- Boston 109, LAL 96... well, Boston was impressive... 60% from the field, 6 guys in double-figures, 43-30 rebounding edge... all on the road... Pierce/Allen/Garnett were ultra-efficient... combining to shoot 28 of 42 (66.6%) for 73 points, and were generally awesome... oh yeah, and their best player these days (Rondo) had 15 assists in the 2nd half... 15!... but the biggest key hasn't been stated yet... yes, Kobe shot 16 of 29 for 41 points... cool... but Boston held the rest of the team to 55 points on 20 of 52 shooting (which is abysmal) and Kobe finished with 0 assists... really a clinic put on by Boston... oh yeah... and I'm officially putting out an APB for Ron Artest...
- Miami 108, OKC 103.... the Heat at full strength are still a pretty scary proposition... Wade/LBJ/Bosh combine for 75 points, 20 boards and 16 dimes... Lebron distributed beautifully (13 dimes) and they held OKC to 40% shooting... Durant was efficient despite his 7 of 20 shooting (because he shot 3-5 threes and 16-19 FTs), but Westbrook's 7 of 22 couldn't be overcome... an underrated subplot? OKC had to play Daequan Cook 31 minutes... read that again... and Ibaka only played 9 minutes, so this wasn't your typical OKC performance... that said, they aren't "there" yet...
- Elsewhere in the L... Dwight Howard had a 20-20 game... in 26 minutes played against Cleveland... Cleveland is woeful... we'll move on... 23 and 14 for... Timofey Mozgov?... it was a weird night in NY... Greg Monroe had the best game of his young career as well (15 and 17)... and Phoenix holds off CP3 and company behind Gortat's 25 and 11... in only 24 minutes... wow... Paul had a typical 26 and 12, but it wasn't enough on the road...
- The Pacers fire Jim O'Brien... not a huge surprise due to their record (17-27) and the bubbling chatter about some seeming incompetencies... he'll be replaced by an interim the rest of the year, but that could be a decent job opening in the summer....
Elsewhere...
- Duke gets lit up... by St. John's?... 93-78 and the Red Storm led by 20+ for long stretches... SJU shot 58% from the field, and Duke just couldn't get stops.. cause for concern? Maybe, but the box score reads pretty fluke-ish... at any rate, Duke (minus Irving) isn't playing like the juggernaut many thought they'd be (including me)
- Pac-10 Hoops!... Wazzu knocks off Washington thanks to some impressive offense... 87 points including 43 from their overshadowed backcourt while holding Isaiah Thomas to 3 of 13 shooting... nice win...
- The Eagles will franchise tag Mike Vick... no surprise here... if there is a season to be using that tag in...
- I got a few inquiries about the Pro Bowl... needless to say, I didn't see a second of it... or the NHL All-star game... the only all-star contest i'll watch ANY of it the NBA version... and that's just because it's basketball... no interest here...
What to watch for...
- Texas @ Texas A&M - ESPN 9:00 - A&M coming off a tough loss over the weekend, but these are 2 pretty strong teams playing an in-state rivalry game... and the always-entertaining Rick Barnes is coaching... let's see if he can parlay a significant talent edge into a loss here...
- Louisville @ Georgetown - ESPN 7:00 - It seems like there are about 17 ranked teams in the Big East, doesn't it?... here's 2 more...
- Nuggets @ Nets - NBA-TV 7:00 - Why are the Nets on TV?... anyway, it'll at least be a measuring stick for what's going on in NJ for those of us that don't see them much.... and throw in the Melo subplot...
Enjoy..
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