Tuesday Feb 12/ 08

The Expected: Pierce - Goes big again in the absence of KG. His line is 28 points, 12 boards and 5 dimes
The Disappointing: The Kings Bench - Only get a total of 9 points from their non-starters. Also only 2 Kings shot free-throws in this game.
The Surprising: JR Smith leads the Nuggets in scoring off the bench. Going for 28 points, hitting 8 from 3 point land

Pistons (38-13) W
As per usual, a total team win. No numbers stand out too much
Billups has 16 points. Hamilton - 12. Stuckey - 12. Wallace leads team with 21.
7 players had at least 3 boards.
Wallace had the most min with 38

Hawks (21-27) L
Josh Smith led the team in points, his line reads 30 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 3 blocks
Horford had a monster 16 boards and added 12 points to his total
Joe Johnson had 11 points, 9 boards, 4 assists

Celtics (40-9) W
Pierce led the team with 28
Allen added in 23
Rondo had a very good line of 12 points, 7 boards and 7 dimes
Powe hit the starting line up and put of 16 points and 9 boards

Pacers (21-31) L
Granger had the best game for the Pacers with 18 points, 10 boards, 3 assists and 5 blocks
Dunleavy, Murphy and Rush all scored 13 points
3 bench players finish with 10+. Rush, Daniels (10), and Williams (14)

Timberwolves (10-40) L
Telfair up'ed his season average of 9.6 points per, and went off for 24. He added 7 dimes as well
Jefferson picked up the double double with 16 and 11
Walker went for 12 and 5 boards off the bench

Nets (23-29) W
Kidd fell just shy of the triple-double with 9 points, 9 assists and 10 boards
Carter's line reads 17 points, 10 assists and 6 boards
Jefferson grabs a double double with 13 points and 12 boards
Nachbar had 14 points in 14 min off the bench

Nuggets (32-19) W
3 players finish with 20+. Smith 28, Martin 24, Anthony 22
Anthony also grabbed 11 boards for the double double
Iverson has an all around night of 16 points, 7 assists and 6 boards
Camby almost goes for the triple double with 12 points, 16 boards and 7 blocks
Smith is the only player to hit a 3 pointer for the Nuggets

Heat (9-41) L
Lose by just one point to the Nuggets. At least they are competing now though.
Wade leads the way with 29 points and 10 dimes
Marion goes for 23 points and 18 boards
Wright went for 19 points
Blount had the double double with 18 points and 13 boards
Davis scored 10 off the bench

Kings (23-27) L
Martin gets the team high with 33 points, adding 7 boards
Bibby and Artest both go for 18 points
Miller has a nice line of 10 points, 13 boards and 6 assists
Everyone else didn't do much else

Grizzlies (14-37) W
6 players finish with 10+ points
Warrick leads the way with 24 points and 13 boards
Gay has 21 points. Miller 17. Navarro 19. Milicic 14. Conley 11.
Miller added 10 boards for the double double
Only other player to record a point was Collins with 1.

Hornets (35-15) W
Paul leads the way with an impressive 25 points and 14 assists
West and Stojakovic tie for a team high 27 points
Only those 3 players score 10+, but the team still hit 100 points
Chandler scores only 4 points, but grabs a huge 16 boards

Bulls (20-31) L
Nocioni has the team high with 28
Hinrich comes off the bench and goes for 15
Sefolosha has 12 points 6 boards and 4 dimes
Like the Hornets, those 3 are the only to register 10+ points. Unlike the Hornets, it was not enough for a win.
Wallace had 9 points and matches Chandler with 16 boards

And that's it for a Tuesday night