- Boston 109, Orlando 106 - Fantastic battle last night in Boston... Orlando got 33 and 13 from Dwight, but Boston was back at full-strength on KG's return, and they used 6 guys in double figures to get the W... Saw some nice things from Orlando when they went to the Anderson/Turkoglu lineup stretching the floor and getting back to what they used to do... they also only went 8 deep last night... Typical Boston really... and they managed to beat a team led by Dwight Howard with only one center getting minutes (Shaq with 26) thanks to contributions from "Baby Davis" (copyright Hubie Brown) and even Luke Harangody (huh?)....
- LAL 101, OKC 94 - Another nice game here... LA has a real matchup problem vs. Westbrook (32/12/5), but they were able to contain Durant to 8 for 24 shooting, and got efficient play from Kobe, Odom, and even a nice game from Fisher (5 of 10, 15 points)... OKC's best lineup even against the lengthy frontline of LAL? Westbrook-Harden-Green-Durant-Ibaka...
- Blake Griffin had a league (season)-high 47 points, and 14 rebounds.... 47!.... He unleashed a fury of Duncan-like bank-shots and managed to put up these numbers with only 1 dunk... the kid is a player...
- Elsewhere in the L... Atlanta squeaks out a win over Sacto... Josh Smith slept walked for 3 quarters, but had a nice 4th, and Joe Johnson dropped 36 including 2 game-winning FTs (all tapes have been destroyed of the foul).... Boris Diaw dropped a triple-double on Philly with 25/11/11 in their road loss... I've been crapping on Diaw for years, so here you go, Boris... Dallas falls to... Detroit?... by 14?... with Dirk!?... Dirk returned in full force with 32, but the Mavs don't exactly have it going right now... slipping to 26-14.... and Lamarcus Aldridge threw up a career-high 37 to go along with 12 boards in Portland's 113-102 win over Minny.... another noteworthy thing in that game? Minny's last 2 lottery picks: Wesley Johnson (DNP-CD) and Jonny Flynn (15 minutes, 2 points)... David Kahn everybody!
College...
- Pitt 74, Syracuse 66.... One of the weirder starts to a game in recent memory... Pitt opened up a 19-0 lead... then Syracuse scored 17 straight to make it 19-17... huh?... anyway, Pitt held the Cuse to under 40% shooting, and the Orange really missed Kris Joseph... Pitt is typically deep, gritty, and defensive-minded as well...
- Uconn 61, Nova 59... Uconn did what I didn't think they could do... they beat a good team on a bad shooting night from Kemba Walker... he went 6 of 18 for "only" 24 points, but hit the 2 biggest shots of the night down the stretch... both teams shot sub-37% from the field (yikes), but the key was UConn's ability to totally shut down Corey Stokes... 0-6... 3 points...
- Missou 75, K-State 59... I got my answer on Missou... that's a legit team... 6 guys had 9+ points, and held Curtis Kelly and Pullen to a total of only 20 points... and no amount of Frank Martin staredowns can override that...
What to watch for...
- Hawks @ Heat - 7:30 NBATV/SportSouth - All 3 Heat stars are questionable/doubtful so this one could get interesting... I like the Hawks in the game if any of the 3 don't play... but ATL is on a back-to-back on the road, so pretty unpredictable...
- Michigan State @ Illinois - ESPN 7:00 - Nice matchup here... I'm still a believer in Sparty, but McCamey can do them in all on his own if he needs to...
Enjoy the day...
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Pitchers and catchers report in 3 weeks. When will you give us some baseball..?
What about the big news of the day?
Rob Ryan hired as defensive coordinator at the Cows.
Let's hope his not as obnoxious as his brother...
No one is as obnoxious as Rex Ryan... but Rob Ryan is reportedly crazier.. for what it's worth...
And pitchers/catchers? I can't think that far ahead yet... need another week or 2 to get over the calamity that is Michigan Football and that Falcons laydown... then we can start talking about how Michael Young doesn't have a starting job in the Majors somehow...
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