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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Still in MVP Mode
Less than a month after the Cleveland Cavaliers stunned the Oklahoma City Thunder at home, Kevin Durant wouldn’t let that slight get by him a second time and put on quite the offensive performance to lead his team to a 102-95 win.
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NCAA Tournament – Favorites Avoid Any Real Problems
We did have two or three major upsets in the first day of the real NCAA tournament, but the teams expected to go long mostly avoided any problems, as Wisconsin beat American, Syracuse overcame Western Michigan, Florida struggled against Albany, Michigan State had no problem against Delaware, Villanova destroyed Milwaukee and Louisville found it quite difficult to overcome Manhattan.
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NCAA Tournament Upsets – Dayton Beat Ohio State, North Dakota State Over Oklahoma
We couldn’t have one quiet day of favorites winning all their games while brackets weren’t torn to shreds. Dayton pulled off the first big upset of the NCAA tournament on the very first game, but later on were joined by North Dakota State, coming away as the victors from their clash with Oklahoma.
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NFL Rumors – New England Patriots & San Francisco 49ers Interested in Trading for DeSean Jackson
It’s still not quite certain that everyone with the Philadelphia Eagles is on board about trading DeSean Jackson, but there are plenty of teams, especially the New England Patriots and San Francsico 49ers, who are showing a lot of interest in the wide receiver, while the New York Jets,Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders are also presumed to be interested.
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NFL Rumors: Pittsburgh Steelers Interested in Signing Maurice Jones-Drew
It’s a well known secret that the Pittsburgh Steelers are very interested to sign running back Maurice Jones-Drew. However, it remains to be seen if he’s willing to accept a smaller role than in the past, and if the two sides can agree on the salary issue.
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Spurs Over Lakers – This Used to be a Fair Fight
Some things seem to stay the same forever: The San Antonio Spurs are always a good team. Other things tends to change: The Los Angeles Lakers have never been worse, and for a franchise with 16 NBA championships that’s quite a rough landing to endure. In the third meeting between the teams this season, it was once again quite easy to see who the better team is, with Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker not taking it easy on a bad and almost pathetic bunch at times.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Ricky Rubio Finds Out He Can Score
It might have been Kevin Love that scored the game winning shot for the Minnesota Timberwolves as they beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-122 in overtime, but Ricky Rubio having his best game of the season, which included more than just assists and showtime was undoubtedly the big story to take out of an entertaining encounter.
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Bulls Over 76ers – The Humiliating Losing Streak Continues
Trying to spin what the Philadelphia 76ers are doing this season as anything but tanking and setting the players and head coach to lose would simply be lying to the fans, and the losing trend continued against the Chicago Bulls 102-94, making it a 22nd consecutive loss.
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Celtics Over Heat – Rajon Rondo Enjoying the LeBron James Absence
The Boston Celtics aren’t a very good team, but once in a while they can do a bit better than everyone expects of them, as Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh weren’t enough to carry the Miami Heat through a game without LeBron James, while Rajon Rondo looked like a point guard worth keeping for the future.
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Knicks Over Pacers – The Beginning of a New Era
There’s that feeling in the air of something new, and hope, which hasn’t been something the New York Knicks have been attached with this season. Phil Jackson in the stands, Carmelo Anthony on the court, and a growing winning streak, this time beating the Indiana Pacers 92-86.