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Healthy or Not, LeBron James is the Best Player in the NBA
LeBron James almost didn’t play, if the talk about his chest cold were true. He did miss the morning shootaround, but there was nothing offbeat about his performance against the Lakers later on, scoring 31 points and leading the Miami Heat to a 98-87 win over the hot-at-home cold-on-the-road Lakers.
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Billups Shows Clippers Can Win Without Paul
Chauncey Billups was brought over for these moments, with Chris Paul watching, injured, from the sidelines. Big Shot Rob he used to be called, and Billups delivered with a game winning shot, beating the buzzer to give the Los Angeles Clippers a 91-89 win over the Dallas Mavericks, who lost both LA games in a similar fashion.
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The Deron Williams Options – Lakers via Trade or Mavs in the Summer
Deron Williams isn’t happy with the situation in New Jersey with the Nets. From playing on a team with high aspirations, hopfeul of landing Dwight Howard somehow, Williams has found himself as the best player on a team going nowhere, with an owner who’s too involved with current Russian politics to actually care enough it seems.
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Heat and LeBron James Means More Road Trouble for Spurs
LeBron James didn’t have Dwyane Wade on his side, as Flash continues to struggle with injuries this season, but he did have Chris Bosh, who has been having a great season so far. James scored 33 points with 10 assists while Bosh scored 30 himself, as the Heat went back to winning ways, beating the San Antonio Spurs 120-98.
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USA Basketball Team for the 2012 Olympics – 20 Man Roster
The Summer Olympics are about half a year away, and after swimming and athletics, the American Dream Team is usually the most attention grabbing spectacle, when they’re good. They were that good in 2008, winning the gold medal with Bryant, LeBron James, Wade and the rest, as they will be again in London 2012.
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Bryant Stops Scoring and Lakers Keep Winning
Kobe Bryant couldn’t help himself but continue and throw over 20 shots, limiting himself to “only” 22 field goal attempts and 14 points, making only 7 of his shots. For once this season, he gave up on the tough last shot, finding Derek Fisher who hit the winning three pointer win 3 second to go, beating the Dallas Mavericks 73-70.
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Paul Makes Clippers Better Team Than Lakers Despite Bryant
Kobe Bryant is pretty much unstoppable right now, and so were the Lakers over the last 10 days, until they met the Los Angeles Clippers. Bryant may be scoring over 40 points a game this past week, but the Clippers, with an one fire Chris Paul (33 points) are simply the best team in LA right now, winning 102-94.
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Overtime Doesn’t Treat Miami Heat Kindly
Another West Coast game going to overtime, and the Miami Heat lost again. This time the Los Angeles Clippers, with Chris Paul leading the charge (27 points, 11 assists) as Dwyane Wade lost his second straight game since returning from injury while the entire team struggled with scoring.
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Warriors Over Heat – A Nate Robinson Heroic Finish
Nate Robinson, pretty much a forgotten man. Did OK for the Celtics, hardly used by the Thunder before getting cut a day before the season began. Now? 24 points, 17 of them in the fourth quarter and overtime to stun the Miami Heat, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 111-106 win.
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Bulls Keep Winning With Best Defense in the NBA
Derrick Rose didn’t need to stay on the floor for the finish, and Luol Deng, on his worst night of the season with only 4 points and 2-12 from the field hardly played in the final quarter. Hosting the Detroit Pistons, getting a 92-68 win over a terrible team is a great way for the Chicago Bulls to start their nine games in 12 days roller coaster.