Dallas blew out the Lakers today and showed them they are probably not in the same league, at least not yet. Kobe was not enough today. He had 26 points, but 6 turnovers and a badly missed dunk at the end. Fans had fun with that one when the ball bounced off the rim and Anthony Johnson took it the other way and dunked it himself. Kobe had to come back and pull off a reverse dunk the very next play to restore some credibility! All these distractions apart, Lakers could not handle the forward combo of Howard and Nowitzki. Howard took more shots than Nowitzki and ended up with a 29-11 night. Nowitzki had 27-10 night himself. Not entirely the fault of the Lakers because this combo has been a nightmare all season long for most of the teams.
Heat beat the Pacers after leading big. They let them back in to the game, but finally held on. Wade had 33-6-8 and another circus highlight shot. Pacers had a depleted roster because of the trade and they had a few second-tier guys step up and score big. Granger had 28, Marquis Daniel had 23 and Jeff Foster had 14. You wonder why MArquis Daniel is not having a better NBA career. I guess Avery didn't like him in Dallas and he is not getting minutes in Indiana either. Anyways, I was surprised that the TNT gang, Chuck and Jet, think Indiana got the better end of the trade. They say they are surprised the fans think Golden State did well! They are basically saying what I said yesterday about Murphy and Dunleavy playing with a talented big man like Jermaine O'Neal. That will open things up for them, but still I think the Warriors upgraded their talent more than the Pacers did and Warriors got some cap relief too. Apparently they need it for signing Monta and Biedrins in a couple of years.
Talking of the TNT show, it's funny they are trying to get the Chuckster race 67 year old ref Dick Bavetta! Chuck claims that there is no way a 67 year old guy outruns him. Lets see.
LA Lakers @ Dallas - 95-114
Indiana @ Miami - 101-104
Interesting games on the board for the Jan 19-th (Friday)
Cleveland @ Denver - It's not Lebron V Carmelo, but Lebron V AI is still VERY good.
Washington @ Orlando - Two Eastern teams with near identical records hoping to go some place this season. Lets see who's better.
New Jersey @ New York - Believe it or not, New York might actually be in the playoff race. Thats how bad the Atlantic division is and this game is big for New York.
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