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Oklahoma City Thunder – The Unstoppable Kevin Durant
Who remembers the usual early season Kevin Durant – Russell Westbrook debate? The Oklahoma City Thunder, with the best offense and record in the NBA, have now won 12 games in a row, while Durant, scoring a season high 41 points in the latest win, is playing better than anyone in the league.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Loves Playing Against the Nets
Talks of rivalry don’t really mean anything when the Nets keeps sliding while the Knicks, getting Carmelo Anthony back from a two game absence, had no problem beating their across-the-bridge rivals for a second time in a row while establishing a six game lead in the Atlantic Division, mostly thanks to Anthony who can’t be stopped when facing the Brooklyn rivals.
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Gerald Green – Another Best Dunk of the Season
It’s been mostly a successful second tenure for Gerald Green in the NBA after a couple of seasons in Europe and Chine, first with the Nets and now with the Indiana Pacers. Although his personal numbers haven’t been too impressive this season, his dunking, and especially his incredible dunk against the Utah Jazz, have been impressive as ever.
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Chicago Bulls – No More Finger Gun for Joakim Noah
He says that it isn’t about the murderous rampage in Connecticut but Joakim Noah is putting an end to his ‘finger gun’ routine which he used to celebrate making big shots for the Chicago Bulls so far in his NBA career.
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2013 NBA All-Star Game – Who Should Play
Like most All-Star games, there are quite a few obvious choices who will undoubtedly be playing, probably even starting, when the rosters are published: LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Tim Duncan. But what about the rest of the remaining spots?
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Returns, Jeremy Lin Retreats
The natural order of things with the Houston Rockets is restored. James Harden is back from his ankle injury, taking over the scoring and the ball handling assignments. Jeremy Lin? He needs to live with what his back court partner leaves for him, struggling to fill a role he isn’t made to play in.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – The Anger of Kevin Love, the Return of Ricky Rubio
Despite winning four of their last five games, all the noise in Minnesota is about Kevin Love criticizing the Timberwolves for a number of things. One of them was possibly putting Ricky Rubio in front of him in the franchise player list. Coincidentally, Rubio is set to make his return after nearly a year on Saturday, at home against the Mavericks.
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Referee Courtney Kirkland Tries to Block a Kris Humphries Free Throw
We’ve seen some weird things between players and NBA referees before, but someone trying to block a free throw? That’s new. Courtney Kirkland, who has been among the league’s officials since 2000, did everything he could to stop Kris Humphries from taking a free throw, just so a substitution would be made.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Loves These Ugly Wins
Not every game by the Los Angeles Clippers is a slam dunk show by Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. Sometimes, winning ugly, with defense, with scratching and with digging deep late in the fourth quarter, especially for Chris Paul, is just as satisfying if not more.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Keeps Playing Alone
Another superb scoring performance from Kobe Bryant, another loss for the Los Angeles Lakers. A team that was supposed to be playing the most balanced kind of offense in the NBA when the season kicked off has changed and turned and transformed into a torn apart unit that simply doesn’t know what to do to win games.