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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Thinking About Scoring, Jeremy Lin About the Team
The Los Angeles Lakers, considering the circumstances (no big star wanting to play with Kobe Bryant) made some good moves in the offseason: Bringing Carlos Boozer and Jeremy Lin among others. But the selfish drive of Bryant to score as many points as possible and forget about the damage he’s doing to his own franchise and teammates shows just what he actually cares about at this stage of his career.
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Lance Stephenson Flops After Hitting Himself
There’s no doubt Lance Stephenson is a good basketball player. But actions like these – hitting himself and then flopping while trying to make Harrison Barnes get called for a foul in the game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Golden State Warriors makes him also an embarrassing member of his franchise and the NBA in general.
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Clippers Over Suns – When Lob City Play Defense Too
The main reason the Los Angeles Clippers are off to what some may call a disappointing start this season is their defense. Yes, they did give up 107 points in a 120-107 win over the Phoenix Suns, but there was more to the victory this time than Chris Paul feeding Blake Griffin above the rim for dunks. DeAndre Jordan dominating near the rim made the big difference this time.
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Georgia Over Auburn – SEC East Still Up For Grabs
A big win for Georgia over Auburn means more than just bragging rights for the SEC East over the possibly overhyped West. It’s also an opening for the Bulldogs to still win their division and go to the conference championship game, although that will only happen if Missouri lose on of their two remaining games.
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Sacramento Kings – DeMarcus Cousins Keeps Changing Impressions
If you weren’t taking the Sacramento Kings and DeMarcus Cousins seriously, maybe their 94-91 win over the San Antonio Spurs will change your mind. After years of rebuilding and failing to find the right formula, it finally seems like a franchise that almost left to a different city not too long ago is on the right path towards success.
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Oregon State Over Arizona State: Pac-12 South Race Blown Wide Open
It’s a tradition for Oregon State to ruin the plans and ambitions of other teams. By beating Arizona State 35-27 they didn’t just take out the Sun Devils from playoff contention, they also made the race for the Pac-12 South division title wide open again, meaning it’s going to take us a bit more time before we know who comes out of the division to play for the conference championship.
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Pacers Over Bulls – Maybe This Season Won’t be a Disaster
Perhaps playing ugly basketball with disciplined defense added to the feeling of being counted out by almost everyone is making the Indiana Pacers do better than expected this season, beating a Derrick Rose-less Chicago Bulls 99-90, winning for a third time in four games.
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Wisconsin Badgers – Melvin Gordon Loves to Run Against Nebraska
There’s something about playing Nebraska that makes Melvin Gordon look superhuman and Wisconsin unstoppable on the ground. The Badgers’ running back set a new FBS record for rushing yards in a single game with 408, leading his team to their biggest win of the season, walking all over the Cornhuskers, something of a tradition by now, 59-24.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James the Best in the NBA Once Again
The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to look good, LeBron James continues to be great. He led an excellent team performance for a 127-94 win over the Atlanta Hawks, a fourth consecutive victory for the Cavs, this coming with acceptable defense and an elite shooting performance.
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Florida State Seminoles – Not Very Good But Still Undefeated
The only unique thing about Florida State this season has been their ability come from behind. Miami were the next victim to fall asleep in the second half against the Seminoles, leading to a 30-26 dramatic win thanks to a late touchdown by Dalvin Cook.