Wednesday Feb 13/ 08

A very big night for this Wednesday night, with 14 games on hand.

The Expected: A lot of stars had typical nights, Kobe had 29, 5 and 5. Duncan had 23 and 13. Lebron shot for 39, which is a large sum, but for Lebron it isn't shocking. Chris Paul also had 21 and 10.

The Surprising: Manu Ginobili going off for 46 points, more than double his 19 ppg average. He also added 8 assists.

The Disappointing: Devean George. His excersises his courtesy no-trade clause (given to every player past a certain amount of years in the league who only sign one year contracts) The Mavs then decide to start him and he goes for 0 points on 0-11 shooting in 33 min. Won't be surprised if he gets boo'ed at home from now on.



the odds and ends

Nets (23-30) L
The Nets sit all players involved in a potential trade that never happens. Meaning, J Kidd sits.
Carter and Jefferson tie for team high with 15 points
6 players finish with 10+ points, including 3 from off the bench. Armstrong 12. Nachbar 10. Swift 12.



Raptors (28-23) W
Calderson consistantly is putting up big numbers. Going for the double double tonight with 22 points and 12 dimes
Bosh had a team leading 27, and added 9 boards
Moon and Bargnani finish with 15 and 14
Swingman Delfino finishes with 7 points, 9 boards and a very good 6 assists. These are numbers that win games, to have role players simply fill roles. Very nice.



Grizzlies (14-38) L
Warrick and Gay both finish with 23 to lead the team on this night
Don't know what happened with Conley to only play 8 min. He finished with 0 points and 1 assist. Milicic also finished with 0 points. No wonder the Grizzlies lose (again) when two starters don't score anything.
Lowry had a nice line off the bench with 15 points, 6 boards and 6 dimes


76ers (23-30) W
The team high goes to Igoudala who hits for 29. He also added 8 of both boards and assists.
Miller grabs a double double with 14 points and 11 assists.
Dalembert also got in on the action of taking home double double's. He left the building with 16 points and 12 boards. He added 4 blocks to that total as well.


Hawks (21-28) L
5 players finish with double digits in points. Joe Johnson had the most with 23. He shot 3-3 from 3 point range.
Horford had a double double line with 12 points and 14 boards. He added 3 swats to that total.
Lue had 19. Williams 14. Law 12.

Bobcats (19-34) W
Okafor had a monster game with 20 points, 21 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Felton grabbed the team high with 22 points. He added 7 dimes and 4 boards.
Richardson had 19 points and 8 boards
Dudley scored 12 from off the bench

Nuggets (32-20) L
Anthony's line reads 32 points and 6 boards
Iverson had 21 points with 7 assists
Martin went for 17 and 9 off the glass
Smith came off the bench for 16 points. Most of which came from downtown, on 4-9 from 3 point range.

Magic (33-21) W
Howard flexes his muscles and picks up 23 points and 24 rebounds. Adding 3 assists and 2 swats
Lewis went for 25 points and 7 boards
Turkoglu had 18 points
Nelson had a decent line with 13 points, 5 assists and 4 boards
Cook came in off the bench for 18 points. Shooting 4-5 from 3 point range

Spurs (34-17) W
Spurs got the best of the Cavs in the finals rematch
Ginobili, as mentioned, let loose for 46
Duncan was typical with 23 and 13
Udoka and Bowen scored 12 and 10

Cavs (29-23) L
Lebron had a good line of 39 points, 9 assists and 6 boards
Hughes had another good scoring night with 26. 6 boards and 3 assists were also added to his totals.
No other player finished with 10+. 3 players only got to 9 (Brown, Jones, Marshall)

Knicks (15-37) L
Crawford has team high's in points and assists, with 26 and 7
Randolph picks up the double double on 20 points and 13 boards
Lee came off the bench for 18 points and 8 rebounds
Robinson and Jones went for 11 and 10

Celtics (41-9) W
Pierce finishes with solid line of 24 points, 7 dimes and 5 off the glass
Allen was close behind with 21 points, 5 dimes and 8 rebounds
Rondo has another quality game, 18 points, 5 assists, 3 boards
Powe finished with 18 points and 8 boards
Scalabrine got the start, lasted 2:37, recorded 0 points and 1 board. How is he starting?

Pacers (21-32) L
An ugly night for the Pacers, only finishing with 80 points
3 players finished with 10+, none higher than 15. Diogu led the team with 14 points in 13 min.
Dunleavy and Owens had 11 and 10
The Pacers only hit 25 fg's. Averaging roughly one every 2 min.

Pistons (39-13) W
Once again, you guessed it, and all around team effort win by the Pistons
3 players tied for team lead, Billups, Hamilton and Prince all scored 14.
Stuckey and Maxiell came in next with 12 and 11
Maxiell was the only one to grab a double double, adding 11 boards

Hornets (36-15) W
Paul has typical game with 21 points and 10 dimes
West scores 22 points and adds 8 boards
Stojakovic had 19 points, 3-3 from downtown and pitched in 4 rebounds
Chandler had 15 points and 16 rebounds
Jackson had 11 from off the bench

Bucks (19-34) L
Redd scored 30, had 6 boards and 5 assists
Williams went for 14 points and had 9 assists
Mason, Yi and Simmons finished with 14, 13 and 12

Lakers (35-17) W
Kobe went for a cool 29. Adding 5 of boards and assists
Odom does the dirty work again, finishing a triple double. 10 points, 10 assists, 16 rebounds
Gasol fills it all in with 19 points, 9 boards and 3 blocks
All starters finish with 10+, Vujacic also added 15 from off the bench

Kings (23-28) L
Artest gets the game high 30
Bibby, Miller, Martin go for 14, 13, 12
Williams had a mere 4 points off the bench, but grabbed 12 rebounds

Rockets (32-20)
Rockets pull of the low scoring with over the Kings, 89-87.
Yao had a solid game of 25 points, 14 boards and 3 blocks
Alston was next with 23 points, adding in 7 dimes too
Battier had 15. McGrady had 10

Blazers (28-24) L
Not too much goes right for the Blazers tonight
Roy gets to 25 points, as he should. He had 6 boards and 6 dimes. But the rest of the team didn't pull their weight. Only 2 other players finished above 10
Blake and Outlaw both had 13

Mavs (35-17) W
Admist all the trade rumours, the Mavs stay focused and pull of the W (No thanks to George)
Nowitzki led the way with authority, 37 points and 12 rebounds
Terry had 24 points
Dampier got to the double double with 10 points and 11 boards
Barea had 11 from off the bench

Suns (36-16) L
Playing the Warriors, as usual both teams were scoring like it was going out of style
Suns finish with 118. 4 players finish with 20+
Nash has 20 points and 12 assists
Stoudemire gets 29 and 13 rebounds
Impressively, not far behind is Hill with 26 points and 15 rebounds
Barbosa hits for 24 from off the bench

Warriors (32-20) W
Ellis goes crazy. 37 points, 9 boards and 5 dimes
Davis ups Nash in the battle with 26 points and 13 assists
Starters Jackson, Barnes and Harrington finish with 19, 13 and 12

Jazz (34-19) W
Boozer finishes with the coveted triple double. 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists
Williams has a run of the mill game with 17 points and 10 dimes
Okur was the third Jazz to get at least a double double with 20 points and 10 boards
Brewer chipped in for 16 points

Sonics (13-38) L
Durant nets the team high with 19
Thomas grabs a double double in 10 points and 13 boards
Watson only scores 7, but adds 14 assists

Wizards (25-27) W
Jamison plays the shepard and leads the way for 29 points and 9 boards
Haywood had 15
Stevenson and Blatche both get to 13
A surprising stat is seeing McGuire grab 12 boards, 7 of those offensive boards, and still getting 0 points.

Clippers (17-33) L
Young Thornton leads the way again for the Clips with 24 points and 9 boards
Maggette had 20 points
Kaman picks up the double double with 11 points and 11 boards to match
The Clippers got out rebounded by 22 on this night. ouch.

That's it for a well busy night. It all dies down from here until the All-star break, only 3 more games left until Sunday.