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Oklahoma City Thunder – Russell Westbrook Forgets Quickly
There’s a chance Russell Westbrook has no memory, no recollection at all. It’s the only way to explain how he puts the quite common awful shooting performances behind him and turns into a much more effective scorer the next day, as he turned out to be, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-100 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Bulls vs Knicks – A Battle Of The Bad & Injured
As it turns out, it’s better to be on the bad side. At least you have players of obscure talents to rise to the occasion from time to time, like the New York Knicks have in Amare Stoudemire giving Carmelo Anthony a hand, instead of being crippled by injuries to your three starting perimeter players, as the Chicago Bulls continue to sink and look awful in the process.
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Clippers vs Celtics – Doc Rivers Admits He Quit On Boston
Yes, there was a basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers (who won) and the Boston Celtics, but most of the attention was focused on Doc Rivers coming back to play against the team he coached for nine seasons. Finally, after months of denial, spins and smearing of the truth, he also admitted that he quit on the team because he made the selfish and right decision for him, not the honorable one.
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Suns vs Lakers – Kobe Bryant Is Ruining It For The Others
It’s as if nothing has changed. Kobe Bryant is back, taking the same kind of shots, ruining the flow of team play the Los Angeles Lakers developed during his time off the court. The defense, with or without him, is probably more of a reason that the Phoenix Suns were able to win 114-108, as Goran Dragic found it very easy to put up one of his best games since arriving in the NBA.
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Celtics vs Nets – Not So Bad When Everyone Are Playing
Maybe it was the fact that they were facing the Boston Celtics, a team that like it or not will be forever connected to this edition of the Brooklyn Nets as long as Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are on this team. Both of them weren’t very special in a rare win for the Nets, but the ability of Brook Lopez and Deron Williams, the two most important players on this team, was enough to have Jason Kidd and the rest of this weird team built with a huge and expensive payroll to smile for once.
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Thunder vs Hawks – Kevin Durant Denies Three Winning Eastern Teams
The Eastern conference can’t have more than two teams with a winning record, so after bringing the Indiana Pacers back down to earth, Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder went to work on the Atlanta Hawks, showing they can be just as dangerous and effective on the road as they are on their undefeated home run so far this season.
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Heat vs Pacers – LeBron James Shouldn’t Have Stopped Guarding Paul George
There’s a good chance Paul George is the best second half player in the NBA this season, but that might have been a fact not worth mentioning if LeBron James would have stayed on the Indiana Pacers star even after getting his third foul. The Miami Heat and their MVP were dominating up to that point, but lost the game the moment they allowed George to face inferoir defenders in Dwyane Wade and Ray Allen.
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Knicks vs Cavs – It’s Getting Worse
The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t a very good team so far this season; Kyrie Irving has been called into question, with some even saying he’s grossly overrated. But then the New York Knicks, with their depressed looks and no effort on defense, and suddenly everything is OK. Irving plays like a superstar, while the one on the other side, Carmelo Anthony, is quite close to giving up.
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Florida Gators – Scottie Wilbekin Gets To Be A Star For Once
After two early losses this season, people were ready to write off Florida and their chances to be a contender later this season. A 67-61 win over Kansas proved that with a full lineup, without suspensions or injuries getting in the way, they just might be as good as anyone else in the nation right now.
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Kevin Durant Obsessed With Being Inferior to LeBron James
A huge game for Kevin Durant as the Oklahoma City Thunder destroyed the Indiana Pacers was also the next step in his transformation from a beloved, likable superstar on the rise to a player with a chip on his shoulder, obsessed about his own numbers, success and the perception of him in the media, which might have a negative effect on everything he’s hoping to achieve.