11/4 Review

Minnesota Timberwolves 92 Cleveland Cavaliers 93

               This was my first time watching a whole T-wolves game this year and they like to push the ball after a basket which resulted in 48 fast break points compared to the Cavaliers 8. Early on in the game Kevin Martin hit 4 three pointers 3 of those were from the left wing.  Unfortunately for the T-Wolves he was the only guy scoring for them. The Cavs had 31 first quarter points. In the second the Cavs hot shooting continued and the T-Wolves went ice cold. CJ Miles came off the bench and led the Cavs in scoring with 19 points. The Cavs shot 55% at the half. The T-wolves shot an awful 29% and were out rebounded by 16. Tristan Thompson added a double double. There has been a lot of talk about Thompson because he switched shooting hands over the offseason. It has worked well for him so far this year he’s averaged 13 points so far and is shooting at 78%.  The Cavs got some help from their bench tonight Bynum, Gee and Miles scored 38 points; the Cavs bench outscored the T-Wolves bench by 13.The T-wolves were down 16 with 4:48 left in the game, but that’s when they went on a 17-2 run all of it happened with Ricky Rubio on the bench. Rubio was 0 of 7 from the field. The T-wolves had a chance to win the game in the last seconds but JJ Barea lost the handle of his dribble and threw it to Love who had to take a contested three and he missed. If Barea hadn’t lost his dribble he might have had Derrick Williams for an open lay-up. The T-Wolves lost this game because of a poor first half and because they shot 5 of 28 from three. For the Cavs Anthony Bennett still hasn’t made a shot.

Golden State Warriors 110 Philadelphia 90

               I wanted to watch this game but I couldn’t… DAMN YOU COMCAST! Stephen Curry recorded his second career triple double. Andrea Iguodala hit a career high 7 threes which led to the Warriors hitting 15 threes. The 76ers only hit 5 threes and shot 20% from beyond the arc.

Boston Celtics 88 Memphis Grizzles 95

               This was a close game throughout both teams were basically even in every category. Early in the game I realized Avery Bradley was still running the point for the Celtics that resulted in him having a minus 13 in fact no Celtic starter was a plus. Bradley shouldn’t play point guard he’s not good at it he’s much better coming off screens and shooting mid-range jump shots. The best player for the Celtics tonight was Jared Sullinger he scored 16 points on 7 of 11 shooting. Marc Gasol is still the best center in the NBA if you watch him enough you just sit there and say wow it’s a treat to watch him play he went 14 and 8 tonight, but he should be more aggressive on the offensive end he had some good looks tonight and passed them up. SHOOT IT MARK! The Grizzlies got a huge boost from Jared Bayless tonight who scored all of his 15 points in the 4^th. Just a friendly message to Brad Stevens… FREE MARSHON!!!

Houston Rockets 118 LA Clippers 137

               This was an offense explosion for the Clippers who hit 15 threes and shot 52% on 94 shots. They had 12 more possessions then the Rockets and hit 8 more threes. Chris Paul added 17 assist. Omri Casspi was the leading scorer for the Rockets… and that’s all you need to know about the Rockets in this game. I don’t believe the Rockets are a title contender due to the lack of defense on the perimeter, that problem showed up today and the Rockets got burnt. If this team wants to contend they need to add a player at the trade deadline that can defend the perimeter and that can create his own shot. If the Clippers play like this every night they’ll be very tough to beat out west.

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