That’s the History Channel’s slogan, but it could also work for NBAtv. It seems that some sort of record, mostly ones that no one wants to be a part of, is broken on a nightly basis this season. Did you watch a game last night? Yeah? Go tell everyone you witnessed some basketball history. Six games went down on February the 14th, and not a single one of them was close. Never before had so many games been decided by 14 points or more in a single night, and the average margin of victory was 18 points. I guess you could say that–based on the statistics–this was the least exciting six-game night of NBA basketball ever to be played. I was there! For those of you who weren’t, read about it.
Random Observations:
- Highlight Recap: Blake Griffin alley-oops on top of Carlos Delfino. Baron finds Griffin again. This is actually more impressive than the dunks. Air Bud flies to the rack. Jordan Hill throws down. Josh Smith doin’ what Josh Smith does. OH BABY! I almost never watch the Bucks, but maybe this is why Brandon Jennings shoots so bad.
- Lowlight Recap: You’re 21-33. Stop it. Hell, I don’t care if you’re 54-0, this “championship belt” sh!t could be the lamest celebratory fad I’ve ever witnessed. Thanks a lot Aaron Rodgers, look at what you’ve started…
- G-Unit needs to crank out one more hit so everyone will go back to doing the Tony Yayo… because that was awesome.
- The Los Angeles Lakers have a losing record against two NBA teams. One of them is the Boston Celtics. The other? The Charlotte Bobcats. LA slipped to five and eight all time against the ‘Cats after last night’s 20-point beatdown in Charlotte. Following the debacle, Phil was f@ckin’ heated:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)—Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson was so upset he spoke to reporters for 5 seconds and then walked away.
- ROFLMAO. Why is there no video of this? We’ll have to hear from Andrew Bynum instead…
- Andrew doesn’t know what happened… but I think I do. He got owned by KWAMAY BROWN and Nazr Mohammed, who placed a combined 24 points and 11 boards directly on top of his dome. Bynum wasn’t the only guy who had a rough night. Kobe clunked 12 of 20 shots, including a couple airballs, and Shannon Brown went 0-4 from three against his former team. As for the Cats… everybody was rolling. They shot 51 percent as a team and got a 49-point boost from their reserves. The 109-89 final score made it LA’s most lopsided loss of the season as well as their 8th loss to the ‘Cats in their last 10 tries. Too bad Charlotte can’t beat any of the other 29 teams. (That’s right, 29… techinically, they cannot beat themselves. Okay, I admit it, that was kinda dumb. Make it 28.)
- The Clippers………………………are still the Clippers. LA’s other team has fallen to 1-6 on their road trip with their latest loss, a 102-78 route at the hands hooves (Not funny? Sorry.) of… the Bucks? I’m not sure what’s worse: going down in the record books as the team that finally lost to the ’10/11 Cavs, or giving up 102 to Milwaukee. The fact that there was also a loss to the Craptors in between makes their last three games one of the sorriest stretches of NBA basketball ever to be played. Carlos Delfino led the Bucks with 26 points and a career-high seven threes. John Salmons had 16 points and 12 assists, Brandon Jennings scored 20 on 8-17, and Prince Luc Richard Mbah-A-Moute recorded a 13/10 double-double off the bench. The Bucks shot 51 percent in the game and burried the Clipps with a 31-13 fourth quarter.
- The LaMarcus Aldridge/Kevin Love battle that I hyped a little bit in my “games to watch” post didn’t really pan out. LaMarcus was alright with 21/6 on 8-19, but Love had one of his worst games in a while with just 12 points and 11 boards. At least the double-double streak does live on… I think it’s now up to 41 games. Portland led 18-2 halfway through the first and were up by 15 at the end of the quarter. The Wolves were never able to put together much of a run, and they lost 95-81. Wesley Matthews, Rudy Fernandez, and Dante Cunningham all came up big for Portland with 18 or more points. Cunningham threw in 13 boards to make it a double-double. Three of Minny’s starters–Flynn, Brewer, and Johnson–combined for one point, no rebounds, and no assists on 0-11 shooting with six turnovers.
- After a 32-point opening quarter, the Nuggets were outscored by 32 the rest of the way, resulting in a 102-121 loss in Houston. Kevin Martin and Luis Scola scored just 23 points combined, but a variety of Rocket reserves stepped up. Courtney Lee, Aaron Brooks, and Chase Budinger scored 22, 18, and 15 points respectively in the come-from-behind victory. Denver could’ve helped themselves by making their freethrows… they bricked 11 times from the stripe.
- The Other Blowouts: San Antonio kicked the crap out of New Jersey 102-85. Only one Spur had to play 30 minutes, and six of them scored in double figures. The Spurs are 6-2 with just one game left in their Rodeo Road Trip. If they can beat the Bulls and finish 7-2 then my prediction will have been dead on. Come on Spurs, make it look like I know WTF I’m talking about! Where was I… oh yeah, the Hawks shot 56.5 percent as they beat the Pistons, who shot 38.6 percent, 94-79. Josh Smith gave fantasy owners 27/14/3 with three steals.
Quote of the Day: Martell Webster describes the scene at the Target Center…
“It’s kind of tough when you come in here and all you hear is echoes from the basketball hitting the floor.”
Photo of the Day:
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