Heat 92, Hawks 75

In tonight’s NBATV special, the Hawks came out incredibly flat, while the Heat came out firing on all cylinders and never looked back. Miami had a 16 point lead entering the second quarter, while Michael Beasley poured in 20 of his 22 total points in the first half. In the second half, Dwyane Wade finished the deal with 28 points and 8 rebounds. The bad news for Atlanta is that they’ve now lost four straight.
Jamal Crawford had a solid 23 points off the bench, but it obviously wasn’t …

Monday
Boston @ Memphis – Memphis is coming off an absolute stomping of Miami and have been playing great basketball in their past four games. Rudy Gay and Marc Gasol are looking like a legitamite 1-2 punch for years to come.
They run into a very hot Celtics team who have won ten in a row.  Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen have shed their early season struggles and Rajon Rondo is still improving with every game.  The Celtics now have the best record in the league and are definitely the team to …

After making headlines and creating a lot of ‘hoop’la (pun absolutely intended) during last year’s All-Star Game in Phoenix, in regard to joining the squad for the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest, LeBron James is now taking back his word. After Wednesday night’s game against the Suns, James said he is now only “50-50″ in terms of his chances of participating in the event.
We all know what that means – there is NO WAY he is doing this event. Just from personal experience, and I’m sure each of you can vouch …

He’s back. I’m not talking about the classic ‘Alice Cooper’ song, but instead the return of one of the greatest small guards to ever play the game…Allen Iverson. Not only is A.I. back, but he’s back in Philly where he belongs. When Duts broke the news earlier this morning, instead of adding to his information like I was supposed to do (as the staff Sixers’ fan), I was busy looking up YouTube videos of A.I.’s greatness, while bumping his classic hip hop hit, ’40 Bars.’ Allen is scheduled to play …

In not surprising news, the Nets General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe will fire Head Coach Lawrence Frank if they lose, correction, when they lose to the LA Lakers tonight and tie the worst start of a season in NBA history. Despite all of the losses, blame should not be solely put on Frank due to constant injury problems and tough schedule, second toughest to the Chicago Bulls. They have lost 4 games by three points or less, and two of them by heartbreaking buzzer beaters.
On the other side, they have not …

Thunder 108, Bucks 90
The most anticipated game of the week was not a matchup of star teams or top contenders, but it was the matchup of young stars – specifically Brandon Jennings and Kevin Durant – that caught the eye of the NBAtoday.net staff. Though this game was a sort of disappointment, the Thunder showed us flashes of absolute upside and a high ceiling of potential.
No matter what matchup you look at from this game, it was nearly dominated by the Thunder.
Jennings was kept in check on 3-11 shooting and …

On the day of thanks, we all should be happy to spend time with our family, drink a little too much wine, build up a Christmas lists for Black Friday’s shopping nightmare, and of course, watch big time NBA match-ups while devouring an immense amount of turkey meat and stuffing.
Today, the NBA is graciously supplying us with two great games , and due to yours truly, will preview these Holiday match-ups:
8:00pm TNT
Magic at Hawks

Athleticism vs. Power
In a NBAtoday.net podcast game preview, The surging Hawks (11-3) host the Magic …