Shaq-Daddy is looking good right now. He had 32 on 13-16 shooting - thats almost flashback numbers. Daddy is showing that he can still do it if needed. Wade is good and he is the goto guy for the Heat, but thats only because he is good and not because the Diesel is not good anymore. Of course you could say he can't do it day-in and day-out, but he still seems to be able to do it 2 out of 4 days and that aint bad at all. In fact it's real good for the Heat who have now won 5 in a row. T-Wolves had no answer for Shaq in-spite of KG's 23-11.
Kobe went to Lower Merion High and did some off the court work before the game at Phily. But his on-court work fell short of perfection. He had 30, but Andre Iguodala's 31-8-4 on 11-18 shooting finished off the under-staffed Lakers. Phily seems to be doing better with the new AI than they did with the old AI. Andre Miller also had 23-3-8. This guy is one of the most under-rated point-guards in the league. I would definitely have no problem building a team with this guy at the point. Kobe again elbowed a guy in his face, with Kyle Korver being the victim this time. I don't think Kobe will be suspended for this one, but the elbow-shot made it to the highlight shows. Kobe also got booed a lot at Phily as always. Looks like they are never going to forget him claiming that he is "coming to Philly to cut their hearts out," during the 2001 NBA finals.
It was Nachbar-time for the Nets as Visanity stunk it up against his cousin. T-Mac had 34 and Yao had 24-13 to dump the Nets who were led by Bostjan Nachbar's 29. I guess he wanted to teach his ex-team a lesson. The Clip-joint lost to the Warriors on the road. B-Dizzle had 25 points to lead the W's against the team currently in the 8-th spot. The Clips have a tough trip trip ahead and they may fall out of the playoffs in a week or so. The problem for the W's is that they are in a 5-way fight with the Clips and 3 more teams in the T-Wolves, Hornets and the Kings.
The Suns won again, but the question in Phoenix again was "what's wrong with the Suns?". They again looked sluggish and won by a point against the Hornets scoring just 104. The Hornets could have won it at the buzzer, but David West threw an air-ball. Amare had 18-11 and Nashty had 15 and 10 dimes. Diaw is back now and may be that'll help. They are 9-1 in the last ten games and you can't really complain about that kind of a record, but they do need to look better winning games against the bad teams. Otherwise, you may have big problems against the good and great teams.
Melo came back today, but the Pistons still won at Denver comfortably. C-Webb lead all scorers with 20-9 night. In Boston, Al Jefferson had 31-16 to help the Celts beat the Sonics 118-103. Surprisingly 18000 people till showed up for this game at Boston. May be they thought Kevin Durant was already in town :-)
LA Lakers @ Phily - 92-108
NO/OK @ Phoenix - 103-104
New Jersey @ Houston - 91-112
LA Clippers @ Golden State - 89-99
Interesting games on the board for Mar 10-th (Saturday)
New Jersey @ San Antonio - Spurs going for 12-th straight.
New York @ Washington - New York is in playoff contention and this is a game they would love to win.
Cleveland @ Milwaukee - King V Redd usually means high-scoring fun.
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