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Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard Takes Advantage of Emotional Night
Sports, somehow, are always filled with symbolism. So on the night the Los Angeles Lakers remembered Jerry Buss, they also had to play their historic rival, the Boston Celtics, and just so happened to get a very good game out of Dwight Howard, while all the trade talk around him just refuses to die down.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Helps James Harden Get Revenge
Saving career-highs for statement games isn’t a bad idea. James Harden didn’t do it alone, enjoying a big night from his backcourt partner Jeremy Lin, but he finally led the Houston Rockets to a win over his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and his former teammates/friends, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James & Dwyane Wade Too Good Right Now
It’s true that there was plenty of showtime basketball in the way LeBron James and Dwyane Wade played to lead the Miami Heat to their 8th consecutive victory, including an off the glass alley-oop dunk, but it was mostly about simply being much better than their opponents.
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Kansas Jayhawks – Naadir Tharpe Not as Bad as the Rest
You don’t expect too much scoring in College Basketball games, even with a double overtime. Still, the fact that Naadir Tharpe scored the only field goal for Kansas in the double overtime period, which just happened to be the winner, speaks once again about the quality of offensive basketball we get to see these days.
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Celtics vs Lakers Predictions
Somehow, the rivalry that used to be great keeps getting chances of revival through symbolic events, like the death of Jerry Buss this week, giving extra significance to the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Boston Celtics.
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Thunder vs Rockets Predictions
Some say the All-Star weekend has no effect on the regular season, but the Oklahoma City Thunder hope they’re wrong, after both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had big games in the same arena they’ll be playing in once again, this time facing the Houston Rockets.
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Heat vs Hawks Predictions
Coming out of the All-Star break, it seems the Atlanta Hawks are just as busy trying to get a good trade for Josh Smith as they are trying to get home advantage for the postseason, while the Miami Heat are hoping that the winning streak they were building before the weekend will continue.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Could Trade Kendrick Perkins
It was a real game changer in the Western Conference when Kendrick Perkins was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Oklahoma City Thunder three years ago, but it seems that there is a chance his time with the NBA finalists is over, possibly looking to trade him to the Phoenix Suns.
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Kobe Bryant is Still Shooting Way Too Much
How happy is Kobe Bryant right now? Probably not too much, with the whole Lakers missing the playoffs thing, not to mention the whole Dwight Howard issue – to trade or not to trade, with reports suggesting Bryant wouldn’t mind the man labeled as the future of the franchise being sent somewhere else.
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Monta Ellis is the Worst Three Point Shooter in NBA History
The reason Monta Ellis has a career average of 19.4 points per game isn’t because he’s such an excellent scorer, but because of being a high-volume one, which means he takes more shots than his success ratio suggests, which makes it no wonder the Milwaukee Bucks are considering trading him in the next couple of days.