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Orlando Magic – Victor Oladipo Loves the Big Games
This is turning out to be quite an impressive stretch for the Orlando Magic, taking down the two conference leaders in the span of three days: First the Oklahoma City Thunder with a buzzer beating dunk and then the Indiana Pacers, as Victor Oladipo brings his team back from way behind to win the game backed by an impressive fourth quarter from the rookie.
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NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs & Charlotte Bobcats Interested in Trade for Evan Turner
Of all the players the Philadelphia 76ers are trying to trade, Evan Turner is picking up the most interest, as the San Antonio Spurs and the Charlotte Bobcats seem to be the two teams more serious than anyone with giving up what the Sixers want for the player: A first round pick, and maybe more.
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Bulls vs Lakers – Ugly Basketball Always Beats Terrible Defense
It’s not always pretty watching the Chicago Bulls go about their business this season, but there’s an undeniable level of efficiency to their system and especially defense, coming out looking better than usual when it’s a soft and depleted opponent like the Los Angeles Lakers facing them.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Shows Off to Carmelo Anthony
While the Oklahoma City Thunder did a great job in containing Carmelo Anthony and ruining the game for the New York Knicks, Kevin Durant provided the spark on offense with another tremendous, MVP-like game from him, almost ending in a triple double.
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Texas Tech Fan Jeff Orr Called Marcus Smart a Piece of Crap, But Does it Matter?
The mystery is solved: Jeff Orr didn’t use a racial slur against Marcus Smart, he “only” called him a piece of crap, which initiated the shove and reaction from the Oklahoma State player, which will now serve a three-game suspension.
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Iowa Beats Michigan – Roy Devyn Marble At His Most Dominant
Everything looks good for Iowa when Roy Devyn Marble plays well, and he did that and more as the Hawkeyes got back on the winning track at home with a very important 85-67 win over Michigan, keeping their Big Ten aspirations alive and well going into the final stretch of the regular season.
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Phoenix Suns – Goran Dragic & Gerald Green Can Shoot Just Like Stephen Curry
Playing without their two starting frontcourt players, the Golden State Warriors had already plenty on their minds, so having Gorand Dragic and to a lesser extent Gerald Green put on a shooting clinic, while Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson simply couldn’t keep up.
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Heat vs Jazz – Tradition is Important to Keep
Once a season since the Big Three era began for the Miami Heat, the defending NBA champions drop a game against the Utah Jazz. Tradition continued in the EnergySolutions Arena as LeBron James had his worst game of the season as opposed to Marvin Williams putting in his best.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Better Than James Harden When it Matters
It doesn’t matter if you start as long as you’re playing with the game on the line. That’s not completely true, but Jeremy Lin played a very big part in the final quarter as the Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks, while Dwight Howard enjoyed having him on the floor while James Harden surprisingly didn’t try to take over.
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Marcus Smart Shoved a Texas Tech Fan, But Did He Have a Good Reason?
It’s difficult to find any kind of excuse for Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State shoving Texas Tech fan Jeff Orr, but maybe there’s more to this story and a reason why this young basketball star struggling to cope with the attention and pressure did what he did.