Kobe was back today and unfortunately for Boston, they were on his way. He put on a show and you knew he was going to try and do that since he came back from a suspension. He had 43-8-8 against a Celtics team that has now lost 13 straight. With Paul Pierce hurt and Szczerbiak coming off the bench, the Celtics are starting Delonte West, Gerald Green, Ryan Gomes, Al Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins. What's this, the All-Star rookie Saturday? That lineup looks like a bad "sophomore" team in the rookie challenge. I think this is a "subtle" message to the Celtics fan that they might be rebuilding!
Spurs played a good one at Utah. Timmy had himself a game, but the Jazz won even without C-Booze. Okur controlled the game with 31-11. Looks like he is finally in Jerry Sloan's good books after a couple of tough years. He is a very talented, versatile, "euro-type" player whose range extends all the way to the 3-point line. He hit a big 3 in this one and both teams shot a lot of clutch threes in the final 4 minutes. But Horry missed one at the end that wrapped it up for the Jazz. Spurs are now going to Phoenix tomorrow for a big one. Tony Parker had a good game with 27 and 2 clutch threes in the 4-th. He rarely takes threes. It's interesting how the ball still goes through Ginobli in the final minutes. As good as Parker is, the Ginobli-Duncan pick-and-roll is still Pop's "2-minute drill" of choice.
Detroit went into New Jersey and took care of the Nets rather easily. A disappointing one for the Nets. Few more surprises today. The Wizards lost at Toronto as Bosh poured in 34 on 15/19 shooting. New York lost at Charlotte with Gerald Wallace scoring 42. This guy can do a lot of damage if given the opportunity. He plays hard, hustles all the time, is VERY athletic and has a decent offensive game. Denver lost at Portland. Denver might be in deep trouble. AI didn't play in this one, but thats no excuse to lose to Western "sophomore" team. Dallas won a tough one in Memphis 95-94. I would have expected higher scores out of this game, but I guess Dallas slowed Memphis down and won a close one without Josh Howard.
San Antonio @ Utah - 93-97
Detroit @ NJ - 113-89
Interesting games on the board for Feb 1-st (Thursday)
San Antonio @ Phoenix - Big one on TNT. But the Spurs are playing on a back-to-back.
Cleveland @ Miami - It would be a shame if LeBron is missing. Lebron and Wade put on a terrific show last year in one of these games.
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