It was a great weekend of opening games with a few upsets and some great individual as well as team performances. The following recaps are some of the games that I thought were more intriguing and exciting than the rest.
The Mavs-Warriors game was awesome with G-State pulling off the upset in Dallas over the top-seeded Mavs. The Warriors were led by Baron Davis who nearly had a triple double with 33 big points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. The Warriors got off to a good start when they held the Mavs to only 17 points in the 1st quarter when the Warriors had 23. Baron Davis had 19 of his 33 in the third quarter which helped propel his team to a victory ,with the help of Stephen Jackson's 23 points, over the now frustrated Mavs.
The Nuggets beat the Spurs 95-89 in San Antonio yesterday also with Allen Iverson dropping 34 points in his first playoff game in about 3 years I believe. Melo also had 31 points in a great all-around effort by the Nuggets.
Kobe Bryant also had an amazing first half matched up 1 on 1 against Raja Bell mostly by hitting numerous hard three pointers and jumpshots and he ended up with 28 points at half and a Lakers lead which in the 2nd quarter was up to eleven thanks to the help of Luke Walton and rookie point guard Jordan Farmar from UCLA who got the start over slumping Smush Parker. The Suns charged back in the second half led by Barbosa who came off the bench to score 26 points and lead the Suns to a 95-87 victory of the Lakers. Kobe ended up with 39 points, only scoring 11 in the second half and he was ice cold from the floor making only 1 of his 10 shot attempts in the fourth quarter. Hopefully the Lakers can bounce back tommorow against the Suns and tie the series up before it heads back to LA. Note: Earlier today Barbosa recieved the Sixth Man of the Year Award.
The Cavs took care of the Wizards who are playing withot their two all-stars, Arenas and Butler, but still put up a rather good fight. Larry Hughes had 20, LeBron had 23 despite injuring his ankle in the third quarter and returning as soon as he got up. News out of Cleveland is that he is doing fine and will play in the next game.
One of the games that I payed more attention to this weekend and today (Monday), was the Pistons-Magic playing. The Pistons have played solid in the first two games winning them both and in the second game earlier tonight, they held Dwight Howard to only 9 points. The Pistons have been playing strong and in Rip Hamilton and Big Shot Billups have combined for 44 in the first game adn 43 in the second game. Sheed and CWebb are also playing great and Pistons are clicking on all cylinders and playing intense Pistons playoff basketball as they have been known for playing over the last few years.
Also, the Rockets grabbed a 2-0 series lead on the Jazz tonight led by Tracy McGrady's 31 points. More to come either tommorow or early the next morning so keep checking for updates.
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