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Boston Celtics – Running on Fumes But Still Going
After playing five games in seven days back and forth across time zones, it was going to take a special effort from Paul Pierce and the rest of the Boston Celtics to come out with a win against one of the toughest home teams in the NBA, not letting fatigue or overtime get to them.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Can’t Escape a Losing Record
Even with Kobe Bryant playing his best basketball of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers are from over, and their attempts to make a playoff push in the final third of the NBA season keeps hitting roadblocks in the form of better teams, this time the Denver Nuggets.
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Marquette Golden Eagles – Rise & Fall in the Big East
It hasn’t been an easy week for Davante Gardner, getting benched by Buzz Williams in the previous game and coming off the bench against Syracuse. The “punishment” worked, and Gardner led Marquette to a big win while enjoying the best game of his career.
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Kansas Jayhawks – Elijah Johnson Rises Above Controversy
Few players get criticized as much as Elijah Johnson during his senior season, and while the actions of the final moments during regulation as Kansas pulled away for a win at the very difficult Iowa State weren’t acceptable by everyone, Johnson’s huge game and contribution to the win was never in doubt.
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LeBron James With the Best Pre-Game Dunk Ever
While what LeBron James has been doing this season has been quite remarkable in terms of the continuing development of his all-around game and MVP status, sometimes it’s about the flash, like an incredible off the glass, between the legs, 360 dunk he pulled off in a warmup session to a game.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Humiliating the Chicago Bulls
There’s something very pleasing about making a team that takes a lot of pride in its defense and hustle look like absolute amateurs, although that’s been the story recently for the Chicago Bulls, and especially in their visit to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who didn’t need anything special from Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Too Good for Kyrie Irving Right Now
As part of trying to hype the game up between the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers, two angles were used – LeBron James becoming a free agent in 2014 and possibly returning to his first NBA team, and the rise of Kyrie Irving among the ranks of NBA stars.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Still Fueled By Anger
The most important thing about getting angry as an athlete is venting it in the right direction. The Los Angeles Lakers need a focused, balanced Kobe Bryant if they’re to make it into the playoffs, which is still reachable after 3 straight wins, and an incredible individual display by a player Mark Cuban suggested the Lakers should amnesty.
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Miami Heat – A LeBron James & Winning Streak No One Can Stop
It’s quite a rarity these days when Dwyane Wade steals a big chunk of the spotlight from LeBron James, scoring twice what the MVP scored and then some, but the bottom line – a 10th consecutive win and a growing lead in the Eastern Conference is the important thing.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Couldn’t Have Been any Worse
While James Harden is the heartbeat of the Houston Rockets, and rarely do good games and wins come along without him being the main contributor, but he still needs some sort of help from his teammates, quite often his co-point guard, Jeremy Lin. Sometimes, Lin is awful, which is too much for an ordinary Harden to make up for.