The Super Bowl has ended and it's now time to pour full attention on Basketball! I will be doing some NCAA conference previews soon, but for now, we'll just check in with the NBA...
NBA games of the Week-
Please note, that in all the Super Bowl hoopla of last week was... NBA games of the week!
From two weeks ago "Games of the Week" - Orlando overcame a 16-point deficit and beat the Celtics (and also outrebounded the Celtics 47 to 32);
the Hawks beat the Celtics again, this time by 9 behind 55 by Crawford and Joe Johnson;
OkCity beat Denver pretty thoroughly behind a surprising 39 to 31 rebounding advantage, defensive play (holding Denver to 40%), and another 30 points by Durant;
San Antonio beat the Grizzlies and held Rudy Gay to 9 points; Orlando beat ATL, who really have no one to guard Howard (31 pts, 19 rebs, 3 blocks compared to 4pts, 4 rebs by Horford);
the Lakers rallied to beat the Celtics by 1 but this was really anyone's game (Rondo also feasted on having old-man D. Fisher on him);
the Cavs dominated the Grizzlies on 2/2 but the Grizzlies were finishing up 4 games in 5 nights (and knocking off the Lakers the previous game);
OkCity had a suprising 45 to 35 rebounding advantage and knocked off the Hawks;
for this past week... (these are the games I would have anointed as "Games of the Week")
2/5 - the Nuggets clobbered the Lakers behind a silly 9 3-pointers and 39 pts by Chauncey, and a ridiculous 15 rebs and a +26 by the Birdman off the bench;
2/6 - Utah beat the Nuggets by 10, Billups didn't play, but Ty Lawson had 25 as a starter, but the Jazz's team play resulted in 27 assists and a surprise 22 points from Kirilenko;
2/7 - Orlando beat Boston again, this time more thoroughly, the Celtics just don't seem to be athletic enough and gave up 11 3-pointers on just 22 attempts;
2/8 - Lakers beat the Spurs down, while the Lakers didn't even play Kobe OR Bynum!!! Yes, the Spurs are still struggling at this point.
2/9 - The Nuggets beat the Mavs by 36!; The Mavs were missing Dampier and Marion; the Mavs got outrebounded 47 to 28 and allowed 60% FG% !
This upcoming week...
2/10 - Lakers @ Jazz
2/11 - Orlando @ Cavs
2/14 - all-star game (for whatever it's worth)
2/16 - Dallas @ OkCity
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Lakers stomped on the Jazz without Kobe or Bynum last night. Unless Dallas does a crazy trade I think we can safely say the only team that has a chance in the West against the Lakers are the Nuggets...
The Jazz just don't have the bigs to match up against the Lakers. Even in the playoffs, this current Jazz team got destroyed in like 5 if I remember. Oh well. The Jazz seem to be really good against most everyone else.
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