Category: NBA (Page 516 of 595)

The Jazz shrugged off a two-game losing streak and bounced back against the Spurs, 83-75. Carlos Boozer once again dominated the glass, posting 23 points and 16 rebounds in the win. (That sound you hear is the fans in Cleveland collectively banging their heads against the wall.) Sophomore standout Deron Williams added 15 points and nine assists. Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 21 points and 10 rebounds. San Antonio played without Manu Ginobili, who missed the game with a sore back.

The Cavs lost to the Knicks at home, 101-98. (Ugh.) New York shot 53% from the field behind 27 points from Quentin Richardson and 24 points from Eddy Curry. LeBron went for 27/7/6, but it wasn’t enough to carry his team to the win. This team needs Larry Hughes back…now.

Amare Stoudemire had his third straight double-double in the Suns’ 102-91 win over the Rockets. It looks like he’s finally rounding into game shape.

In case someone has missed the action recently regarding Ben Wallace, allow me to fill you in. Bulls head coach Scott Skiles and the Chicago brass don’t allow players to wear headbands during games. It’s a dumb team rule, but it’s a rule nonetheless. Wallace apparently agreed to this rule when he robbed the Bulls of $60 million over the offseason.

In a recent game, Wallace decided to forego the team rule and wear a headband. Skiles pulled him from the court and told Wallace to take the band off or he’s not going back in. Instead of doing as his coach tells him, Wallace returned to the end of the bench, threw a fit in which every member of the Bulls coaching staff had to talk to him and then eventually agreed to take off the head gear. Skiles put Big Ben back into the game and Wallace immediately put the headband back on. The feud has continued between the coach and player and now, apparently, Wallace has stated that he isn’t sorry for the tirade.

Memo to Ben Wallace: You’re not in Detroit anymore. People don’t bow down to you like they did at the Palace and people certainly don’t “Fear the Fro’” in Chicago. You were signed in Chicago as the missing link. Now, you can’t even do the one good thing you did in Detroit, which was grab rebounds. You’re a bust so far as Bull and the Chicago media isn’t going to coddle your rocks like the Detroit media did. Get over yourself.

There were a couple of surprising scores Monday night. Orlando went into once-beaten Utah and handled the Jazz, 88-75. Dwight Howard went for 21/16; he’s now averaging 16.4/13.5 on the season, leading the league in rebounds. Carlos Boozer led the Jazz with 21/9. The Magic are now 11-4, have won four straight and eight of their last nine. They’ve definitely translated a strong finish last season into a strong start this season.

The other surprise was Golden State’s 111-102 victory over the Spurs. Tim Duncan showed up (22/16 with six blocks) but so did Andris Biedrins (18/15 with six blocks). That makes three straight double-doubles for the 20 year-old center from Latvia.