Heat 90, Wizards 76
Down 49-41 at half, Dwyane Wade decided he would do whatever he needed to do to win this game.  He scored 29 of his game high 41 in the second half to help the Heat (6-1) remain in first place in the Southeast Division by beating the Wizards(2-6), 90-76.  In addition to his 41 points, Wade grabbed 5 rebounds, dished out 5 assists, and recorded 3 steals.  Wade and fellow guard Mario Chalmers forced Gilbert Arenas to commit 12 turnovers, a franchise record.  Arenas also struggled from …

Trailblazers 115, Timberwolves 93
The Timberwolves dropped their sixth straight game, 115-93, at the hands of Andre Miller and the Blazers Sunday night. Miller led the Blazers with team high 21 points and helped improve his team to 4-3.
The T-Wolves had no answer for the balanced Blazer attack as five Trailblazers scored double digits including 19 from Travis Outlaw off the bench.
Nate Jawai led the way for Minnesota giving a solid 16 off the bench and Big Al Jefferson gave his nightly double double with 12 and 10. The Timberwolves are …

 
Hawks 125, Nuggets 100
The Atlanta Hawks rebounded nicely after Friday’s loss but handed Denver their second consecutive loss tonight and as a matter of fact it was a blowout.  Carmelo Anthony struggled again from the floor going 7-21 and as usual did great from the line going 15-18.  The Nuggets were just 2-10 from 3 while the Hawks were 8-19 and shot 51.7% overall from the field.  Josh Smith was the man for the Hawks tonight; he scored 22 points, had 9 rebounds, dished out 7 assists and amazingly had 6 blocks …

Houston 113, Utah 96
After only leading by 1 going into the fourth quarter, the Houston Rockets caught fire.
Led by some impressive shooting out of rookie Chase Budinger, the Rockets outscored the Jazz  24-6 to start the 4th. Budinger finished with 17 points on 7-11 shooting.
The Jazz suffered due to poor three point shooting and 19 turnovers, including 5 from Mehmet Okur. Deron Williams had 18 points and 8 assists in defeat.

Stat #1 of the Night: Feels like yesterday…Rockets did something on Monday night they haven’t done in 2 years: Win …

 Spurs 113, Kings 94
The Kings (0-3) continue to struggle this season after losing to the Spurs (2-1) in San Antonio.  The Kings have roughly 28 power forwards on their team, but unfortunately for them they can only play 3-4 a game.  Their interior defense is just pathetic and they allowed the Spurs to shoot 58.1% overall and 50% from 3 point land (8-16).  The Spurs were led by Tony Parker who had 24 points and 7 assists.  Richard Jefferson had his breakout game for the Spurs scoring 21 points.
Clown of the game: …

Nuggets 114 , Jazz 105
Without the suspended JR Smith; Renaldo Balkman, Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups took the game into their own hands. Melo torched the Jazz (0-1) for 30 points while Chauncey added 25 for the Denver Nuggets (1-0).  Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer had double-doubles for the Jazz.  The Nuggets picked up the intensity in the 4th quarter outscoring the Jazz 32-25 to pull away.
JB’s Hustle Hero of the Game: Ty Lawson.  Without JR Smith, Ty Lawson played more than he thought he would.  In 26 minutes, Lawson …