Friday, December 08, 2006

NBA notes - 12/06/2006

Atlanta upset Denver on the road. Melo seems to take a tonne of shots and on days he doesn't make enough of them, Denver can lose. Strong game from Camby and Joe was the usual Joe for Atlanta and they won a close one. Cleveland beat Toronto behind the King's 26 and 10 assists. I think Cleveland should not be staying this close to teams like Toronto if they want to be true contenders.

As for the game I was most intrigued by, the Hornets upset the Lakers even with Kobe playing and playing well. Chris Paul is a stud and he had 26 pts (11-22 shooting) and 11 assists. LA lost at home, but San Antonio continued its run. They look unstoppable as always. Blew Charlotte right out of the gym and Timmy had 25.

Gilbert Arenas had 38 and Antawn Jamison had 33 for the Wizards against the woeful Knicks. By the way, I knew the Marbury/Francis back-court was a bad idea, but I had no idea it would be this bad and that it would completely shut down both these players! I have not heard anything about Steve Francis since the trade and Marbury's numbers are way down as well. At least before the trade, the two were impressive individual performers in this league.

NO/OK Hornets @ LA Lakers – 105-89

Interesting games on the board for tomorrow, the Dec 7-th (Thursday)

All 3 games are good tomorrow.

Phoenix @ New Jersey – The great point guard match-up again. This time on the road. Should be a good game.

Detroit @ Dallas – Elite teams from either conference are matching up here. Lets see how good Detroit is.

Miami @ Sacramento – Two playoff hopefuls on either coast again. Should be a good one if Artest is healthy.

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