Any of you who follow on Slack (surely that's everyone right?) will have seen my recent comments on Tim Duncan. Let's start with that. Tim Duncan is a stand-up guy and a top 10 all-time player for sure. He may be the best PF of all time (only may, personally I think he's just holding that honour for Lebron to take from him) and as Stan put it, he's the best PF/C of all time. I've got no issues with it, but I think we are all too easily swayed by media and personality types on these professional athletes. Tim Duncan is a great player and from what I can tell from the way he plays and what people say he's a good guy too; but lets really put it in perspective, he played the game he loves and he took home more in some seasons than the rest of us will ever see in our lifetimes. Someone who gives their only dollar is more generous than someone who knocks a bit of there wealth.
Again, I love Duncan, I have him in this league after all in Utah, but he's a professional basketball player not a saint of course. On the converse there's always those Kobe hits. Kobe is a driven personality that makes him somewhat of an a-hole. He didn't take a massive pay-cut in his last couple of years, but was that really his fault on any level? The negotiations would have been between the management and the rep. I seriously doubt that Kobe was 'holding out' for a better offer with his last contract. I'll ask you this, if you were offered triple your current payroll to do the same job, knowing that your (huge) departmental budget would suffer would you say no? Would you say I'll take a fraction of that? I highly doubt it, most of us may consider holding still, heck I've moved job for less pay and more satisfaction, but I've never stayed in the same job and agreed to take a pay hit for the good of the company. Are these mega-contracts a mistake? Probably, in fact we're overpaying all our sports people because we're overpaying for sports, but this is pure economics, not good guy or bad guy stuff unless we read what the press gives us.
Meh, on to the games!
Injuries
Dave DeJernett 1
Gary Trent 4
Marvin Barnes 1
David Robinson 1
TOTAL RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Elton Brand -- ORL 49 SYR 40.5 5
2. Mark Aguirre -- ORL 49 SYR 37.1 5
3. Walt Bellamy -- SDQ 49 CAR 32.5 4
4. Earl Monroe -- POR 49 HOU 28.2 4
5. Chauncey Billups -- CLE 49 DEN 27.0 3
6. Cliff Robinson -- CAR 49 SDQ 26.4 3
7. Blake Griffin -- OKC 49 NJA 25.6 2
8. John Wall -- ORL 49 SYR 22.5 2
9. Al Horford -- OAK 49 VIR 21.8 1
10. Fat Lever -- SAS 49 DET 21.8 1
OFFENSIVE RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Elton Brand -- ORL 49 SYR 35.1 5
2. Mark Aguirre -- ORL 49 SYR 33.8 5
3. Earl Monroe -- POR 49 HOU 27.2 4
4. Blake Griffin -- OKC 49 NJA 24.3 4
5. Chauncey Billups -- CLE 49 DEN 23.8 3
6. Walt Bellamy -- SDQ 49 CAR 22.3 3
7. Terry Dischinger -- NJA 49 OKC 21.0 2
8. Cliff Robinson -- CAR 49 SDQ 20.8 2
9. John Wall -- ORL 49 SYR 20.2 1
10. Tom Heinsohn -- SDQ 49 CAR 19.1 1
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NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Walt Bellamy -- SDQ 49 CAR 10.2 5
2. Bobby Jones -- MIA 49 TOR 9.3 5
3. David West -- KEN 49 PHO 8.4 4
4. Richie Guerin -- KEN 49 PHO 8.1 4
5. Anthony Davis -- SAS 49 DET 8.0 3
6. Marcus Camby -- CLE 49 DEN 8.0 3
7. Fat Lever -- SAS 49 DET 7.8 2
8. Joe Lapchick -- TOR 49 MIA 7.4 2
9. Wilt Chamberlain -- ORL 49 SYR 7.3 1
10. Rudy Tomjanovich -- OKC 49 NJA 7.2 1
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(21- 8) Houston Rockets 34 30 32 35 - 131 (Chris Paul 19)
(11-18) Portland Trailb 27 25 28 33 - 113 (Earl Monroe 32)
Kawhi Leonard is the star of this Rockets team, but seriously look at the depth they have combined with the young fellas and tell me this team isn't scary good? Rondo, Durant, CP3, Kawhi, Favors, Greek freak... you can also tell that the Commish has morphed himself into a modern man too with those players... in fact, find an 'old' player on his roster that plays... oh, they won easily over the Blazers too - 7 in double digits. Earl Monroe was notable in defeat for the home-town Blazers.
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Houston Rockets FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Aaron Gordon 20 2- 5 2- 2 0- 1 0- 2 2 3 0 0 1 6
Chris Paul 32 8-13 2- 2 1- 2 0- 3 7 1 0 4 2 19
Nikola Jokic 21 4- 7 2- 2 0- 0 2- 4 3 6 0 1 2 10
Rudy Gobert 12 3- 3 0- 2 0- 0 2- 5 1 1 1 1 0 6
Giannis Antetokoun 30 6-15 5- 6 0- 1 3- 7 5 6 1 3 3 17
Ricky Rubio 11 3- 5 2- 2 1- 1 0- 1 3 6 0 1 2 9
Kevin Durant 21 5-10 8- 8 0- 1 1- 5 2 1 0 1 2 18
Rajon Rondo 38 7-14 3- 6 1- 3 1- 9 7 3 0 2 2 18
Kawhi Leonard 29 6-10 4- 4 0- 1 1- 4 3 3 0 1 2 16
Derrick Favors 26 4- 9 4- 4 0- 0 1- 1 0 2 0 3 1 12
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Totals 240 48- 91 32-38 3-10 11-41 33 32 2 17 17 131
52.7% 84.2% 30.0%
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Coached by: ADAM RUSSELL
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Portland Trailblazers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Earl Monroe 37 14-23 4- 4 0- 2 1- 1 3 0 1 2 0 32
Doug Moe 26 2-12 9-10 1- 1 3- 7 0 2 1 4 2 14
Billy Cunningham 32 6-12 2- 2 0- 1 2-13 5 2 0 3 2 14
Draymond Green 31 3- 7 0- 0 1- 2 1- 5 5 3 1 1 2 7
Isiah Thomas 34 2-10 3- 4 0- 3 0- 0 9 5 0 7 1 7
Christian Laettner 23 2- 3 2- 4 0- 0 3- 5 1 6 0 3 1 6
Amare Stoudemire 22 6- 6 2- 4 0- 0 2- 4 2 6 1 1 0 14
Bill Laimbeer 12 2- 5 0- 0 0- 2 3- 3 2 4 1 1 1 4
Hal Greer 9 1- 5 0- 0 0- 2 0- 1 1 2 0 0 1 2
Dave DeJernett 7 0- 0 5-10 0- 0 0- 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
Danny Manning 6 2- 2 4- 4 0- 0 0- 1 1 1 0 0 1 8
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Totals 240 40- 85 31-42 2-13 15-41 30 32 6 22 11 113
47.1% 73.8% 15.4%
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Coached by: JIM O'DONNELL
Lead Changes: 5 Ties: 4 (19-19)
Go-Ahead Shot: Rudy Gobert (24-23)
Largest Leads: Houston Rockets -- 22 (104-82)
Portland Trailblazers -- 4 (4-0)
Injuries: Houston Rockets Portland Trailblazers
Alvin Robertson 3 Dave DeJernett 1
Gus Johnson 6 Kevin Porter 6
Michael Kidd Gilch 5
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(18-12) Miami Floridian 31 22 24 24 - 101 (Lou Hudson 22)
(23- 6) Toronto Raptors 19 25 24 26 - 94 (Oscar Schmidt 24)
Another thing we confuse with good and bad is the level of extroversion. 'Quiet guys' often get portrayed as good guys. Extroverts and introverts alike are a mixed bag, some are good, some are bad and nearly all of them are somewhere in between - need to remember that the world is grey, not black and white, whatever your beliefs. Oh, and did I mention UPSET? Nobody expects the red-hot Raps to drop a game at home, but the Miami boys fly North and steal the game thanks to Lou Hudson and Kevin Love. Michael Adams 3-12 stunk up the joint, Barkley fouled out and Malone was not himself. In the greatest PF argument Malone was once the most favoured I believe... both him and Barkley were somewhat lowered because of their inability to get a ring - another measure that's not quite right. Sometimes it's largely attributed to one guy, but let's face it this is a team game that stretches well beyond just the players.
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Miami Floridians FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Tom Gola 13 2- 6 0- 0 2- 3 2- 3 2 0 1 0 0 6
Lou Hudson 38 10-19 2- 2 0- 1 3- 6 2 3 1 3 1 22
Bobby Jones 31 4-10 0- 3 0- 0 0- 6 4 3 4 1 3 8
Terry Porter 13 2- 5 1- 3 1- 1 0- 1 2 0 0 0 1 6
Dave Bing 10 2- 7 3- 6 0- 1 1- 3 2 1 0 0 0 7
Emeka Okafor 29 7-11 1- 2 0- 0 1- 7 1 6 3 3 0 15
Mark Price 35 3- 8 6- 6 1- 2 0- 1 7 1 0 4 2 13
George McGinnis 21 1- 8 1- 2 0- 3 2- 4 5 1 1 1 3 3
Kevin Love 31 6-15 1- 2 3- 6 4-13 3 3 0 2 0 16
James Donaldson 19 2- 3 1- 2 0- 0 4- 8 0 0 2 2 1 5
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Totals 240 39- 92 16-28 7-17 17-52 28 18 12 16 11 101
42.4% 57.1% 41.2%
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Coached by: GENE KRIEGER
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Toronto Raptors FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Oscar Schmidt 35 9-20 3- 4 3- 8 2- 7 2 3 0 2 0 24
Orlando Woolridge 12 1- 4 0- 0 0- 1 2- 5 1 3 0 2 0 2
John Drew 26 5- 9 2- 2 0- 0 1- 7 4 3 0 2 0 12
Joe Lapchick 18 3- 4 0- 0 1- 1 1- 3 3 1 3 1 3 7
Larry Jones 11 1- 5 0- 0 0- 3 1- 2 1 1 0 2 1 2
Gary Payton 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pau Gasol 33 3-14 0- 0 0- 0 3- 9 3 1 1 0 0 6
Jason Richardson 15 5- 7 2- 2 0- 0 1- 1 2 2 0 0 0 12
Michael Adams 37 3-12 2- 2 1- 8 0- 1 8 1 0 3 2 9
Karl Malone 23 3- 7 4- 4 0- 0 3- 5 3 5 0 5 1 10
Charles Barkley 28 5-11 0- 0 0- 1 3-12 1 6 0 3 1 10
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Totals 240 38- 93 13-14 5-22 17-52 28 26 4 20 8 94
40.9% 92.9% 22.7%
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Coached by: JOSE MARTILLO
Technical Fouls: Charles Barkley 1
Lead Changes: 1 Ties: 3 (7-7)
Go-Ahead Shot: Kevin Love (10-7)
Largest Leads: Miami Floridians -- 17 (66-49)
Toronto Raptors -- 2 (2-0)
Injuries: Miami Floridians Toronto Raptors
Yao Ming 5 Brad Daugherty 1
Michael Cage 3
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(21- 9) Detroit Pistons 23 22 27 26 - 98 (Shaquille O'Neal 19)
(15-14) San Antonio Spu 24 31 35 26 - 116 (Calvin Natt 21)
I'd probably call this one an upset too. Spurs were sitting at .500 and the Pistons were one of the hot teams in the NBA conference where there's more meh teams, but the Spurs played solid through the second and third and left no chance of a comeback for the Pistons. Shaq was dominant, I honestly think if he'd had a slightly different approach he would now be considered the greatest big man of all time rather than just one of. There again, there's the media rep and then there's probably reality so who knows for sure. 19 and 9 isn't uber dominant though and the Pistons needed more today. Roundfield gets 4 and 4 and then shipped out to Trenton for Faried. Westbrook nearly triple doubles - just imagine how many of them he's going to get in the 2016/7 NBA season? Lots I reckon, but his scoring average will surely rise.
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Detroit Pistons FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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John Stockton 30 1- 8 1- 2 0- 3 0- 4 8 1 0 3 2 3
Julius Erving 26 2- 7 0- 2 0- 0 2- 5 3 6 1 2 1 4
Bruce Bolden 2 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Michael Jordan 38 8-16 1- 2 0- 1 1- 8 4 3 1 1 2 17
Shaquille O'Neal 33 8-17 3- 8 0- 0 6- 9 0 4 1 2 0 19
Kevin Garnett 32 6-15 5- 6 0- 0 3- 7 2 2 2 0 0 17
Bob Brannum 20 4- 8 2- 2 0- 1 1- 3 0 6 1 2 2 10
Sam Cassell 10 5-10 0- 0 0- 2 0- 2 1 0 0 0 0 10
Dan Roundfield 15 2- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 4 1 2 3 0 1 4
Dolph Schayes 16 1- 3 2- 2 0- 0 0- 1 4 1 0 1 0 4
Damon Stoudamire 18 4- 8 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 5 0 0 0 0 8
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Totals 240 42- 97 14-24 0- 9 13-44 28 25 9 11 8 98
43.3% 58.3% 0.0%
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Coached by: ROBERT STEIN
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San Antonio Spurs FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Russell Westbrook 31 6- 9 2- 2 1- 2 3-10 8 2 0 4 1 15
Willis Reed 32 5-12 0- 0 0- 0 2- 7 0 5 2 4 0 10
Jayson Williams 13 3- 6 1- 2 0- 0 4- 8 1 1 0 1 0 7
Anthony Davis 34 8-16 2- 4 1- 1 1-11 2 6 6 2 0 19
Greg Ballard 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Fat Lever 36 6-16 4- 4 1- 3 1- 8 7 0 0 2 4 17
Calvin Natt 31 9-14 3- 3 0- 0 0- 4 3 2 0 3 0 21
Clark Kellogg 30 1- 8 2- 4 0- 1 4- 8 6 3 0 0 1 4
Reggie Theus 12 3- 4 5- 5 1- 1 0- 0 1 1 0 1 0 12
Archie Clark 17 5- 7 0- 0 1- 1 0- 1 1 2 0 0 0 11
Zach Randolph 2 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 46- 93 19-24 5- 9 16-58 29 22 8 18 6 116
49.5% 79.2% 55.6%
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Coached by: SHAUN GORDON
Lead Changes: 9 Ties: 5 (27-27)
Go-Ahead Shot: Anthony Davis (30-29)
Largest Leads: Detroit Pistons -- 5 (15-10)
San Antonio Spurs -- 21 (111-90)
Injuries: Detroit Pistons San Antonio Spurs
Jerry West 13
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( 9-21) Phoenix Suns 26 28 16 26 - 96 (Kyle Lowry 18)
(15-14) Kentucky Colone 38 28 22 31 - 119 (Richie Guerin 18)
Colonels with a solid win riding the longevity of Kareem for another season, this game was over early and the Suns could never seem to get their groove on. Recently deceased Thurmond plays in Phoenix of course. On that one, do you ever wonder what today's media would have done with any of these old guys? Can you imagine the scandals breaking into the private lives of guys like Nate.. media has definitely changed the way we see things. David West is an example, making the ultimate sacrifice one minute for the good of a team and the next he's a sell-out doing whatever it takes to get a a ring... truth might be somewhere between the two, but he does get the W today and a nice double-double to boot.
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Phoenix Suns FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Flynn Robinson 12 2- 6 2- 2 0- 2 1- 2 2 0 0 1 0 6
Nate Thurmond 23 2- 8 0- 0 0- 0 5- 9 1 4 3 1 2 4
Jrue Holiday 30 6-11 0- 0 0- 2 1- 2 2 2 2 3 1 12
Zelmo Beaty 23 3-11 0- 0 0- 0 2- 5 2 1 0 1 1 6
Loy Vaught 32 5-14 2- 2 0- 0 2- 8 0 2 0 1 0 12
Nikola Mirotic 13 2- 5 0- 0 1- 2 0- 1 2 5 0 2 1 5
Kyle Lowry 32 6-15 4- 6 2- 4 2- 5 5 5 0 6 2 18
Bobby Jackson 13 3- 8 0- 0 2- 3 0- 0 1 3 0 1 1 8
Chuck Share 18 1- 5 2- 2 0- 0 1- 9 1 4 3 1 0 4
Michael Redd 20 3- 5 2- 2 2- 3 3- 4 1 2 1 1 0 10
Donyell Marshall 20 3-11 0- 0 1- 3 1- 1 2 2 0 1 0 7
Kevin Martin 4 2- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
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Totals 240 38-102 12-14 8-19 18-47 20 31 9 19 8 96
37.3% 85.7% 42.1%
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Coached by: MATT DOSS
Technical Fouls: Michael Redd 1
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Kentucky Colonels FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Richie Guerin 37 6-12 5- 7 1- 2 0- 6 3 2 0 3 5 18
David West 31 7-10 3- 5 0- 0 2-12 2 3 3 5 2 17
Don Otten 8 2- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 0 0 2 1 0 4
Kareem AbdulJabbar 27 7-11 3- 5 0- 0 0- 6 3 0 3 1 0 17
Gary Trent 13 5-10 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 2 1 0 1 1 10
George Yardley 32 6-11 2- 2 1- 1 3- 6 2 5 0 0 1 15
Lenny Wilkens 27 2- 4 4- 4 1- 2 2- 2 7 3 1 2 1 9
Rick Barry 10 1- 2 2- 2 0- 1 0- 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
TJ Ford 15 2- 5 1- 2 0- 1 0- 2 4 1 0 2 0 5
Steve Mix 10 2- 6 2- 2 0- 0 0- 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Johnny Wooden 17 3- 3 8- 8 0- 0 0- 1 3 1 0 2 1 14
Andris Biedrins 14 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 0 3 3 0 0 0
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Totals 240 43- 79 30-37 3- 7 7-45 26 20 12 18 11 119
54.4% 81.1% 42.9%
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Coached by: JEFF KIK
Lead Changes: 2 Ties: 2 (4-4)
Go-Ahead Shot: George Yardley (16-15)
Largest Leads: Phoenix Suns -- 1 (15-14)
Kentucky Colonels -- 27 (115-88)
Injuries: Phoenix Suns Kentucky Colonels
Jermaine O'Neal 8 Gary Trent 4
Eric Bledsoe 5
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( 6-23) Denver Nuggets 29 22 33 34 - 118 (Bobby McDermott 21)
(10-20) Cleveland Caval 18 32 42 33 - 125 (Maurice Lucas 18)
Cavs have been winning recently and they're now a double digit win team thanks to a tight one over Denver in Cleveland. All offensive game with both teams up over 50% shooting and multiple double-digit scorers (defense was optional). Of course Denver's not been winning so there is that.
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Denver Nuggets FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Jake Pelkington 27 5-11 4- 4 0- 4 2- 5 4 6 2 1 1 14
Earl Manigault 33 8-12 1- 2 2- 5 1- 3 3 0 0 4 2 19
Rony Seikaly 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Keith VanHorn 33 6-15 2- 2 1- 4 1- 4 4 5 1 4 3 15
Glen Rice 14 4- 6 2- 2 3- 5 0- 1 1 1 1 1 0 13
Andre Drummond 36 9-17 1- 3 0- 0 6-12 0 5 0 2 1 19
Joe Johnson 5 0- 2 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dave DeBusschere 32 2- 3 2- 2 2- 2 1- 5 4 1 1 3 2 8
Terrell Brandon 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Barry Carroll 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby McDermott 39 9-20 0- 3 3- 7 2- 7 7 4 0 4 1 21
Arvydas Sabonis 12 3- 3 3- 4 0- 0 1- 2 2 3 3 0 0 9
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Totals 240 46- 89 15-22 11-28 14-41 27 26 8 20 11 118
51.7% 68.2% 39.3%
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Coached by: BILL KOONTZ
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Cleveland Cavaliers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Nerlens Noel 30 6-11 1- 2 0- 0 2- 7 2 1 1 2 3 13
Tyson Chandler 18 4- 4 0- 2 0- 0 3- 8 1 1 1 0 1 8
Brent Barry 3 1- 1 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
Devin Booker 10 2- 4 1- 2 1- 3 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Maurice Lucas 20 8-15 2- 2 0- 0 4- 6 2 1 0 1 0 18
Deron Williams 13 1- 2 2- 4 0- 0 0- 3 4 3 0 1 0 4
Al Green 32 8-13 0- 0 0- 2 2- 2 4 2 1 4 1 16
Carmelo Anthony 34 7-16 2- 2 0- 0 3- 5 5 2 1 2 0 16
Chauncey Billups 35 5- 8 6- 6 2- 2 0- 2 11 4 1 2 2 18
Corey Maggette 18 4- 8 4- 6 0- 0 3- 4 0 2 0 2 0 12
Marcus Camby 29 5-11 1- 1 0- 0 0- 9 3 2 0 1 4 11
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Totals 240 51- 93 19-27 4- 8 17-46 33 20 5 15 11 125
54.8% 70.4% 50.0%
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Coached by: EDDIE INLOW
Technical Fouls: Maurice Lucas 1
Lead Changes: 3 Ties: 6 (78-78)
Go-Ahead Shot: Al Green (80-78)
Largest Leads: Denver Nuggets -- 17 (39-22)
Cleveland Cavaliers -- 13 (99-86)
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(19-11) San Diego Qs 29 21 31 34 - 115 (Walt Bellamy 24)
(11-18) Carolina Cougar 30 25 21 28 - 104 (Cliff Robinson 25)
Qs unfortunately get it done and remain hot on the heels of the Stars in the ABA Wild West. Bells was ringing them in from all over the place and has a big 24 points and 17 boards... backed up by Tom Heinsohn with 20 and 14 of his own. Kobe is enjoying the winning. Cougars a little less so, but they have lots of guys they're looking to trade if you go on Slack.
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San Diego Qs FG FT 3P REB
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Brandon Roy 12 3- 6 3- 3 0- 1 1- 3 1 6 0 0 1 9
Ray Williams 18 2- 5 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 6 4 0 1 3 7
Cedric Maxwell 34 6- 9 4- 5 0- 1 2- 9 2 4 1 2 3 16
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 6 2- 5 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Sleepy Floyd 36 3- 9 1- 2 1- 4 0- 3 8 3 3 5 0 8
Tom Heinsohn 28 9-22 0- 0 2- 2 9-14 2 2 0 1 0 20
Marvin Barnes 5 1- 2 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Walt Bellamy 41 10-19 4- 4 0- 0 5-17 3 3 4 2 2 24
Gerald Wallace 15 1- 5 0- 0 1- 1 3- 3 1 2 0 1 0 3
Maurice Cheeks 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Kobe Bryant 41 9-19 0- 0 1- 3 2- 4 7 4 0 3 0 19
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Totals 240 46-101 18-21 5-12 22-53 32 29 9 16 9 115
45.5% 85.7% 41.7%
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Coached by: TY KRIEGER II
Technical Fouls: Kobe Bryant 1
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Carolina Cougars FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Mitch Richmond 28 8-13 1- 2 1- 3 1- 3 3 1 0 1 0 18
Alex English 5 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Robinson 34 9-16 7-10 0- 0 2- 9 4 0 3 3 0 25
Sergei Belov 10 0- 4 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0 1 0 2 1 0
Dan Issel 14 2- 5 5- 5 0- 1 1- 3 2 1 0 1 0 9
Hersey Hawkins 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Cummings 37 6-14 3- 4 0- 0 3- 9 0 2 0 4 3 15
Detlef Schrempf 14 3- 5 0- 0 1- 1 1- 4 2 3 0 0 0 7
Michael Finley 39 6-14 2- 3 0- 0 2- 3 3 4 1 2 3 14
Moses Malone 34 3-10 6-10 0- 0 5-11 0 2 3 2 0 12
Andre Miller 24 1- 4 2- 2 0- 1 1- 1 7 6 0 1 3 4
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Totals 240 38- 86 26-36 2- 6 18-46 22 20 7 16 10 104
44.2% 72.2% 33.3%
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Coached by: AARON GOLD
Technical Fouls: Terry Cummings 1
Lead Changes: 3 Ties: 2 (56-56)
Go-Ahead Shot: Tom Heinsohn (58-56)
Largest Leads: San Diego Qs -- 12 (108-96)
Carolina Cougars -- 10 (20-10)
Injuries: San Diego Qs Carolina Cougars
Marvin Barnes 1
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(14-15) Oklahoma City T 30 24 30 37 - 121 (Blake Griffin 29)
(14-16) New Jersey Amer 29 39 38 25 - 131 (Terry Dischinger 21)
Evenly matched teams go head to head but it's the home-town Americans that roll in the end. Late barrage made it look closer than it was as the Americans were led by Dischinger and Stackhouse. Iverson was very efficient with 16 points in 18 minutes but he's still misunderstood. I guess Iverson is one of the most interesting characters, often villainised (is this a word, it should be...) by the media, hated then loved. OKC has a young core though and will back to fight another day. What will happen with Griffin? NBA hasn't decided whether he'll make a glorious return next year or if he'll be villain status.
Honestly it's getting a bit more WWE like every year. Do you think one day we'll get an announcement that the games aren't actually really games and that they have to admit it's entertainment and change the name to the NBE? I don't, I'm just being silly at the end of a long writeup. Whilst I'm on silliness who actually thinks NCAA basketball has changed from being a great team game to isolation plays after waiting 20 seconds? At least when Suns used to play that way they didn't subject you to 20 seconds of nothing before trying to launch shots. I'm not sure I agree with myself here either...
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Oklahoma City Thunder FG FT 3P REB
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Allen Iverson 18 5- 8 4- 4 2- 2 0- 0 4 0 0 1 2 16
Paul Westphal 30 5- 8 2- 4 1- 4 1- 4 8 1 0 2 1 13
Tyreke Evans 28 4-10 0- 0 0- 0 1- 5 4 5 0 5 0 8
Demarcus Cousins 22 1- 5 7-10 0- 1 3- 7 1 6 0 4 2 9
Rudy Tomjanovich 37 4-12 3- 3 2- 3 5- 7 3 5 4 4 3 13
Xavier McDaniel 16 3- 7 2- 2 0- 0 1- 4 1 1 1 0 1 8
Goose Tatum 14 4- 7 1- 1 0- 0 2- 6 1 2 2 1 1 9
Blake Griffin 31 12-23 3- 4 2- 2 1- 6 4 2 0 1 0 29
Clyde Drexler 33 6-11 1- 2 2- 3 3- 6 6 2 1 1 1 15
Andrew Bynum 10 0- 4 1- 2 0- 0 0- 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
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Totals 240 44- 95 24-32 9-15 17-48 33 24 8 19 11 121
46.3% 75.0% 60.0%
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Coached by: RYAN MCDOWELL
Technical Fouls: Blake Griffin 1
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New Jersey Americans FG FT 3P REB
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Tim Hardaway 12 2- 7 0- 0 0- 2 0- 0 3 1 0 0 1 4
Dwyane Wade 20 6- 8 2- 2 0- 0 1- 4 6 1 1 1 0 14
Bob McAdoo 23 4- 7 3- 3 0- 0 0- 4 6 1 1 0 2 11
Truck Robinson 19 3-10 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 1 0 0 1 1 6
Hakeem Olajuwon 11 2- 4 2- 2 0- 0 1- 1 2 1 1 2 0 6
Mark Davis 20 5- 6 2- 2 0- 0 4- 7 1 1 0 0 0 12
Isaiah Thomas 17 4-10 0- 0 1- 4 2- 2 5 2 0 1 0 9
Terry Dischinger 31 9-13 3- 5 0- 2 1- 3 4 4 1 1 0 21
Andrew Gaze 24 5- 9 2- 2 2- 4 0- 4 6 2 0 4 3 14
Jerry Stackhouse 25 8-12 3- 4 1- 2 0- 5 3 4 0 5 1 20
Neil Johnston 22 2- 6 2- 2 0- 0 3- 8 1 4 2 0 0 6
George Gervin 14 3- 5 1- 2 1- 1 0- 2 1 3 0 1 0 8
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Totals 240 53- 97 20-24 5-15 12-42 39 24 6 16 8 131
54.6% 83.3% 33.3%
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Coached by: STEVE HUTSON
Technical Fouls: Jerry Stackhouse 1
Lead Changes: 4 Ties: 11 (47-47)
Go-Ahead Shot: Jerry Stackhouse (49-47)
Largest Leads: Oklahoma City Thunder -- 3 (30-27)
New Jersey Americans -- 23 (101-78)
Injuries: Oklahoma City Thunder New Jersey Americans
Arnie Risen 4
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(21- 8) Virginia Squire 37 20 28 35 - 120 (Marques Johnson 22)
( 6-24) Oakland Oaks 31 13 34 26 - 104 (D'Angelo Russell 21)
Oaks beat Squires! Nah, damn it the Squires remain atop the ABA with a solid away win over the hapless Oaks. D'Angelo gets 21 - may see a bit more of that next year, but I don't think it will stop the media hating on the young man for now. Oaks went from 31 in the 1st to just 13 in the second and that was the main reason that the game wasn't closer at the end. Curry fouled out trying to mark Russell... there was that.
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Virginia Squires FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Sidney Moncrief 37 9-14 2- 2 0- 0 0- 3 3 2 0 3 2 20
Artis Gilmore 20 4- 7 7- 9 0- 0 3- 5 0 4 2 0 0 15
Jeff Ruland 18 1- 2 3- 4 0- 0 1-11 1 0 0 0 2 5
Paul Millsap 30 6-11 0- 0 1- 2 2-12 5 5 1 1 3 13
Scott Fisher 16 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 3 0 2 0 6
Andy Phillip 11 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 2 3 0 3 0 6
Rickey Green 26 2- 7 3- 4 0- 2 1- 1 10 1 0 3 0 7
Stephen Curry 22 5-13 6- 6 0- 5 0- 0 5 6 0 0 0 16
Robert Parish 28 5- 7 0- 0 0- 0 2-10 2 2 4 2 0 10
Marques Johnson 32 11-20 0- 0 0- 1 3- 6 2 1 1 3 1 22
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Totals 240 49- 90 21-25 1-10 12-49 30 27 8 17 8 120
54.4% 84.0% 10.0%
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Coached by: GREG BAGGOTT
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Oakland Oaks FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Jose Calderon 7 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
KarlAnthony Towns 26 9-12 1- 2 1- 2 1- 6 0 1 1 7 0 20
Al Horford 29 5- 9 2- 2 2- 3 4-10 5 4 1 1 1 14
Enes Kanter 30 6-10 4- 6 0- 0 4-11 1 3 1 0 0 16
CJ McCollum 19 0- 5 0- 0 0- 2 0- 1 2 3 0 2 0 0
Tom Boerwinkle 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Armstrong 14 1- 4 4- 4 0- 2 1- 1 1 2 0 0 2 6
Larry Nance 13 1- 4 1- 2 0- 0 2- 4 1 1 0 1 2 3
D'Angelo Russell 33 7-16 5- 6 2- 2 0- 2 3 2 0 3 5 21
Brad Miller 11 1- 5 2- 2 0- 0 1- 1 0 0 0 0 2 4
Fats Jenkins 35 3-16 2- 4 0- 4 2- 2 4 0 0 2 1 8
Jabari Parker 24 4- 9 2- 2 0- 0 2- 4 1 4 0 2 0 10
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Totals 240 38- 92 23-30 5-15 17-42 18 22 3 18 13 104
41.3% 76.7% 33.3%
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Coached by: COMMISH
Lead Changes: 3 Ties: 3 (8-8)
Go-Ahead Shot: Stephen Curry (15-14)
Largest Leads: Virginia Squires -- 21 (69-48)
Oakland Oaks -- 2 (2-0)
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(23- 7) Orlando Magic 26 27 38 40 - 131 (Mark Aguirre 37)
(15-14) Syracuse Nation 23 26 25 37 - 111 (LeBron James 16)
Finally we get to the last game which is good because I've seriously run out of juice here. Lebron and the Nationals can't hold home court against the Magic. Lebron is currently the hero I think, but it's always hard to keep track. Hey great game by Mark Aguirre who sure can score the rock - 37 today in 33 mins on just 21 shots is getting it done. Good win for the Magic closing in on the Raps.
I'm done.
I'd drop the mic but I'm in education; it's a headset so it would look silly and my budget may not extend to replacing it.
Peace out.
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Orlando Magic FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Marcin Gortat 11 0- 0 1- 2 0- 0 2- 3 1 3 1 1 0 1
Elton Brand 37 12-18 7- 8 0- 0 4- 7 6 2 1 1 3 31
John Wall 34 6-12 1- 2 3- 4 1- 5 10 4 2 1 0 16
Mark Aguirre 33 15-21 2- 2 5- 8 0- 7 0 2 0 1 1 37
Mike Conley 14 4- 7 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
Wilt Chamberlain 37 5- 5 0- 1 0- 0 2- 9 2 3 3 2 2 10
Cedric Ceballos 13 0- 2 3- 4 0- 0 2- 5 0 2 0 1 0 3
Kenyon Martin 12 2- 5 2- 4 0- 0 0- 2 1 0 0 1 1 6
Jim Paxson 15 2- 9 2- 2 0- 1 0- 2 2 2 0 1 0 6
Paul Pierce 35 6-17 0- 0 1- 6 0- 6 10 1 0 3 0 13
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Totals 240 52- 96 18-25 9-20 11-46 33 19 7 12 7 131
54.2% 72.0% 45.0%
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Coached by: DAN KIK II
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Syracuse Nationals FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Demar DeRozan 19 3- 7 5- 6 0- 0 0- 2 1 4 1 2 0 11
LeBron James 33 7-14 0- 0 2- 4 3- 4 6 1 1 3 1 16
Maurice Stokes 35 7-17 0- 0 0- 0 2- 9 3 3 0 2 0 14
Scottie Pippen 30 4- 9 2- 2 1- 3 1- 3 6 3 1 1 0 11
Paul Pressey 14 4- 6 0- 0 1- 2 0- 1 2 1 0 0 1 9
Vern Mikkelsen 13 3- 6 0- 0 0- 0 1- 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
David Robinson 24 6-10 0- 0 0- 0 2- 9 0 3 1 1 0 12
Steve Nash 33 7-16 2- 2 0- 3 0- 2 6 0 1 3 0 16
Swen Nater 24 2- 7 0- 0 0- 0 2- 9 0 5 1 1 1 4
Calvin Murphy 15 3- 6 5- 6 1- 2 1- 3 1 2 0 0 0 12
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Totals 240 46- 98 14-16 5-14 12-45 26 22 7 13 3 111
46.9% 87.5% 35.7%
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Coached by: DUSTIN O'DONNELL
Technical Fouls: Maurice Stokes 1
Lead Changes: 2 Ties: 5 (30-30)
Go-Ahead Shot: Mark Aguirre (33-30)
Largest Leads: Orlando Magic -- 25 (118-93)
Syracuse Nationals -- 2 (30-28)
Injuries: Orlando Magic Syracuse Nationals
David Robinson 1
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