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