Nowitzki put on a show again. He had 38 points and 11 boards to lead the Mavs past the Raptors in a close one. Mavs started slow and won 97-96 at the end behind some work by Nowitzki. He is averaging 30+ in January and is definitely a MVP candidate now. There was an awesome block by Chris Bosh in this game against Dirk. Bosh also had 24-15 in defeat. Nowitzki says Andrea Bargnani is better and more athletic than he ever was at that age. Thats high praise, but Bargnani is doing real well and Bryan Collangello might have hit another home run with that pick.
AI had a good game against Portland with 32-3-9. Zach Randolph shot 1-12 in this game and thats not what Portland is looking for. Denver traded away Earl Boykins to Milwaukee for Steve Blake. This could be a good trade for Denver and Blake since he can play some PG to AI's off-G. He had 25 points in this game. Not sure if he'll still start when Melo returns, but he might with AI playing 2-guard with JR coming off the bench. Apparently Denver wanted to off-load Big Earl's salary.
Interesting games on the board for the Jan 15-th (Monday)
Miami @ LA Lakers - Wade V Kobe. 2 teams on a roll meeting in LA. Wade dominated the Christmas day match-up. It might be Kobe's turn now. Shaq might return too.
Utah @ Washington - Washington is tough at home and the Jazz are tough anywhere!
San Antonio @ Chicago - Could be a tough test on the road for San Antonio.
LA Clippers @ Golden State - Important match-up at the bottom of the Western conf playoff standings here. First of a home and home for these 2 teams and this might decide the 8-th spot in the west.
Phoenix @ Memphis - Interesting one here. Memphis might want to push the ball even more than the Suns if you can believe that. What will the score be at the end?
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