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Dallas Mavericks – Team Basketball Makes Everything Easy
It’s easy to play smart, right and unselfish team basketball when the point guard, Rajon Rondo, has plenty of options around him to feed the ball to. The Dallas Mavericks continue to look great, this time on both ends of the floor, beating the Washington Wizards 114-87.
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Memphis Grizzlies – Mike Conley in an Almost Perfect Performance
When talking about the best point guards in the NBA, Mike Conley doesn’t get mentioned too often. But he belongs there, and his performance in the 95-87 win by the Memphis Grizzlies over the San Antonio Spurs justifies his inclusion.
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Chicago Bulls – Streak Comes to an Abrupt, Painful End
After picking up seven consecutive wins and every superlative along the way, the Chicago Bulls inexplicably shut down at home against the Brooklyn Nets, losing 96-82 after a horrific shooting performance from both Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – No LeBron James and the Losses Keep Coming
Playing without LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers managed to keep things close but nothing more as they lost 109-101 to the Atlanta Hawks, putting more pressure on head coach David Blatt which has a never ending list of problems, which now includes Kevin Love suffering from back problems.
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50 Best NBA Memes of 2014
In a year with an NBA owner (Donald Sterling) being ousted for racist comments in a private conversation, an All-Star player (Roy Hibbert) making his name synonymous with a garbage can, the San Antonio Spurs finally winning a championship again and LeBron James starring, cramping, losing his hair and eventually leaving the Miami Heat for […]
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Chicago Bulls – Jimmy Butler Rises Above the Ugliness
Despite an UGLY fourth quarter and dropping a huge lead to the Indiana Pacers, the Chicago Bulls came through with another win, 92-90, thanks to Jimmy Butler hitting the game-winning 3-pointer and C.J. Watson missing a wide open shot from the corner as time expired.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Breaks Out, Kobe Bryant Terrible as Always
The return of Kobe Bryant did show a less selfish version of himself but not necessarily a better one, ruining it for Jeremy Lin, Nick Young and his teammates as the Los Angeles Lakers lost for the third straight time and sixth in seven games, this time to the red hot Phoenix Suns.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Sometimes Does More Bad Than Good
The San Antonio Spurs, amid the injuries and all the losses, found a way to end their losing streak against the Houston Rockets with an emotional and much needed 110-106 win. Their opponents got the normal output from James Harden and Dwight Howard, but maybe moving Josh Smith into the lineup wasn’t such a good idea.
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Dallas Mavericks – Dirk Nowitzki & Chandler Parsons Thrive in Small Ball
Playing as a center suited Dirk Nowitzki very well in the absence of Tyson Chandler, and together with Chandler Parsons formed a very dynamic and difficult to stop duo as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107, enjoying the awful performance from Russell Westbrook.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James Never Thought It’d Be This Bad
For the second time this month the Cleveland Cavaliers get blown out at home, this time by the Detroit Pistons, as LeBron James put on one of his worst performances in recent years while the absences of Kyrie Irving and Anderson Varejao proved to be way too much for their teammates to handle, and things might not get better for a while.