Daily SNAPSHOT- January 29th

Brooklyn go for 97- Beating the downtrodden Magic who slump to their 6th straight loss and 2-8 in their Last 10 games. The Nets got out to an early lead with some well run plays that left room for knock-em-down shooters like Deron Williams and never looked back. Vucevic’ performance is once again a redeeming factor for a team that is looking to rebuild.

Golden State go for 114- Bogut returns for only his 5th game of the year after ankles problems and  adds instantly to the Warriors growing offensive threat with 12 points and 8 rebounds. Golden State rise above Denver in the West and into 5th.

Houston go for 125!- Beating the Jazz by a full 45 points. Harden lead the way with 25 points and Asik with 18 career high rebounds destroying the Jazz and handing the jazz their worst home defeat EVER. The Rockets were fantastic all-around the court and consolidated a rollercoaster year that had many predicting them battling for a bottom place in the West (before Harden’s arrival anyway)

Notes: Chicago roll on and look like a real contender, especially with Rose’ return imminent. AND HARRISON BARNES DOES IT AGAIN (check dunks page tonight)

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Daily SNAPSHOT- January 28th (RONDO ACL)

Boston Win without Rondo- Boston take the high-flying Miami to the wire and win it in double overtime in a excellent encounter. The Celtics went out unknowing that their youthful and dynamic All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo will miss the rest of 2013 and effectively put the dagger in the last stance of the old guard. If Boston make it into the playoffs with no Rondo it will be a great achievement but there’s no way they make it past the top or second placed Eastern team. General Manager Ainge has some HUGE decisions to make about where to go next.

Lakers win with style- Their second straight win against the top Western side. Kobe’s near Triple Double (21, 9, 14) allowed for the Lakers to share the wealth and even with Howards poor shooting from the line, look like a real team again. The Thunder didn’t do anything  wrong from a basketball standpoint but a couple of technical fouls and backchat to the referees swung the game  in the Yellows favour. 35 points from Durant continues his high scoring for the year.

Carmelo wins with 3ease- 9 thee-point shots made from downtown and a layup and 1 won the game for the Knicks against Josh Smith’s Atlanta Hawks by 2. Melo’s career night and the franchise high for 3’s along with solid scoring from JR, Felton and Stoudemire meant the Knicks starters got it done in tightly contested Eastern Conference battle that ended 106-104 in the New York Knicks Favour.

Notes: Look out for Jeff Green’s SLAM DUNK.

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Daily SNAPSHOT- January 23rd

All the action from yesterday summed up today!

Pistons win bottom of the East dual- Detroit come up trumps in the battle of the bottom but will these sort of victories benefit them down the line when draft prospects/picks are decided. With both teams still building losses are just as important as wins.

Eastern playoff teams dual- 76ers lose to the boisterous Bucks in another all-Eastern clash. Ilyasova brings the pain with 27 points and 16 rebounds further promoting the Milwaukee Bucks as a potential East threat.

Western leaders dual- Kevin Durant continues to show that he’s ‘The Future’ (a classy nickname if you ask us) with a 32/7 performance with Griffin also proving to be the Clippers points scoring star with 31/11. Thunder come up clutch with a 109-97 victory.

Daily notables.

Kyrie Irvings 40 points and 5 assists (1 point from a career high) take Boston down a peg or two and leaves the Celtics holding onto 8th in the East for dear life.

All the highlights and round ups below.

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Daily Newsflash- January 15th

(First off, apologies for only the one post yesterday. Full-time work over-ran and the posts due to be finished were not. DO NOT FEAR. There will be more tonight don’t you worry.)

Rondo shows quality- Rajon Rondo secures the victory for the Celtics with a triple-double (17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) as Boston take their win streak to 6 with a 100-89 win against the Bobcats.

Kevin Durant is quality- KD scores 41 points as the Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 102-90 as a 19 point 4th quarter from Durant puts the full-stop on the W.  One to watch- Look out for an explosive dunk on Marcin Gortat. Possible dunk of the year and a absolute posterizer.

Hawks/Magic lack quality- Chicago walk all over the Hawks winning by 38 points at the United center. The 2nd quarter saw Atlanta only put up 5, YES 5, points. Larry Drew was quoted saying ‘There will be changes” after the game, which will be more than expected with this embarassing defeat.

Magic lose by a margin to bottom of the East Wizards, showing that their roster lacks consistency, defence and a real leader. The Wizards saw 6 players score in double figures and 3 wins in a row gives their fans hope.

 

 

Daily Newsflash- January 13th

Wall makes the Difference– John Wall returns to play for the Wizards for the first time since April 2012 and makes an instant impact as the Wizards beat the indifferent Hawks 93-83.

It’s a funny ol’ game- In a fantastic early Sunday match-up The Orlando Magic clutched the game away from the Clippers with a 104-101 victory where the Magic only lead for the first time with 42 seconds on the game clock. Particular plaudits should go to Aaron Afflalo with 30 points, a masterful game from potential 6th man of the Year J.J. Redick and also Nicola Vucevic who continued his massive rebounding totals for the year with 15. Blake Griffin showed that his game has a lot more to it with sky-hooks and turn-around jumpers which makes the All-Star an even more scary offensive threat.

Magic win first game in 10. Clippers lose their first game at home in 13.

Chica-where’dya-go- The Bulls can’t decided whether or not they are coming or going in this 12-13 season as they get handed a 16 point loss by the flailing Phoenix Suns. It seems Chicago only step up in the bigger match-ups.

 

Noisiest Bucket of the Year.

CP3 to DeAndre Jordan for the disgusting dunk. (Starts 5 seconds in)