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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Clears the Way for Tony Parker
They couldn’t make it easy for Tony Parker on his return game, playing for the first time in three weeks after being taken out by an ankle injury. He still was the best player on the court, the MVP if you will (like San Antonio Spurs fan love to chant about), helping the best team in the Western Conference make it through a tough overtime game against a team that’s moving further away from the NBA playoffs.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Couldn’t Miss Even if he Tried
It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, but LeBron James brought back the can’t-miss kind of basketball to his arsenal on another, rather comfortable this time, win for the Miami Heat, as the winning streak record from more than 40 years ago doesn’t look all that unreachable anymore at the current rate of things.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard & LaMarcus Aldridge Keeping the Faith
Even with a rare road win for the Portland Trail Blazers, their chances of making the NBA playoffs are lower than 2%, if statistics are to be believed. Still, it isn’t stopping Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge, with very little help from other players, from playing fantastic basketball and keeping the team in the postseason race.
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Denver Nuggets – Corey Brewer Pulls Off a Magical Finish
Despite trailing with only 14 seconds left on the clock; despite Ty Lawson not playing and in general being outplayed for almost the entire game, the Denver Nuggets pulled off another win and kept their secretive winning streak alive (now at 14 games), mostly thanks to a clutch performance from Corey Brewer, rescuing his team with some impressive off-the-bench scoring
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Nate Robinson Dunk the Only Good Thing About the Chicago Bulls
After a season of playing sorta anti-basketball offensively, it looks like the Chicago Bulls have run out of hustle and effort to keep their heads above water, resulting in another home loss to a Western Conference team, while the only good think to take from the game was a sensational dunk from Nate Robinson, who impresses every time he decides to show that incredible leap and dunking ability he has.
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Miami Heat – A Different Look at Their Winning Streak
Now that the Miami Heat have extended their winning streak to 24 games, it might be a little bit more interesting to check out the differences in the dominance between wins. Yes, there are games in which LeBron James and Dwyane Wade dominate from the first moment, going on to win comfortably, but their last couple of wins and quite a few in general during the streak have been about impressive comebacks.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan & Tiago Splitter are the Best Big Man Duo in the NBA
Some arguments can’t be decided, but the way the San Antonio Spurs are looking recently thanks to Tim Duncan raising the level of his game while Tony Parker recovers with his injury puts them on top of the Western Conference justly, while the combination between Duncan and Tiago Splitter might be the best we’re seeing this season from two big men in the NBA.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Backcourt Keeps Getting Better
Letting the fact that the Houston Rockets were embarrassed in their previous game against a playoff rival, the Jeremy Lin project is improving nicely in recent weeks, taking his scoring and general playing ability up a notch or two, match James Harden, almost shot for shot, as the two steered the team back in the right direction.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Won’t Let The Winning Streak End
Down by 27 points, midway through the third quarter, the Miami Heat simply woke up a little later than usual to add another win to their franchise record winning streak, now improved to 24 games, as he orchestrated an impressive comeback, capped off with a triple double that gave us and everyone else another reason to set him apart from the rest of the NBA.
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Are the San Antonio Spurs the Luckiest Team in the NBA
While the word luck in sports is hard to capture, and most often agree that the harder you train, the more lucky you get (as the old cliché goes), there’s still a way to measure it, and when looking at the 2012-2013 NBA season, there’s a good chance the San Antonio Spurs have been the luckiest team so far of them all.