Amazingly I found out today that the Stars were leading the league in the defensive category of opponents PPG at just under 107 per outing. That's great news for us, but the recent trade we made was a recognition that there are two ends to the basketball court - we brought in Rudy T, Blake Griffin and Paul Westphal to add some offensive punch to a predominantly defensive side. But today, today I want to talk defense, why it's the poor cousin in most analysis and why it's the key.
Injuries
Walt Frazier 1 - the best combo guard defender in the league? Arguably and in many ways the leader of the Stars. I was actually disappointed when I drafted Walt as a regen the draft before last as I traded up (ironically Duncan) to get this spot with Butler. I wanted TMac... but Frazier is a defensive stud and a lot of our success depends on him (do we lose the next game because of this injury?)
Shawn Marion 4 - hold on Matrix is on my squad too what's going on? Marion has quietly been excellent for us in his last productive season. 15 rating in 27 minutes and over 3 on the defensive end. Injury will hurt but Gilmur is a good replacement who averages 1.2 steals and 1.8 blocks per 36.
Derrick Coleman 35 - much maligned but DC is a solid defender - he only plays 11 games in reality this year so a long absence is to be expected!
DEFENSIVE RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Tim Duncan -- UTA 72 KCO 9.0 5
2. Bob Pettit -- MIN 72 SDQ 8.7 5
3. Pete Maravich -- ROC 72 CLE 8.0 4
4. John Wall -- ORL 72 DEN 7.5 4
5. Clyde Lovellette -- MIN 72 SDQ 7.5 3
6. Bill Walton -- UTA 72 KCO 7.4 3
7. Charles Oakley -- DEN 72 ORL 7.1 2
8. Spencer Haywood -- ROC 72 CLE 7.1 2
9. Marcus Camby -- CLE 72 ROC 7.1 1
10. Maurice Stokes -- SYR 72 HOU 6.8 1
Defense first. Top player today is Timmy D and that's a good sign for us. He's not going to appear on any 'All-' teams this year and that's okay too. I nabbed Duncan back for his approach and that starts with his defensive end. Tops today with 6 blocks.
TOTAL RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Peja Stojakovic -- MIN 72 SDQ 41.9 5
2. Steve Nash -- SYR 72 HOU 35.8 5
3. Clyde Lovellette -- MIN 72 SDQ 35.0 4
4. Tom Gugliotta -- ANA 72 OAK 32.6 4
5. Tiny Archibald -- TRN 72 NJA 32.1 3
6. Maurice Stokes -- SYR 72 HOU 30.2 3
7. Neil Johnston -- NJA 72 TRN 29.8 2
8. Gordon Hayward -- BOS 72 BRK 28.5 2
9. Latrell Sprewell -- PIT 72 CAR 28.1 1
10. LeBron James -- SYR 72 HOU 27.2 1
See how this list of total rating completely differs from the list above? In fact the top defensive players today don't make this list with the exception of Clyde Lovellette. That's where we've got it wrong... offense is everything... how many points did they score? Peja tops this list...
OFFENSIVE RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Peja Stojakovic -- MIN 72 SDQ 41.0 5
2. Steve Nash -- SYR 72 HOU 35.0 5
3. Tiny Archibald -- TRN 72 NJA 31.7 4
4. Tom Gugliotta -- ANA 72 OAK 29.2 4
5. Clyde Lovellette -- MIN 72 SDQ 27.5 3
6. Neil Johnston -- NJA 72 TRN 26.0 3
7. LeBron James -- SYR 72 HOU 25.9 2
8. Damian Lillard -- ANA 72 OAK 25.8 2
9. Nene Hilario -- PIT 72 CAR 24.5 1
10. Isaiah Thomas -- NJA 72 TRN 23.5 1
Peja tops this list too - great offense - his defensive rating today is 0.9. That's the definition of a one-way player (I'm not knocking Peja - great offensive guy) but our rating systems are wrong if we rate the best overall player as one who doesn't even bother with half the rating system.
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(22-20) Trenton Cagers 24 29 31 38 - 122 (Tiny Archibald 29)
(22-22) New Jersey Amer 29 42 29 28 - 128 (Isaiah Thomas 32)
Good game in New Jersey where the Americans are finding their form and the Cagers seem to be losing some of theirs. Pretty much a high scoring romp... not much D but Sam Jones got 4 steals for the Cagers and Neil Johnston (NJ in NJ is cool) got a couple of rejections. Americans win.
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Trenton Cagers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Greg Monroe 29 7-16 2- 2 0- 0 5- 9 3 2 1 2 1 16
Dan Roundfield 29 2- 6 2- 2 0- 0 1- 7 2 3 2 1 0 6
Dolph Schayes 16 2- 6 3- 4 1- 1 3- 7 3 6 0 2 1 8
James Crawford 3 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 0 1 0 2 1 0
Nikola Vucevic 19 1- 5 2- 2 0- 0 0- 9 3 3 1 0 0 4
Andrew Wiggins 25 11-18 4- 4 0- 0 2- 4 0 2 1 1 1 26
Tracy McGrady 25 5- 9 0- 0 0- 0 4- 5 3 3 2 0 0 10
Mookie Blaylock 25 3- 6 6- 6 0- 1 0- 2 5 4 0 4 1 12
Sam Jones 29 4- 9 3- 4 0- 1 0- 4 0 4 0 2 4 11
Tiny Archibald 41 13-20 3- 3 0- 2 0- 0 11 3 0 2 1 29
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Totals 240 48- 96 25-27 1- 5 15-49 30 31 7 16 10 122
50.0% 92.6% 20.0%
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Coached by: STAN SYCKES
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New Jersey Americans FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Tim Hardaway 9 4- 5 0- 0 1- 1 0- 1 3 0 0 0 0 9
George Gervin 8 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Bob McAdoo 37 7-12 0- 0 1- 1 3- 8 2 4 1 0 1 15
Truck Robinson 7 1- 5 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Hakeem Olajuwon 1 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Mark Davis 17 1- 2 2- 2 0- 0 0- 3 0 2 0 2 1 4
Isaiah Thomas 32 12-23 4- 4 4- 9 1- 2 3 3 1 4 0 32
Terry Dischinger 34 6-11 4- 5 0- 2 2- 5 4 3 2 4 2 16
Andrew Gaze 18 2- 9 2- 3 0- 4 0- 1 4 5 0 1 0 6
Jerry Stackhouse 36 4- 8 6- 8 2- 4 1- 6 8 0 0 3 1 16
Neil Johnston 33 11-16 0- 0 0- 1 2-10 6 4 2 0 0 22
Pooh Richardson 6 2- 3 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
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Totals 240 50- 97 20-24 8-23 10-38 33 23 6 14 6 128
51.5% 83.3% 34.8%
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Coached by: STEVE HUTSON
Lead Changes: 0 Ties: 0
Go-Ahead Shot: Neil Johnston (2-0)
Largest Leads: Trenton Cagers -- 0
New Jersey Americans -- 20 (73-53)
Injuries: Trenton Cagers New Jersey Americans
Al Cervi 2
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(18-25) Rochester Royal 27 41 24 28 - 120 (Jim Jackson 18)
(16-28) Cleveland Caval 21 28 38 30 - 117 (Corey Maggette 19)
2nd game is also a good one between two middling teams unlikely to hit the post season play. Spencer Haywood was the half the reason the Royals won this one. Only 13 points but 10 boards (9 defensive), 2 blocks and 2 steals. 2nd reason for the W is Maravich and his 5 steals... yeah only 15 points and not great shooting, but defense got the W at the crucial end as he stole the ball to prevent a game tying attempt by the Cavs at the buzzer. Better shooting by Cleveland, better D by the Royals.
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Rochester Royals FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Clifford Robinson 9 0- 2 2- 2 0- 1 1- 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
Sherman White 9 4- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 2 1 0 0 1 8
Larry Costello 9 0- 3 0- 0 0- 2 0- 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
Stephon Marbury 15 5- 8 6- 6 1- 2 0- 1 1 3 0 0 1 17
Otis Birdsong 9 1- 2 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 0 3 0 1 0 3
Jim Jackson 34 4-12 10-10 0- 1 1- 3 5 0 0 2 0 18
Larry Kenon 16 4- 4 0- 0 0- 0 2- 4 1 2 0 2 2 8
Jack Twyman 34 8-14 2- 3 0- 0 2- 5 2 3 0 2 1 18
Vince Carter 12 4- 5 0- 1 1- 1 0- 3 0 3 1 3 0 9
Pete Maravich 31 6-14 2- 2 1- 2 1- 5 7 0 0 5 5 15
Elmore Smith 26 4- 8 1- 2 0- 0 3- 9 4 2 3 3 0 9
Spencer Haywood 36 3-11 7- 8 0- 0 1-10 3 3 2 2 2 13
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Totals 240 43- 89 30-34 4-10 11-44 28 24 6 21 12 120
48.3% 88.2% 40.0%
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Coached by: CARY CAVITT
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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 31 4-12 2- 4 0- 0 2- 7 2 2 1 1 1 10
Tyson Chandler 15 1- 1 2- 2 0- 0 0- 1 2 5 1 0 1 4
Brent Barry 2 1- 2 0- 0 1- 2 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Devin Booker 17 5- 6 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 2 2 0 1 1 10
Maurice Lucas 17 4- 6 0- 0 0- 0 1- 3 2 1 0 3 0 8
Deron Williams 14 3- 8 2- 2 2- 4 0- 4 4 0 0 1 1 10
Willie CauleyStein 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Al Green 35 7-18 2- 2 0- 4 3- 5 11 1 0 4 1 16
Carmelo Anthony 22 7-12 2- 2 0- 1 0- 5 1 6 0 3 0 16
Marcus Camby 31 3- 7 0- 0 0- 0 4-13 2 2 3 1 1 6
Corey Maggette 20 7- 8 5- 6 0- 0 1- 5 0 3 0 2 0 19
Chauncey Billups 34 6-13 2- 2 1- 3 0- 0 8 3 0 6 2 15
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Totals 240 48- 93 17-20 4-15 11-43 34 25 6 22 8 117
51.6% 85.0% 26.7%
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Coached by: EDDIE INLOW
Lead Changes: 2 Ties: 1 (7-7)
Go-Ahead Shot: Jack Twyman (8-7)
Largest Leads: Rochester Royals -- 19 (68-49)
Cleveland Cavaliers -- 1 (3-2)
Injuries: Rochester Royals Cleveland Cavaliers
Joakim Noah 13
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(12-31) Denver Nuggets 20 23 26 21 - 90 (Andre Drummond 21)
(34- 9) Orlando Magic 18 25 38 29 - 110 (Paul Pierce 23)
Magic win thanks to good defense holding the Nugs to just 90 points. 4 steals and 2 blocks for John Wall was the best performance.
Magic win thanks to good defense holding the Nugs to just 90 points. 4 steals and 2 blocks for John Wall was the best performance.
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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 14 3- 6 0- 0 0- 0 2- 3 2 6 0 0 0 6
Joe Johnson 5 1- 1 0- 0 1- 1 0- 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Earl Manigault 32 2- 6 0- 0 1- 2 0- 3 2 4 1 3 1 5
Glen Rice 27 6-15 0- 0 2- 5 1- 4 0 4 0 3 2 14
Andre Drummond 34 6-11 9-18 0- 0 3- 8 1 3 2 0 2 21
Charles Oakley 34 2- 7 1- 2 0- 0 4-17 4 0 1 1 1 5
Dave DeBusschere 29 6-16 1- 2 3- 6 1- 9 1 3 2 2 0 16
Terrell Brandon 13 2- 7 0- 0 0- 1 1- 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Joe Barry Carroll 14 2- 8 0- 0 0- 0 1- 3 1 3 1 1 0 4
Bobby McDermott 37 4-13 3- 4 1- 3 0- 1 6 4 0 3 0 12
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Totals 240 34- 90 14-26 8-18 13-50 18 28 7 13 6 90
37.8% 53.8% 44.4%
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Coached by: BILL KOONTZ
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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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Mark Aguirre 34 9-23 2- 4 2- 7 1- 8 2 3 1 2 2 22
Marcin Gortat 5 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Elton Brand 30 3- 9 3- 4 0- 0 0- 4 4 6 0 1 1 9
John Wall 35 3-10 3- 6 0- 1 0- 4 11 4 2 3 4 9
Kenyon Martin 22 5- 9 2- 2 0- 0 3- 7 0 4 0 2 0 12
Mike Conley 13 2- 6 2- 2 0- 0 0- 2 2 1 0 0 2 6
Wilt Chamberlain 40 5- 5 2- 4 0- 0 7-16 3 3 2 0 0 12
Cedric Ceballos 12 5- 8 2- 3 1- 1 1- 4 0 0 0 1 0 13
Paul Pierce 36 7-15 6- 6 3- 4 0-10 3 4 0 1 0 23
Jim Paxson 14 0- 3 2- 2 0- 1 0- 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
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Totals 240 40- 89 24-33 6-14 13-56 26 26 5 12 9 110
44.9% 72.7% 42.9%
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Coached by: DAN KIK II
Lead Changes: 12 Ties: 9 (43-43)
Go-Ahead Shot: Mark Aguirre (46-43)
Largest Leads: Denver Nuggets -- 6 (24-18)
Orlando Magic -- 21 (108-87)
Injuries: Denver Nuggets Orlando Magic
Arvydas Sabonis 19
Keith VanHorn 1
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(18-27) KC-Omaha Kings 25 28 22 24 - 99 (Larry Foust 20)
(29-15) Utah Stars 30 28 31 31 - 120 (Paul Westphal 21)
Stars able to hold off the Kings and keep them under the 100 mark with a good all-round defensive effort anchored by Timmy and his 6 blocks and 13 boards. Losing Frazier will hurt but Westphal with his 3 steals today will be able to step up we hope. Kings are fairly D orientated themselves 11 blocks but only 6 steals wasn't enough to get it done today.
Stars able to hold off the Kings and keep them under the 100 mark with a good all-round defensive effort anchored by Timmy and his 6 blocks and 13 boards. Losing Frazier will hurt but Westphal with his 3 steals today will be able to step up we hope. Kings are fairly D orientated themselves 11 blocks but only 6 steals wasn't enough to get it done today.
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KC-Omaha Kings FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Chris Bosh 15 6- 8 0- 0 2- 3 1- 3 2 1 1 1 2 14
Bailey Howell 30 5-14 5- 6 0- 2 2- 7 2 2 2 0 0 15
Purvis Short 14 0- 4 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2 0 0 1 2 2
Nate McMillan 28 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 2- 7 8 3 2 2 0 6
Benny Borgmann 17 4-14 1- 2 1- 3 2- 2 2 2 1 1 0 10
Mel Daniels 13 1- 4 2- 2 0- 1 0- 3 2 1 0 0 1 4
Terry Tyler 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Buse 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Foust 33 7-16 5- 8 1- 2 2- 9 0 3 2 3 0 20
Eddie Jones 32 5-12 2- 2 1- 6 3- 6 2 3 2 3 1 13
Bob Kurland 33 2- 8 1- 4 0- 0 1- 6 2 5 1 2 0 5
Mel Riebe 21 5- 9 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 2 3 0 2 0 10
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Totals 240 38- 93 18-26 5-17 14-46 24 23 11 15 6 99
40.9% 69.2% 29.4%
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Coached by: KWAME KITSON
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Utah Stars FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Warren Jabali 10 3- 6 2- 2 0- 1 0- 2 1 0 0 2 1 8
Walt Frazier 14 5- 6 0- 0 2- 2 1- 3 1 5 0 0 1 12
Jordan Hill 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Westphal 30 7- 8 6- 8 1- 1 0- 3 2 2 0 1 3 21
Tim Duncan 29 2- 9 0- 0 0- 0 4-13 3 1 6 2 0 4
Louis Williams 19 2- 8 2- 2 1- 2 0- 1 6 2 0 0 1 7
Andrew Toney 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Griffin 35 7-17 3- 4 0- 0 0- 7 5 2 0 2 0 17
Bill Walton 21 3- 5 4- 4 0- 0 0- 8 3 3 4 0 1 10
Rudy Tomjanovich 17 3- 7 3- 3 1- 1 0- 0 1 6 0 2 1 10
Shawn Marion 22 6- 7 0- 0 0- 0 3- 7 2 2 0 1 0 12
Jimmy Butler 40 7-18 5- 6 0- 1 3- 5 4 4 1 3 1 19
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Totals 240 45- 91 25-29 5- 8 11-49 28 27 11 13 9 120
49.5% 86.2% 62.5%
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Coached by: NIGE YOUNG
Lead Changes: 3 Ties: 2 (23-23)
Go-Ahead Shot: Jimmy Butler (25-23)
Largest Leads: KC-Omaha Kings -- 4 (6-2)
Utah Stars -- 27 (118-91)
Injuries: KC-Omaha Kings Utah Stars
Walt Frazier 1
Shawn Marion 4
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(28-16) San Diego Qs 31 26 34 31 - 122 (Kobe Bryant 32)
(27-16) Minnesota Muski 32 31 30 40 - 133 (Peja Stojakovic 38)
Qs all O attack of Kobe and co came up short today - mostly because they couldn't slow down Peja. Clyde deserves a lot of credit for the Muskies... 3 blocks, 3 steals... that and Kobe's 32 not being very efficient. Great win for Minny puts them very close to the Qs in 4th just a half game back as the Qs let the Stars take 2nd in ABA. Great race...
Qs all O attack of Kobe and co came up short today - mostly because they couldn't slow down Peja. Clyde deserves a lot of credit for the Muskies... 3 blocks, 3 steals... that and Kobe's 32 not being very efficient. Great win for Minny puts them very close to the Qs in 4th just a half game back as the Qs let the Stars take 2nd in ABA. Great race...
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San Diego Qs FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Ray Williams 20 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 5 9 2 0 2 0 4
Tom Heinsohn 31 10-16 0- 0 0- 0 1- 6 2 4 0 3 1 20
Gerald Wallace 20 1- 4 2- 2 0- 0 0- 1 2 0 1 1 2 4
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 15 4- 7 5- 6 0- 0 1- 3 0 3 0 4 1 13
Sleepy Floyd 33 3- 9 6- 8 1- 4 0- 0 10 5 0 5 0 13
Kobe Bryant 41 10-25 11-14 1- 5 0- 4 3 2 0 2 1 32
Maurice Cheeks 2 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Walt Bellamy 28 5-10 4- 6 0- 0 0- 7 0 6 2 0 1 14
Cedric Maxwell 36 6- 9 0- 0 0- 1 4-12 3 2 1 2 2 12
Bob Dandridge 5 1- 1 2- 2 0- 0 1- 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Marvin Barnes 8 2- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 1 6 0 0 0 4
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Totals 240 45- 88 30-38 2-10 7-42 32 30 5 19 8 122
51.1% 78.9% 20.0%
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Coached by: TY KRIEGER II
Technical Fouls: Tom Heinsohn 1
Kobe Bryant 1
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Minnesota Muskies FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Alvan Adams 17 3- 7 3- 4 0- 0 0- 5 3 5 0 1 0 9
Peja Stojakovic 37 12-16 12-12 2- 4 1- 4 3 1 0 0 0 38
Bob Pettit 35 5-16 1- 2 1- 1 3-11 3 5 2 4 4 12
Nick VanExel 10 1- 1 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1 1 1 0 1 0 3
Willie Naulls 11 1- 5 1- 1 1- 1 1- 2 0 3 0 1 0 4
Jason Kidd 35 5-12 2- 2 4- 8 0- 6 11 3 0 6 0 16
Dennis Johnson 17 2- 7 0- 0 0- 4 2- 3 2 1 0 0 0 4
Randy Smith 35 4- 8 4- 6 0- 1 0- 1 10 4 0 1 1 12
Wayne Embry 11 1- 5 5- 6 0- 0 0- 3 0 2 1 0 0 7
Clyde Lovellette 33 12-16 2- 4 2- 2 4- 8 2 3 3 3 3 28
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Totals 240 46- 93 31-39 10-21 11-44 35 28 6 17 8 133
49.5% 79.5% 47.6%
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Coached by: MARK PERRY
Lead Changes: 13 Ties: 11 (83-83)
Go-Ahead Shot: Peja Stojakovic (88-86)
Largest Leads: San Diego Qs -- 6 (6-0)
Minnesota Muskies -- 13 (129-116)
Injuries: San Diego Qs Minnesota Muskies
Brandon Roy 18
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(23-20) Anaheim Amigos 43 35 26 38 - 142 (Damian Lillard 27)
( 9-35) Oakland Oaks 35 25 34 33 - 127 (Enes Kanter 19)
Forget everything I said and play Amigo ball at high pace high scoring! Both teams well over 50% and no looking back. Oaks didn't even realise they'd lost the game at the end it was so free flowing.
Forget everything I said and play Amigo ball at high pace high scoring! Both teams well over 50% and no looking back. Oaks didn't even realise they'd lost the game at the end it was so free flowing.
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Anaheim Amigos FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Glenn Robinson 29 8-12 9-10 0- 0 1- 5 1 3 0 3 2 25
Tom Gugliotta 33 8-10 8- 8 1- 1 2- 4 4 2 2 1 1 25
David Thompson 16 3- 6 4- 4 0- 1 2- 4 0 3 1 3 0 10
Damian Lillard 31 10-17 3- 4 4- 8 2- 4 4 1 0 2 0 27
Alonzo Mourning 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Norm Nixon 12 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 2 1 0 1 0 2
Larry Johnson 33 4- 8 4- 5 0- 0 2-15 9 2 0 3 0 12
Gus Williams 5 1- 3 3- 4 0- 1 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Antoine Walker 15 4- 6 0- 0 2- 3 0- 1 2 1 0 0 0 10
Sam Perkins 14 1- 3 2- 2 0- 0 1- 6 0 3 0 2 0 4
Chris Mullin 32 6-10 6- 7 2- 4 0- 5 5 1 1 1 1 20
Rolando Blackman 13 1- 8 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 2 2 0 1 0 2
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Totals 240 47- 85 39-44 9-18 11-46 29 20 6 17 4 142
55.3% 88.6% 50.0%
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Coached by: TIM STEFFES
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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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Jabari Parker 35 5-18 0- 0 0- 0 4- 5 2 2 0 1 0 10
KarlAnthony Towns 27 6- 9 0- 0 0- 2 2- 6 4 6 3 0 0 12
Al Horford 23 6-11 0- 0 2- 4 2- 3 1 5 1 3 0 14
Enes Kanter 25 9-13 1- 2 0- 0 2- 7 0 5 0 1 1 19
CJ McCollum 15 4- 5 2- 4 0- 1 0- 1 2 0 0 1 1 10
Tom Boerwinkle 1 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Armstrong 18 5- 6 0- 0 2- 2 1- 2 9 5 0 0 0 12
Larry Nance 16 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 3 1 1 2 0 1 6
Bill Sharman 26 7-10 0- 0 2- 3 0- 3 3 2 0 0 0 16
Brad Miller 16 7-13 0- 0 0- 0 2- 4 0 1 0 0 1 14
Fats Jenkins 32 5-17 4- 5 0- 3 0- 2 7 4 0 2 0 14
Jose Calderon 5 0- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 57-108 7-11 6-16 13-36 30 31 6 8 4 127
52.8% 63.6% 37.5%
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Coached by: COMMISH
Technical Fouls: Darrell Armstrong 1
Lead Changes: 0 Ties: 2 (4-4)
Go-Ahead Shot: Chris Mullin (5-4)
Largest Leads: Anaheim Amigos -- 19 (62-43)
Oakland Oaks -- 0
Injuries: Anaheim Amigos Oakland Oaks
Dale Davis 3 Emmanuel Mudiay 4
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( 4-39) Brooklyn Nets 38 16 27 32 - 113 (Ed Macauley 23)
(17-27) Boston Celtics 36 38 23 37 - 134 (James Harden 28)
Nets have problems at both ends of the floor so defensively being very poor is not the only issue. Harden has been much maligned for his lack of D (James Haren?) but he did manage a couple of steals today agains the hapless Nets.
Nets have problems at both ends of the floor so defensively being very poor is not the only issue. Harden has been much maligned for his lack of D (James Haren?) but he did manage a couple of steals today agains the hapless Nets.
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Brooklyn Nets FG FT 3P REB
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Justise Winslow 22 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 3 0 2 1 0
Ruben Patterson 24 3- 9 3- 4 0- 0 1- 2 3 2 2 0 2 9
Ed Macauley 32 8-12 6- 6 1- 1 1- 4 2 2 3 5 2 23
Mario Hezonja 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stanley Johnson 22 4- 9 0- 0 0- 1 1- 4 1 5 1 0 1 8
Myles Turner 24 8-11 0- 0 0- 1 1- 7 0 3 0 1 0 16
Zach LaVine 23 4- 7 3- 4 2- 2 0- 1 5 4 0 2 0 13
D'Angelo Russell 23 4- 8 0- 0 1- 2 0- 3 4 1 0 3 1 9
Nat Holman 29 6-15 3- 4 3- 6 1- 3 6 2 1 3 1 18
Horse Haggerty 16 4- 8 1- 2 0- 0 1- 4 0 2 1 1 0 9
Derrick Coleman 24 3- 8 2- 4 0- 0 1- 6 3 2 0 5 0 8
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Totals 240 44- 89 18-24 7-13 7-35 24 26 8 22 8 113
49.4% 75.0% 53.8%
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Coached by: JASON MULFORD
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Boston Celtics FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Victor Oladipo 22 7-10 4- 4 0- 1 0- 1 5 1 1 3 1 18
Dave Cowens 27 4- 9 2- 2 0- 0 1- 9 2 4 2 2 2 10
Kristaps Porzingis 28 4- 9 4- 4 2- 4 2- 6 3 3 3 2 0 14
Brandon Knight 18 5-13 1- 1 2- 3 1- 1 0 1 0 1 1 13
Ken Norman 19 2- 5 1- 2 0- 0 2- 5 2 5 0 1 0 5
Mark Jackson 11 0- 1 2- 2 0- 1 0- 0 3 2 0 0 1 2
Jared Sullinger 20 1- 3 2- 2 0- 0 3- 8 0 2 1 0 0 4
James Harden 26 11-15 4- 4 2- 4 0- 4 5 3 0 6 2 28
Elfrid Payton 11 2- 4 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1 3 0 0 0 0 5
Evan Turner 28 3- 7 3- 4 0- 0 1- 6 9 1 0 2 0 9
Gordon Hayward 27 8-10 7- 9 1- 2 1- 4 1 0 1 2 3 24
Julius Randle 4 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
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Totals 240 48- 88 31-36 7-15 12-47 33 22 8 20 10 134
54.5% 86.1% 46.7%
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Coached by: JEFF STANNERS
Lead Changes: 7 Ties: 4 (42-42)
Go-Ahead Shot: Victor Oladipo (44-42)
Largest Leads: Brooklyn Nets -- 6 (27-21)
Boston Celtics -- 26 (80-54)
Injuries: Brooklyn Nets Boston Celtics
Derrick Coleman 35
Clint Capela 3
Leroy Edwards 7
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(31-12) Houston Rockets 26 27 38 31 - 122 (Kevin Durant 23)
(27-16) Syracuse Nation 31 37 36 31 - 135 (Steve Nash 30)
Houston are struggling a bit and Syracuse are surging. Steve Nash today made the defensive team! Nah kidding his 30 in 30 were all pure O so he was 2nd on the hotshots despite no steals or blocks of course. Rockets are missing Favors and Gobert and they're soft in the middle without them it seems - only 2 blocks for the team without Gbert (see what I did there?!).
Houston are struggling a bit and Syracuse are surging. Steve Nash today made the defensive team! Nah kidding his 30 in 30 were all pure O so he was 2nd on the hotshots despite no steals or blocks of course. Rockets are missing Favors and Gobert and they're soft in the middle without them it seems - only 2 blocks for the team without Gbert (see what I did there?!).
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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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Michael Kidd Gilch 6 1- 1 4- 4 0- 0 1- 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Chris Paul 33 4- 9 8- 8 0- 2 0- 2 9 4 0 3 0 16
Nikola Jokic 26 8-12 3- 4 2- 2 1- 4 1 4 0 0 1 21
Michael Redd 21 2- 9 4- 4 1- 2 1- 3 0 1 0 0 0 9
Ricky Rubio 13 3- 3 4- 5 1- 1 0- 1 0 1 0 2 0 11
Kevin Durant 34 9-15 2- 2 3- 4 1- 9 3 3 0 2 1 23
Aaron Gordon 18 3-12 1- 2 0- 0 3- 9 3 3 2 0 1 7
Rajon Rondo 29 3-12 0- 0 0- 4 2- 4 7 5 0 0 2 6
Kawhi Leonard 33 5-16 4- 4 1- 2 2- 6 4 5 0 2 2 15
Boban Marjanovic 4 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0 2 0 0 1 2
Giannis Antetokoun 22 2- 6 2- 2 0- 0 0- 2 1 6 0 3 1 6
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Totals 240 41- 97 32-35 8-17 12-45 28 34 2 12 9 122
42.3% 91.4% 47.1%
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Coached by: ADAM RUSSELL
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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 14 2- 5 8- 8 0- 0 0- 1 2 1 0 1 0 12
David Robinson 28 4- 8 2- 2 0- 0 1- 8 2 3 2 1 1 10
Dennis Rodman 6 0- 1 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1 1 3 0 0 0 1
Maurice Stokes 36 8-14 5- 6 0- 0 5-14 4 4 2 1 2 21
Scottie Pippen 34 2- 7 2- 3 1- 5 1- 4 8 3 0 0 2 7
Paul Pressey 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Vern Mikkelsen 8 1- 3 2- 2 0- 0 1- 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Calvin Murphy 18 3- 9 1- 2 1- 2 0- 1 2 2 0 2 1 8
Stan Patrick 5 1- 3 2- 2 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Steve Nash 30 8-13 12-12 2- 4 0- 1 11 2 1 2 0 30
Swen Nater 20 4- 8 3- 4 0- 0 0- 8 1 5 1 2 0 11
LeBron James 32 12-16 1- 4 2- 3 2- 8 4 3 0 3 0 27
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Totals 240 45- 87 39-47 6-14 10-49 36 27 8 13 6 135
51.7% 83.0% 42.9%
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Coached by: DUSTIN O'DONNELL
Lead Changes: 0 Ties: 2 (6-6)
Go-Ahead Shot: Steve Nash (8-6)
Largest Leads: Houston Rockets -- 0
Syracuse Nationals -- 17 (51-34)
Injuries: Houston Rockets Syracuse Nationals
Rudy Gobert 2
Derrick Favors 3
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(21-23) Pittsburgh Cond 34 29 30 34 - 127 (Latrell Sprewell 25)
(15-28) Carolina Cougar 28 31 26 31 - 116 (Detlef Schrempf 22)
Good game for Pitt with a win over pesky Carolina. Should have played some D? Just 4 blocks and 7 steals for the Cougars v 5 and 9 for Pitt as well as allowing their opponents to go over 50% from the field. Sprewell 3 steals, 1 block and 0 chokes in the W and he squeaks on to the hot-shots team thanks to that (he wasn't on all offensive today) - but he's the only one!
Good game for Pitt with a win over pesky Carolina. Should have played some D? Just 4 blocks and 7 steals for the Cougars v 5 and 9 for Pitt as well as allowing their opponents to go over 50% from the field. Sprewell 3 steals, 1 block and 0 chokes in the W and he squeaks on to the hot-shots team thanks to that (he wasn't on all offensive today) - but he's the only one!
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Pittsburgh Condors FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Mike Bibby 6 1- 2 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Monta Ellis 10 4- 5 3- 4 1- 2 0- 2 0 1 0 2 0 12
Nene Hilario 30 10-11 4- 6 0- 0 3- 8 2 3 0 3 1 24
Mickey Johnson 28 5-14 2- 2 1- 2 0- 4 7 0 0 0 1 13
Gilbert Arenas 40 5- 9 10-12 2- 3 1- 4 5 5 0 5 0 22
Vin Baker 11 0- 3 2- 4 0- 0 0- 2 2 2 0 0 1 2
Jason Terry 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Hagan 35 5-12 4- 5 0- 1 1- 5 5 5 2 4 1 14
DeAndre Jordan 33 4- 8 2- 6 0- 0 2-14 1 6 2 2 1 10
Latrell Sprewell 38 11-22 0- 0 3- 5 3- 4 5 2 1 1 3 25
Mike Mitchell 4 0- 0 2- 2 0- 0 1- 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ray Allen 3 0- 2 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
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Totals 240 45- 88 29-41 8-15 11-45 28 26 5 18 9 127
51.1% 70.7% 53.3%
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Coached by: EDDIE INLOW II
Technical Fouls: DeAndre Jordan 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 25 2- 9 3- 4 0- 2 1- 1 5 5 0 3 2 7
Alex English 5 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cliff Robinson 9 3- 8 0- 0 0- 0 2- 3 0 6 0 2 1 6
Sergei Belov 11 1- 1 2- 2 0- 0 1- 2 5 1 0 0 1 4
Dan Issel 17 6-10 6- 7 0- 1 0- 3 1 2 0 1 1 18
Rod Strickland 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hersey Hawkins 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Cummings 36 7-12 1- 2 0- 0 1- 7 0 5 1 2 1 15
Detlef Schrempf 35 8-12 5- 6 1- 1 0- 9 4 5 1 6 0 22
Michael Finley 41 7-21 0- 0 0- 5 3- 8 10 1 0 1 1 14
Andre Miller 28 3- 7 4- 4 0- 1 2- 5 6 3 0 0 0 10
Moses Malone 32 8-12 2- 2 0- 0 1- 5 2 6 2 3 0 18
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Totals 240 46- 96 23-27 1-10 11-43 33 34 4 18 7 116
47.9% 85.2% 10.0%
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Coached by: AARON GOLD
Lead Changes: 0 Ties: 2 (42-42)
Go-Ahead Shot: Cliff Hagan (44-42)
Largest Leads: Pittsburgh Condors -- 19 (110-91)
Carolina Cougars -- 0
Injuries: Pittsburgh Condors Carolina Cougars
Kevin Garnett 5
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