Indiana Surprises the World
Tuesday, the Indiana Pacers went off in the third quarter against the Denver Nuggets, shooting 20-of-21 from the field and scoring 54 points. They would have broken a record with a 20-for-20 perfect quarter, but Josh McRoberts missed a three-point basket late with 40 seconds left on the clock.
The Pacers tore it up, but unfortunately, I thought the game would go the other way for the Nuggets because no one would ever think the Pacers would shoot as good as they did. Mike Dunleavy had 24 points in the third quarter alone and finished with 31 points for the night.
Lets see how the rest of the night went around the League.
Hawks lose first game
Sunday’s games led me astray because I thought they were easy picks and might have one loss because I chose to go against the Los Angeles Lakers. Of course, the Lakers win and so did two of the other teams I thought would lose, while the Atlanta Hawks who were undefeated at 6-0 lost to the Phoenix Suns.
Today’s games should go a little smoother, well, lets hope.
SUNDAY PICKS
Phoenix Suns beat Atlanta Hawks 118-114…Wrong, Joe Johnson scored 34 points and the Hawks still lost, Phoenix must have been on all cylinders.
Detroit Pistons beat Golden State Warriors 102-97…Wrong, I don’t understand how the Pistons win games.
Houston Rockets beat Minnesota Timberwolves 120-94…Right, Minnesota is garbage
Boston Celtics beat Oklahoma City Thunder 92-83…Right, OKC can not play with big physical teams.
Los Angeles Lakers beat Portland Trailblazers 121-96…Wrong, went for the upset and Pau Gasol goes off for a trippe-double.
MONDAY’S GAMES AND PICKS
Denver Nuggets at Chicago Bulls…Bulls, Denver is playing a real small lineup, the front court of the Bulls should dominate the glass, resulting in a win.
Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic…Hawks, although they lost yesterday, they played tough. This will be a good game.
Golden State Warriors at Toronto Raptors…Warriors, they’ve been having a tough time lately against teams who have scoring talent because they don’t have defense, but the Raptors can’t score.
San Antonio Spurs at Charlotte Bobcats…Spurs, TOO good.
Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies…Suns, Steve Nash and Jason Richardson are playing out of their minds lately.
Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks…Boston, they’re on a roll and are too good defensively for the Mavericks.
Kings ruin perfect Saturday
The teams I hate such as the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns haven’t let me down this season but the Chicago Bulls and my band wagon teams Portland Trailblazers and the Sacramento Kings have.
Saturday was another show of proof I should just not be a fan of any team, well, I’m going to anyway.
The Sacramento Kings were the only team I picked to win on Saturday to lose as they fell to the Memphis Grizzlies. Hmmm…what team’s band wagon should I jump on after I hop off of Sacramento’s wagon.
The almost perfect Saturday Results (8-1)
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First sign of Perfection
It’s official, I finally had a perfect record in my NBA predictions Tuesday going a perfect 6-for-6. There was supposed to be a seventh game, but because of debris falling from the ceiling of Madison Square Garden, the New York Knick and Orlando game was canceled because of an asbestos threat.
Anyway, It is 7 p.m. and Wednesday’s games have already started. I wasn’t able to get my picks out due to a migraine headache gracing me around lunch time and sticking by my side until somewhere around 6 p.m. I’m going to make my picks without looking at what is going on now. I promise I haven’t looked, it you don’t believe me, that is your problem.
Bulls look for first win of season against Detroit
The Chicago Bulls will try to get their first win of the 2010-11 season as they host the Detroit Pistons at 8 p.m. Saturday.
This should be a winnable game for the Bulls if:
Defense is at a high level- which it was for three quarters against the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday
Stop hacking-OKC shot 44 free throws compared to Chicago’s 22.
Turnovers- Chicago gave up the ball four times in the fourth quarter, three of them led to OKC points, including two fast break dunks.
Scoring-Someone other than Derrick Rose has to score for the Bulls.
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