I know, what the heck am I talking about here. Well when you score 37 like Kevin Martin did for the Houston Rockets and are on the winning side of the ball, it is always better. Just ask Carmelo Anthony who scored 50 points for the Denver Nuggets but ended up loosing to the Rockets:
What a change from a year ago at this time. Everything was all well and good in Cleveland this time last year and since LBJ’s exit the Cav’s can’t seem to weather this storm. The Cavaliers 111-105 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers set the mark for longest losing streak in NBA History at 24 games. Now that they have the record, they can start winning some games:
The Houston Rockets playing well enough to send the game between them and the Los Angeles Lakers into overtime may have been surprise enough. The Rockets couldn’t keep up with the many weapons of the Lakers. Lamar Odom joined the 20-20 club for the night, Kobe scored 32 and Pau Gasol had 26 points with 16 rebounds as the Lakers won 114-106:
The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in their first meeting since the NBA Finals last season. As you remember, the Lakers overcame a 17 point deficit in game 7 giving them the NBA Championship. This time the Celtics were able to hold off the Lakers 4th quarter surge and win by a score of 109-96. Kobe Bryant scored 41 points in the loss for Lakers:
The Memphis Grizzlies were down 21 points to the Philadelphia 76ers heading into the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter was a completely different story, however. Memphis outscored their point total for the first half by scoring 42 points in the 4th quarter and thus erased the 21 point deficit:
