Apology

Hello all my readers.

I want to apologize for not being able to keep up with my blog.  Sadly I will not be able to continue it for the rest of the regular season.

But this I promise you... I will be back with a vengeance for playoffs!

So come the post season come back and check out the truth.  Cause stats don't lie.

Wednesday Feb 27/ 08

Winners: Losers:
Atlanta (23-32) 123 Sacramento (26-31) 117
Chicago (23-34) 113 Indiana (22-36) 107
Philadelphia (26-32) 101 Orlando (37-23) 89
Toronto (32-24) 107 Minnesota (12-44) 85
Boston (44-12) 92 Cleveland (32-26) 87
New York (18-39) 113 Charlotte (19-38) 89
New Orleans (38-18) 120 Phoenix (39-19) 103
Utah (37-21) 103 Detriot (42-16) 95
Denver (34-23) 138 Seattle (15-42) 96
Portland (30-28) 82 LA Clippers (19-36) 80

The Expected: Chris Paul. Always be excited whenever he faces an elite PG in this league. Facing off against Steve Nash he had 25 points, 15 dimes, 6 boards and 3 steals. I can't wait until he gets into the playoffs and faces Kidd, Nash, Williams, Parker or Davis.
The Surprising: Childress comes off the bench and doubles his ppg average of 12.4, dropping 25 points in 30 min.
The Disappointing: With Cassell out of the line up Brevin Knight fills in for 0 points in 22 min. The Clippers only score 80 on this night.

odds and ends:
Two teams finished with 3 players getting 22+ points. The Hawks (Johnson 26, Childress 25, Bibby 24) and The Hornets (West 27, Paul 25, Pargo 22)

The Nuggets had an impressive line of 5 players scoring 15+, and 7 having 12+
(Iverson 31, Martin 23, Anthony 16, Kleiza 15, Smith 15, Carter 12, Camby 12)
And I always love Camby's lines. 12 points, 14 boards 5 blocks, 4 assists, 2 steals. Love it.

Too bad for the Sonics, nobody ever lets up, shown by Kobe getting kicked out in a game the Lakers were up by 30. Then the Nuggets just kept going in this game scoring 31 in the 1st, 33 in the 2nd, 36 in the 3rd and 38 in the 4th. In the west, it is kill or be killed. By the looks of in the Soncis are on the menu every night

The Suns lose by 17 to the Hornets. I think the Suns will sputter until the playoffs. It will take a lot of adjusting to see how Shaw fits in the line-up. But come playoffs, watch out. I think that Nash could score 25 every night if he wanted. He only went for 8 in this loss. But at least handed out 13 dimes

Highs of the night:
Points: Maggette - 32. 8-21 FG, 1-5 3point, 15-18 Ft
Assists: Paul - 15
Rebounds: Howard - 16. 6 offsensive boards, 10 on the defensive.

Monday Feb 25/ 08

odds and ends:
Raptors (31-24) W
Bosh has a rock solid game at 24 points, 10 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks
Delfino had 23 and 5 boards
Ford went for 16 points, 7 dimes and 5 boards in 26 min
Calderon had his worst game in a long time, finishing with 4 points and zero assists.

Pacers (22-35) L
Granger and Daniels went for 20 points
While Dunleavy and Murphy hit for 17
Granger added 10 boards to grab the double double

Wizards (27-29) W
Stevenson had a career high 33 points, including a clutch 3 point buzzer beater to win the game
Haywood and Mason scored 12
Jamison and Daniels scored 10, Jamison also grabbed 10 boards

Hornets (37-18) L
Paul has a ho-hum game of 22 points, 8 dimes and 5 boards
Surprisingly Peterson came in secong in scoring with 18 points
Hornets finish with 92 points and don't get any major production from anyone else on this night

Bulls (22-34) L
Gordon, 6th man extrodanaire, scores 25 points
Top 3 scoring leaders came off the bench, with Gooden dropping 17 and Hughes adding 14

Mavs (38-19) W
Kidd looks good tonight, just missing the triple double with 11 points, 8 dimes and 9 boards
Nowitzki leads team with 29 points, 10 boards and 4 assists
Dampier had an impressive line defensively grabbing 16 boards and blocking 7 shots. He only scored 6
Stackhouse came off the pine for 23 points

Hawks (22-32) L
This was a very low scoring affair. Hawks finish with 74
Johnson had team high 17. Added 5 boards and 5 assists
Horford had a nice double double in 12 points and 13 boards

Spurs (38-17) W
Duncan had the best line of the game with 23 points, 10 boards and 3 swats
Parker had 15 points and 9 boards
Ginobili had 13

Pistons (42-15) W
The Pistons rise above the stigma of playing in the lousy east, and beat the 2nd western team in a row
Billups, Hamilton and Prince all finish with 20 points
McDyess had a very nice 16 points and 13 boards

Nuggets (33-23) L
Iverson's line reads 28 points, 7 assists and 4 boards
Anthony had 23 points, 11 boards and 5 assists
Smith came off the bench for 13 points

Celtics (43-12) W
The C's stop their losing skid of a whopping 2. I as beginning to worry
Numbers are spread all around their box score
Pierce and Posey share team high 17
Allen had 15 points, 7 assists and 4 boards
Garnett added 11
Every player that hit the floor dropped at least 1 bucket

Clippers (19-35) L
Team high came from Thomas with 15 points
Maggette, Thornton and Knight finished with 11, 11 and 10


The Expected: Kidd, finally getting his numbers back to the triple double range. Looks to be fitting in not to bad in Dallas. He had 11 points, 9 boards and 8 dimes
The Surprising: Stevenson going off. He had a career high 33. Biggest of all was the 3 point buzzer beater winner.
The Disappointing: Calderon, goes for only 4 points and has 0 assists. Good thing TJ Ford has his back, otherwise that is big time trouble for the Raps.