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DeMarcus Cousins Destroys Anthony Randolph With a Dunk
While the Sacramento Kings are heading towards another season of, well, nothing, in what might be their last season in the city, DeMarcus Cousins keeps showing these outbursts of talent that make you go wow, like making mince meat of Anthony Randolph from the Denver Nuggets, helplessly trying to stand in the way of Cousins, en route to a vicious posterizing dunk.
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Nate Robinson Takes Out His Frustration on Lance Stephenson
It’s been a frustrating period for the Chicago Bulls recently – not too many wins, struggling even more than usual, and a lot of those losses coming at home. Nate Robinson has been the focus of a lot of that criticism, and he took with a flagrant foul on Lance Stephenson of the Indiana Pacers, earning himself an ejection.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant & Pau Gasol Don’t Make a Difference
If anyone thought that Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol coming back to give the Los Angeles Lakers their “dream team” look once again, joining Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Metta World Peace, think again. The road to the playoffs which seemed to be suddenly turning right for them took another bad turn with a surprising home loss no one accounted for, making things for the big finish a lot more complicated
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard Not Letting Playoffs Dream Die
Quite a rarity to see someone other than Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge lead the Portland Trail Blazers in scoring, but desperate time call for desperate measures, and Wesley Matthews filled the points void left by the hobbled Nicolas Batum, leading the team to another road win as their chances of somehow making the NBA playoffs remain intact, aided by some other results around the league.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Doesn’t Need Help From Jeremy Lin
After praising Jeremy Lin for his excellent form in the last three games, came a dud of performance from him, although it didn’t really stop the Houston Rockets from picking up a very comfortable home win, led by James Harden (who else), also enjoying the fact that two of their rivals in the NBA playoff race lost on the same night.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Clears the Way for Tony Parker
They couldn’t make it easy for Tony Parker on his return game, playing for the first time in three weeks after being taken out by an ankle injury. He still was the best player on the court, the MVP if you will (like San Antonio Spurs fan love to chant about), helping the best team in the Western Conference make it through a tough overtime game against a team that’s moving further away from the NBA playoffs.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Couldn’t Miss Even if he Tried
It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, but LeBron James brought back the can’t-miss kind of basketball to his arsenal on another, rather comfortable this time, win for the Miami Heat, as the winning streak record from more than 40 years ago doesn’t look all that unreachable anymore at the current rate of things.
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Upsets in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament
The second day of the NCAA tournament was an even bigger stage of some incredible upsets, including the shocking win by Florida Gulf Coast, appearing in the tournament for the first time ever, beating a number 2 seed and Big East champions, Georgetown, stealing most of the spotlight from others like Ole Miss and La Salle.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Doesn’t Pass to Quiet Players
A little bit of insight on how the mind of Kobe Bryant works was given to the world from the mouth of Antawn Jamison, who used his experience in the NBA in general, and specifically after playing next to Gilbert Arenas in the time from before his Los Angeles Lakers tenure.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard & LaMarcus Aldridge Keeping the Faith
Even with a rare road win for the Portland Trail Blazers, their chances of making the NBA playoffs are lower than 2%, if statistics are to be believed. Still, it isn’t stopping Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge, with very little help from other players, from playing fantastic basketball and keeping the team in the postseason race.