THE BULLS- I just wanted to post about Boylan's guts on the call made tonight. Boylan gained my respect in the last 5 seconds of the game tonight against visiting Sacremento. Looking for Ben Gordon, the inbound past instead went to Ben Walnuts who worked a G&G with Kirk Hinrich ending in Wallace at the rim being fouled. It was a gutsy call, going with the offensively challenged Wallace, but somehow, some way, Wallace hit a Free Throw to get the 1 pt. lead with 2.7 left. And after a Ben Wallace block of Brad Miller, followed by a Camera of Shame moment featuring Miller, the Bulls sealed the deal and ended on a high note in a nail biter.
Granted it was Sacremento, the Bulls looked great down the stretch with Luol Deng on the bench nursing an injury.
The NO v. PHX game really intrigued me tonight. A game in which Chris Paul played 48 minutes, notching 28 pts, 14 in the 4th, 10 dimes, 3 stls, and only 1 TO. 1 TO in 48 minutes. Wow. I know there is a heated debate with Paul vs. Deron Williams, but I don't see a debate, Paul is the better guard. NO shot 50% to the Suns 53%, but the Hornets had 18 more shot attempts, more 3 pt made, and killed them on offensive reb. They limited Amare S-T-A-T to 11 shots and only 6 trips to the line. I think its time to put the New Orleans Hornets in a class with the elites of the west.
NJ vs ATL- Kidd had a very Jason Kid like triple double (10 pt., 13 reb, 14 ast) but added the 7 TOs and shot 3-11 from the field. Vince Carter is starting to come back around after suffering that earlier injury, pouring in 29. I like both of these eastern conference teams, and this was a good game to be watching in the 4th as NJ poured in 37 to win 113-107. Atlanta couldn't take advantage of a scoring outburst by Josh Smith (39 pt, 9 reb, 3 stl, 3 blk) which consisted of a very above par FG% (14-22). That being said, this was a crude showing of 4th quarter D by the Hawks. Sad. The Nets are on a 5 game streak, and are above .500 on the season. VC is healthy, Richard Jefferson doesn't need to be the focal point of that offense, and NJ is starting to play ball.
NY KINKS vs HOU- What do I need to say? The Knicks suck. The laziest defensive front line in the L had no effort in stopping Yao, but did try while shooting a superb 13-35 from the field. The back court doesn't get off tonight either, letting rookie Aaron Brooks score 22 on 8-10 from the field. Pathetic.
Utah vs POR- This cinderella story continued with Portland playing the struggling Utah Jazz after suffering the streak ending loss to them last week. The story here was the post D, limiting Carlos Boozer to a 3-16 effort from the field (bastard is on my fantasy team) and a season low 6 pts. The cool thing about Portland is- you don't know where the scoring is coming from. Kind of scary.
BOS v DET- This was the game you woke up saying you wanted to watch. It was okay I guess, the Offense wasnt there, with both teams shooting under 42%. The D was out tonight, and KG really showed why he can take BOS to the next level. He had a ridiculous +23 +/-, by far the highest in the game, showing his presence enough can determine the fate of a game. Boston's hero tonight however, aside from KG, was Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who shot a ridiculous 8-10 against Detroits front line pouring in 20. I think Boston is in a class of it's own in the east...
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