Hawks 109, Lakers 92
Suddenly, after this 2-3 road trip, the Lakers look beatable, don’t they?  The Hawks smacked them around all night and got contributions of double-digit scoring from 7 players including 3 off the bench (Crawford, Pachulia and Evans) while Joe Johnson poured in 25 points to go along with 8 assists.  The Lakers defense just wasn’t present tonight as they allowed the Hawks to shoot 54% from the field.  Atlanta outrebounded, outassisted and out-less-turned-over the ball than the Lakers (they only had 5 compared to the Lakers 11).  Naturally …

Bobcats 95, Wizards 86
Al Thornton’s three pointer with eight seconds left in regulation knotted the game up at 82 points a piece, forcing overtime.  From there the Charlotte Bobcats outscored the Washington Wizards by nine points to come away with a win on the road.  Gerald Wallace led the Bobcats with an impressive 17 points, 19 rebounds, and 3 steals.  Boris Diaw also added 17 and Stephen Jackson chipped in with 16 points as well.  Mike Miller held it down for the Wizards scoring 15 points and JaVale McGee added …

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 …

What is the point of doing wrap ups tonight? Half of the teams didn’t even show up. Hey, somebody’s gotta do it.
Well here we go…
Cleveland 124, New York 93
Well, this game was over during warm ups, seriously, New York, why even show up. You give up 38 points in the first and then follow that up with 36 in the 2nd. Stellar work gentlemen, you make me proud to support such a solid group of guys. You allow everybody that gets into the game to …

Cavs 105, Hornets 95
Newly acquired Cavalier Antawn Jamison scored 18 points while LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal both put in 20 points as the Cavs snap their losing streak at three games.  LeBron also added 13 assists as the Cavs survived a forty point quarter by the New Orleans Hornets.  Rookie, Marcus Thornton, had 23 of his career high 37 points in that second quarter.  Thornton scored all but four of the Hornets points off the bench.  The Hornets are finding out that they have a solid back up point …

Bucks 83, Knicks 67
After the deadline, the Knicks played with a lot of energy in their first game, against the red-hot Thunder. Well, that energy was absent in this one as the Bucks beat the Knicks pretty handily. Rather than bash the Knicks for sucking, I think most can agree to chalk this up to dealing with new players getting used to each other and Coach D’Antoni’s system. It also didn’t help New York that Andrew Bogut had 24 points and 20 rebounds. Tracy McGrady had a solid 15 points, …

Saturday night had seven games on the NBA schedule, but there was really only one game that stood out before and after the day. I have to say it lived up to its billing, so I will give the game it’s due, followed by some speed wrap-ups afterwards. Enjoy!
Thunder 121, Knicks 118 (OT)

In case you’re wondering which game I planned on giving the spotlight to, this is it. The close score and the ‘OT’ don’t even due this game justice. Let’s get to it…!
The Garden was rockin on Saturday night …