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

Pretty Good Week

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.