Friday, February 22, 2008

Thursday Feb 21/ 08

An small thursday for the NBA.  Only 3 games on tap

odds and ends:
Heat (9-43) L
Wade posts up some typical numbers in 33 points, 11 dimes and 4 boards
Marion also boards the double double train with 18 points and 1o rebounders.
Blount scores 11.  Davis gets 12 from off the bench.

Rockets (34-20) W
Alston and McGrady, the Rockets back court, both get double doubles.  Alston has 16 points and 11 dimes.  McGrady hits for 23 and dishes out 10 helpers.
Not to be left out, Scola drops 11 points and grabs 10 boards.
Yao had 21 and 9
Landry came off the bench for 19

Spurs (36-17) W
Spurs barely make it out alive with a 1 point victory over the lowly Timberwolves
Ginobili went off for 44 points
Duncan had a very nice line of 24 points, 14 boards, 7 assists and 4 blocks.
Starters not named Duncan or Giniobili did not fare that well.  Combining for 7 points.
Finley had 13 points off the bench

Timberwolves (11-42) L
Timberwoves shock the world and actually kept it close with the powerhouse Spurs.  I did not expect that.
Jefferson is becoming a big time player in this league, hitting for 28 points against a tough squad
The starting back court of Telfair and Foye went for 15 and 13
McCants had 15 from the bench.

Supersonics (14-39) L
A battle of the top two drafting teams in last summers draft.  Sonics continue to show that maybe they deserved that top pick.
Durant gets a team high 20
Watson gets very close to triple double numbers with 15 points, 9 assists and 8 boards
Collison came off the bench for 13 points and a monster 14 boards
Ridnour added 10

Blazers (29-25) W
The Blazers pick up a much needed win, as the had lost the last 5.  Hopefully this gets the ball rolling for these guys, I would like to see them in the post season
Outlaw and Roy share the team lead with 19 points a piece
Roy however added 14 boards to his total, and 5 dimes as well.
Aldridge had 18 points, 12 boards and 5 blocked shots
Pryzbilla had a low 5 points, but had 11 rebounds and 4 swatted balls.
Jack had 15 points and 6 assists.

The Expected: Watson (Seattle)  Over the last little bit his numbers are getting consistently better.  He got near triple double digits to night.  And he was gotten to, or near double double nights for a while.  It might be fluke, but I think this boy might be legit.  His line reads 15 points, 9 assists, 8 boards
The Surprising: The Rockets, starters from the 1, 2 and 3 spots all went for double doubles
Alston 16 and 11 dimes.  McGrady 23 and 10 dimes.  Scola 11 and 10 boards
The Disappointing: The Spurs starters not named Duncan or Ginobili, combining for only 7 points.  Lucky they came out of the game with a win.  But shame on them.

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