Thursday, February 21, 2008

Wednesday Feb 20/ 08

odds and ends:
Magic (34-22) L
Superman Howard has a big game of 37 points and 15 boards.  10 of those being offensive boards.  Good job
6 players finish with 10+
Lewis and Turkoglu both finish with 16 points.  Turkoglu also added 9 assists to his total

Raptors (29-23) W
Keys to a Raptors victory are this, Bosh has a big game, Calderon gets in the 10+ assists range, and Delfino/Kapono have to combine for 25+ points from the bench
In this game, Bosh got the big game (40 points)
Calderon finishes with 13 assists
And Delfino scored 23 from off the bench, going 5-8 from 3 point range.
Moon had a good line with 17 points, 12 boards and 4 dimes

Knicks (16-38) L
Nothing too impressive here in the 40 point loss to the 76ers
11 players logged at least 10 min on the court
Crawford had the team high with 14 points
Curry had 12

76ers (24-31) W
Green had the team high with 21 points, in only 20 min
Miller recorded a double double with 12 points and 10 assists
Young had 20 points from off the bench, adding 8 boards
Iguodala finished with 19

Cavs (30-24) W
Lebron gets his second triple double in as many days.  Only difference today is that it resulted in a win. He finishes with 31 points, 14 boards and 12 assists. He is officially a monster.
Hughes comes in second with 19 points
Ilgauskas has a nice game with 14 points and 17 boards
Gibson had 15 points from off the bench

Pacers (21-33) L
Granger and Murphy combine for 50, over half of the teams 97.  (Granger 30, Murphy 20)
Foster gets 15 boards to go along with his 9 points
Rush contributes for 12 from off the bench

Bulls (21-32) L
8 players finish with 10+ points
Team high goes to Smith with 17 points
Hinrich 11. Sefolosha 10. Nocioni 11. Gordon 14. Duhon 10. Thomas 10. Deng 13.

Nets (24-30) W
Out like they have something to prove since losing Kidd
Replacement PG Williams finishes with 25 points
Carter gets the team high with 33 points, grabbing 9 boards and adding 7 assists
Jefferson gets 24
Boone grabbed 15 boards and swatted 3 shots

Pistons (39-15) L
Pistons actually have some players step up and get some stats.  Too bad they lose.
Billups drops 34 points, getting to the line 14 times and hitting them all.
Wallace shot 21, including 5 3's.  Not bad for the Center.
McDyess went out for 14 rebounds

Bucks (20-34) W
The big game, in this upset win, came from Redd who had 27 points
5 players finish with 10+
Bogut had a nice big day with 14 points and an equal 14 boards

Mavs (35-19) L
The debut of J Kidd didn't go as expected for the Mavs.  He has low numbers of 8 points, 6 boards and 5 assists.  He also added 6 TO's to his stat line.
Nowitzki gets the team high with 31
Terry had second most from off the bench with 14

Hornets (37-15) W
Paul consistently comes up huge against top point guards.  Beating Kidd beyond recognition in this one with 31 points, 11 dimes, 5 boards, and a whopping 9 steals.
West and Stojakovic both get 18
Jackson comes in from off the bench with 17

Lakers (37-17) W
Lakers get the best of this big game against the Suns, in a possible (fingers crossed) playoff battle. 
Kobe continues to play unaffected by his injured hand with 41 points on this night.
Odom gets another double double with 22 points and 11 rebounds
Gasol finishes with 29 points
Vujacic comes off the bench with 15 points.

Suns (37-17) L
The debut of Shaq looks not too bad on paper.  He had 15 points, 9 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocked shots.  I even saw him dive for a loose ball, well done sport.
Stoudemire has the big game for the Suns, playing out of a more natural PF spot he gets 37 points, 15 boards and 3 blocked shots
Nash nets 26 points, he only had 8 assists on this night
Hill gets a double double with 17 points and 10 boards
5 players finish with 15+ in this game

Hawk (21-30) L
Bibby looks better in his second game as a Hawk, and in his return to Sacramento.  He drops 17 points
Team high comes from off the bench in Childress with 18 points
Horford records a double double in 12 points and 12 boards, he added 3 swats.
6 players finish with 10+ points

Kings (25-28) W
Good production from Artest (29 points) and Martin (26)
Udrih gets to the double double with 18 points and 10 assists.
Miller also gets on board for a double double, 12 points and 13 boards
Garcia had 14 from of the bench.  He shot 4-6 from the 3 point line.

Grizzlies (14-40) L
Surprise surprise, the Grizzlies lose again.  I wouldn't be surprised if the win less than 5 of their remaining 30.
Gay and Warrick go for 21 and 20
Conley and Navarro go for 16 and 14
That's about all the went good for the Griz on this night

Clippers (18-33) W
Maggette has a nice big night with 30 points and 10 rebounds
Thomas comes in next with 17 points from off the bench
5 players finish with 10+ points.

Celtics (41-11) L
The C's lose again.  They had gone 16-0 against western conference teams this season, but now have dropped 2 straight.  
Allen finishes with a team high 32.
Garnett looked good in his second game back from injury with 17 points and 15 boards
Pierce gets 23 points
Allen contributes for 18 from the bench

Warriors (33-21) W
With every game crucial in the hyper competitive western conference, the Warriors get a huge win over the C's (119-117)
4 players finish with 20+ points.  Davis 29, Ellis 26, Harrington 22, Biedrins 21.
Biedrins and Harrington also record double double's with 13 and 12 off the glass.

The Expected: Chris Paul, coming up huge against a top caliber PG.  his line read 31 points, 11 assists, 9 steals, 5 boards.
The Surprising: The Bulls finishing with 8 players with 10+ points.  A record on this blog.
The Disappointing: Reja Bell.  Didn't do a great job guarding Kobe (who went for 41 points).  He didn't score any points in 36 min on the floor.

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