NBA 2008-09 Season

[HD MM]

ahhhhh....he did say HOME record or home STREAK....my bad..!

I don't know, Toronto and Phoenix not only will give you a scare, but can pull off a win in Cleveland....

My point is....there are NO "easy slate of opponents" when you have the heavy grind of play 82 NBA games and you are midway through the season.

Just for sh*ts and giggles, let's look at the best home starts in NBA history....

'95-'96 Bulls: 37 wins
'95-'96 Magic: 36 wins
'77-'78 Blazers: 26 wins
'08-'09 Cavs: 21 wins

The Cavs are still a ways off, but they are most certainly looking awesome at the Q this year. And you're right. Throughout 82 games, I expect a few teams to catch the Cavs off guard or not on top of their game. It's a grind.

 

[salsadancer7]

Just for sh*ts and giggles, let's look at the best home starts in NBA history....

'95-'96 Bulls: 37 wins
'95-'96 Magic: 36 wins
'77-'78 Blazers: 26 wins
'08-'09 Cavs: 21 wins

The Cavs are still a ways off, but they are most certainly looking awesome at the Q this year. And you're right. Throughout 82 games, I expect a few teams to catch the Cavs off guard or not on top of their game. It's a grind.

The starts for me mean nothing really...unless you have dug yourself in a HUGE whole and came out of it.

Everyone knows by now how much I care for the regular season. I was part of the team that covered the 95-96 Bulls and they were fun to watch MORE on the ROAD than at home. IF I am not mistaken, the bulls were 39-2 at home....That was pretty awesome. But 33-8 on the road....think about that...THIRTY THREE and EIGHT on the road....??!! Are you kidding me??!!! To me...the 72-10 season WILL NOT be eclipsed ANY TIME SOON....!! And NOT because of the players so much as in ALL the moons have to be aligned and you really and truly have to be VERY lucky. No injuries....balls bounce your way...get the benefit of the doubt in any calls by the ref...not get a team when they are scorching hot...ALOT of things have to go your way.

 

[HD MM]

Not too many exciting matchups tonight (Wednesday Jan. 28th).

Golden St. @ Dallas is the nationally televised game tonight on ESPN @ 9pm.

CeltsHD, we softened up the Kings a bit last night for you. Time to finish them tonight. Poor, poor Sacramento. A brutal 2 game stretch.

Looking forward to Thursday though, we have a great TNT double header in store for us.......

Cleveland @ Orlando 8pm
San Antonio @ Phoenix 10:30pm

Rumor out of Cleveland has Zydrunas Ilgauskas possibly coming back for Thursday night's game. Having Big-Z back is definitely a welcome sign, but a matchup against Dwight Howard will be quite a daunting task in his first game back.

 

[CeltsHD]

CeltsHD, we softened up the Kings a bit last night for you. Time to finish them tonight. Poor, poor Sacramento. A brutal 2 game stretch.

Thanks, we'll take it from here.

Looking forward to Thursday though, we have a great TNT double header in store for us.......

Cleveland @ Orlando 8pm
San Antonio @ Phoenix 10:30pm

Rumor out of Cleveland has Zydrunas Ilgauskas possibly coming back for Thursday night's game. Having Big-Z back is definitely a welcome sign, but a matchup against Dwight Howard will be quite a daunting task in his first game back.

Wow.....that is a GREAT doubleheader. Looking forward to it! :up :

 

[HD MM]

The Charlotte Bobcats with a MANLY win against the Lakers in triple overtime... on the road!

Whil impressive, I'd like to see them play like this more often than not.

They are a weird team- they have wins over the Celtics and Lakers, but they've also gotten humiliated by Milwaukee and Toronto.

With that Lakers loss, the Cavs are back atop with the best record in the NBA.

Also, an interesting observation. The Lakers have had an extraordinary amount of home games so far this year. They've played 27 at home and only 17 on the road. I wonder if their record is a bit skewed because of this lopsided schedule so far?? One thing's for certain, the Lakers second half schedule will go along way in determining their legitimacy. They have A LOT of road games coming up.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

With that Lakers loss, the Cavs are back atop with the best record in the NBA.

Also, an interesting observation. The Lakers have had an extraordinary amount of home games so far this year. They've played 27 at home and only 17 on the road. I wonder if their record is a bit skewed because of this lopsided schedule so far?? One thing's for certain, the Lakers second half schedule will go along way in determining their legitimacy. They have A LOT of road games coming up.

Their legitimacy was established last year when they played in the finals. Nothing has changed, except for a healthy Bynum.

 

[SabresRule]

Not too many exciting matchups tonight (Wednesday Jan. 28th).

Milwaukee/Indiana, Toronto/New Jersey, Memphis/Oklahoma City, Bulls/Clippers...

Damn! you're right!

 

[salsadancer7]

One thing's for certain, the Lakers second half schedule will go along way in determining their legitimacy. They have A LOT of road games coming up.

I am confused. The Lakers have proved that they are MORE legit than the Cavs....and yet you think that their 2nd have performance will determined if they are championship worthy??!!

 

[SandraC]

There are some good matchups tonight...

7:30 PM Atlanta - New York

Knicks starting to do some good things, Hawks are up and coming.

7:30 PM Sacramento - Boston

Always good to watch the Celtics.

8:00 PM Denver - New Orleans

Billups/Paul is a great point guard matchup. Two of the best.

8:30 PM Philadelphia - Houston

Two teams fighting to make the playoffs.

10:00 PM Charlotte - Portland

The Bobcats beat the Lakers in LA last night!


Sandra

 

[boomer69]

Milwaukee/Indiana, Toronto/New Jersey, Memphis/Oklahoma City, Bulls/Clippers...

Damn! you're right!

Actually, the Milwaukee/Indiana game could get interesting as this is marks the return of Kelvin Sampson to Indiana since he resigned as IU's basketball coach, leaving that team in shambles, and has just appealed the punishment the NCAA handed to him of not being allowed to coach college ball for 5 years.
Sampson is now an assistant coach for Milwaukee.

There are still a lot of disgruntled IU fans out there who would love to take a shot at him!!!.... Hell, there are a lot of people around here who still haven't gotten over Bobby Knight being fired!!!!...

 

[mdonnelly]

Milwaukee/Indiana, Toronto/New Jersey, Memphis/Oklahoma City, Bulls/Clippers...

Damn! you're right!

Memphis at OKC tonight: Chance for the Thunder to win #2 in a row!

 

[SabresRule]

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3864457"]Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche out 2-4 weeks with knee strain - ESPN[/ame]

HD, did you or your wife put a curse on the Wiz?

 

[HD MM]

I am confused. The Lakers have proved that they are MORE legit than the Cavs....and yet you think that their 2nd have performance will determined if they are championship worthy??!!

1. Why do you think the Lakers are "more legit than the Cavs"?

2. And by "legit" I mean, are they the best team in the West as their record currently indicates? I guess we'll find out whether or not once their home/away schedule ratio plays out. That's why we play the games after all....

 

[HD MM]

There are some good matchups tonight...

7:30 PM Atlanta - New York

Knicks starting to do some good things, Hawks are up and coming.

7:30 PM Sacramento - Boston

Always good to watch the Celtics.

8:00 PM Denver - New Orleans

Billups/Paul is a great point guard matchup. Two of the best.

8:30 PM Philadelphia - Houston

Two teams fighting to make the playoffs.

10:00 PM Charlotte - Portland

The Bobcats beat the Lakers in LA last night!


Sandra

Meh.

I'm watching "Stranger Than Fiction" on Bu-Ray instead.

 

[HD MM]

Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche out 2-4 weeks with knee strain - ESPN

HD, did you or your wife put a curse on the Wiz?

Nope. They have DeShawn Stevenson to blame for that.

 

[CeltsHD]

Has someone put something in Eddie House's Cheerios??!!

Last Wednesday in Miami he set a career high with 7 three-pointers.

Sunday against Dallas , he got 7 three-pointers again!

That brings us to tonight against Sacramento: Eddie has set a new career high with 8 three-pointers and there's still about five minutes left in the game!

The Garden crowd is going absolute bonkers chanting: Eddie!!! Eddie!!! Eddie!!!

 

[HD MM]

Has someone put something in Eddie House's Cheerios??!!

Last Wednesday in Miami he set a career high with 7 three-pointers.

Sunday against Dallas , he got 7 three-pointers again!

That brings us to tonight against Sacramento: Eddie has set a new career high with 8 three-pointers and there's still about five minutes left in the game!

The Garden crowd is going absolute bonkers chanting: Eddie!!! Eddie!!! Eddie!!!

Damn! House even 1 upped Mo Williams 3-point spectacle from last night. Mo had 7 three pointers.

 

[HD MM]

Sacramento: 100
Boston: 119

The Celtics are baaaack everybody. That 4 game losing streak at the beginning of the month was apparently just a hiccup.

 

[CeltsHD]

Sacramento: 100
Boston: 119

The Celtics are baaaack everybody. That 4 game losing streak at the beginning of the month was apparently just a hiccup.

The Kings were actually leading by 10 in the 1st period.

But the Celtics outscored them, 40-19 in the 2nd period and cruised from there.

 

[SabresRule]

The fact that Sacramento got to 100 points against Boston and the Cavs qualifies as a border-line miracle.