Ballin’: Gerald Green Dunked on the Jazz After Spending an Eternity Hanging in Mid-Air
Indiana 104, Utah 84: Questions for Gerald Green after this dunk: How’d you stay in the air so long? What are your leg workouts like? Do you think you could put your chin on the rim? Not have your chin touch the rim, but literally place your chin on the rim as if it were a plate on a table. Green scored 21 points, Paul George and George Hill split 40, and the Jazz tallied just eight points in the 2nd quarter.
Oklahoma City 100, Atlanta 92: Kevin Durant dropped 41 points on the Hawks, and the Thunder have won 12 straight (21-4, best record in the NBA). Kyle Korver never had a chance, but I was more impressed with the way Durant blocked Josh Smith, then ran the floor, took a hard foul and scored. Reminder: Kevin Durant just turned 24.
I get that the night was all about Durant, but no guard drops my jaw nightly with athletic plays like Russell Westbrook (27 points). Point guards have never been able to do this:
Boston 103, Cleveland 91: I thought I could chalk up my missed Cavs prediction to Kyrie’s injury, but everytime I watch this team, it is truly awful. Byron Scott may need to fear for his job if things don’t turn around soon. Paul Pierce scored an efficient 40 (13-of-16 FGs, 6-7 three-pointers, 8-8 free throws).
LA Clippers 93, New Orleans 77: No Blake Griffin highlight, sorry. But DeAndre Jordan caught a nice alley-oop. The Paper Clips are Parker Lewis. Can’t lose! I heard that at a Blackjack table once. Funny stuff. Anyway, that’s 11 wins in a row.
Phoenix 121, Charlotte 104: The Bobcats have lost 13 games in a row, but Kemba Walker continues to play very well (27 points, six assists). Rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had the best game of his rookie year – 25 points, 12 rebounds. The Suns started Jared Dudley (20 points) and Shannon Brown (26 points), and combined, those two shot 9-of-15 on three-pointers. Phoenix made 17 of them.
New York 100, Brooklyn 86: Melo’s back, Chandler is a dunking machine, and I can’t wait for someone to write about how Ray Felton tanked in Portland last year just to get out of there. Looks like a completely different player.
Houston 125, Philadelphia 103: No Bynum, no Holiday … it’s getting ugly for the 76ers. That’s five losses in a row. At what point does Doug Collins move Evan Turner to point guard with Holiday out? Sorry, rookie Maalik Wayns isn’t ready. James Harden scored 33 for the Rockets, and Asik scored 17 points and took 15 rebounds.

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December 20th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Strong performance from Rivers again. 1-4 from the field, zero assists, three turnovers, in twenty-one minutes. Efficient.
December 20th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Listened to the Simmons/Zach Lowe pod on the way into work this morning…apparently there are Varejao for Perkins/picks/ballast rumors going around? Would Durant/Westbrook/Ibaka/Varejao/Sefolosha be able to take LeBron/Wade/Bosh/Battier/Allen (or do they play Chalmers down the stretch?) in crunch time of an NBA Finals?
December 20th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
He’s making a run at Kareem’s record. Could average 40 a game if they needed him to shoot like Kobe.
December 20th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
ummmm, perhaps a tiny oversight, but Toronto beat the Pistons last night for their FOURTH win in a row!!!!
/Free Bargnani
December 20th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
You are literally giving us too much material to work with. I have no idea where to begin.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
jayhawk88 – Bosh historically does okay against Andy V. It would belp OKC but I don’t think it necessarily would help them vs. MIA.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
BUT HIS CROSSOVER IS INCREDIBLE AND HIS DAD IS DOC RIVERS AND HIS CROSSOVER IS INCREDIBLE
December 20th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
He’s shooting a lower percentage this year and has fewer assists per 36 minutes. Has he been better than last year? Perhaps. He’s definitely jacking up more shots despite his sub 40 percent shooting.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Wow. That one trade, Perkins, Lamb, Jones and the TOR 1 for Andy. I would do that. OKC gets the best player but CLE gets the better value. Both teams win a little and lose a little, good trade.
The guy from the OKC paper not wanting to risk their long-term assets – that’s an idiotic position.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Felton will not lead the Knicks anywhere in the playoffs…
December 20th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
He won’t have to lead.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Melo should make a ‘stop shooting’ video and drop it off at Felton’s locker.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Felton is 13th in the league in Field Goal Attempts per game.
And yet the Knicks are still winning, so I don’t think it’s a problem at this point.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Again, please limit yourself to 17 comments.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: this site is sorely lacking in dunk videos.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Gerald Green Dunked on the Jazz
Eh, wouldn’t crack Robert Pack’s top 10.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
I get it that Melo is the leader but any team with Felton playing an integral part is a team with an early exit.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Felton isn’t turning the ball over and is running the heck out of that pick and roll offense, which means defenses still respect him enough to not fall back on the role and leave him wide open. He has been effective this year.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
He’s fine if he just plays his role. But he’s had these games specifically against Lin and also the Nets where he’s out of control. I absolutely loathed him the first time around just because of games like this. The best thing about his play this year is he doesn’t turn the ball over but still makes me anxious.
I’m still not ready to concede Knicks made the right call with picking him over Lin. Felton is so mediocre.
December 20th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Dudley although undersized is 1000 times better at SF than Beez. Also wherever Shannon Brown learned to shoot please send Kendall Marshall there.
December 20th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
I had no idea what this meant. So I looked it up. The IMDB description explains why TBL would reference it:
Almost certainly the words “gear is weak” were uttered on that show at some point.
December 20th, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Hampered by playing in the Duke “System” with Coach K.
/Irving’d