Noteworthy: 12/23/2013

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.