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  • #211
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    Rudy Gay gets 27, Grizzlies rout Lakers 104-85

    LOS ANGELES (AP)—Rudy Gay and the Memphis Grizzlies didn’t get overly excited about beating the Los Angeles Lakers so thoroughly that the Staples Center crowd booed its two-time champions off the court.

    The Grizzlies were just pleased they had seized their second chance for a fresh start to the new year.

    Gay scored 27 points, Zach Randolph added 21 points and eight rebounds, and the Grizzlies roared away in the second half for a 104-85 victory over the lifeless Lakers on Sunday night.

    One day after a rough loss at Utah, and four days after losing to the NBA-worst Sacramento Kings, the Grizzlies’ blowout had their bench standing in celebration for much of the second half.




    “Whenever you play good basketball, things like this happen,” said Gay, who spent most of the past three days off in bed with a stomach virus. “It’s just like any other team. Every other team in this league is looking at them like they’re just another team to beat. With all due respect to them, they’re a great team, but I felt that we came out here and played great basketball.”

    O.J. Mayo scored 15 points for the Grizzlies, who made a 19-4 run in the third quarter to take a 17-point lead. Los Angeles never threatened to get back in it despite a 21-point second half by Kobe Bryant, and the Lakers were left wondering how the Grizzlies are just 15-19 after losing to Memphis twice in less than five weeks.

    “We feel like we can play with anybody, and we should have a better record than we have,” said point guard Mike Conley, who had 12 points and six assists. “We’ve laid eggs here and there, but we’re working hard to become a more consistent team.”

    Gay hit two 3-pointers, repeatedly scored in transition and punctuated his night with a steal and a dramatic dunk with 6:40 to play. Randolph went 9 for 17 in the low post to win his matchup with Pau Gasol, who had 10 points and eight rebounds.

    “Coming out like this against the world champs should really motivate us to keep playing hard and winning,” Randolph said. “This is really how we’ve got to play in the new year.”

    Bryant scored 28 points for the Lakers, who have lost three of their last four home games—all three by at least 16 points, with a narrow New Year’s Eve win over Philadelphia in between—and four of six overall.

    Los Angeles still leads the woeful Pacific Division by eight games, but the Lakers have looked decidedly average for most of the past two weeks. The Lakers made 20 turnovers and trailed by 26 points in the fourth quarter, eliciting boos from the fans who didn’t leave early.

    Although Bryant earned yet another technical foul for a post-basket outburst, he seemed more clinical than emotional afterward.

    “We didn’t execute well, and defensively we were poor,” Bryant said. “We’ve just got to come out focused and ready to play. It’s tough when you have to try to regenerate that energy every single night. It starts individually. You have to look at yourself and try to find things to get you going. Right now we can’t beat anybody, but we’ll be fine.”

    Andrew Bynum had nine points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots for the Lakers, but Memphis scored 28 fast-break points and repeatedly beat Los Angeles down the court.

    Los Angeles appeared exhausted at times during its fourth game in six days, and it’s a problem that’s only going to get worse. The Lakers are early in a stretch of 15 games in 25 days, and they won’t get consecutive days off again until Jan. 22-23.

    “We’re not really playing together, and as a result, it’s costing us,” Bynum said. “Right now, we’ve got to be concerned. We have to be. … Good teams are looking at us like we’re soft.”

    Memphis took a nine-point lead at halftime and then took control with a 19-4 run late in the third quarter after Bryant shot the Lakers back into it with 17 third-period points. Bryant was visibly frustrated, slapping the back of a seat in anger when he came out of the game in the third. The crowd agreed with its boos.

    Gay scored 10 points in the first quarter for the Grizzlies, pushing them to an early lead. Randolph scored 15 first-half points on 7-for-10 shooting, and Memphis closed the second quarter with a 10-2 run to take a 48-39 lead.

    Joe Smith made his Lakers debut in the final 4:36.
    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011010213
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    • #212
      Re: NBA News

      Spurs use balance to climb to top

      Anyone who knows Gregg Popovich knows there are probably 347 other places he’d rather be than walking the red carpet at the All-Star Game next month in Los Angeles as coach of the Western Conference team. He doesn’t do extravagant parties, and the over-the-top showmanship of the NBA’s annual entertainment weekend likely doesn’t appeal to him. More than anything, he’d rather just not have the attention.

      Popovich has always preached a we-over-me mantra with the San Antonio Spurs, and that comes from his days at the Air Force Academy, where he was a walk-on for the basketball team.

      “I’m just guessing, but everybody that goes there has a 3.8 or 4.0 [grade-point average] – valedictorians – and did all kinds of stuff,” Popovich said. “And you go there and everybody is the same. They strip you bare. You start over again, and during the four years you learn it’s not about you. It’s about the group. It’s about the people that are around you and how people come together and how teams are put together and how you have each other’s back and that sort of thing.




      The Spurs reached the halfway point of their schedule on pace to win 70 games thanks to good health for Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and the rest of the team's starters.


      “You learn that one person really doesn’t get anything done. In any business, in any endeavor, the people around you have to be good people and have to be able to work together. That’s where the real joy is – when you’re sharing success with somebody.”

      Over the last 13-plus seasons, no major U.S. professional sports franchise has enjoyed more sustained success than the Spurs. They’ve won 70.1 percent of their games during that time, a mark that ranks ahead of the NFL’s New England Patriots (68.3 percent) and the Spurs’ own rival, the Los Angeles Lakers (65.9). They’ve also won four NBA championships and seven division titles and may have produced their biggest surprise yet this season: At a time when many thought the Spurs would slip from the ranks of the league’s elite, they’ve surged to their greatest start ever with a league-best 38-7 record.

      “Everybody is surprised by that record,” Manu Ginobili(notes) said. “But now we are here. We earned it and we want to keep the lead as long as possible and finish No. 1.”

      The Spurs have benefitted from good health: They’re the only team in the league to use the same starting lineup for each of their games. But they’ve also won because of their remarkable balance. They rank fifth in the league in scoring, averaging 104.1 points per game, but don’t have a single player averaging even 19 points. Ginobili is the team-high with 18.6 while Tim Duncan, content now to steady the Spurs with his rebounding and defense, is averaging just 13.6 points.

      In short, these Spurs may be as team-oriented as any roster Popovich has ever had. All of the Spurs’ three stars – Duncan, Ginobili and Tony Parker – are also averaging fewer than 33 minutes. With nearly everyone on the roster contributing in some form this season, the Spurs have continued to win in their usual understated style.

      “Even if we’re up by 30 we’re not going to keep screaming and yelling,” veteran forward Antonio McDyess said. “That’s why a lot of people call this team boring. Regardless, we get the job done.”

      That’s all Popovich has ever asked. Beginning with David Robinson, the Spurs have had a long line of players who have bought into their team-first mentality, including their three current stars. Players who come into the system learn to adapt – or leave.

      “We try not to bring people in who we think they are a bit full of themselves and think they invented the dunk or something like that,” Popovich said. “And after that if somebody is in, the players set an example and react appropriately. If one of our young guys was to try to show up the opponent or beat his chest, I might be the fifth guy to him. There will be other players saying, ‘Hey, whoa, you look foolish doing that crap.’
      The Spurs rank fifth in the league in scoring, led by Manu Ginobili's 18.6 points.


      “And if nobody does, I’ll obviously do it.”

      Richard Jefferson learned that early last season after he joined the Spurs.

      “There were a few times where he got on me early about screaming after a dunk and showing that kind of emotion,” Jefferson said. “You do what your coach asks for.”

      Parker went through his own growing pains with Popovich. And for McDyess, playing for the Spurs is quite different than his days with the Detroit Pistons.

      The Pistons often had a stereo blaring music in their locker room before games. That won’t be found in the Spurs’ locker room. After the Spurs’ win over the Golden State Warriors on Monday, the team enjoyed a dinner together in San Francisco.

      “When I got there, the Pistons were playing music, rapping and cursing,” McDyess said. “They said that’s what worked for them. And half of them said that if they don’t go out [the night] before a game they don’t play well. On this team you don’t get that. Different things work for different teams.”

      In part because of their business-as-usual nature, the Spurs haven’t received much attention for their strong start. They reached the halfway point of their schedule on pace to win 70 games and much of the season’s headlines have been devoted to the exploits of the Lakers and Miami Heat or Carmelo Anthony’s trade demand. The Spurs could care less.

      “Luckily enough I don’t look at the radar so I wouldn’t know what is going on,” Duncan said. “I have better things to do, I guess.”

      The Spurs also don’t measure themselves on their success in the regular season. If they keep winning in the playoffs, the acclaim will come.

      “We laugh about it and love it,” Popovich said. “The less attention, the more time and focus we have to concentrate on what we’d like to do. Having the success we’ve had with championships, we don’t need anyone to give us credit.”

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      • #213
        Re: NBA News

        Lakers lost today to the Kings
        but Kobe did pass Hakeem's scoring record.

        Let's see how they will do against Boston
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        • #214
          Re: NBA News

          Another take on Kobe Bryant's relative clutchness

          As Mr. Dwyer explained a little bit ago, this post by Henry Abbott on TrueHoop has taken our basketball corner of the Internet by storm Friday for claiming that Kobe Bryant(notes) is not as clutch as everyone thinks. By the numbers, Kobe makes a little less than one of every three shots when his team is down two, down one, or tied on the final possession, which makes him one of the worst performers among players with at least 30 attempts in those situations. Kobe also rates poorly in all situations in the final five minutes or overtime.

          This is obviously surprising given his reputation as the best closer in the NBA. But the fact remains that Kobe does have this reputation, and it's there that we must question why it persists even if the numbers claim it's wrong.

          The most obvious reason is that laymen and commentators across North America say Kobe's the best in late-game situations. Those comments feed upon itself, and eventually everyone just accepts that Kobe owns the fourth quarter.

          At the same time, that reputation wouldn't seem viable to most observers if it didn't have some basis in reality. Kobe hits big shots at the end of games, sometimes, but the far greater reason for his clutch reputation is that the Lakers win in the postseason. Kobe usually plays a huge part in those wins -- he's been the first or second-best player on five championship teams -- and he wins acclaim because of it.

          That doesn't mean that his clutchness is an illusion, because the term can apply to many situations apart from the end of games. In baseball, for instance, Barry Bonds once held a reputation as not clutch because of his terrible stats in all playoff situations, not just at the end of NLCS games. The same logic can apply to basketball: if a player performs well in any postseason context -- even if it's just starting a blowout at the beginning of a game -- he can be seen as someone who comes up big in pressure-filled situations.

          Kobe has won a lot of big games for the Lakers, which means he's seen as a winner, which means he becomes seen as someone who turns the tide in close games. So even if he fails to make big shots at the end of close contests, those aren't remembered because they don't fall in line with the established Kobe narrative. That doesn't mean that his reputation is wrong -- just that it's not a complete picture of how Kobe performs in crunch time. When someone is seen as a champion, we tend to remember the great moments, like Kobe's big shot against Phoenix in 2006 or his dominance of the Pacers without Shaq in 2000. These moments stand paramount in our memories because they fall in with the larger view of his career.

          Again, the numbers in Henry's post do not necessarily establish that Kobe is not clutch, if only because clutch can mean many things: coming up big in huge games, performing well at the end of games, the thing that makes cars shift, etc. What the numbers do show, though, is that the popular view of Kobe as an indomitable closer is oversimplified. He's not perfect, but he's also provided us with more memorable late-game moments than any other active player. The important question may not be whether Kobe's clutch or not, but why we insist on saying he's one or the other.

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          • #215
            Re: NBA News

            Spurs ground Rockets for 18th straight home win

            SAN ANTONIO (AP)—The San Antonio Spurs are the NBA’s first team to 40 wins, and got there faster than the four-time champions ever have before.

            Maybe three weeks on the road will make things more challenging.



            Manu Ginobili scored 22 points and the Spurs hit 40 victories by winning their 18th in a row at home, beating the Houston Rockets 108-95 on Saturday night.

            “I’m just speechless right now,” said Spurs center DeJuan Blair, who had 14 points and 12 rebounds. “Because it’s just such an honor to be on this team, on this quest for greatness, and we’ve just got to keep it going.”
            SAN ANTONIO, TX - JANUARY 29: DeJuan Blair #45 of the San Antonio Spurs dunks against the Houston Rockets during the game at AT&T Center on January 29, …







            Richard Jefferson added 18 points in what was San Antonio’s last game at the AT&T Center for three weeks. The Spurs (40-7) embark on their annual Rodeo Road Trip starting Tuesday, testing the NBA’s best record against nine straight road games.

            Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has traditionally used the trip as a distraction-free chance to work out the kinks. But with the NBA’s best record, the Spurs have few obvious faults—and are so far ahead in the Southwest Division (9 games) that they could lose every game on the trip and still be at the top.

            Luis Scola led the Rockets with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Houston trailed just 76-71 after the third quarter before being buried by a flurry of 3s, and finished the game looking winded a night after nearly overcoming a 25-point deficit in a loss to Dallas.

            “They don’t beat themselves,” Rockets forward Shane Battier said. “We were right there with them for a half. We played pretty good basketball, then we had that lull where we couldn’t answer their 3s and their big shots that created separation.”

            Houston has lost four of six.

            Tim Duncan, in jeopardy of missing the All-Star game for the first time in his career, had 12 points and seven rebounds as every Spurs starter was in double figures. Fans didn’t vote in Duncan as an All-Star starter for the first time in 11 seasons, and he must wait this week to see whether coaches vote him in as a reserve.

            Blair’s double-double was his eighth this season. Tony Parker added 17 points and George Hill(notes) had 14 as the Spurs moved two wins from tying the franchise record of 20 straight home wins, set during the 1989-90 season.

            “You keep competing, executing and trying to improve,” Popovich said. “It doesn’t matter if you have the best record or the worst record.”

            Kyle Lowry had 15 points for the Rockets. Houston’s road trip won’t get any easier: the Rockets head to Los Angeles on Tuesday to play the Lakers, then finish another back-to-back Wednesday at Utah.

            Kevin Martin and Chuck Hayes added 10 apiece for Houston.

            “We were in the game all they way into the third quarter. But they were too solid. They are too solid,” Scola said. “Most solid team in the NBA. They’re the best team in the NBA, period.”

            The Spurs went 5-for-8 behind the 3-point line the fourth, including Ginobili sinking two with a close hand in his face both times.

            Hill’s 3-pointer with 7:32 left capped a 7-0 Spurs run and stretched the lead to double-digits for good.

            Three months into the season, the Spurs are already just 10 wins shy of matching their 50-win total from a season ago.

            San Antonio’s road trip won’t be as grueling a gauntlet as years past, either: Only three of the nine games (Portland, the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago) are against teams with winning records before the Spurs return home Feb. 23 against Oklahoma City.

            http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=ArtyN84q5j8urHGml4Usbqo5nYcB?gid=2011012924
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            • #216
              Re: NBA News

              (Happy that)Lakers lost again
              next challenge is against the Spurs.
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              • #217
                Re: NBA News

                Nets beat Anthony in first game since talks end

                NEWARK, N.J. (AP)—Who needs Carmelo Anthony

                The New Jersey Nets certainly didn’t in their first game against Melo and his Nuggets since owner Mikhail Prokhorov told his team to halt lingering trade talks with Denver for the All-Star forward a little less than two weeks ago.

                Brook Lopez(notes) scored 27 points, Devin Harris(notes) had a career-high 18 assists and the Nets gave Anthony an indication why he might want to play for New Jersey with a 115-99 victory Monday night.

                “This was something I never experienced before with the trade situation, so not just me, everyone was fired up” said Nets guard Anthony Morrow









                It showed. The Nets hit 53.2 percent from the field, shot 60 percent from 3-point range, forced 16 turnovers and outrebounded the Nuggets 38-27.

                Morrow said it was nothing personal against Anthony, but it was a desire to show that the Nets (15-34) are good enough to win with their current personnel. They are 5-3 since the talks ended.

                “Everyone had that chip on their shoulder,” said Morrow, who scored 18 points on 6 of 6 from the field. “You could kind of see the look in guys eyes even this morning at shootaround. It’s a situation we’re just glad we’re still here and wish them the best of luck the rest of the season.”

                Anthony gave the fans who jeered and cheered him at different times a clear indication why he is so valued, scoring 37 points—two shy of his season high— to keep his team in the game.

                Anthony, who continues to be involved in trade speculation with the NBA deadline on Feb. 24 approaching, wasn’t surprised by the Nets’ effort.

                “Why shouldn’t they feel a little extra motivated tonight in a game like this, knowing that their names have been in cahoots with the Denver Nuggets for the past couple of months,” Anthony said.

                Anthony also felt the credit for the Nets’ turnaround belongs to Prokhorov.

                “I think he really did it more for his team,” Anthony said. “Ever since he made that statement, they’ve been playing hard. They seem like they’re committed and as a result they beat us tonight.”

                Travis Outlaw(notes) scored 13 of his 20 points in a big first quarter and Kris Humphries(notes) had 15 and nine rebounds for New Jersey, which hit 9 of 15 3-pointers.

                Harris and Lopez insisted the Nets were more concerned about ending a two-game losing streak than making a statement about the proposed trade, which had players worried about their future for weeks.

                Harris came close though.

                “As a player, you always have that pride, you want to take it upon yourself and know that we think we have enough to win,” he said. “It’s not always within our control, but this is the best way we can speak for ourselves, going out and giving it a great effort like we did tonight.”

                Chauncey Billups(notes), who was also supposed to be sent to New Jersey in the deal, had 17 of his 19 points in the second half. Nene added 16.

                New Jersey never trailed after the opening minutes and led by as many as 18 points in the first half.

                However, Melo wouldn’t let the Nuggets go away and Harris, who was the major part in the Nets deal to the Nuggets, wouldn’t let Denver get over the hump in its comeback.

                Trailing 82-69 with 2:36 left in the third quarter, Anthony hit a jumper to ignite a 9-3 run that featured six of Billups’ 11 points in the quarter.

                The lead shrunk and it looked as if it was down to 85-81 when J.R. Smith(notes) hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer, but it was reviewed and waved off because the shot left his hand a split second too late.

                Denver managed to cut the lead to four points three times in the fourth quarter, the last at 96-92 on a drive and jam by Nene with 7:43 to play.

                Harris then drove for a layup to ignite an 8-1 run that ended with six free throws, one courtesy of a technical against Billups, who was miffed a foul wasn’t called when he was stripped for his seventh turnover.

                Denver never got close after that.

                New Jersey scored hit 25 of 40 shots from the field in the first half, including 6 of 8 from long range, in taking a 63-50 lead over the Nuggets, who were losing their second game in as many nights.

                The halftime point total was a season high for New Jersey, which needed it because Anthony was single-handedly almost as good.

                Melo scored 23 in the half, hitting 6 of 12 from the field and 9 of 10 free throws

                http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=AqyBFmZ7Y5QOlTqPDEikrek5nYcB?gid=2011013117
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                • #218
                  Re: NBA News

                  Rondo scores 26 as Celtics beat Magic 91-80

                  BOSTON (AP)—Rajon Rondo(notes) scored 11 of his 26 points in the third quarter when the Boston Celtics capitalized on Orlando’s cold shooting to take charge and go on to a 91-80 win over the Magic on Sunday.

                  Boston led 46-43 at halftime and stretched that to 70-55 with 3:36 left in the third quarter. At that point, the Celtics had made 9 of their 10 shots in the period while the Magic had hit just 4 of 18.
                  BOSTON, MA - FEBRUARY 06: Marquis Daniels #8 the Boston Celtics is cared for after he collided with Gilbert Arenas #1 of the Orlando Magic





                  Orlando scored the last six points of the third quarter, cutting the lead to 70-61, but the Celtics came right back with a 7-2 run to go ahead 77-63. They led by at least eight the rest of the way.

                  Paul Pierce added 18 points and Kevin Garnett had 16 for the Celtics, who improved to 23-4 at home. Dwight Howard had 28 points and 13 rebounds for the Magic, who lost for the fifth time in eight games.

                  http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=AtM57VQXDcetK9swkyzS_F85nYcB?gid=2011020602
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                  • #219
                    Re: NBA News

                    Lakers vs Grizzlies

                    Lakers get a win, finally!
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                    • #220
                      Re: NBA News

                      Jerry Sloan Is Done

                      I feel bad for sloan he was the Utah coach for so many years & even with malone & stockton he never won a ring.
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