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Boston Celtics – Nothing Worse Than Losing to the Charlotte Bobcats
On one side, the Boston Celtics – a team bound towards the playoffs, with an excellent defense since the return of Avery Bradley, and a hall of famer in Kevin Garnett, still playing, most of the time at a very high level. On the other end, the worst team in the NBA, the Charlotte Bobcats.
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Miami Heat – Dwyane Wade Leads LeBron James to 19
After an incredible month, it seems like LeBron James is taking it a little bit easier in March, letting Dwyane Wade carry the offensive load, not for the first time, as the Miami Heat keep on their dominant winning ways, extending their NBA-best 19 game winning streak this season, also happening to be a franchise record.
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Brook Lopez With the Poster Dunk on Robin Lopez
Brotherly love has no room on the basketball courts, and Brook Lopez, the better of the Lopez brothers in the NBA, showed that with a vicious dunk on his twin brother, Robin Lopez, as the Brooklyn Nets dispatched of the New Orleans Hornets.
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Ricky Rubio With the Double Behind the Back Dribble
How big of a game was it for Ricky Rubio and the Minnesota Timberwolves? They beat the San Antonio Spurs by 24 points, while Rubio grabbed his first career triple double. He also added his own dose of flair by pulling of a double behind the back dribble before scoring a layup.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish – An ACC Team from July
It wasn’t a surprise, but it was probably the final nail in the coffin of the former Big East, which will have a new name by the time Notre Dame joins the ACC with all of its athletic program, except for the football team, for now.
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Russell Westrbook Doesn’t Care Kevin Durant is a Better Player
No one, noting can hold back Russell Westbrook. That is a source of both joy and sometimes pain for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are probably the favorite to make it out of the West and into the NBA finals once again, but the fact that Kevin Durant, the top scorer in the NBA, is taking less shots than him, has to be worrying somebody.
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2013 NCAA Tournament – Automatic Qualifiers so Far
While it’s hard to imagine certain teams, like Indiana and Duke, not making it in to the NCAA Tournament even if they fail miserably in their conference tournament, for others, from the smaller conferences, winning their conference tournament might be the only way to make it into the big dance.
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Golden State Warriors – Stephen Curry & Out of Nowhere Defense
Defensive ability isn’t what people usually associate with the Golden State Warriors, for good reason. Their strengths is usually with their outside shooting, and no one presents that ability better than Stephen Curry, who didn’t have the kind of night he had against the Knicks at the Madison Square Garden, but he ended up with a win this time.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tiago Splitter Outshines Superstars
With Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili nothing more than pedestrian, and on the other side for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook weren’t great in handling the physicality of the San Antonio Spurs and their defense, Tiago Splitter was all people was the player who made the biggest impression.
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Auburn Tigers – Worst SEC Team in Basketball & Football
There’s never been too much to expect from Auburn in basketball, especially when you compare it to the success the football program has had over the years. And still, it’s quite rare when a school completely fails in its two flag sports, as the Tigers finished 14th in the SEC in both the recent College Basketball season and the football year.