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Random Observations:
- Highlight Recap, Kris Humphries Edition:
- Highlight Recap, Derrick Rose Edition:
- Highlight Recap, Everyone Else Edition: Omri Casspi alley-oop, crowd goes nuts. Aaron Brooks finds Hakim Warrick for the one-hander. Nenad Krstic catches a lob from his new friend Rajon Rondo. Birdman swats a shot by Zaza Pachulia. Mo Will dishes lobs to DeAndre and Griffin. Steve Nash sets up Robin Lopez with a sick dish. The top 10 has a few others.
- Channing Frye has done it again…
- This one didn’t come at the buzzer like the shot he hit on Sunday afternoon against the Pacers, but it was his second OT game-winner in a row none the less. Frye had scored just four points on 2-7 up until this shot… maybe that’s why none of the Nets payed any attention to him on this play. They all had their eyes on Steve Nash, who acted like he was trying to get the ball, but broke off of his cut and joined Marcin Gortat in creating a human wall to free up the Frye, the three-point sniper. That was an excellent play from Alvin Gentry. As for the shot… it was clutch in more ways than one. Channing was 0-3 from beyond the arc on the night, and he needed this to extend his streak of games with at least one three made to 24. I didn’t watch this game (I usually don’t mess with Nets games), but it appears to have been a close one throughout based on the box score. Neither team had more than a three-point edge in any single quarter. Brook Lopez must’ve been hyped up to play his twin. His 28 points led the Nets, and his 10 boards made it his third double-double in the month of February. That’s two more than he had in October, November, December, and January combined. As for Robin, he went 6-8 for his 14 points, but was completely embarrassed by Kris Humphries (see the highlight recap, Kris Humphries edition), who had 16 points, 15 boards, and one MONSTER block.
- Things are going swell for new Celtic Nenad Krstic. He got Boston off to a great start yesterday with 10 of his 11 points in the first quarter. Bean Town was playing in the final game of a Western Conference road trip, so Nenad’s burst of energy to begin the game was just what they needed. They outscored the Jazz 30-21 in the first and held on to win by five, 107-102. Utah hammered the ball into the paint with former Celtic Al Jefferson all night long. It worked out pretty well… Al scored 28 points and grabbed 19 boards… but the Celtics’ hot shooting from downtown was too much for them to overcome. Ray Allen knocked down five of eight, and as a team they hit 7 of 14. Allen led Boston with 25 points on 9-15… two of those nine being a pair of huge buckets. First, he knocked down a three to make it a four-point game at the 3:15 mark, then he hit a long, tough two-pointer to once again make it a four-point game at the :55 mark. The Jazz would then cut it to two, but Rajon Rondo stretched the lead back to four with a jumper (yes, a jumper, from 15 feet) of his own at the :24 mark.
- The Nuggets are looking pretty good without the Melo Man thus far. Denver improved to 3-1 without Carmelo with a well-rounded team effort resulting in a 100-90 win over the Hawks. JR Smith was the team leader in scoring with 19, but three other Nuggets (two of them Knicketts: Felton and Chandler) contributed 13 or more. Danilo Gallinari sat this one out, and his teammates’ three-balls weren’t falling (3-14), so they had to look elsewhere for offense. Denver outscored Atlanta 50-28 in the paint and 22-4 on the fastbreak. Based on the shot chart, it looks to me like the Hawks simply settled for far too many jumpers. Al Horford, who posted a nice 21 point, 16 board double-double, even did most of his work from the outside… only six of his points came in the paint. He should probably take note that he was 3-3 in the key and 7-12 outside of it (not that 7-12 is bad, it just isn’t 3-3… and he’s a center). ATL was wrapping up a seven-game road trip (3-4)… I didn’t see it, but everything indicates to me that this was a wrapping-up-a-seven-game-road-trip type of showing, if you know what I mean.
- Chicago absolutely smacked the Wi out of the ‘zards in a 105-77 wire-to-wire beatdown that never got any closer than 19 in the fourth quarter. Derrick Rose put in quick work… he scored 21 points and dished nine assists (including one of the AND1 Mixape variety that you saw in the highlight recap) in 32 minutes of play. The Bulls doubled the Wiz in paint points, outshot them by over 12 percent, doubled their threes, made eight more freethrows, beat them on the offensive and defensive boards, and racked up five extra assists. The Wizards did have a 15-17 edge in turnovers, but they even f@cked that up… Chicago outscored them 17-15 in points off of miscues. The 2010/11 Washington Wizards can basically be summed up in one sentence: Mike Bibby just gave up $6.2 million in exchange for the right to go play somewhere else. Yeah, I guess it’s that bad. I could’ve summed this game up in one sentence, too: The red-headed victory cigar, Brian Scalabrine, played one minute and scored two points.
- Anybody know when Eric Gordon will be back? Ah, maybe Rotoworld does…
Eric Gordon’s return from a sprained wrist may be pushed back yet again due to difficulty in his shooting motion.
- The Clippers fell to 4-16 without EG in a 99-105 come-from-ahead loss to the Queens. I honestly don’t care to elaborate… here’s the box score. Notice newly-coronated Queen Marcus Thornton’s team-leading 29 points.
Quote of the Day: Danilo Gallinari on replacing Carmelo Anthony…
“Melo is a superstar. I’m not a superstar. I’m a normal player that can help the team win. That’s it.”
Just don’t publicly make it known that you want to play somewhere else and I think the fans will like you better anyway.
Photo of the Day:
Hov: “You ain’t exactly LeBron James, but I like you.”
D-Will: “Um……. thanks?”
By the way, to both D-Will and Jay-Z, step your goddamn haircut games up. Deron, you’re going bald, and everyone knows it. Give it up. Jay…….. I’ve got some clippers you can borrow, hit me up, you’ve got my number. Oh, and maybe I could hook you up with a new pair of Rocawears, too. What the hell were you doing before the game, painting your house?
Come on Jay, how are you going to sit there next to Beyonce looking like a goddamn bum? I’m going to have to bring out the –Swag-O-Meter– real quick.
Official –Swag-O-Meter– Rating:
2/5. I’m giving you a couple of ‘fros because you’re still sitting courtside with Beyonce and I’m sitting here talking about your jeans. You must be doing something right, but still, you look like a fool.
