to Philly 111/109

Indy lost to Philly???At home??? I didnt think Philly could win 30 games after the other night!!Wow!!!

in O/T

105/100

Miami only went 7 deep all night. If Shaq had played, this would have been a win for the Heat. Magloire fouled out, and Bogut had 4 fouls. I'm willing to bet that Shaq would have fouled out Bogut as well.

It will be interesting to see how the Heat cope without Shaq.

spurs, indy and miami all lost 2nite to worse teams

spurs, indy and miami all lost 2nite to worse teams:D:bounce: Life is good!

I'm not sure this has ever happened before, and really, it may never happen again. (These are the Clips were talking about, surely the most bedevilled franchise in the league....)

I thought I should point it out before the moment is lost. :D

I'm not sure this has ever happened before, and really, it may never happen again. (These are the Clips were talking about, surely the most bedevilled franchise in the league....)

I thought I should point it out before the moment is lost. :D

They are really playing well. I think this is the best blend of veteran players and youth that the Clippers have ever had. I wouldn't be suprised if they ended up being one of the suprises of the West this year.

I agree they've been looking quite handy, but in spite of that, I have to say I would be surprised if they made the playoffs, just because something always seems to go wrong for them. :doh:

I think its because they skimp on the amenities like top flight trainers and facilities. You talk about the Kander effect for the pistons and the unusual lack of injuries...on the other end of the spectrum....:confused:

What happened to Indy's defense??:nod:

Out of the big 4 (detroit, san antonio, indy, and miami) we're the only ones undefeated.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=251106018

It is going to be a long season in Knicksville.

The Knicks are on the road for their next 6 games to the West Coast:

11/09 @POR 10:00pm
11/11 @GS 10:30pm
11/13 @SAC 9:00pm
11/14 @UTA 9:00pm
11/16 @LAL 10:00pm
11/18 @DEN 9:00pm

I wonder how long LB is going to love his "dream job"...

I'm not sure this has ever happened before, and really, it may never happen again. (These are the Clips were talking about, surely the most bedevilled franchise in the league....)

I thought I should point it out before the moment is lost. :D

I picked the Clips to win their division... if you look at their roster you'll see this is no longer a team full of green players... a nice blend of athletes, scorers and decent defenders.

The Knicks are on the road for their next 6 games to the West Coast:

11/09 @POR 10:00pm
11/11 @GS 10:30pm
11/13 @SAC 9:00pm
11/14 @UTA 9:00pm
11/16 @LAL 10:00pm
11/18 @DEN 9:00pm

I wonder how long LB is going to love his "dream job"...

I'm pretty sure reality has already set in, but he's probably still glad he did it because of the bucks. Still...it will be fun watching him squirm. :laugh:

It would be gr8 to see the Heat go on a losing streak while Shaq is out... just enough to give us a home court over them.

That was very surprising to see Philly pull one out in Indy without Dalembert (no size)... however I wouldn't put too much emphasis on it... we know Indy can be just as good on the road as at home.

The best record in the East is going down to the last week of the season... and I wouldn't count out the Bucks either.

I wonder how long LB is going to love his "dream job"...

LOL... will he wake up in a cold sweat realizing it was just a nightmare?

Maybe his diapers will leak too much to finish his coaching gig in N.Y.:P

. . . that these early losses for Miami come back to haunt them. Getting off to a great start, it seems to me, was the only way the Heat could stay in contention with us for home court. I can see some losses for Indy, too, that can help us.

I was just a little worried about such an early west coast trip, but with a 3-0 going in, we should come out of the trip in good shape, with one of the tough stretches out of the way.

:laugh: :thumb: :laugh:

milwaukee cameback on indiana and won 103-102 off a maurice williams buzzer beating 3. milwaukee cameback after they were down 14 with 3 and a half minutes to go. the wizards also beat the spurs 104-95.

I have 2 wiz players on my fantasy team and I follow their games. I'm becoming a Wizards bandwagoner. Caron Butler >>>>>>>>>>> Kwame. I have kwame too. Giving him up adds to your team.

I have 2 wiz players on my fantasy team and I follow their games. I'm becoming a Wizards bandwagoner. Caron Butler >>>>>>>>>>> Kwame. I have kwame too. Giving him up adds to your team.

whoever has arenas on his or her fantasy team must be really happy he poured down 43 points against the spurs yesterday.

whoever has arenas on his or her fantasy team must be really happy he poured down 43 points against the spurs yesterday.

Yeah, I have Arenas, Wade, Bibby, A.Miller, and Hinrich as my guards so I'm pretty happy with that position so far. I wasn't too worried about the "points" category yesterday, but it's fun to watch your guy light it up anyhow.

I have two guys on Wahington (Arenas and Haywood) and both are playing well.

**knocks wood**

Jalen Rose held pointless tonight as Philly beats Toronto. First pointless game for Rose since 1998. He played 6 minutes and had 4 fouls. I swear he wanted to explode in the locker room interviews but sucked it up.

AI had 43 btw, putting him over 17,000 for his career. Another great game from CWebb as well.

I watched the 4th Q of the Golden State/Bucks game. I've got JRich and BDiddy on my fantasy team and they were sucking for most of the game.

Close at the end, when Milwaukee missed 3 straight FTs that could have iced the game. That moron Danny Crawford was the lead official and they must have blown a half dozen calls in the last 3 minutes.

Troy Murphy is completely useless. Zarko Chabarkapa (sp!) is useless. Dunleavy is worthless. The 4 best players on that team are all guards. Pietrus, JRich, BDiddy and Derek Fisher. The only big man who can play a little is Foyle, but he is a total liability on the offensive end, wandering around the paint aimlessly, bumping his own penetrating guards. Heck of a shot blocker though.

G-State has no offensive gameplan whatsoever. They just play isolation and chuck up close to 30 treys per game. It's terrible to watch with the game on the line and their best rebounder (Murphy) spotting up for a trey as 3 Milwaukee defenders cover the defenisve rebound and ice the game.

So Milwaukee won, ended an 18 game road losing streak to the West. The streak started in GS, and they ended it tonight in GS.

Funniest part of the Warriors/Bucks game was the Milwaukee announcers. I didn't catch their names, but they are big time homers and as I tuned in at the start of the 4th Q, one of them was comparing Andrew Bogut to Kareem Abdul Jabbar. The other guy just made fun of him with comments like "Andrew only has 30,000 points to go!" etc etc.

I posted in the draft forum, Bogut is for real. Real tough, real gritty. Golden State could have used some of that tonight...

Toronto got their first win of the year by knocking off Miami 107-94 today.

Box score and recap (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=AsPqhb1DmI2yIqXbaQnTuhu8vLYF?gid=200511 2028)

Atlanta got their first win! My man Zaza Pachulia came up big with 19/13!

Spurs up by 30 over Golden State (on the road) at halftime. 20 assists on 66 points. Don't sleep on the Spurs people. They are amazing.

Toronto up by 12 on the road against the Clippers, less than one minute to halftime!

I love this game!

WOW. Pacers hold Cavs to 30 first half points. 15 per quarter.

Even with the Pacers in foul trouble the Cavs are struggling bigtime...

Awesome win by the Hawks tonight at home against the Spurs...

94-84

5 Hawks players in double digits, and 3 players with double-doubles in points and rebounds.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2005121001

How did the Hawks win? Making their FTs and outrebounding the Spurs badly. Makes my point about the team that rebounds gives themselves a chance to win. Against anyone...

Interesting footnote, the Hawks only attempted 2 three pointers and missed both...

Funny. I was looking at the schedule earlier today and I was thinking that the Spurs would lose on the road tonight. Premonitions are a strange thing indeed.... :)

Awesome win by the Hawks tonight at home against the Spurs...

94-84



Maybe we should try to trade Darko to the Spurs. He plays great against Atlanta. :D

on a random sidenote, larry hughes can %%%%%. he's an awful fantasy player this year and i'm ready to play hinrich over him as a starter (he's been sweet past couple weeks minus the injury game). unfortunately with only 6 starters in our league...it kinda blows either way. drew gooden's dropped off too (both on the cavs...hmm?)

LeBron exploded for 52-7-7 tonight. I believe that's the first 50 point game this season. (The Cavs lost though.)

Maybe we should try to trade Darko to the Spurs. He plays great against Atlanta. :D
LMAO.:p
Hey this may be the game that gives us home court in the finals

LeBron exploded for 52-7-7 tonight. I believe that's the first 50 point game this season. (The Cavs lost though.)

heh they still lost eh. wow. but lately Lebron and Z are getting all the looks, and gooden/hughes are left outta the mix. gooden had been a nice fantasy player up until this point, and hughes was disappointing but still decent enough. lately they've been ghetto...i'm gonna have to start playing hinrich at SG.

Lebron James poured down 52 points dished out 7, and had 7 boards, yet the cavs still lost 111-106 to the bucks. Ouch!

Here's bulletin board material from Chris Kaman -- against his own team's fan base! This comes courtesy of today's Free Press:

So what's the best thing about living in California?
There isn't a whole lot. I don't like it. I don't like it at all. I like the weather, that's probably the best thing. Other than that, the traffic sucks, the people are jerks. Not everybody, that's a generalized statement, I understand, but for the most part a lot of people you'll find are kind of arrogant and stuck up. I'm used to Michigan and Midwest people.

Here's bulletin board material from Chris Kaman -- against his own team's fan base! This comes courtesy of today's Free Press:

Piston's DNA? Sign him up. lol.

JKidd 17 points, 12 assists with 2 minutes to go in the first half tonight.

Looks like someone noticed the game Chauncey had....

Spurs lost to the Hornets tonight.... New Orleans is a very active/agressive team.

Spurs beat by Hornets (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2005121803)

Nets pound the Warriors (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2005121817)

JKidd - 24 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds in 30 minutes.

http://www.jdsport.com/index.html?dir=/dir/Basketball/Science/Statistics/index-2-956-11882-0-0-.html

HOLY COW! Knicks and Suns in Triple overtime at MSG.

Knicks up by 4 last I looked. 3 Suns starters have fouled out, Nash and Marion both have 5 fouls on them and Phoenix is playing with a short bench. GO LB!!!! Unleash the dogs of war!

140-133 Knicks after 3 OTs.

Amazing game. Box Score (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2006010218)

Raise your hand if you ever expected an LB-coached team to score 140 points or give up 133 (regardless of how many OTs the game had).

Suns vs. Heat tonight @ PHX

Steve Nash 11 Assists in the first quarter, thats a new Suns franchise record.

47-25 Phoenix

END OF THE FIRST!

Vince Carter slaps Morris Peterson in the face & Mo got ejected...and the Raptors lose on a last second shot by Vinsanity (Mo's guard).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10764990/

Check out the tape on Sports Center or Cold Pizza.

Some things are just not right. :P

Very provocative article by a Sacramento youth coach, blaming Sonny Vaccaro and the shoe companies for ruining basketball. You may disagree with the viewpoint, but there's a lot of truth in it.

http://www.powerbasketball.com/060104.html

The Knicks beat Cavs tonight at Cleveland... their 4th win in a row.
Larry has them playing unselfish ball... Marburry is making solid decisions now.
Reminds me of LB's first year here.... just with more youth... he's PLAYING ALL OF THE ROOKIES!... they must have some talent.

Nice Knicks article from Hoopsworld.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_15631.shtml

Very provocative article by a Sacramento youth coach, blaming Sonny Vaccaro and the shoe companies for ruining basketball. You may disagree with the viewpoint, but there's a lot of truth in it.

http://www.powerbasketball.com/060104.html
That is really interesting. Thanks. I printed it a few days back and only had time to read it this morning.

That is really interesting. Thanks. I printed it a few days back and only had time to read it this morning.

I liked that article OK, but it's not journalistic in nature, that's for sure. If the writer is going to make those charges about Sonny Vaccaro, the writer should at least give the guy a chance to respond.

That must be why multiple suitors who've chased Artest from the start are suddenly calling L.A. "the team." Yet that would almost certainly require the inclusion of Corey Maggette (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3336), which the Clippers have steadfastly resisted.
Have they reconsidered?
There is a growing belief around the league that they have, with the Clips' 14-5 start a memory and Mike Dunleavy Sr. perfectly willing to coach the game's foremost problem child. Remember what Dunleavy said in our recent package on the Clippers, before Artest's trade demand was issued: "Give me talent, I'll figure out how to make 'em happy."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime

Comments: Artest for Magette? Nice pickup for the Pacers if it happends. Magette is supposed to be back from his injury in another month. Plenty of time to get him accumulated before the playoffs.

Nice Knicks article from Hoopsworld.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_15631.shtml

I was going to write a column on this but I found it unneccessary as I think this article does a great job of detailing what has made this team look quite different the last couple of games. Watching them play, they appear to be a much more disciplined team. It took some time but they are finally buying into Brown's system and the results have been encouraging.

A couple of interesting points that were not mentioned in the article.

Brown has shown that he is not afraid to play the youth ahead of veterans
This New York team has been stellar offensively during there current winning streak.
Nate Robinson, overshadowed by the amazing play of Channing Frye, is quitely having a terrific season for the Knicks.By the midway point of the season, I expect the Knicks record to get a healthy injection. At that point, I think we will be able to see if the playoffs are a attainable goal for Zeke's boys.

Just before the half, Knicks pounding the Mavs, 51-36. NY has more offensive boards than defensive ones. 12/11 for 23 boards.

MEMPHIS 79, SPURS 78... gasol on a monster dunk over Timmay after blocking tim's s hot...8 seconds left wowowoww!

MEMPHIS 79, SPURS 78... gasol on a monster dunk over Timmay after blocking tim's s hot...8 seconds left wowowoww!8 seconds...spurs ball...manu inbounds...alley oop to Timmay...scores...6 seconds left............

NBA TV I GREAT!!....LEBRON HAS 35 IN 3QTRS AT sUNS.....bOBBY JACKSON SHOT WEAK PRAYER VS sPURS...0.7 SECONDS ...rats!

The Lakers beating a healty Miami team is the icing on this seasons cake... the pundits can go to hell... the Heat are way overrated.
Some said that the new mix they added would work... they didn't understand that there's not enough leather to go around...

Then there's the inevitable injuries to Shaq & Wade.

Don't look now but we could end up with Miami in the early rounds...

There's something enjoyable with Riley taking over an overpriced team that he mortgaged the future for and it's not happenin' for them.

I'm not worried about this team... they have a problem with foot speed (other than Wade & Posey).

Now if the Pacers go down the pipe this season is complete :thumb:

I know we all make fun of the clippers but what the hell happened to them? They started off hot at 14-5 and now they seem like the same old clips going 6-11 oh wait they are the clippers of course they suck

Kobe goes for 81 points tonight. Expect it to dominate the headlines tomorrow.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2006012213

I'm kinda surprised he was able to sneak 2 assists in there. LOL

To put that in perspective, Jordan's career high was 69. INSANE.

Kobe goes for 81 points tonight. Expect it to dominate the headlines tomorrow.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2006012213

I'm kinda surprised he was able to sneak 2 assists in there. LOL

To put that in perspective, Jordan's career high was 69. INSANE.

all I can say is..

WOW!!!

Most ever points scored in an nba game ever wilt with 100

#2 Kobe 81

I thought that when Robinson got 71 against the Clips back in 94 that was going to be the highest anyone got because come on 71 points who is gonna score that many points in todays nba

All I can say is Mo Pete is gonna call in sick:sick: tomorrow/today :yield: :Cry: :crutch:

Most ever points scored in an nba game ever wilt with 100

#2 Kobe 81

I thought that when Robinson got 71 against the Clips back in 94 that was going to be the highest anyone got because come on 71 points who is gonna score that many points in todays nba

All I can say is Mo Pete is gonna call in sick:sick: tomorrow/today :yield: :Cry: :crutch:

exactly.

to say he didn't do a good job guarding his man...is a tad bit of an understatement. :laugh:

With the recent injury to Jermaine O'Neal he will be out apprx 2 months.
They could drop out of playoff contention.
J.O. was their inside presence on both sides of the ball... Peja sure isn't gonna help in that regard.... teams can play honest on the perimeter now.

Another big blow for the Pacemakers

Tough loss for the Pacers against San Antonio yesterday. Peja looked pretty good for Indy. He, Sarunas and Jackson definitely give them some firepower, but they just don't get enough production down low with O'Neal out. Still, the Pacers are going to be a tough out in the playoffs.

The Suns are humiliating the Rockets. Last I checked the score was 102-60 with half the 4th to go. The Suns largest lead was 47

Atlanta up 15 on Miami!!!

My man Zaza is sending Shaq to the free throw line like crazy!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2006030414

GO HAWKS!

Up by 12 with 7 minutes to go. Looks like the Heat are in trouble, losing to the Hawks AT HOME NO LESS!!!

aaaand the heat won lol

Zaza fouled out. :doh:

Maybe Jermaine O'Neal will get his wish and see the Pistons in the first round... he can come to the Palace and watch from the cheap seats...
after losing to the Raps tonight they're getting close to being bounced out of the playoff contention.
they're 4-6 in their last ten games.

WOWOWOWOW!

Zaza Pachulia had 26 points tonight for Atlanta, buit the Knicks are punishing them with rookie power in OVERTIME.

Nate Robinson with David Lee fast breaking on the wing, Nate feeds DLee and he has a real nice side pump (protect the ball) slam.

Nice stuff. Go Knicks and Go Pachulia!!! :D

OMG, Nate Robinson is playing so well that LB has benched Marbury. INSANITY!

OMG, Nate Robinson is playing so well that LB has benched Marbury. INSANITY!

I can see LB and Marbury coming to physical blows any day now.

I must say, I LOVE the fact that NY is a total mess.

Dallas lost in NJ... we're back on top again

Dallas lost in NJ... we're back on top again
It's nice to remember that other teams lose as well. There is no such thing as perfection.

It's nice to remember that other teams lose as well. There is no such thing as perfection.
Perspective is highly overrated. Climb on down here into the navel with the rest of us and have a gaze. :eyebrows:

I like the way panic gets the endorphines going.

If anybody cares to see the exact opposite of Detroit's managerial approach, check out this article (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/basketball/mavs/stories/031906dnspomavsbreakup.21bc258.html) describing why Don Nelson and Mark Cuban broke up their relationship in Dallas.

A highlight:

Cuban and (Avery) Johnson talk all the time. If the owner misses a game, Johnson will e-mail or phone. Cuban calls the relationship a beautiful thing. "For me, one of the healthiest things about the organization is our relationship," Johnson said. "That's one of the great things about where we are now. We communicate.

"Nellie would always complain about Mark being around the huddles. Mark being around the huddles gave him a chance to see what I do strategically, see how I communicate, hear how I handle adversity, hear how I discipline, see what plays I draw up in the last seconds of a game.
"Had he not been around, I don't know if his comfort level would have been as high to hire me as coach."

That is pretty interesting. It takes a certain personality to put up with a hands-on owner like Mark Cuban.

How the hell did Charlie Villanueva score 48 points?????

How the hell did Charlie Villanueva score 48 points?????
Charlie V > Many players taken before him in that draft. He's a baller.

Charlie FREAKING Bell is UNCONCIOUS!

The dude is the 3rd PG in Milwaukee, Bucks up 128-106 over Phoenix, Bell has 19 PTS, 13 AST. IN 33 MINUTES!

On Sunday he had 18 + 11.

3rd string PG. WOW!

Bucks play a great second game of a back-to-back last night. They were really strong in the second half, beating Indiana. I can't understand starting TJ Ford after Bell has done such a good job recently, but Redd was an absolute monster scoring 39 points.

If not for injuries, Terry Stotts would be a Coach of the Year candidate.

Bucks play a great second game of a back-to-back last night. They were really strong in the second half, beating Indiana. I can't understand starting TJ Ford after Bell has done such a good job recently, but Redd was an absolute monster scoring 39 points.

If not for injuries, Terry Stotts would be a Coach of the Year candidate.

..also Bucks set an NBA record with just 2 total turnovers the entire game.

Btw, the Pacers just dropped another game (now a dismal 35-37 w/the 7th seed) and are currently at risk of dropping out of the playoffs if we can get a run out of Philly and Chicago.

Philly is a game and a half behind Indiana.

Chicago is two and a half games back from the Pacers.

How ironic would that be? Jermaine O'Neal claims his team can beat the Pistons with him on it, he returns, and his team proceeds to fall out of the playoff picture. LMAO!

Holy Cow, Mike James is loosing his ferkin mind right now.

He's being interviewed by the Toronto media, and he's freaking out. They are on him about his last two bad shooting nights. Seriously, he's insane.

He makes Raging Bull Ron Artest look like a thorazine addict.

He's doing a Terrel Owens/Mike Tyson bit. Wow. No wonder Joe never re-signed him. The guy is gonzo. I wish I had recorded it! :frusty:

I am who I am, and wherever I play, I'm gunna be an absolute terror on this league for the next 5 years! He tried to talk down Chauncey when they asked him about trying too hard to score, (5 for 25 on Sunday), saying that Chauncey has less pressure on him because his teammates are so good. So does that mean the Raptors are really bad? I mean, we know that, but you don't throw your teammates under the bus if you want to be a leader.

All of my Raptors buddies are none too enthused about Mike James right now. Even a layman can tell you he's playing for a contract, not to win. And it's BLATANT. You can definitely see how this guy could rub people the wrong way off the court.

Looks like the Bulls came back on the Pacers tonight.... they were down 17 points with apprx 10 minutes left in the game.

Starting to look more like a Bulls matchup in the first round

BTW, this is a nice story about Shaquille O'Neal (http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/5491738?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=73) and his fourth-grade teacher.

NBA Roundup!

Zaza Pachulia lead the Hawks over the Heat, absolutely abusing Michael Doleac and scoring 18 points with 8-8 from the FT line. The Hawks doubled their win total from last season. Wayne Simien played 27 minutes for Miami but was unable to put up Jason Maxiell type numbers, showing why the Pistons passed on him. LOL.

The Nets beat Philly 91-88, Jacque Vaughan played 38 minutes to help rest JKidd. In THIRTY EIGHT minutes, he had 13 assists, but took ZERO shots. He scored 0 points. In THIRTY EIGHT minutes. But the Nets' reserves are kinda scary. Lamond Murray had a renaissance game scoring 19 and Bostjan Nachbar had 14 off the bench.

Wiz beat the Bucks as both Arenas and Redd scored 43 points for their team. Combined, that's more than 81. Maybe they should be MVPs.

Clips dropped their second in a row, tonight it was the Grizzbomb. Vin Baker got his first start since January 2004. Hakim Warrick started and played like crap, definitely showing that too many teams passed over Jason Maxiell for these no talent wannabees.

As I write this, the Sonics are up 5 on the Kings. Artist and Reef are having bad games. But hey, Shareef Abdur Rahim finally breaks his streak of never getting to the playoffs, so this is all really just gravy right? Btw, Johan Petro and Francisco Garcia are stinking up the joint, further proof that Joe made the right call grabbing JMax were he did. All of those other GMs have no idea who they let slip through their fingers.

THE BRAHMA, BABY!

Now this (http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/04/24/features_buzzandsundayextra-24bztattoos-04-24.html)is a funny story.


MARQUIS DANIELS of the Dallas Mavericks thought he was getting his initials in Chinese characters, but what his arm actually says is "healthy woman roof," Tang said. Similarly, Shawn Marion of the Phoenix Suns was under the impression that his nickname, "The Matrix," was tattooed on his leg, but Tang says the inscription translates as something like "demon bird moth balls."

With Sac blowing out the Spurs tonight they should be up 3 games to 1 now (gave away one in S.A.)... they can't matchup up with Ronnie.
Intersting series... Sac looked like they were headed to the lotto before "the trade".
Funniest play was watching Brad Miller make a cross over and hang for a shot (got two dollars under his shoes)

Arenas' Press Conference Comments:
He said....word for word....
"Hey, this is the LeBron James show, and we are all witnesses."

PRICELESS!!!