It's the tenth day of the NBA
season, so we have a very small sample size, but I'm looking at a couple
interesting developing plots involving tonight's teams.
The Lakers issues will get worked
out when and if Steve Nash gets healthy, so I don't want to blab on about them
(like every single sports outlet is doing). The in-town rival Clippers broke
out of their shell last night, pounding the previously unbeaten Spurs by 22.
The clips pulled to 3-2 because of some seriously athletic play by center
DeAndre Jordan from Texas A&M. Lob city was in full effect as Blake Griffin
finally put it all together for 48 minutes as well, and both guys recorded
double-doubles.
The Clippers could be very good this year, the one thing
they'll need to avoid is team dissension however, because when Chauncey Billups
and Grant Hill come back from injuries, they literally have 12 players that
need minutes. We'll have to see how all that plays out, but I'd hope they would
trade some excess for picks. They could also trade Lamar Odom for a bucket of
rocks, they'd get about as much production. (12 minutes and 2 points per
contest).
Portland plays the Clippers tonight,
and they are a very, very interesting team so far. I wrote about rookie point
guard Damian Lillard and his exciting play in my first post in October, and now
you can't hear a rookie conversation without hearing his name right off the
bat. I've even heard experts say he could soon be a top 5 point guard in the
league, he's that good. He can really play, and with all the size they have up
front, they are a match-up nightmare to most of NBA teams. Then there's the
home court, which really can't be over stated, it's truly a huge advantage.
They are a home dog tonight, catching one point.
I really don't know which team from
LA will show up, they are very polarizing so far, thus I'm not playing the
game. Chris Paul could show the rookie a thing or two from his crafty veteran
bag of tricks, but he usually doesn't take over until the 4th quarter. I may
play Portland in the first half for a few pennies, and move on to tomorrow's
huge Friday night schedule.
NBA quick hitter: The only other
game tonight is OKC at Chicago. If only Rose was playing, this would be the
game of the week!
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