Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

Wow, the Spurs have lost their third straight game... 111-104, to the Grizz.

EDIT: Lakers win again, 102-84, over the Hornets.... That's 15 wins in 16 games since the All-Star break. :applaud:

Celts won on the road in Minny, squeaked it out 85-82. No Rondo but it didn't help solve the Case of the Disappearing Offense. :doh:

Celtics lose to the Pacers, 107-100.

Spurs lose to Portland, 100-92, their fourth straight loss.

Lakers closing in on the top spot in the West... :victory:

Who knows what's up with the Celts, play great D and get no offense, get good offense and play no D. :nut:
Spurs lost again but may have been a moral victory though they don't count in the standings, played without Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. :sweat:

hitomi #1 wrote:Spurs lost again but may have been a moral victory though they don't count in the standings, played without Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. :sweat:

Hardly a moral victory, since it's their fourth straight loss. :sweat:

^^ Sit Kobe, Gasol and Bynum for a game and they'd probably have a tough time winning too, :sweat: actually had the lead going into the 4th but had no bench as they were already playing. :bleh: Blazers aren't an elite team but a fairly solid one who are capable of beating anyone on a given night.

hitomi #1 wrote:Blazers aren't an elite team but a fairly solid one who are capable of beating anyone on a given night.

That's true for any team... Even the Clippers. :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
That's true for any team... Even the Clippers. :rofl:

And they went into Boston and won. :headscratch: Lakers know that feeling from their last trip to the 'mistake by the lake' city. :nut:

hitomi #1 wrote:Who knows what's up with the Celts

Ever since 'the trade' the bench hasn't really performed. The starters are only playing slightly better. :sweat:

Jav_sol wrote:
Ever since 'the trade' the bench hasn't really performed. The starters are only playing slightly better. :sweat:

True about the bench, Green has been a bust, :usuck: but he was before he got there. Actually Davis has done a fairly good job this year off the bench, :applaud: except for Howard in the East, no team has a good center so wonder if it wouldn't be wiser having him start and play more minutes and have Kristic come off the bench, least in the playoffs for at least the first round.

Looks like Cleveland doesn't need LeBron afterall. They whipped Miami's rear end, 102-90. :applaud:

^^ They've only got 15 victories on the year yet 10 of them have been against teams going to the playoffs. :nut:

mrsmith10 wrote:Looks like Cleveland doesn't need LeBron afterall. They whipped Miami's rear end, 102-90. :applaud:

That has got to be the Cavs most satisfying win of the entire season... Even better than beating the Lakers. :mrgreen:

Spurs lose their fifth straight game, 107-97, to the Celtics.

Lakers smacking down the Mavs big time, 108-82, in the 4th.

^Final score LA 110-82. It got quite chippy out there. A couple of confrontations in the game. Matt Barnes and Jason Terry will probably have suspensions.

mrsmith10 wrote:^Final score LA 110-82. It got quite chippy out there. A couple of confrontations in the game. Matt Barnes and Jason Terry will probably have suspensions.

Lakers closing in on the Spurs... Rapidly.

Satchel Paige: "Don't look back -- Someone could be gaining on you." :mrgreen:

mrsmith10 wrote:^Final score LA 110-82. It got quite chippy out there. A couple of confrontations in the game. Matt Barnes and Jason Terry will probably have suspensions.

Probably Blake as well.

It was clearly the Mavs who were the instigators, since they were getting the hammer from the Lakers... Bush league, as you'd expect from a spoiled Mark Cuban team.

So far, only Matt Barnes has been suspended for 1 game. Blake got no suspension, and aparently Jason Terry who started the whole thing, is not going to be suspended either. :angry:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=An86AMkPZqa7pJR126JnJM28vLYF?slug=ap-lakers-barnessuspended

mrsmith10 wrote:So far, only Matt Barnes has been suspended for 1 game. Blake got no suspension, and aparently Jason Terry who started the whole thing, is not going to be suspended either. :angry:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=An86AMkPZqa7pJR126JnJM28vLYF?slug=ap-lakers-barnessuspended

Figures. :shakehead:

The instigator gets nothing and the person who retaliates gets penalized. :grumble:

Stupid rule. :crazy: