Heels in the League (NBA) 02/25/10

(NBA) 02/25/10

Once again being late with this daily post of mine (due to the fact my wife is getting ready to go back to the hospital once again to de more chemo in her battle against luekemia) here is the next edition of “Heels in the League” (NBA) for the games from yesterday, Thursday, February 25, 2010. In yesterday’s line up, composed of three games, all three of them not only had a touch of Carolina Blue, but were head to head match ups. As usual, if you want to check out another run down feel free to see the one that is done over at Real GM.

However, before I go on with my recap I need to give a great cyber shout out to Jeff Sack and his writers at Slam Dunk Central for being ESPN’s SportsNation site of the day. Those guys work really hard at doing their recaps and providing some of the best reporting when it comes to the National Basketball Association and this recognition is very, very merited! Once again, congratulations to all the guys at Slam Dunk Central. Now, on to the recap…

We begin with a head to head to game that is also a divisional match up between the Milwaukee Bucks (EC 3rd Central) and the Indiana Pacers (EC 5th Central), the third meeting (of 4) between these squads, with the first two going to Milwaukee. The game was played at the Conseco Fieldhouse in front of an attendance that numbered 14,116. For the visiting it is veteran Jerry Stackhouse (18 Games: 30.1 MinsPG ~7.2 PPG ~ 1.8 APG ~ 2.7 RPG), who played for 24 in this one coming off the bench. In that time the shooting guard scored 11 points (4 for 10 ~ 2 for 4 ~ 1-2) to go with three rebounds and had a 0 pts differential. On the other side, for the home squad, we should be seeing Tyler Hansbrough, but the rookie power forward is still battling an inner ear infection. In the end this was a very close game that went to Milwaukee, defeating Indiana by a duece, with the final score being 112 to 110. With the W the Bucks get to 29-28 on the year (.509 winning percentage), 11-19 on the road (.366 winning percentage) and are in seventh place in the East, 15 games behind the conference leader and 0.5 ahead of the last playoff squad. While the loss puts the Pacers at 19-39 (.328 winning percentage), 12-16 at home (.428 winning percentage) and are second to last in the East, 10 games out of the playoff race.

Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports

Blogs:

Bucksketball (TrueHoop Network) by Jeremy
Indy Cornrows (SB Nation) by Tom Lewis
Brew Hoop (SB Nation) by Frank Madden

Box Score — Play-By-Play

We now move to the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers (EC 1st Central) and the Boston Celtics (EC 1st Atlantic), a clash of leaders of their division played the TD Garden in front of a crowd of 18,624. This is the second meeting (of 4) between these squads, with the first going to Boston. For the visiting squad we have a duo of Heels, Antwan Jamison (45 Games: 38.2 MinsPG ~ 19.7 PPG ~ 8.6 RPG ~ 0.2 BPG) and Jawad Williams (33 Games: 12.2 MinsPG ~ 3.8 PPG ~ 1.4 RPG ~ 0.1 BPG), while the third Heels of the Cavs, Danny Green, has been sent to the D League for now. In this one the ex NPOY starts for the Cavs and gets 31 minutes in all, scoring nine points (4 for 9 ~ 0 for 2 ~ 1 for 2) to go with three rebound, an assist and four TOs while having a -3 pts differential. On the other hand Williams gets 10 minutes off the bench, scoring no points (0 for 0 ~ 0 for 0 ~ 0 for 0) to go with an assist and having a pts differential of +7. On the other side, for the Celtics, it is ex UNC big man Rasheed Wallace (53 Games: 23.5 MinsPG ~ 9.9 PPG ~ 4.1 RPG ~ 0.8 BPG), who comes off the bench to play for 18 minutes. In that time the ex pupil of Dean Smith scores nine points (3 for 8 ~ 1 for 3 ~ 2 for 2) to go with two rebounds and a pts differential of -12. As far as the game went, it was not much of a tight battle, as Cleveland took care of Boston by 20, with the final score being 108 to 88. With the W the Cavs are now 45-14 for the year (.763 winning percentage), 20-10 on the road (.667 winning percentage) and on top of the East, 5.5 games ahead of the second place team. With the loss the Celtics are now 36-20 on the season (.643 winning percentage), 16-10 at home (.615 winning percentage) and slide down in a tie for third in the East, 7.5 games behind the conference leader.

Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports

Blogs:

Celtics Hub (TrueHoop Network) by Brendan Jackson
CAVS: the blog (TrueHoop Network) by John Krolik
Celtics Blog (SB Nation) by Jimmy Toscano
Fear the Sword (SB Nation) by John Bena
Slam Dunk Central by Jeff Sack

Box Score — Play-By-Play

And we close up with the game between the Denver Nuggets (WC 1st NW) and the Golden State Warriors (WC 5th Pacific), played at the ORACLE Arena in front of a crowd that numbered 18,555. This is the fourth meeting (of 4) between these franchises, with Denver having one all three, ranging from a blow out to a one point victory to an OT one. For the visiting team from the Mile High City it’s point guard Ty Lawson (55 Games: 22.0 MinsPG ~ 9.2 PPG ~ 3.4 APG ~ 0.8 SPG), who comes off the bench for the Nuggets and plays for 23 minutes. In that time the speedster rookie scores 12 points (5 for 8 ~ 2 for 3 ~ 0 for 2) to go with three rebounds (2 offensive), three assists and 4 TOs, while having a -1 pts differential. On the other side we should be seeing forward Brandan Wright, but as we all know by now he is still out with a shoulder injury and the time table for his return is not set as of now. The game once again went to Denver, who defeated Golden State by 15, with the final score being 127 to 112. With the W the Nuggets move up to 38-19 on the season (.667 winning percentage), 14-14 on the road (.500 winning percentage) and in second place in the West, 4.5 games behind the conference leader, 1.0 games ahead of the third place squad. The loss drops the Warriors to 16-41 on the year (.281 winning percentage), 12-18 at home (.400 winning percentage) and in second to last place in the West, 16.5 games out of playoff reach.

Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports

Blogs:

Denver Stiffs (SB Nation) by Andrew Feinstein
Golden State of Mind (SB Nation) by D Rizzle
Slam Dunk Central by Stephen Rhodes

Box Score — Play-By-Play

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