy birthday to my kobe-loving bro, Ryan, for facebooking this to me)....it was also the birthday of Martell Webster, who Gortat calls 'sexual chocolate', so here is Gortat, or as Webster cals him, 'sexual white chocolate', and some reporters singing happy birthday to the aforementioned sexual chocolate. Conclusion, if you join the wizards, you just instantly produce blogging gold.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/3/2013
So much of everything:
Arron Afflalo, Vic Oladipo and Glenn Davis all played 50+ minutes with Afflalo hitting 5 threes for 43 points. Glenn Davis had 33 including the three that pushed the game into overtime.
For the Sixers, they had three guys with 20 including Michael Carter-Williams, Thad Young (25 and 12) and Evan Turner's seven threes and three clutch free throws to force the game into double overtime.
For the two hottest rookies so far this season, oh you know they just each had themselves a triple double (26-12-10 for Carter-Williams and 26-10-10 for Oladipo).
Game ended up going to the last second with the Sixers pulling out a one-point win and ending this really really stats-filled game.
Crazy Two Points
The Thunder won by two against the Kings. One of those baskets was this crazy fling by Reggie Jackson
Lots of highlights
Arron Afflalo, Vic Oladipo and Glenn Davis all played 50+ minutes with Afflalo hitting 5 threes for 43 points. Glenn Davis had 33 including the three that pushed the game into overtime.
For the Sixers, they had three guys with 20 including Michael Carter-Williams, Thad Young (25 and 12) and Evan Turner's seven threes and three clutch free throws to force the game into double overtime.
For the two hottest rookies so far this season, oh you know they just each had themselves a triple double (26-12-10 for Carter-Williams and 26-10-10 for Oladipo).
Game ended up going to the last second with the Sixers pulling out a one-point win and ending this really really stats-filled game.
Crazy Two Points
The Thunder won by two against the Kings. One of those baskets was this crazy fling by Reggie Jackson
Lots of highlights
Nets fans should probably turn away now as a pair of plays below showing the Nets on the wrong end of a highlight. The game was close going into the third quarter but the Nuggets went on a 25 to 5 run in that quarter and ended up beating the Nets in Brooklyn.
Timofy Mosgov grabbed 20 boards against two of the better post players in the NBA in Brook Lopez and KG.
It wasn't just the post players getting abused by the Nuggets. Check out Tomike Shengalia completely getting lost after the Randy Foye cross:
Timofy Mosgov grabbed 20 boards against two of the better post players in the NBA in Brook Lopez and KG.
It wasn't just the post players getting abused by the Nuggets. Check out Tomike Shengalia completely getting lost after the Randy Foye cross:
and also ty lawson reminding us that he is quuuuuick
Not a good week for hands
So Anthony Davis broke his left hand on Sunday, and the Nets made it known yesterday that Paul Pierce also fractured his hand. Tonight Michael Kidd-Gilchrist fractured his hand. Nate Robinson took a hard fall on his right side which was bad enough to cause him to take his free throws left-handed. Rest of the league, please protect your paws please.
Pick-pocketed
Down 7 with 2 minutes to go, Bron had a fast break layout stripped by Brandon Jennings and the game put too far out of reach for the Heat. Here's that sequence:
Replacements
For the Grizzlies, Kosta Koufos had 14 points, 12 boards and 2 blocks and his front-court partner Ed Davis had 21 points, 12 boards and also 2 blocks. Almost makes you forget that they actually have two all-star front court players that are out with injuries. Not as good of a time for the Suns as none of their starters topped 11 points and Goran Dragic's recent hot streak seems to have sputtered to a stop as he was just plain hot-headed getting teed up with Eric Bledsoe in their loss at Memphis.
Kings were without Demarcus Cousins but Kings played this one close and Cousins' polar opposite in physical size, Isaiah Thomas put on a show scoring 20 in the fourth quarter and earning a big hug from his coach, Mike Malone as the Kings lost a close one by two points to the Thunder.
Milwaukee lost to the Celtics in Boston in a game where we saw two rare occurances including a one-handed over the backboard fadeaway.
and also Gerald Wallace dunking like its 2003.
McRoberts Making A Nice Move
Although he's now in a Luke Walton-type playmaker role with the Bobcats, cool to see Josh McBob still doing them dunkeroos like he's back at Duke.
Yeah, You Blew It
Up 16 at the end of the 3rd quarter, the Raptors were outscored by 27 (42 to 15) in the fourth quarter and if you're doing the math, that means they lost by 9 to the Warriors.
Not a good week for hands
So Anthony Davis broke his left hand on Sunday, and the Nets made it known yesterday that Paul Pierce also fractured his hand. Tonight Michael Kidd-Gilchrist fractured his hand. Nate Robinson took a hard fall on his right side which was bad enough to cause him to take his free throws left-handed. Rest of the league, please protect your paws please.
Pick-pocketed
Down 7 with 2 minutes to go, Bron had a fast break layout stripped by Brandon Jennings and the game put too far out of reach for the Heat. Here's that sequence:
Replacements
For the Grizzlies, Kosta Koufos had 14 points, 12 boards and 2 blocks and his front-court partner Ed Davis had 21 points, 12 boards and also 2 blocks. Almost makes you forget that they actually have two all-star front court players that are out with injuries. Not as good of a time for the Suns as none of their starters topped 11 points and Goran Dragic's recent hot streak seems to have sputtered to a stop as he was just plain hot-headed getting teed up with Eric Bledsoe in their loss at Memphis.
Kings were without Demarcus Cousins but Kings played this one close and Cousins' polar opposite in physical size, Isaiah Thomas put on a show scoring 20 in the fourth quarter and earning a big hug from his coach, Mike Malone as the Kings lost a close one by two points to the Thunder.
Milwaukee lost to the Celtics in Boston in a game where we saw two rare occurances including a one-handed over the backboard fadeaway.
and also Gerald Wallace dunking like its 2003.
McRoberts Making A Nice Move
Although he's now in a Luke Walton-type playmaker role with the Bobcats, cool to see Josh McBob still doing them dunkeroos like he's back at Duke.
Yeah, You Blew It
Up 16 at the end of the 3rd quarter, the Raptors were outscored by 27 (42 to 15) in the fourth quarter and if you're doing the math, that means they lost by 9 to the Warriors.
Other: Kemba Walker dancing like every other NBA player has over the past year or so...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/2/2013
Alright Tim Duncan, Are You A Freaking Alien
Timmy had 20 rebounds after 30 minutes of play. He ended up scoring 23 points and grabbing 21 rebounds including 6 offensive ones. Tim Duncan is 37 years old and he did what he did tonight against an all-star center who is supposedly in his prime.
With the game on the line, Duncan made what would end up being the game winner, a fadeaway at the right elbow. Be sure to check out the upwards hand slap with Manu Ginobli, which in my opinion is the most Tim Duncan of celebrations. Tim Duncan, a really good basketball player and possibly an ageless alien.
Almost Perfect:
Trevor Ariza was 4 for 4 from both the three point and free throw line. He missed some random shot to finish the game 8 for 9 for a total of 24 points.
Unexpectedly Entertaining
The Pelicans and the Bulls were both without their young superstars. I was pretty bummed initially with this game until Ryan Anderson decided to follow his 7 three-pointer game last night with another 7 threes tonight. At the end of regulation, Jrue Holiday sank the game tieing and OT-forcing jumper over the really outstretched hands of Joakim Noah.
This was especially enjoyable because it looks like someone messed up on this play (check the 'mabadmabad' on Holiday's lips at 0:19) and without that shot, this game would not have gone to not only single and double overtime but triple overtime. The hero at triple OT was once again Holiday hitting an and-one layup over Taj Gibson.
Unconscious
Paul George was playing out of his mind, including 43 points on 7 threes with Wes Matthews basically glued to his waist the whole game. The Trailblazer commentators were comforting Matthews at the end of the game when George just wouldn't quit hitting jumpers. The Pacers just fell short in their comeback as they lost by four to the Blazers on the road
The Pacers have now lost their second game of the season (the first one was against a Derrick Rose-led Bulls at the United Center) and the Blazers are now tied for first in the West with the Spurs. We all thought a Lopez brother would be playing center for a top team, but it looks like its Fropez rather than Brook.
Come'on Rockets
After saying how talented i thought that the Rockets were in how they beat the Spurs in San Antonio the other night, im gonna go ahead and add that the Rockets are probably a really frustrating team to cheer for because they managed to go from beating the top team in the western conference to losing to the worst one in the conference.
Timmy had 20 rebounds after 30 minutes of play. He ended up scoring 23 points and grabbing 21 rebounds including 6 offensive ones. Tim Duncan is 37 years old and he did what he did tonight against an all-star center who is supposedly in his prime.
With the game on the line, Duncan made what would end up being the game winner, a fadeaway at the right elbow. Be sure to check out the upwards hand slap with Manu Ginobli, which in my opinion is the most Tim Duncan of celebrations. Tim Duncan, a really good basketball player and possibly an ageless alien.
Almost Perfect:
Trevor Ariza was 4 for 4 from both the three point and free throw line. He missed some random shot to finish the game 8 for 9 for a total of 24 points.
Unexpectedly Entertaining
This was especially enjoyable because it looks like someone messed up on this play (check the 'mabadmabad' on Holiday's lips at 0:19) and without that shot, this game would not have gone to not only single and double overtime but triple overtime. The hero at triple OT was once again Holiday hitting an and-one layup over Taj Gibson.
Unconscious
Paul George was playing out of his mind, including 43 points on 7 threes with Wes Matthews basically glued to his waist the whole game. The Trailblazer commentators were comforting Matthews at the end of the game when George just wouldn't quit hitting jumpers. The Pacers just fell short in their comeback as they lost by four to the Blazers on the road
The Pacers have now lost their second game of the season (the first one was against a Derrick Rose-led Bulls at the United Center) and the Blazers are now tied for first in the West with the Spurs. We all thought a Lopez brother would be playing center for a top team, but it looks like its Fropez rather than Brook.
Come'on Rockets
After saying how talented i thought that the Rockets were in how they beat the Spurs in San Antonio the other night, im gonna go ahead and add that the Rockets are probably a really frustrating team to cheer for because they managed to go from beating the top team in the western conference to losing to the worst one in the conference.
James Harden had 37 points but Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and rookie Trey Burke all went for over 20 points as the Jazz won by 6.
Other: According to reddit, here are Jared Sullinger and Trey Burke hanging out as kids...
Other: According to reddit, here are Jared Sullinger and Trey Burke hanging out as kids...
Monday, December 2, 2013
Noteworthy: 12/1/2013
New Definition?
Gettin Mosgov'd should probably not have the same meaning if Timofy keeps blocking dunk attempts like this.
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH
Take Your Pick
Of who had the best shooting night: Ryan Anderson knocking down 7 threes out of 11 or maybe the Splash Brother, Klay Thompson with 8 threes also out of 11.
OH OK BARGNANI
I'm very impressed because the Knicks started Barg at Center and he responded by scoring 17, grabbing 7 boards (that's a lot if you don't regularly follow Bargnani's box scores), and adding 6 blocks including the one above that led to a Melo Oop.
Gettin Mosgov'd should probably not have the same meaning if Timofy keeps blocking dunk attempts like this.
Really Close to Goal Tending
But that's probably what makes this Wes Johnson block so nice. He basically caught the ball at the top of its flight or a teeny bit on the way down.
Really good games for Mosgov as he had 16 and 15 off the bench while Wes Johnson played extended minutes in place of Pau Gasol who injured his right ankle. Lakers kept it close but lost at Staples to the Trailblazers after making a commendable comeback in the second half.
Really good games for Mosgov as he had 16 and 15 off the bench while Wes Johnson played extended minutes in place of Pau Gasol who injured his right ankle. Lakers kept it close but lost at Staples to the Trailblazers after making a commendable comeback in the second half.
Dang it:
Anthony Davis has been playing at an all-universe level, but he fractured his humogous left hand last night, so he'll probably be out for a couple weeks.
Oh My Gosh Chris Bosh
Heat beat the Bobcats, but it took a huge comeback in the 4th quarter including Chris Bosh hitting 3 three-pointers in a row. Yes you heard that right, Chris Bosh knocked down the 99th-100th and 101st three pointers in his career in the matter of two minutes.
Heat beat the Bobcats, but it took a huge comeback in the 4th quarter including Chris Bosh hitting 3 three-pointers in a row. Yes you heard that right, Chris Bosh knocked down the 99th-100th and 101st three pointers in his career in the matter of two minutes.
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH
Beast of the Night
Tie between Kevin Durant's Triple Double (32 pts 10 rebounds 12 assists with 4 steals and 4 blocks) and Andre Drummond's dominant night (31 points 19 rebounds 6 steals and 2 blocks). Accidentality wrote 'beast of the night' instead of 'best' but then realized that's probably accurate as well.
Take Your Pick
Of who had the best shooting night: Ryan Anderson knocking down 7 threes out of 11 or maybe the Splash Brother, Klay Thompson with 8 threes also out of 11.
OH OK BARGNANI
I'm very impressed because the Knicks started Barg at Center and he responded by scoring 17, grabbing 7 boards (that's a lot if you don't regularly follow Bargnani's box scores), and adding 6 blocks including the one above that led to a Melo Oop.
Other: When you think of guys under..lets say 6'4"..who block a lot of shots, Dwyane Wade is probably one of those guys you assume would be up there in total career blocks. Last night, Dwade officially put himself at the top of the blocks list for the selective group of those under 6"4".
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Noteworthy: 11/30/2013
Tough Trip: The Bulls finished their road trip 1-5 as they lost to a Cavs last night. Things aren't looking so hot if you're a Bulls fan, even though this was a close game. Luol Deng had 27 points and dish out 11 assists to keep them in it but the Bulls blew four bunny attempts at the basket that could have tied the game.
The Cavs got the second excellent game in a row from Dion Waiters and a performance from Andrew Bynum that I almost hesitate to call a throwback mostly because Bynum is only 26 years old and there's no such thing as a retro for someone that young. But the Andrew Bynum that was playing last night looked like one we haven't seen since Lebron James was ringless. His presence on defense and ability to score in the post was the difference maker in this game as he logged 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and had 5 blocked shots.
Not the best angle of the crossover Kyrie Irving had, but if you've seen the other ones he's done on other guys, this was basically another one of those except Tony Snell's cornrows almost ripped off his head from the whiplash he had trying to regather himself.
Injured vs More Injured
After getting destroyed in their last game against the Rockets, the Nets played much better against the Grizzlies last night. It definitely helped having KG and Brook Lopez in the lineup although Paul Pierce and Deron Williams are still out with their respective injuries.
The Grizz have been hit with injuries too as Marc Gasol is still out with his knee injury and Zach Randolph must have had a really bad ingrown toenail as that was the reason he was not with the team and did not play in their loss to the Nets.
Zaza Pachulia Highlight:
These seem pretty rare to me, so I'd thought it be worth showing a no look bounce pass by Za-Pa
The Cavs got the second excellent game in a row from Dion Waiters and a performance from Andrew Bynum that I almost hesitate to call a throwback mostly because Bynum is only 26 years old and there's no such thing as a retro for someone that young. But the Andrew Bynum that was playing last night looked like one we haven't seen since Lebron James was ringless. His presence on defense and ability to score in the post was the difference maker in this game as he logged 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and had 5 blocked shots.
Not the best angle of the crossover Kyrie Irving had, but if you've seen the other ones he's done on other guys, this was basically another one of those except Tony Snell's cornrows almost ripped off his head from the whiplash he had trying to regather himself.
Injured vs More Injured
After getting destroyed in their last game against the Rockets, the Nets played much better against the Grizzlies last night. It definitely helped having KG and Brook Lopez in the lineup although Paul Pierce and Deron Williams are still out with their respective injuries.
The Grizz have been hit with injuries too as Marc Gasol is still out with his knee injury and Zach Randolph must have had a really bad ingrown toenail as that was the reason he was not with the team and did not play in their loss to the Nets.
Zaza Pachulia Highlight:
These seem pretty rare to me, so I'd thought it be worth showing a no look bounce pass by Za-Pa
Pretty Good Week
Firsts:
End of a Bad Streak
Bucks with their third win of the season. More significantly, they've ended that horrible 11 game losing streak they've been on by beating the Celtics at home. They got time to enjoy this one as they don't play again until Tuesday against those same Celtics but this time in Boston.
The Bucks have a couple guys that are really really lanky including the Greek rookie with the endless limbs and really long last name.
John Wall (26) and Trevor Ariza (24) combined for 50 points as the Wiz beat the Hawks to go 3-1 this week. If only those Pacers hadn't been their ole dominant selves in beating the Wiz on Friday, this woulda been a really excellent week for the team from D.C.
Coincidence:
Wolves beat the Mavericks at home 112-106 which is significant because it is the exact same score of another game that was going on in Texas over at AT&T arena between the Spurs and Rockets.
Ricky Rubio with the Matrix type stuff on this pass.
Firsts:
We got a glimpse of how good the Rockets can be last night as they took down the Conference-leading Spurs in San Antonio. The difference being the play of Terence Jones who matched San Antonio's total amount of offensive rebounds just by himself. First home loss on the year for the Spurs.
First road win for the Jazz as they redeemed their loss on Friday to the Suns at home by beating the Suns on their home court. The hero was rookie Trey Burke who is currently the only Trey in the league and definitely lived up to his name last night knocking down four three pointers on way to 20 points.
End of a Bad Streak
Bucks with their third win of the season. More significantly, they've ended that horrible 11 game losing streak they've been on by beating the Celtics at home. They got time to enjoy this one as they don't play again until Tuesday against those same Celtics but this time in Boston.
The Bucks have a couple guys that are really really lanky including the Greek rookie with the endless limbs and really long last name.
This was impressive to me because Giannis basically showed off his ability to stretch out every inch of that spidery-long body. First, to block Jordan Crawford's weak layup attempt, and then he only needed 3 steps from the three point line in order to take off for dunk. Really nice job by the guy with the really hard to spell last name.
Other: Lionel Hollins is looking to come back to coaching which reminded me that I have no idea who the current Grizz coach is so here's a link in case you're like me and never heard of David Joerger.
Other: Lionel Hollins is looking to come back to coaching which reminded me that I have no idea who the current Grizz coach is so here's a link in case you're like me and never heard of David Joerger.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Noteworthy: 11/29/2013
Full night of games as 26 out of 30 teams were in action, including the Rockets doing what looks to be a reenactment of a Mortal Kombat finish.
Also, Lebron doing unreal pregame dunks and Tim Duncan showing he can still catch and throw down an alley-oop dunk.
You Ok?
Whoever that lady is, here's Gerald Henderson's apology on twitter for her and everyone else to see.
Way to go, Wes:
Nice game for Wesley Johnson who had 27 points and a nice win for the Lakers who were wearing their home gold jerseys cause the Pistons were wearing their darker Motor City ones.
Everyone clamoring on the interwebs about Wes Johnson's alley-oop dunk, but that Steve Blake wrist flip pass from out of bounds looked really tough too ya know.
Kinda Odd: Rockets with more threes than free throws last night, which makes sense cause you're probably not getting fouled that much when you're shooting all them threes. Also makes sense cause it was against the Nets who are really bad at defense.
Nice Passing, Rockets:
Nice game for Wesley Johnson who had 27 points and a nice win for the Lakers who were wearing their home gold jerseys cause the Pistons were wearing their darker Motor City ones.
Everyone clamoring on the interwebs about Wes Johnson's alley-oop dunk, but that Steve Blake wrist flip pass from out of bounds looked really tough too ya know.
Kinda Odd: Rockets with more threes than free throws last night, which makes sense cause you're probably not getting fouled that much when you're shooting all them threes. Also makes sense cause it was against the Nets who are really bad at defense.
Nice Passing, Rockets:
Lance Stephenson was 3 points away from his third triple double of the season and after completing the no-look-mid-air behind the back one to CJ Watson, you are right to think that Lance may have been a little too risky with the ball last night (he wound up with 8 turnovers).
Best part of all these passes? The scissor skippies he does after seeing the successful baskets that result from them.
Pleased:
Jordan Crawford did get a triple double last night as the Celtics dominated the Cavs. Lookit how pleased Jordan looks.
Really good game by Serge Ibaka (you know aside from getting spun around by Steph Curry) but that was spoiled by a career high in points from Harrison Barnes who had his game made forgotten by this ridiculous broken play three shot thrown in by Russell Westbrook.
Former Teammates:
In the game between players that have been on both teams at one point or another, the former Knicks and current Nuggets, Wilson Chandler and Nate Robinson did not have the fanciest of stats but they got the win over former Nuggets and current Knicks, Jr Smith, Ray Felton and Carmelo Anthony.
Nate Robinson and all 5 feet and 9 inches of him did a good job stopping Melo on the last possession of the game. With the way the Knicks are playing, the current Nuggets player definitely rubbed some salt in the wounds of those Knicks by reminding them that they coulda been with the competitive Nuggets, rather than these hopeless-looking Knicks.
More like DeMeanie
No Chris Paul tonight so we weren't able to see if Demarcus Cousins would let Isaiah Thomas shake hands with CP3 in this game. Demarcus is not playing any favorites, as he himself is also not shaking hands with JJ Redick either.
Deandre Jordan with a huuuuge night. At the end of regulation he had 9 blocks and 13 boards. After the overtime period, DeAndre ended up scoring 5 more points (13 total) and 2 more boards (15 total) and finishing just 1 block short of a triple-double.
Other: Lots of coaches last night (e.g. Erik Spoelstra) joking about the Jason Kidd's cup manuever and one guy wearing a t-shirt with a zinger about it on the sideline of the Rockets/Nets game...Nick Young took a charge in a key moment of the Laker win, so you know i was like "swaggggy deeee" and fist-pumping like crazy....hey Dejuan Blair, Al Horford makes that top of the key shot pretty often, so you might not want to be so far away...Nate Robinson wearing what looks like the pattern of a native american teepee for a shirt.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Noteworthy: 11/27/2013
Dark Jerseys Start the Night Doing Good: Starting out the night's schedule of games, the darker-jersey away teams were kicking butt. Pacers, Grizzlies and Heat all won on the road while wearing their regular away blue and black uni's and the Lakers debuted their Hollywood Night Black Jerseys as you can see in the gif up above of three men making some goofy faces and LA hand signs.
Homecoming: Lebron went back to Ohio to take on the Cavs and dominated the game on way to what seems like very casual 28 pts, 8 reb, 8 ast game. for him He also made a really good troll face.
Neat:
After getting beat up by the Clippers and losing a close one to the Jazz, the Bulls got a nice win against the Pistons in Detroit. Lots of talk about the Bulls writing off the season and attempting to rebuild, but good to see that hasn't affected their interest in doing secret handshakes.
Dark Jerseys End the Night Not Doing So Good:
I'm a big fan of the T'wolves alternate black jerseys, but last night they wore those sleeved black jerseys and I think those suck a lot. Since the Wolves basically fell behind from the get-go, I hope the Minnesota ownership puts all the blame on those yucky t-shirt jerseys and never wear them again.
If you were going to pick a team to end the 11-game winning streak that the Blazers have been on, not sure that I would pick the Phoenix Suns. Well maybe I should start playing more attention to this super athletic Phoenix team, cause last night they played outstanding in taking out the Blazers at home and were led by Goran Dragic's 31 points and 10 assists.
Highlight of the night has got to be Gerald Green grabbing the rebound, outletting the ball to Dragic who throws a half court alley-oop to Markeef Morris who mistimes his jump and while mid-air kicks it back out to Green for the three. Here it is in video form.
Acrobatic:
Not everyday you see a no-look reverse alley-oop dunk. Well lookie, there was one last night.
Dethroned: After holding the NBA title belt for two weeks, the Spurs lost to the Thunder. So now I need to get working on photoshopping the Thunder holding the belt.
Other: Rockets doing their annual rendition of the dreidel song......Kevin Love instagramed a photo of him and Ricky Rubio doing a face-off switcheroo..lots of good quotes from MWP about last night's loss to the Clipps.
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