Heels in the League (NBA) 03/31/10
(NBA) 03/31/10
In what is way, way late (first time in a long time this late), here is the recap from the National Basketball Association for Wednesday, March 31, 2010. In all there were a total of 13 games on the schedule, seven of them had a touch of Carolina Blue, two of them being head to head match ups. As usual, if you are looking for the complete run down of the games from 03/31/10 you can always go to ESPN’s Scoreboard Page or to Real GM’s recap. But for now, sit back and relax as we go through this edition of “Heels in the League” (NBA) for the games from 03/31/10…
The first game of the day is an East/West match up that has the Atlanta Hawks (EC 2nd SE) playing host to the defending champions, the Los Angeles Lakers (WC 1st Pacific), in a game that was played at the Philips Arena in front of a career high attendance of 20,190. This is the second (of two) games between the teams, with LA winning the first one. For the home squad we have “one and done” Marvin Williams (73 Games: 30.3 MinsPG ~ 10.0 PPG ~ 5.2 RPG ~ 1.1 APG), who starts for the Hawks and gets a total of 31 minutes. The small forward scores just two points in this one (1 for 4 ~ 0 for 1 ~ 0 for 0) to go with five rebounds, an assist, a steal and a pts differential of +12. In the end the game went to Atlanta, who defeated LA by 17 points, with the final score being 109 to 92. With the W the Hawks go to 48-26 (.649 winning percentage) and 31-7 at home (.815 winning percentage).
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
Hoopinion (TrueHoop Network)
Peachtree Hoops (SB Nation) by hawksdawgs
Soaring down South (FanSided) by Kris Willis
The next game is the first head to head match up as well as being a divisional battle between the first and second team in the Central Division as Milwaukee Bucks (EC 2nd Central) head to C-Town to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers (EC 1st Central). The game, played in front of sold out crowd of 20,562 at the Quicken Loans Arena, is the fourth (of four) between these two franchises, with Cleveland leading the series 2-1. For the visiting squad it’s veteran Jerry Stackhouse (34 Games: 20.2 MinsPG ~ 8.1 PPG ~ 1.7 APG ~ 2.4 RPG), who comes off the bench for the Bucks and plays 25 minutes. In that time the shooting guard scored six points (2 for 7 ~ 2 for 4 ~ 0 for 0) to go with four rebounds, two assists, a steal and three turnovers while haing a +3 pts differential. For the home team we have Antawn Jamison (60 Games: 37.2 MinsPG ~ 19.0 PPG ~ 8.7 RPG ~ 0.3 BPG), who starts for the Cavs and plays 35 minutes, Jawad Williams (47 Games: 13.1 MinsPG ~ 4.2 PPG ~ 1.4 RPG ~ 0.1 BPG), who comes off the bench for 13 minutes and Danny Green, who dresses but does not play. For Jamison it’s a double double night, with 12 points (5 for 10 ~ 1 for 3 ~ 1 for 3) to go with 12 rebounds (one offensive), three assists, a steal and a TO while having a +3 pts differential. For Williams it’s seven points (2 for 4 ~ 1 for 2 ~ 2 for 2) to go along with a rebound and a -10 pts differential. In the end it was Cleveland taking this game, defeating Milwaukee by 3, with the final score being 101 to 98. With the W the Cavs go to 59-16 on the year (.787 winning percentage) and 33-4 at home (.891 winning percentage). The loss drops the Bucks to 41-33 on the season (.554 winning percentage) and 15-22 on the road (.405 winning percentage).
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
CAVS: the blog (TrueHoop Network) by John Krolik
Bucksketball (TrueHoop Network) by Jeremy
Brew Hoop (SB Nation) by Frank Madden
King James Gospel (FanSided) by Cody Norman
Third game of the night has the Charlotte Bobcats (EC 4th SE) playing host to the Philadelphia 76′ers (EC 4th Atlantic) in a game that was played at the Time Warner Cable Arena in front of a crowd of 14.139. This is the fourth (of four) game between the two squads, with the series being led by Charlotte 2 to 1. In this one, for the home squad, it’s speedster Raymond Felton (73 Games: 32.9 MinsPG ~ 12.2 PPG ~ 5.5 APG ~ 1.6 SPG), who started for the Bobcats and played 28 minutes. The point guard scored nine points (4 for 7 ~ 0 for 1 ~ 1 for 1) to go with six assists, three rebounds, two steals and a turnover while having a pts differential of +11. In the end this was a lopsided affair with Charlotte defeating Philly by 19 points, with the final being 103 to 84. The win puts the Bobcats at 39-35 overall (.527 winning percentage) and 28-9 at home (.756 winning percentage).
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
Queen City Hoops (TrueHoop Network) by Brett
Rufus on Fire (SB Nation) by David Arnott
The fourth game is one that has a team headed to the post season from each of the conference as the Boston Celtics (EC 1st Atlantic ~ clinched Division) plays host to the Oklahoma City Thunder (WC 3rd NW). The game, played at the TD Garden in front of a crowd of 18,624, is the second (of two) games between these teams, with Boston winning the first one. For the home town team we see ex UNC big man Rasheed Wallace (71 Games: 22.8 MinsPG ~ 9.1 PPG ~ 4.1 RPG ~ 0.9 BPG), who I wrote a post about him on a couple of days ago, who gets 26 minutes off the bench. In that time the center scores 18 points (7 for 8 ~ 2 for 3 ~ 2 for 4) to go with a rebound, an assist, three TOs and a pts differential of -8. In what was a close game and a big surprise it is Oklahoma City winning this one by 5 points, defeating Boston 109 to 104. With the loss the Celtics drops to 47-27 overall (.635 winning percentage) and 23-14 at home (.621 winning percentage).
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
Celtics Hub (TrueHoop) by Brendan Jackson
Celtics Blog (SB Nation) by Jimmy Toscano
Celtics Life by TB727
Gino’s Jungle by GreenBanner18
The fifth game of the night is the other head to head match up of two teams not going to the playoffs, where we have the Sacramento Kings (WC 4th Pacific) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (WC 5th NW) going at it in front of 15,582 fans at the Target Center. The series is at the fourth (of four) games, with Sacramento have won two of the first three games. In this one, for the visiting team from Cali it should be ex UNC big man Sean May, but the power forward does not play (DNP – Bruised Right Knee). On the other side, for the Timberwolves, it’s rookie Wayne Ellington (70 Games: 18.5 MinsPG ~ 6.9 PPG ~ 1.0 APG ~ 2.2 RPG) coming off the bench and playing 17 minutes. In that time frame the shooting guard scores just five points (2 for 3 ~ 1 for 1 ~ 0 for 0) to go with a rebounds, a TO and a -9 pts differential. As far as the game was concerned it was Minnesota winning the game by nine points, defeating Sacramento 108 to 99. With the victory the TWolves go to 15-60 on the year (.200 winning percentage) and 10-27 at home (.270 winning percentage). With the loss the Kings drop to 24-52 on the season (.316 winning percentage) and 7-33 on the road (.175 winning percentage).
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
Cowbell Kingdom (TrueHoop Network) by Zach Harper
Howlin’ T-Wolf (TrueHoop Network) by JSteinmeyer
Sactown Royalty (SB Nation) by Aykis16
The second to last game of the night is a divisional match up as the Dallas Mavericks (WC 1st SW) head to the FedEx Forum to take on the Memphis Grizzlies (WC 3rd SW) in a game that was played in front of 11,616 spectators. This is the third (of four) games between the teams, with the series even at one a piece so far. For the visiting team from the lone star state it’s ex UNC big man Brendan Haywood (71 Games: 31.4 MinsPG ~ 9.3 PPG ~ 9.6 RPG ~ 2.1 BPG), who stars for the Mavs and gets a total of 32 minutes. In this one the center scores 11 points (5 for 7 ~ 0 for 0 ~ 1 for 2) to go with eight rebounds (four offensive), a block and a TO while having a +5 pts differential. In the end, in a game that needed overtime to be decided, it was Dallas winning it by four points, defeating Memphis 106 to 102. With the win the Mavs are now 50-25 on the year (.667 winning percentage) and 24-14 on the road (.631 winning percentage).
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
The Two Man Game (TrueHoop) by Rob Mahoney
Mavs Moneyball (SB Nation) by LJRotter
And we close up this recap with the game between the Golden State Warriors (WC 5th Pacific) and the Utah Jazz (WC 1st NW), played at the EnergySolutions Arena in front of a crowd that numbered 19,617. This was the second (of three) game between these franchises, with the first game going to Utah. For the visiting team from Cali we should be seeing forward Brandan Wright, but as we all know by now he will not be on the court this season due to his injured shoulder. As far as the game was concerned it was not much of an affair, as Utah took down Golden State by 24 points, with the final score being 128 to 104. With the loss the Warriors drop to 21-53 on the year (.284 winning percentage) and 5-31 on the road (.138 winning percentage).
Main Stream Media:
ESPN ~ NBA.com ~ The Sporting News ~ CBS Sports
Blogs:
Golden State of Mind (SB Nation) by Atma Brother ONE
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