This is The Basher filling in for The Ref and I’ll warn you right now my power rankings won’t have to do too much with in depth stats like The Ref but more about how good teams actually are and how they are playing at the time.
1. Cleveland – As much as I hate to admit it the Cavs are still the best REGULAR season team due to the NBA’s MVP LeBron James.
2. Los Angeles (Lakers) – Despite the Mavs recent surge I still think head to head the Lakers …
Bucks 98, Pacers 94
Don’t look now, but the Bucks have another winning streak going. Tonight they did just enough to win as they edged out the dismal Pacers 98 to 94. Jerry Stackhouse led the Bucks with twenty points off the bench. Andrew Bogut scored himself another double-double putting in 18 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Rookie Brandon Jennings had a stat-filler type with 8 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. There is not much left to say about the Pacers who fell to 7-29 on the road …
Knicks 128, Mavericks 94
Wow.
I turned on this game with 5 minutes left in the game, and I have to say that the score I saw was the ABSOLUTE opposite of what I was expecting. Why would I think that? Well, maybe you’ll recall a massive beat down over a month ago in New York in which the Mavericks beat the Knicks by 50! So, naturally, I would expect the Mavericks, a team on a 13-game win streak and on their home floor, to win by 34, not the Knicks.
So what …
Nuggets 102, Hornets 95
Down two going into the fourth, Carmelo Anthony saved his best for last. Melo scored twelve of his thirty two points in the final frame. Melo and Chauncey Billups helped break an 86 to 86 tie with six minutes to go outscoring the Hornets by nine in that stretch. Billups ended up with 27 points and Nene added 17 points and 12 rebounds. As much as I want to talk about the Nuggets winning this game, I cannot help but notice that both New Orleans Hornets …
Lakers 102, Suns 96
Show of hands: how many people here thought the Lakers were washed up and falling fast after their three-game losing streak last week? Ok, now how many people here hate the Lakers?
Yeah, I’d bet it was the same people keeping their hands up for both, and boy are they disappointed; because the Lakers are focused and back on track after a big road win against the Suns.
Guess who stepped up for the Lakers in their big road win. Who else, but Kobe (yes, I am going to …
I know many of you were much more concerned with your respective college conference tournament (for me, its the Big East), but believe it or not, there was basketball Thursday night. Unlike the Big East bracket, no surprises here. I’ll point out some major takeaways from the TNT Thursday games.
Blazers 110, Warriors 105
- When a team scores 9 points in a quarter, something is W-R-O-N-G. Sadly, it wasn’t Golden State’s worst scoring quarter of the year, let alone their franchise (they only scored 2 points in a quarter against Toronto …
Grizzlies 111, Celtics 91
The Celtics lose by 20 at home, yet again, and looked terrible in the process. The Grizzly Bears have now won a franchise best 7 consecutive road games with Rudy Gay leading the way. Gay had 28 points on 10-18 shooting to go along with 8 rebounds. He also had a few nice acrobatic dunks to silent the Boston crowd. This game was never really a game and the lead was double digits for most of the night.
Marcus Williams, yes that Marcus Williams, had 16 points and …
