Ballin’: Oh Look, Jeremy Lin is Dunking on People Again
Houston 111, Sacramento 117: Can’t lose this game if you want to hold onto that 8th and final playoff spot, Houston. The Kings shot 55 percent on 3-pointers, 96 percent from the line, and despite only eight minutes from Jimmer Fredette, were able to hold off James Harden (30 points) and the Rockets. Isaiah Thomas of the Kings scored 17 in the 4th.
Oklahoma City 97, Phoenix 69: Thabo Sefolosha was +38 in only 34 minutes, which is pretty good, right? Friday, the Thunder beat the Suns by 31 at home, so elementary math tells me the Thunder beat the Suns by a combined 59 points in three days.
LA Clippers 102, New York 88: The Paper Clips owned the 4th, nobody other than ‘Melo (42 points) and Felton (20) could score for the Knicks, and the now-healthy Pacific Division-leaders removed the stench from Friday’s loss in Miami. CP3 put on a show (25 points, seven assists, one turnover), and former Knick Jamal Crawford (27 points) lit up the Garden. The Knicks are just 11-8 this calendar year.
Boston 118, Denver 114, 3 OT: The Celtics still haven’t lost since Rajon Rondo lost. Jason Terry scored 26, Paul Pierce had a monster triple double in 54 minutes (27 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists) and took down the hot Nuggets. Have to bet on Charlotte tonight at home against Boston, right? No way the fossils cover … right?
Toronto 102, New Orleans 89: Any shot the Raptors make a run at the 8th seed in the East with Rudy Gay? Probably not, but it’ll be just as exciting watching the team handle DeMar DeRozan’s reaction to taking many fewer shots (only 3-of-7), while Gay is hoisting away (20 points, 19 shots). Austin Rivers watch, because you care: 4-of-6, nine points in 23 minutes. How rough of a rookie year has he had? He’s hitting 54 percent of FTs. Much worse than the 65 percent he made last year at Duke.
Orlando 110, Portland 104: The Magic’s 12-game losing streak is over. Nikola Vucevic, the steal of the Howard-Bynum blockbuster, scored 17 points and collected 19 rebounds. JJ Redick came off the bench to make 9-of-13 shots. He’s getting traded before the deadline, right? Portland rookie Damian Lillard, the runaway leader for rookie of the year, shot 1-of-16. How soon before the Lakers pass the Blazers for 9th in the West?
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February 11th, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Oh my.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Howard’s father had this to say over the weekend: “Dwight hasn’t said anything about Atlanta, either. But he likes home. I think he would love to end his career here, even though he hasn’t said that publicly.”
Come home, Dwight. I’ll forget every bad thing I’ve ever said about you.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Come home, Dwight. I’ll forget every bad thing I’ve ever said about you.
and immediately start anew
February 11th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Mike Woodson is brutal. Zeke was better than this guy. He stays with the silly switching defense no matter how much it gets exploited. He literally knows nothing else.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
AUstin Rivers, nine points! My Pelijazz!
February 11th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
/ OT
Saw this headline this morning:
“Pope shocks the world with retirement”
See, athletes everywhere, that is when this phrase is used correctly.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Come home, Dwight. I’ll forget every bad thing I’ve ever said about you.
and immediately start anew
Regardless of where he goes next, I don’t think he’ll ever avoid being involved in drama.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Outscored the last four* opponents by 101 points (455-354).
* Counting each Suns game
February 11th, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Ohhh the preemptive strike! Good looks Jace
February 11th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Cory Lidle was once the runway leader for rookie of the year.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:20 AM
I think you are confusing “despite” with “because”
February 11th, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Ronny Carlton, MVP and ROY.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
based on his personnel, what is the alternative? Speaking of Zeke, players of the week last week? Nate Robinson and David Lee. Leading sixth man of the year candidate who came back to the Garden yesterday and did work? Jamal Crawford.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:43 AM
Talented and fun to watch, but the guy is a serious chucker. Although thats how I feel about almost everyone on the Clipper roster.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Plus, he is a terrible defender.
February 11th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Isaiah was a pretty good talent evaluator of mid-tier NBA talent – David Lee, Nate Rob, Balkman (was okay for a bit), Ariza, Wilson Chandler, etc.
His problem was that he had no sense of how to build a competent roster, and was a horrible judge of “superstar” NBA talent – Starbury, Francis, Eddy Curry, etc.
February 11th, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Rondo’s torn ACL for MVP!!
February 11th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Not nearly enough consideration of personality/work ethic
Fits the sixth man role perfectly
February 11th, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Same switching D in Atlanta too. Despite the fact he had good defensive personnel with Joe Johnson, Smith, Horford, etc. Exactly why I didn’t want him hired. And switching Tyson Chandler onto Chris Paul isn’t a personnel issue. It’s a poor schematics issue.
February 11th, 2013 at 12:42 PM
this is true.
Marbury was supertar NBA talent. Curry was a risk based on his potential heart condition and his previous questionable work ethic before his breakout year. The Bulls were ready to re-sign him contingent on DNA testing for his condition. Francis was a trade made to appease Larry Brown who wanted no part of Trevor Ariza….I’m not saying that this team was good enough to win a championship, but the purpose of that team was to stay somewhat competitive while rebuilding. Isiah had a plan. Hell, he turned Channing Frye into Zach Randolph. It just so happened that those young players were all caught in the crossfire of the Marbury/Thomas-Larry Brown beef, and when the Brown loving media took up the cause of Brown being fired, it was all done. Tellingly, they were silent when Donnie Walsh decided to throw away 2 years just on the hope of LeBron James being interested in playing for the Knicks.
February 11th, 2013 at 12:48 PM
You have a point, especially with Atlanta. But with the Knicks as they are built, I can’t imagine them lasting long chasing through screens.
February 11th, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Eventually landed Anthony, so it wasn’t all bad
February 11th, 2013 at 12:57 PM
He was also a risk based on being a poor player. Couldn’t rebound, couldn’t defend his own shadow. His best feature – his low post offense – was also a negative because he was a turnover machine and couldn’t shoot free throws. Zeke was an abomination as a gm no matter how much cherry picking is done on his behalf.
February 11th, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Make that trade for another small forward. That leaves Smith, Shumpert, and the new guy to chase twos and threes
February 11th, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Walsh made a lot of mistakes but his saving grace was he managed the cap well. And being in NYC, that resulted in a 23 win team being a playoff team in 2 years.
February 11th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
You really expect me to believe this was Donne Walsh’s plan, and not James Dolan’s?
In this case, it looks like you’re finding the wrong white guy to blame.
February 11th, 2013 at 2:01 PM
Not really. He had some hits and some misses. The latter were of the expensive variety, however, which is the reason he’s still being vilified.
February 11th, 2013 at 2:10 PM
He was also a risk based on being a poor player. Couldn’t rebound, couldn’t defend his own shadow. His best feature – his low post offense – was also a negative because he was a turnover machine and couldn’t shoot free throws. Zeke was an abomination as a gm no matter how much cherry picking is done on his behalf.
i think it was curry scott skiles was referring to when a reporter asked a question about how curry could rebound better. skiles said ‘jump’
February 11th, 2013 at 2:32 PM
It was Scott Layden’s fault, it was Isiah Thomas’ fault, but when it comes to Donnie Walsh, it was James Dolan’s fault when Dolan is the common denominator for all 3? In this case it sounds like I offended someone by holding their favorite white guy to the same disdain that others in his position received, when he had the worst performance of the 3.
February 11th, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Plus Curry had some redeemable talent worth taking a risk for. The worst signing Thomas made was for Jerome James.
February 11th, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Fuck that shit, I could care less about Donnie Walsh. I’d be happy to blame James Dolan for everything, and most of it probably is his fault. I agree he is the reason the Knicks have been one of the NBA’s least successful since 2000.
But blaming Layden and Thomas for their moves / drafting is not the same as blaming Walsh for an organization wide decision to put all their chips in for Lebron. Could it of been Walsh’s choice? Probably, but I choose to believe that was likely a decision pushed by a higher-up, particularly when you look at who ended up bitching about it most when Lebron said no.
Have at Walsh’s poor record of player acquisition and drafting all you want. That’s a more apt way to criticize someone than for the failed run at LBJ.
Also, given everything known about the Dolan/Thomas relationship and I don’t think it is remotely a stretch to say that working relationship was likely vastly different than Dolan/Walsh or Dolan/Layden. Probably for the dertriment.
February 11th, 2013 at 2:44 PM
curry’s talent would never be realized because of his amazing laziness. the man became an obese professional basketball player
February 11th, 2013 at 2:53 PM
I don’t give a damn about him failing to acquire LeBron. My problem is that every bad decision he made in regards to the draft and player acquisition was in the hopes that they would be lucky enough to get LeBron to want to sign with the Knicks. That was the 2 plus season plan. Dolan historically has stayed out of way of who he hires, and out of the limelight in general, so there is no reason for me to believe he was any different with Walsh as those characteristics never changed. The ironic thing is the only time Dolan ever pulled rank is when he made it known he wanted the Anthony trade to be made immediately. For all of the bad moves this dude Walsh made, he wanted to wait until he had the opportunity to acquire a superstar to become conservative in the hopes of hanging on to the likes of Gallinari and Moskov with the hopes that Denver wouldn’t be able to pull off a trade with anyone else and the assumed certainty that Anthony would automatically sign with the Knicks in the offseason.
February 11th, 2013 at 3:01 PM
I can’t argue against the result. I have my opinions on how he arrived there, but the result is the result. Hw was lazy and obese.
February 11th, 2013 at 3:29 PM
Scott Layden sucked. Isaiah Thomas sucked. Donnie Walsh sucked.