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On Kevin Martin Stopping Durant, Westbrook and Thunder
Kevin Martin finished with 32 points, but he was stuck on 30 all through the fourth quarter, before heading to the line with 23 second on the clock, hitting both shots and giving the Houston Rockets a 96-95 lead. Both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had a chance to win it for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but both missed.
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Just How Bad Are the Charlotte Bobcats?
From a playoff team in 2010, the Charlotte Bobcats made the opposite road that’s usually expected of a young expansion team finally making the postseason for the first time. Instead of solidifying and cementing its place as a playoff contender, things have taken a turn for the worst, and the Michael Jordan owned franchise is at a league worst 3-25.
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Getting Used to Jeremy Lin and Knicks Winning
Jeremy Lin added another important factor to his rapidly growing mythical status – clutch, with a game winning shot against the Toronto Raptors, with 0.9 seconds left on the clock, to give the New York Knicks a 90-87 win, their sixth in a row, with Lin, as usual, leading the way with 27 points.
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Mark Cuban vs The NBA and David Stern, Episode 1000
Mark Cuban does make good points regarding the mistakes done by the league’s executives, chiefly David Stern. But going off on how Chris Paul should have stayed with the Hornets instead of getting traded at all? Simply sounds like Cuban trying to get under Stern’s skin, and asking for another fine probably.
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The LeBron James Show in Milwaukee
LeBron James and the Miami Heat couldn’t live with getting swept by the 12-16 Milwaukee Bucks in the three game seasons, and they handled a team that has given them too many problems already this season very well in their third and final meeting in the regular season, beating the Bucks 114-96.
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Rajon Rondo Triple Double Doesn’t Make Him Better Than Rose
Rajon Rondo had what was undoubtedly his best game of the season, leading the Boston Celtics, who have been aching for Rondo to return with this kind of offense, to a 95-91 win over the Chicago Bulls, with Rondo completing his second triple double of the season – 32 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists, as the C’s improved to a 15-12 record.
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Jeremy Lin Knicks Dream Doesn’t Stop
Jeremy Lin wouldn’t be getting all this media attention if he was playing for a different team, but there are some perks of being a New York Knicks player. The Harvard sensation led the Knicks to their fifth straight win with his fifth straight 20 points performance, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98.
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Wait For the Knicks to Beat a Serious Team Before Crowning Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin is enjoying the media darling treatment that any player for a New York based team with three consecutive impressive outings gets. Sometimes, it ends with a Super Bowl, like Victor Cruz coming out of nowhere this year. Sometimes, it’s like Joba Chamberlain.
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The Miami Heat Finally Have the Old Dwyane Wade Back
Dwyane Wade has had his problems this season, on the court with his shooting and handling injuries that have kept him off the court for nine games so far, but his recent form, since coming back on January 27 against the New York Knicks, averaging 23.6 points, has Miami Heat fans smiling.
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LeBron James vs Blake Griffin – Still Can’t Decide Which Was the Better Dunk
LeBron James OVER John Lucas. Blake Griffin ON Kendrick Perkins. It’s been what, two weeks almost since those two gave us the best dunks of the season and perhaps in a bigger time frame than that, and in the usual human affliction of trying to rank everything, an answer as to what was the better dunk still hasn’t sprung to my mind.