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Lakers vs Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Still Hasn’t Cooled Off
This wasn’t quite like his previous career night, but Carmelo Anthony is still slightly on fire, once again leading the New York Knicks to victory, this time 110-103 over the Los Angeles Lakers through the sheer volume of his shooting instead of accuracy or efficiency.
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Spurs vs Heat – Not Much of a Rematch
At the moment, the San Antonio Spurs can’t put up much of a fight, certainly not like the one they gave the Miami Heat in last year’s NBA finals; too many injuries on their side, while LeBron James and Chris Bosh are playing too good of basketball at the moment, including some defense we haven’t seen from the NBA champions in quite some time.
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Portland Trail Blazers – The Best Season Ever
This season is turning into a very special one for the Portland Trail Blazers: They’ve already matches their win total from last season at 33, and have reached that mark faster than any other season in franchise history.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Matter When James Harden & Kevin McHale Ruin Everything
The process of turning the Houston Rockets from an exciting team that might challenge for the NBA title to a one-man show based on James Harden, which pretty much ruins the whole concept of adding talent as Dwight Howard and to a different extent Jeremy Lin get completely wasted and misused.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Makes Scoring Look Easy
The injury to Russell Westbrook might turn out to be the best thing that’s happened to the Oklahoma City Thunder and especially Kevin Durant this season, coming together in an unexpected way, with the team looking like it can do no wrong at the moment and the player safely on his way to win his first MVP award.
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Clippers vs Raptors – Terrence Ross Special But Not Enough
It’s rare to someone who is relatively insignificant as Terrence Ross have a performance that might be regarded as one of the best from anyone this season. Unfortunately, his 51 points didn’t help the Toronto Raptors overcome the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Los Angeles Lakers, Almost the Worst Team in the NBA
When the Los Angeles Lakers were doing something that remotely looked like building a team to this season, one question kept popping in everyone’s mind: Who is going to play defense for them? It turns out no one will, and the absence of Kobe Bryant, this time, has nothing to do with this colossal failure.
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Los Angeles Clippers, All Grown Up
The Los Angeles Clippers are showing signs of evolving and maturing this season, doing very well without Chris Paul to lead them, as another great performance from Blake Griffin against the usually very efficient defense of the Chicago Bulls, leading his team to a 112-95 win.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Suffering From James Harden & Kevin McHale Syndrome
If anyone needed more proof that the Houston Rockets aren’t headed in the right direction by benching Jeremy Lin & giving James Harden complete control over the team, the Houston Rockets losing to the Memphis Grizzlies was an excellent example of the awful work Kevin McHale is doing with this team, ruining special shooting night from Chandler Parsons.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Gives Them Something to Celebrate
In a season like this, every little positive like this is a cause for celebration if you’re the New York Knicks and especially Carmelo Anthony, setting a new franchise record by scoring 62 points without a single turnover in the 125-96 win over the Charlotte Bobcats.