Thursday, November 30, 2006

NBA notes - 11/30/2006

Kobe took care of Utah today. He scorched them for 30 points in the 3-rd quarter and ended up with 52 points in a rout. He hit 9 consecutive shots in the 3-rd quarter. It was great to watch (unless you are a Utah fan!). I have been joking lately that once Kobe gets on a roll, his team will go into a funk! Right now they are playing as a team and winning a lot of games with a lot of help from Luke Walton, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom. Once Kobe starts dominating the ball, things will be back to normal and Lakers will start dropping in the Pacific standing! But jokes apart, the Lakers might be for real with Kobe and the supporting cast I just mentioned plus the coach “big chief triangle”.I am very curious to see where they go this season. Right now they are 10-5 and Utah is 13-4.

Detroit beat Miami in a close one. Dwayne Wade had a tough night (5-23), and this version of the Heat are going to lose on most of those nights. I am kind of surprised Riles went with the same team this year. It's an old team and I thought he would have liked to add some talented young players and re-tool just a little bit. I guess the money situation was too tight.

Detroit @ Miami - 87-85
Utah @ LA Lakers - 102-132

We are done with the month of November and on to December. We start the month off in style with the Suns playing the Bucks. Should be a high scoring affair.

Interesting games on the board for tomorrow, the 1-st (Friday)

Milwaukee @ Phoenix - Can the Suns keep the winning streak going? How much will Michael Redd score? He is "HOTT" right now.
Sacramento @ Dallas - Used to be a great match-up few years back. It could be a close game if Nowitzki is not 100%.

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