Happy New Year! As before, let’s take a look back at the month in review…
Eastern Conference Player of the Month – Dwight Howard. This guy is a defensive machine. Not only is he leading the league in rebounds and blocks, check this: over the December, he averaged 14.4 rebounds and 3.5 blocks a game. His defensive play has carried the Magic to a solid 9-4 record in the month of December. I might get some flack for this pick , but remember what your high school coach taught you – …
For those of you who didn’t know, there were a few games on the NBA schedule on Thursday night before the ball dropped on 2009. Check out wrap-ups for each of these five games with a little addition to close out the decade!
Thunder 87, Jazz 86
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: Good teams find ways to win close games.
Did I just say the Thunder were a good team? I think I did. OKC won their fifth straight game on Thursday night, their longest such streak since the …
The end of 2009 is not only the end of a year; it includes the end of a decade. Despite there only being a handful of dominant teams in the league during the last 10 years, there has been a tremendous amount of superstar players and memorable moments. The NBAtoday.net staff has their fair share of memories from the last decade ranging from the best players to personal recollections.
All-Decade Starting Squad
10 years, 5 players. It’s hard enough to pick the best player at each position for this season, let alone …
It all started as a normal trip to a New Jersey Nets game.
The night was planned as usual: get to the IZOD Center right before tip-off, choose some upgraded upper level seats instead of my normal crappy season tickets, watch the Nets trail slightly at the half, watch the Nets get embarrassed in the third quarter, watch the Nets lose in a blowout, and drive home.
Turns out JB and I were in for a treat that we could not have expected.
After sitting in some exciting NJ Turnpike traffic, JB and …
Suns 116, Celtics 98
No Paul Pierce, no Kevin Garnett, big problem. The Celtics, without two of their big three, were no match for the run and gun Suns. Amare Stoudemire had a big first half scoring 18 of his 26 points while grabbing 7 rebounds in the process. Channing Frye provided the second half spark scoring 26 points, as well shooting a red hot six of ten from downtown, and grabbing ten rebounds. Steve Nash had a quiet night scoring 11 points and dishing out 8 dimes.
Eddie House led the …
Cavs 106, Hawks 101
Going into this game, LeBron James was 0-3 when playing on his his birthday. Today, he celebrated it in style. James had 48 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks on the night he turned twenty-five. The Cavaliers were down by as many as 9 points in the third quarter but fought back in the fourth outscoring the Hawks 29 to 16 to pull away with a five point win and a sweep of the home and home series. With the score tied at …
Last Monday Shooter, Basher, and myself (JB) went to see the Oklahoma City Thunder square off against the New Jersey Nets. We had a blast and Kevin Durant put on a show. Here is a video I made from that night. Enjoy.
-JB
