The Quest for Seven: An NBA 2k11 Dynasty

[Eaglesfan27]

I didn't plan on writing a dynasty about NBA 2k11 because the game has such good record keeping, which is part of my reason for writing dynasties. However, I realized I can't see past award winners and some other stuff I'd like to see, and I'm having a lot of fun with the 76ers. So, I decided to write yet another dynasty. First the settings:

Pro 12 minute quarters using The Purist's Sliders, except I've toned down steals as he has them too high in an attempt to up turnovers (which I think are fine where I have them at.)

I'm already in my 2nd season. I play one game and then sim 2. I'll do that throughout the entire regular season. I plan on taking a bit more of a macro look than I have in other dynasties. I also plan on writing up briefer game summaries but more focus on stats and stories around the league. With that being said. Let's take a look at the current state of the 76ers.

[Eaglesfan27]

Edit: I found past award history including from many years in the past. But, I still am going to write this dynasty as I enjoy recapping stories.

Our first season under Doug Collins we went 30-52 and got ourselves the #12 pick. We traded away PF Doug Brackins and the #12 pick to move up 6 spots to get a beast of a PF who I had fallen in love with during the workouts and he has really made our team so much better defensively and on the boards. The only player I lost who I regret after the 1st year was Spencer Hawes. I loved his outside shooting, but he was unhappy splitting time with Mareese Speights who had a higher upside in my opinion.

We are playing very good basketball with 5 of our losses coming during a stretch where Evan Turner was hurt. Still, we are 15-6, good for first in the Eastern Conference and I think this is a team that has a great young core that could compete for multiple championships. We play to run the fast break a lot and slow it down if we can't get on the break.

A look at the roster:

3rd year PG Jrue Holiday is everything I could hope for in a PG. He's got good size at 6'4 180. He's developed a very nice outside shot. He has good speed and he's a very good passer. He's also an important part of our elite perimeter defense. In 21 games this year, he is averaging career highs with 11.3 ppg, 7.8 apg, and 2.1 spg in 21 games. He's rated 79 overall.

Evan Turner showed huge growth after a very solid rookie year and is now one of the top 10 shooting guards in the league. His great outside shot is making for some easy assists for Holiday. He is 6'7 205 and has terrific handles, a great shot, and a good inside game. I think he's going to end up one of the top players in the game. Rated 84 already. He's averaging 19.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, and 3.5 apg.

Andre Iguodala is starting at SF. He's 6'6 207 and 27 years old. He is the oldest starter on the team. He's developed his outside shot this year a bit. However, his strength is his finishing around the rim. Great passer for a SF. Averaging 15.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg, and 5.1 apg. Highest rated player on the team at 88.

Bernie Jefferson is an old PF for a rookie, but I loved him. The 4 year starter from Seton Hall compared to Dirk by our scouts, but I don't see it. Maybe in the future. He's got an ok outside shot, but his strengths are his defense, rebounding, and athleticism. He is a beast on the inside with tremendous quickness and dunking ability. He's 6'10 255. He's averaging 8.6 ppg and 9.1 rpg along with 0.5 bpg. Rated 77 overall.

Marreese Speights is 6'10 245 and 24 years old. He's got a nice little midrange jumper that really works well with our group. He's averaging 10.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg, and 0.8 bpg. Rated 74 overall.

Thaddeus Young is our 6th man and doing a great job of playing the 3 and the 4. Very athletic with a nice outside shot. Very good perimeter defender. Averaging 14.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, and 1.5 spg in just 27.6 mpg. Rated 77 overall.

Elton Brand isn't happy since we dropped him from the starting rotation for Bernie. Still, he is doing ok as a role player. At 6'9 255, he can still hit the 12 foot open jumper which is valuable. He's 32 and starting to show the signs of decline. Rated 76 overall. He's averaging career lows of 8.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, and 23 mpg.

SG Michael Redd was our big offseason pickup as he signed a 2 year deal for the MLE. He started for 3 weeks while Turner was hurt and was a big help. He's 6'6 215 and 32 years old. Still a reliable outside shooter. He's averging 7.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg in 16 mpg.

PG Louis Williams is going to be hard to keep. He is very unhappy at his minutes. He's a quick good shooting PG at 6'2 175. He is demanding a trade. Still, he is a valuable backup and I may hold onto him unless I get great value. He's averaging 4.9 ppg and 1.6 apg in 12 mpg.

SF/PF Andres Nocioni is a good 3 point shooter who helps add some scoring on kickouts. He's 6'7 225 and 32 years old. He's averaging 2.6 ppg and 2.3 rpg in 9 mpg. He's rated 66 overall.

SG Jodie Meeks is 6'4 208 and 24. He isn't playing at all and will probably leave as a FA next year.

SF Jason Kapono is only playing when we need 3's badly. He's 6'8 215 and 30 years old. He is rated 56 overall. He's averaigng 1.6 ppg 3.6 mpg. He's delighted with his role.

Rookie PG Norm Baylor is 6'6 177 and is a very raw player. Our 2nd round pick might get some PT still if we trade Williams. He's rated 55 overall and unhappy at not playing at all.

[Eaglesfan27]

Last year's Championship winner was the Houston Rockets who thrived with a healthy Yao Ming! They beat the Magic in the Finals 4-2.

LeBron won the MVP last year.

John Wall edged out Turner for Rookie of the Year.

Anthony Randolph, Pistons won 6th man of the year.

Gerald Wallace, Charlotte, won defensive player of the year.

Terrence Williams, Nets won Most Improved Player.

The All-NBA 1st team last year was Chris Paul, Kobe, Kevin Durant, LeBron, and Dwight Howard.

Shaq retired and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.


Now a look at the current standings:

In the East:

1. 76ers 15-6
2. Bulls 13-6
3. Celtics 14-7
4. Heat 14-8
5. Bobcats 12-7
6. Pacers 13-8
7. Magic 13-9
8. Hawks 13-9
9. Knicks 11-9
10. Cavs 10-9
11. Nets 10-10
12. Bucks 8-12
13. Wizards 8-12
14. Pistons 5-15
15. Raptors 5-18


West:

1. Rockets 13-7
2. Lakers 12-8
3. Warriors 12-8
4. Timberwolves 13-9
5. Thunder 12-9
6. Hornets 10-10
7. Nuggets 11-11
8. Clippers 10-12
9. Grizzlies 9-13
10. Spurs 8-12
11. Trail Blazers 8-12
12. Mavs 8-12
13. Kings 6-13
14. Jazz 6-13
15. Suns 6-14

Players of the Month:

November: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant

Rookies of the Month:

Simon Reid, Toronto (5th pick overall) and Cam Campbell, Phoenix (#1 pick overall)

Campbell is a 6'5 188 pound PG from Kansas State who is rated 82 overall. He is 22. He is averaging 18.8 ppg and 5.8 apg.

Reid is a 6'4 184 pound 23 year old SG from Kansas. He is rated 81 overall. He is averaigng 17.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 4.7 apg.


Back to my team:

Dec 6, 2011 -

I played this game, as we jumped all over the Cavs early to win this game. We were up 50-28 at the half and cruised to a 104-78 win. We were led by 21 points and 7 assists from Iggy. Bernie had 12 points and 19 boards which was a career high for him. Turner with 17 and Holiday with 16.



Dec 8, 2011 -

A surprisingly tough game in Toronto but we pull it out 103-99. Turner with 25 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 11 of 18. Speights with 19 points and 9 boards. Redd with 14 points in just 19 minutes. Iggy with a horrible 1 of 14 shooting night.


Dec 10, 2011 -

The Jazz are very talented and they are now healthy. They take us down at our place 111-106 behind 34 points and 10 assists from Deron Williams. Turner came close to his first triple double with 23 points, 10 assists, and 7 boards. Iggy with another off night 5 of 16 shooting for 16 points. Young with 14 points. Williams with 13 points in 13 minutes. Jefferson with 10 points and 13 boards.

We are now 16-7 and our next game is against the Pacers who in Indiana. They are 13-11.

[Eaglesfan27]

A back and forth game has up 65-64 at the end of 3 after Redd rattles off 8 straight points. It was a back and forth 4th quarter with Granger hitting EVERYTHING. We had a 88-83 lead with 2 minutes left, but Granger hit a pair of 3's and we missed our shots. We got the ball back with 15 seconds left down 92-91. We set up Iggy for a wide open look from 16 feet for the game winner but he missed it as time expired.

Granger with 36 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. Hibbert with 21 points for them. Hawes is now on the Pacers and he only played 14 minutes and had 4 points. He is playing 3 less mpg and scoring 3 less ppg for the Pacers than he did with us.

Iggy led us with 22 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 10 of 18. Jefferson with 20 points and 11 boards. He shot 8 of 9, mostly putback dunks and layups. Turner with 18 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 6 of 17. Redd with 11 points. Holiday with 10 points and 9 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 14, 2011 -

We win at Washington 108-102. Wall led them with 18 points and 5 assists. Iggy led us with 20 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. Redd with 15 points in 20 minutes. Holiday with 14 points and 3 assists. Young with 13 points amd 5 boards. Williams with 12 points in 17 minutes. Turner with 12 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 16. Jefferson with 8 points and 8 boards.


Dec 15, 2011 -

We squeak by a hot Chicago team 91-90. Young led us with 15 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 11. Turner with 15 points and 5 boards. Iggy with 9 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Williams with 13 points in 14 minutes. Redd with 8 points in 19 minutes. Holiday with 9 points and 7 assists. Jefferson with 7 points and 13 boards.

Our next game is on the 17th hosting a very good Boston Celtic team.

[Ironhead]

I'll be following, as usual. Were there any major changes in the offseason due to free agency / trades? I notice that the East looks to be off to a better start than the West.

[Johnny93g]

Do you schedule any practices for off-days? Did you use a downloaded draft class, or game generated one?

[Eaglesfan27]

I'll be following, as usual. Were there any major changes in the offseason due to free agency / trades? I notice that the East looks to be off to a better start than the West.

There were quite a few moves. I'll try to backlog them tonight.

Do you schedule any practices for off-days? Did you use a downloaded draft class, or game generated one?

I usually do shoot arounds before games. Depending upon how busy the week is, I'll go light sometimes and normal intensity others. I'm using game generated drafts.

[Eaglesfan27]

Ok. I'm too late to get the past transactions I think. However, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look at the starting 5 of each team:

Charlotte: D.J. Augustin, Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace, Tyrus Thomas, and Timofey Mozgov.

Milwaukee: Brandon Jennings, John Salmons, Corey Maggette, Ersan Ilyasova, and Andrew Bogut.

Chicago: Derrick Rose, Ronnie Brewer, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, and Noah.

Cleveland: Mo Williams, Mack Alexander (rookie), Antawn Jamison, J.J. Hickson, and Varejao.

Boston: Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Big Baby.

Clippers: Baron Davis, Eric Gordon, Richie Harper, Blake Griffin, and Kaman.

Memphis: Michael Conley, Mayo, Josh Childress, Rudy Gay, and Eddy Curry.

Atlanta: Bibby, Joe Johnson, Tayshun Prince (remember him being a big FA), Josh Smith, and Al Horford.

Miami: Mario Chalmers, Wade, LeBron, Bosh, and Ilgauskas.

New Orleans: Paul, Alonzo Gee, Trevor Ariza, David West, and Okafor.

Utah: Deron williams, Jamal Crawford, Gordon Hayward, Paul Millsap, and Al Jefferson.

Sacramento: Kirk Hinrich, Tyreke Evans, Hugh Blair, Jason Thompson, and Kendrick Perkins.

Knicks: Raymond Felton, Shannon Brown, Wilson Chandler, Amar'e, and Ronny Turiaf.

Lakers: Steve Blake, Kobe (who is starting to show a bit of his age), Artest, Gasol, and Bynum.

Magic: Jameer Nelson, Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, Brandon Bass, and Howard.

Mavs: Kidd, Jason Terry, Caron Butler, Dirk (aging) and Tyson Chandler.

Nets: Devin Harris, Anthony Morrow, Terrence Williams, Derrick Favors, and Brook Lopez.

Nuggets: Billups, Arron Afflalo, Carmelo (was the big FA but resigned with Nuggets for 6 years and 121 million), Nene, and Marc Gasol.

Pacers: Darren Collison, Brandon Rush, Danny Granger, Tyler Hansbrough, and Roy Hibbert.

Detroit: Rodney Stuckey, Felix De La Rosa (rookie - 4th pick overall), Ben Gordon, Charlie Villaneuva, and Greg Monroe.

Toronto: Jose Calderon, Demar DeRozan, Linas Kleiza, Ed Davis, and Andrea Bargnani (almost traded for him last year.)

Houston: Aaron Brooks, Kevin Martin, Shane Battier, Luis Scola, and Yao.

Spurs: Parker, Ginobili (but he has been playing injured most of year), Richard Jefferson, Duncan, and Antonio McDyess.

Phoenix: Cam Campbell (#1 pick), Steve Nash, Jared Dudley, Kris Humphries, and Hasheem Thabeet.

Oklahoma: Russell Westbrook (nasty ratings), James Harden, Durant, Jeff Green, and Serge Ibaka.

Minnesota: Jonny Flynn, Wesley Johnson, Beasley, Kevin Love, and Andy Schultz (9th pick in draft - was my 2nd ranked big man.)

Portland: TJ Ford (hurt), Brandon Roy, Nicolas Batum, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Greg Oden (who play 82 games last year averaging 8 ppg and 7 rpg.)

Golden State: Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis, Dorrell Wright, David Lee, and Zach Randolph.

Washington: Wall, Arenas, Owen Blake (#2 pick in this draft - averaging 17 ppg), Carl Landry, and Javale McGee.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are 18-8. Boston is right behind us at 17-9.

Correction, Jermaine O'Neal is starting at C for the Celtics who jump to a quick 2-0 lead on us on a quick shot by Garnett. Turner answers right back. Turner gets 2 fouls on Allen pretty quick and Andre is giving Pierce fits. However, Rondo is giving Holliday a tough time.

Turner and Speights with a nice pick and roll to get a 2nd foul on Garnett late in the 1st. We are up 20-11. At the end of the quarter, are up 24-19. Iggy with a huge quarter with 6 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists already. Garnett leads the Celtics with 6.

While I rest Iggy for a few in the 2nd, the Celtics tie it at 36. They rest Rondo and we go on a 9-0 run before he comes back in.

At the half, we are up 52-41 as Speights is having a career night. He's playing great pick and rolll and working hard on the offensive boards too. He has 19 points and 6 boards. Iggy with 15 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

We jump to a 10-0 run to start the 3rd. Everyone hitting shots and playing great defense. We had a 20 point lead, but I rested Iggy for the last few minutes in the 3rd and they cut it to 13. 79-66 at the end of 3.

They close within 3 before I call time and get Holiday back into the game who promptly hits a 3 and steals it to find Turner on the fastbreak. Turner with a dunk and a 3 point play. Pierce is on fire and ties it up at 89 with 6 straight points.

Iggy and Jefferson with a pick and roll, Iggy with a perfect pass to Jefferson for a dunk and the foul. Jefferson completes the 3 point play. 92-89 with 3 minutes to go. Next possession, Jefferson spins off Garnett and dunks it. 94-89. Pierce with a 3. Holliday with a 14 footer. 96-92.

Iggy with a great drive to get the foul. 98-92 after he hits a pair of FT's. Andre with a steal and he throws it ahead to Jefferson who slams it home on the fastbreak.

We win the game 101-95. Great home win for us.

Pierce led them with 30 points. Rondo with 13 assists. Big Baby with 14 points and 10 boards. We held Allen to 4 of 14 shooting. Garnett was held to 5 of 13.

Iggy with 28 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in the win. He shot 9 of 15.

Speights finished with 19 points and 9 boards. Turner with 15 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Holiday with 15 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Jefferson with 11 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Redd and Young each with 5 points. Young also had 4 assists. Brand with 4 points and 4 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 17 -

Phoenix fired Gentry and hired George Karl.

Dirk and LeBron won Player of the Week. Word is that Jermaine O'Neal wants out of Boston.


Dec 19, 2011 -

We beat Phoenix 139-90! Iggy with 25 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Young with 22 points. Holiday with 20 points and 10 assists. Speights with 20 points, 9 boards and 4 blocks. Turner with 15 points, 10 boards, and 8 assists. Brand with 13, Williams with 10, and Redd with 9. Jefferson with 6 points and 9 boards.

The Jazz have fired their coach and hired John Kuester.


Dec 20, 2011 -

Carmelo Anthony broke a bone in his foot and will miss 4-6 weeks.


Dec 22, 2011 -

We beat the Pacers 105-91. Turner led the way with 26 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 16. Iggy with 19 points, 7 boards, and 7 assists. Redd, Speights, and Brand each had 12 points. Young with 10. Holiday with 9 points, 7 boards, and 9 assists. Jefferson with 0 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks.

Brand hit 15,000 points for his career during the game.


A look at the top 10 in "True Shooting %" shows me something I like:

1. Carl Landry, Wash
2. Thaddeus Young, Philly!
3. Jarrett Jack, NO
4. Horford, Atl
5. Allen, Bos
6. Amar'e, NY
7. Martin, Hou
8. Williams, Cle
9. Nelson, Orl
10. Thompson, Sac


Dec 24, 2011 -

Kobe and LeBron won Players of the Week.

The Wizard's Underwood is on the hot seat.

Derrick Rose is asking for a contract extension.


Dec 25, 2011 -

We've advanced past the Rockets to #1 in the Power Rankings!

The top 10:

1. Philly 21-8
2. Thunder 20-10
3. Rockets 20-8
4. Celtics 19-11
5. Bulls 16-11
6. Hawks 20-11
7. Lakers 17-11
8. Heat 18-13
9. Cavs 16-11
10. Knicks 17-12

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 27, 2011 -

Today we play at Memphis. They are 10-19 with a rating of 78. We are 21-8 with a roster rating of 84. Our defense is #1 in the NBA in scoring allowed at 88 ppg.

The Grizzlies' show all of the defense of a sieve in the 1st quarter as we jump to a 28-22 lead early with Turner and Iggy leading our scoring.

At halftime, we are up 53-40 behind a huge 2nd quarter by Iggy. He did it all this half. 17 points, 7 boards, and 3 assists at the half.

Gay was tearing us up in the 3rd quarter, until he and Nocioni collided late in the quarter. Gay is hurt and it looks like it is serious. We lead 69-64 with 3 minutes left when it happens.

At the end of 3, we are up 79-70. Word is that Gay has a level 3 ankle sprain that will keep him out 4-6 weeks. He had 31 points this game before the injury as he was hitting everything.

Iggy with a great 4th quarter to help us put it away. 105-86 win.

Iggy is the player of the game with 33 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, and 1 block. He shot 10 of 17, 1 of 3, and 12 of 15 from the line.

Holiday with a career high 14 assists vs 4 turnovers. He also had 3 points, 4 boards, 4 steals, and a block.

Turner with 18 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 16.

Speights with 16 points, 6 boards, and block. He shot 8 of 13.

Nocioni with 9 points in just minutes. He shot 3 of 4 from the arc.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Brand with 7 points and 5 boards. Redd with 4 points in 10 minutes. Young with 4 points and 3 boards in 18 minutes. Williams with 3 points and 1 assist.


Gay led them with 31 points. Mayo had 14 points but he shot 6 of 24.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 28, 2011 -

Tough back to back as fly to Houston to face a red hot Rocket team that is 20-9. They beat us 113-101 beyong 26 by Martin and 20 by Yao. Turner led us with 21 points and 12 boards. Speights with 16 points. Iggy with 15 points. Jefferson with 13 points and 12 boards. Holiday with 8 points and 9 assists. Young led the bench with 10 points.


Dec 30, 2011 -

The Magic have to shut down Vince Carter with a severe ankle sprain. He is expected to miss about 4 weeks.


Dec 31, 2011 -

We travel to play a talented Mav team that is 14-17 due to injuries. This is the final game of a tough 3 game road stretch. We eek out the 93-91 win despite 29 from Terry and 23 from Dirk. Speights led our team with 22 points. Turner with 18 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. Iggy with 16 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. Holiday with 10 points and 10 assists. Jefferson with 5 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Redd led the bench with 7 points.


Jan 1, 2012 -

The Nets have lost 10 straight and are rumored to be about to fire Avery Johnson.

John Wall unseated LeBron for player of the week. LeBron had won it for the last 8 weeks in a row. Kobe has won it again and is up to 9 games in a row. Kevin Durant and Dirk each won it once earlier in the season.

LeBron and Kobe both won player of the Month in December. They also won it in November.

Simon Reid and Cam Campbell both won Rookie of the Month again.


The Lakers are shopping Lamar Odom.


Our next game is hosting the 11-20 Nets who are 0-10 in their last 10. Can I put the final nail in Avery Johnson?

[Eaglesfan27]

A very sloppy first half, but we are up 48-41. Iggy with 11 points and 4 boards. Holiday with 8 assists at the half.

Big 3rd quarter from Iggy and Young has us up 70-56 as we enter the 4th.

Iggy down the stretch with a few big baskets to keep them at bay, but they made it close. We win the game 89-84.

Iggy is the player of the game with 26 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal, and he had 4 turnovers. He shot 11 of 16, 0 of 0, and 4 of 7 from the line.

Jefferson with 12 points and 8 boards on 6 of 14 shooting.

Speights with 12 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks on 6 of 8 shooting.

Young with 12 points and 6 boards in just 18 minutes. He shot 5 of 7.

Turner with 9 points, 4 boards, and 3 turnovers. He shot 3 of 12.

Redd with 6 points and 3 boards in 11 minutes. He shot 2 of 4.

Brand with 6 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in 18 minutes.

Holiday with 6 points, 5 boards, 11 assists, 5 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 2 of 6.

[Eaglesfan27]

The top 10 in Player Efficiency Rating:

1. Kobe 30.77
2. LeBron 28.58
3. Derrick Rose 27.97
4. Russell Westbrook 27.75
5. Kevin Durant 27.06
6. Carmelo 26.53
7. Tyreke Evans 26.30
8. Dirk 25.67
9. Tony Parker 25.59
10. Amar'e 25.18

Thaddeus Young is 25th at 21.30. I have to get him more PT.


Jan 4, 2012 -

We win in Chicago 103-89 to drop them to 18-15. Holiday held Rose to 8 of 21 shooting. Turner led the team with 26 points, 13 boards, 8 assists. He shot 10 of 17. Iggy with 17 points, 10 assists, 6 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 11. Holiday with 14 points and 5 assists. He shot 6 of 9. Speights with 11 points. Redd led the bench with 11 points.


Deron Williams is out for a few weeks with a neck injury.


Jan 5, 2012 -

We win in Detroit 99-96. The loss drops them to 10-25. We are now 26-9. Stuckey led them with 24 points and 8 assists. Iggy led us with 20 points, 10 assists, 8 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 11. Turner with 22 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 15. Holiday with 18 points and 6 assists. He shot 7 of 11. Jefferson with 7 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. Young led the bench with 9 points.

The Nets beat the Spurs 110-99 to end a 12 game losing streak.


Wow. The Raptors traded away likely rookie of the year Simon Reid to the Wolves for Wesley Johnson.

Also, the Thunder traded Serge Ibaka to the Bulls for the Bulls 1st round pick and Brendan Haywood.


Our next game is at New Jersey. We are now 26-9 and in 1st place over the Celtics by 3 games. A look at the standings in both conferences:

East:

1. 76ers 26-9
2. Celtics 23-12
3. Hawks 22-16
4. Bobcats 19-14
5. Knicks 20-15
6. Cavs 18-14
7. Heat 20-17
8. Bulls 18-16
9. Magic 19-17
10. Pacers 17-18
11. Wizards 15-18
12. Bucks 12-21
13. Nets 12-22
14. Raptors 11-24
15. Pistons 10-25

West:

1. Rockets 24-10
2. Thunder 24-12
3. Lakers 20-15
4. Warriors 18-15
5. Clippers 19-16
6. Nuggets 19-17
7. Wolves 19-17
8. Hornets 19-17
9. Spurs 17-18
10. Mavs 17-18
11. Trail Blazers 16-20
12. Jazz 13-21
13. Kings 12-20
14. Suns 12-24
15. Grizzlies 11-24


Leading All Star Vote Getters:

West:

1. Kobe - 2 million
2. Chris Paul 1.6 million
3. Durant 1.5 million
4. Carmelo 1.2 million
5. Dirk 1.1 million
6. Yao - 800k

East:

1. LeBron 2 million
2. Wade 1.5 million
3. Rondo 1.3 million
4. Rose 1.29 million
5. Dwight Howard 1.2 million
6 Joe Johnson 1.1 million
7. Amar'e 1 million
8. Iggy 1 million

[Eaglesfan27]

We start off terrible with EVERYTHING going wrong and the Nets jump to a 9-0 lead early before Doug calls timeout. We respond well and are only down 13-11 a few minutes later when they call time. Turner in foul trouble sits with 5 minutes left in the first. We are down 17-15.

Iggy in foul trouble late in the quarter. We are down 23-21. We go with Williams, Redd, Young, Jefferson, and Brand. We are down 25-24 at the end of 1.

Turner comes back in the 2nd and plays much better. We jump to a 38-32 lead before they call time with 6:30 to go in the quarter.

At halftime, we are up 46-39. Holiday with 8 assists at the half. Turner with 9 points.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-57. Holiday is very sloppy with the ball this game, but he is also making some big plays. He had 3 more turnovers that quarter.

In the 4th, we get a lead up to 20 and play the end of our bench the last 3 minutes.

We win the game 96-76. Good solid road win.

Despite a sloppy game at times, Holiday wins player of the game. He finished with 9 points, 3 boards, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 7 turnovers. He shot 4 of 6.

Turner with 15 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 4 turnovers. He shot 5 of 11. He only played 28 minutes.

Jefferson with 15 points and 12 boards. He shot 7 of 11.

Iggy with 14 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 14. He only played 27 minutes tonight.

Young with 13 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists in 27 minutes.

Redd with 10 points in 21 minutes. He shot 3 of 7.

Brand with 6 points, 5 boards, and a block in 19 minutes. Nocioni with 6 points and 3 boards in 10 minutes. Speights with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 30 minutes. He shot 2 of 9.

Louis Williams with 2 points and 5 assists vs 1 turnover in 14 minutes.

Brook Lopez led them with 22 points. Anthony Morrow with 21 points. Terrence Williams with 16 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 8, 2012 -

After a one week absence, LeBron is back as player of the week. Wall won it last week. Meanwhile Durant breaks Kobe's strangle hold in the West.


Jan 9, 2012 -

We crush Sacramento 128-82. Turner led the way with 28 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 10 of 18.

Young with 20 points in 27 minutes. Iggy with 18 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists. Holiday with 17 points, 9 assists, 3 boards, and 3 steals. Speights with 14 points. Jefferson with 6 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks.

Kendrick Perkins led them with 16 points. My former player, Brackins also had 16.


We remain #1 in the power rankings with a 27-9 record that leads the NBA.


Jan 12, 2012 -

We host the 24-16 Hawks. We beat them 89-84. Redd in just 17 minutes led the team with 15 points on 5 of 10 shooting. Turner with 12 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 17.

Holiday with 12 points, 6 assists, 5 boards, and 5 turnovers. He shot 4 of 8. Williams with 11 points and 3 assists. Brand with 10 points and 5 boards. Iggy with 8 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 2 of 12.

Young and Speights each with 8 points. Jefferson with 5 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks.

Jan 13, 2012 -

2 trades today. The Raptors trade Joey Dorsey and their 2012 1st round pick to the Wizards for Javale McGee. McGee is a 7'0 252 pound 23 year old center who is rated 70 overall. He is a solid rebounder with good potential. Dorsey is a 6'8 270 pound PF who is 28 and is rated 65 overall. He is a very good rebounder who is close to his potential.

The Wizards were busy. They also traded Andray Blatche to the Thunder for Monty Frazier. Frazier is a 20 year SG who was the 23rd pick in last year's draft. He is rated 67 overall and he has ok potential. He is only averaging 3.1 ppg. Blatche was unhappy in Washington and is clearly the better player right now. He is a 6'11 250 pound 25 year old PF/C who is a good inside scorer and rebounder with decent potential. He is averaging 14.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg.

Mario Chalmers has been hurt for a month but he has been cleared to return to practice for the Heat.



Our next game is hosting Indiana. We are 29-9 and 9-1 in our last 10. They are 18-20 and 3-7 in their last 10. Our roster rating is 85 and theirs is 79.

[Eaglesfan27]

Granger single-handedly keeping them in the game. We lead 22-20. Granger has 14 in the quarter.

We shut down Granger who is fatigued in the 2nd quarter. We lead 44-35. Big quarter from Bernie. He has 10 points and 7 boards at the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 61-55.

We were up 12, but Granger cuts it to 6 with 2 minutes to go and then we turn it over. Bernie makes a great move on Hansbrough to beat him with a vicious dunk. We lead 83-75 with 1:40 to go.

We win the game 85-77.

Turner was the player of the game with 17 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 4 steals. He also had 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 10.

Bernie Jefferson with 17 points, 14 boards, 1 assist, and 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 18.

Iggy with 13 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 14.

Young with 9 points and 8 boards in 21 minutes. Speights with 8 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 9.

Brand with 7 points in 19 minutes. Nocioni with 6 points in 3 minutes on 2 of 2 shooting both 3 pointers. Redd with 6 points and 2 assists in 13 minutes.

Holiday with 2 points, 3 boards, 10 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, and 4 turnovers. He shot 1 of 7.

Granger led them with 34 points on 14 of 21 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Cavs try to trade me J.J. Hickson and Mo Williams for Iggy and my 2nd round pick. I turn it down. I've gotten a lot of these types of offers.

The Pure Point Rating evaluates assists/turnovers with turnovers being weighed very negatively. Here are the top 10:

1. Kidd 14.1
2. Rondo 13.2
3. Paul 10.9
4. Maynor, Okc 10.6
5. Curry 10
6. Baron Davis 9.5
7. Jose Calderon 9.3
8. Steve Blake 8.7
9. Andre Miller 8.6
10. Ty Lawson 7.7

Holiday is 15th at 6.2

Iggy is 33rd at 3.0


Jan 15th -

We play at Charlotte who are 22-15 and have a good roster. They beat us 102-89. They got 24 from Thomas Gerald Wallace, who also had 14 rebounds.

We were led by 26 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 block, and 3 turnovers from Turner. He shot 12 of 19. Iggy had 24 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 20. Holiday with 14 points and 4 assists. Jefferson with 0 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Speights with 9 points but he shot 2 of 9.

Jan 17th -

Greg Oden is out 2 months with a knee injury.

The Pistons are shopping Randy Foye.


Efficiency is a rating based on the player's full stat line and is believed to be the single best measure of a true player skill. Here is the list of top 10:

1. LeBron 30.1
2. Durant 29.7
3. Kobe 27
4. Chris Paul 26.9
5. Amar'e 26.4
6. Carmelo 26.0
7. Dirk 25.9
8. Rondo 25.9
9. Russell Westbrook 25.8
10. derrick Rose 24.5

Evan Turner is 28th at 19.8
Iggy is 36th at 19.3
Holiday is 75th at 15.9
Jefferson is 101st at 13.9
Speights is 105th at 13.4

We are now 30-10. Today we play at New Orleans who are 20-21 but they have a very talented roster. We bounce back with a big win, 123-104. West led them with 24 points. 20 points and 6 assists for Paul.

Iggy led us with 29 points, 12 boards, and 8 assists as he pushes for an All-Star spot. He shot 11 of 18. Turner with 16 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, and 2 turnovers. He shot 3 of 6 and 8 of 9 from the line.

Holiday with 14 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Redd with 13 points in 20 minutes. Williams with 12 points. Jefferson with 11 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Young with 10 points and 7 boards. Brand with 9 points and 5 boards. Speights with 6 points in only 16 minutes. He hurt his knee in the game, but will play through it.

Jan 18th -

The Jazz are believed to want to move Jordan Farmar.

Blatche with a season high 28 points for the Thunder as they beat the Trail Blazers.


Our next game is on the 19th at the Spurs. They are 20-21 and are only rated 76 in overall talent. They are without Ginobli who tore his MCL and is done for the year. George Hill is playing hurt as well.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are down 23-22. Jefferson got into foul trouble for us and Parker did for them.

Iggy caught fire in the 2nd quarter. We are up 50-44 and Iggy has 19 at the half.

Early in the 3rd, Speights picks up his 5th foul. Brand into the game at C.

1 minute later, Turner gets hit when shooting a shot and Turner is down holding his back! :( Redd into the game for him.

Our trainer thinks he has a significant lower back strain. He is out for the rest of tonight and will miss a few additional games likely.

Our team gets pissed and goes on a 10-0 run.

At the end of 3, we are up 79-62. Iggy is getting it done in so many ways.

With 11 minutes left in the game, Speights fouls out. We go small.

With a 20 point lead and 3 minutes to go, we empty the bench.


We win the game 109-93.

Iggy is the player of the game with 34 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 0 turnovers. He shot 11 of 13, 0 of 0, and 12 of 13.

Holiday with 17 points, 7 boards, 9 assists, and 1 steal. He only had 1 turnover. He shot 5 of 12.

Young with 16 points, 10 boards, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 8.

Jefferson with 14 points, 12 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 11.

Turner with 13 points and 2 steals in 19 minutes before he got hurt. He shot 5 of 9.

Williams with 6 points and 3 assists in 12 minutes. Redd with 5 points in 23 minutes. Brand with 4 points, 2 boards, and a block in 23 minutes.

Speights with 0 points and 5 boards in 19 minutes. He shot 0 of 6.

Duncan led them with 22 points and 10 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 21st -

We play at Orlando. We win 117-102 but Young hurts his foot. He'll be slowed for 1-2 weeks. We are going to turn to Redd for heavy minutes as a result. Howard led them with 24 points, 9 boards, and 4 blocks.

Iggy led us with 24 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 14. He turned it over 4 times.

Williams with 16 points in just 15 minutes.

Brand with 16 points, 14 boards, and 3 assists in 26 minutes.

Speights with 16 points. Holiday with 13 points and 8 assists and only 1 turnover. He shot 5 of 8.

Jefferson with 4 points, 8 boards, and 1 block. Redd with 5 points in 28 minutes.


Jan 22 -

Some different names for player of the week: Derrick Rose (won once earlier) and Tony Parker (1st time this year.)

A trade: The Pistons send Charlie Villanueva and Chris Gray to the Hawks for Mike Bibby and Jamario Moon. Villanueva is a 27 year old 6'11 232 pound PF/SF who is a good outside shooter. He is averaging 13.5 ppg and 8.7 rpg. He is rated 75 overall. Gray is a 6'11 260 pound C who is 24 years old and rated 58 overall. He is averaging 2.1 ppg and 2.1 rpg. Bibby is a 33 year old PG who is aging badly. He is averaging 7 ppg and 5 apg. He is rated 68 overall. Moon is a 31 year old 6'8 200 pound SF who isn't really good in any area. He is rated 63 overall. He is scoring 1.2 ppg. Villanueva was very unhappy in Detroit.


Jan 22nd -

The 2nd part of a difficult back to back as we face the 25-18 Heat who are doing well since Chalmers came back from his injury. They crush us 99-64. Our worst output of the year. LeBron had 27 points, 14 boards, 8 assists, and 2 blocks. Wade with 25 points and 6 assists. Bosh with 18 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks.

LeBron held Iggy to 3 of 14 shooting. Iggy finished with 6 points, 8 boards, and 9 assists. Young led the team with 11 points in 17 minutes. Brand with 10 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks in 32 minutes. Williams with 9 points and 3 assists. Redd with 9 points in 30 minutes. Redd shot 4 of 16. Holiday with 4 points and 1 assist. Jefferson with 3 points and 15 boards. He shot 1 of 4.

A look at the True Shooting % which factors in FT's and 3 Point shots in a weighted formula:

1. Landry, WAs 67%
2. Thaddeus Young 63%
3. Amar'e 62%
4. Kevin Martin, Hou 62%
5. Horford, Atl 61.9%
6. Jarrett Jack, NO 61.9
7. Bargnani, Tor 61.8%
8. Tyler Hansbrough, Ind 61.3%
9. Ray Allen, Bos 61%
10. Durant, OKC 60.8%

Our next game is hosting Memphis on the 24th as we being a 3 game home stand. Memphis is 12-32, 1-9 in their last 10. Their roster rating is 75. Our rating right now is only 77 with the injuries. We are 33-11 and 8-2 in our last 10.

[Johnny93g]

I love this game. How are the Clippers doing?

[Eaglesfan27]

We are #1 in the power rankings for the 5th straight week.

Lamar Odom hurt his back and will miss about a month for the Lakers.

Now, to play Memphis. Iggy needs a big game.


At the end of 1, we are up 23-17. Iggy has 7 points and is playing very good defensively.


At halftime, we are down 45-42. Iggy with 16 points at the half as well as 6 boards and 4 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 75-64. Good quarter from everyone on the team. Very precise shooting.

Iggy and Jefferson with big 4th quarters. We win the game 101-87.

Iggy is the player of the game with 35 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 1 block, and 0 turnovers. He shot 13 of 23, 0 of 2, and 9 of 12 from the line.

Jefferson with 17 points, 13 boards, 4 assists, 1 block, and 1 turnover. He shot 6 of 10 and 5 of 8 from the line.

Holiday with 15 points, 9 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, 1 block, and 7 turnovers. He shot 5 of 13.

Redd with 9 points on 4 of 11 shooting in 29 minutes.

Speights with 9 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 2 of 6.

Brand with 7 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 29 minutes.

Young with 4 points in 13 minutes.

Louis Williams with 2 points and 4 assists in 19 minutes.

Childress led them with 26 points on 9 of 23 shooting. Mayo was held to 4 of 15 shooting. Gay to 5 of 14.

[Eaglesfan27]

I love this game. How are the Clippers doing?

I love it too. Clippers are 6th in the West with a 23-20 record. Griffin is their leading scorer with 16.4 ppg. He also is averaging 11.1 rpg and 1.1 bpg. Kaman scoring 15.6 ppg and 9.6 rpg. Gordon averaging 15.1 ppg. Baron Davis at 13.5 ppg and 8.1 apg. Harper with 12.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 3.4 apg.

Al-Farouq Aminu leading the bench with 6.3 ppg and 5.0 rpg. Rip averaging 5.5 ppg on 41% shooting. Eric Bledsoe averaging 3.9 ppg and 1.8 apg in 9 mpg.

[Eaglesfan27]

Stats of our starters and some key players:

Evan Turner leads the team at 18.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1.2 spg, and 2.0 tpg. He is shooting just under 50%. He is playing 34.9 mpg.

Iggy is averaging 17.9 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 5.2 apg, and 1.6 spg. He also has 2.1 tpg. He is shooting 46%. He is playing 38.1 mpg.

Young is averaging 12.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, and 1.1 spg in 24.7 mpg. He is shooting 53%.

Holiday is averaging 11.2 ppg, 7.6 apg, and 2 spg as well as 3.0 tpg. He is shooting 43%. He is playing 34.5 mpg.

Speights is averaging 11.0 ppg, 5.6 rpg, and 0.8 bpg. He is shooting 49%. He is playing 24 mpg.

Jefferson is averaging 8.5 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 0.8 bpg. He is shooting 49%. He is playing 30.4 mpg.

Redd is averaging 7.9 ppg and shooting 43%. He is is playing 17 mpg.

Brand is averaging 7.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 1.2 bpg in 21 mpg. He is shooting 47%.

Williams is averaging 5.9 ppg and 1.6 apg in 12 mpg. He is shooting 42%.

Nocioni is averaging 2.5 ppg in 6 mpg. He is shooting 34%.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 26, 2012 -

The Knicks are 26-18. They come in and beat us 106-100. Chandler led them with 20 points. Brown with 18. Amar'e with 17. Blair with 14 points and 14 boards.

Iggy led us with 23 points, 7 boards, 6 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 6 of 19. Speights with 19 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12. Holiday with 12 points and 6 assists. Jefferson with 10 points, 16 boards, and 2 blocks. Redd with 8 points on 3 of 12 shooting. Brand, Young, and Williams each had 8 points as well.


The Grizzlies fired Lionel Hollins after the team lost 10 in a row.

Kobe put up 41 points to lead the Lakers past the Hornets. The Lakers have won 10 in a row.

Jan 28th -

The Pistons offered me SG Felix De La Rosa for Jrue Holiday. I turn it down.

We host the Bucks who are 17-27. We beat them 122-113. Bogut had 31 points and Magette had 19. Iggy with a huge game in the win - 25 points, 8 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 13. Speights with 24 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 15 points and 8 assists vs 2 turnovers. Redd with 12 points. Jefferson with 8 points, 12 boards, and a block. Williams led the bench with 13 points and 3 assists.

Our next game is at Oklahoma. They might be the most talented team in the league with a roster rating of 95. They are 30-16 despite being 6-4 in their last 10. We are going to have a tough game without a healthy Turner, but he is ready to try to give it a go.

[Eaglesfan27]

Late in the 1st, Iggy draws a 2nd foul on Durant. Our only chance to slow him down is foul trouble. Durant already has 12. They lead 26-19 with 1 minute left in the quarter.

At the end of 1, we are down 29-22.

We close with in 1, then Durant leads them on a 14-2 run.

At halftime, we are down 53-43. Durant with 18 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists at the half. Iggy with 14 points and 3 boards.

We are getting beat bad and Young exacerbates his foot injury late in the 3rd. Down 81-65.

We are down 84-67 at the end of 3. Durant with 24 points. Everyone around him in double digits too.

Word is that Young has a level 3 ankle sprain and is out for 3-4 weeks.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma continues to crush us. They look like the team to beat out West.

We lose the game 104-89.

Durant was the player of the game with 31 points, 4 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 9 of 20. Harden with 20 points on 8 of 12 shooting. Jeff Green with 15 points and 8 boards. Westbrook with 11 points and 9 assists. Haywood with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.


Iggy led us with 27 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 12 of 23.

Turner with 17 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 5 of 11.

Jefferson with 16 points, 13 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 13.

Holiday with 10 points, 5 boards, 10 assist, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 3 of 11.

Williams with 8 points and 1 assist. Young with 4 points. Nocioni with 3 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 31st -

We end the month at Cleveland who are 22-22.

The Rockets have overtaken us in 1st in the Power Rankings. We beat them 91-83. They were led by Raymond Sessions who had 28 points.

We got 19 points from Redd who shot 8 of 14. Iggy with 15 points, 11 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 11. Williams with 15 points.

Holiday with 13 points and 7 assists. Turner with 8 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. Speights with 9 points and 7 boards.

Feb 2nd -

We play at Atlanta who are 25-24, but they have a very talented roster.

We beat them 117-102 despite 20 points by Horford. Iggy with 21 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 12.

Turner is back to 100% and showed it with 21 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals. He shot 9 of 13.

Speights with 17 points and 5 boards. Williams with 16 points and 4 assists.

Redd with 14 points. Holiday with 8 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He also had 4 steals.

Jefferson with 4 points and 7 boards in just 20 minutes as he was in foul trouble most of the game.

Our next game is hosting Oklahoma. They are 32-16. We are 37-13. Can we get them with a healthy Turner?

[Eaglesfan27]

Iggy with very good defense on Durant in the 1st quarter. We lead 19-18 at the end of 1.

Durant goes off in the first few minutes of the 2nd and quickly pushes them to a 27-22 lead with 9 straight points.

Durant has helped lead them on a 21-3 run! Down 39-24 with 5 minutes left in the half. I'll be very happy to make it to the NBA Finals, but this team is going to be major trouble if we meet them there.


At halftime, we are down 50-36. Durant was unreal that quarter. He has 22 points at halftime.

In the 3rd quarter, they add injury to insult as a hard foul by Haywood hurts Jefferson bad! Bernie broke his arm it looks like :(

We close the gap in the 4th, but never get closer than 10. We lose 96-81.

Durant finished with 43 points, 9 boards, and 2 steals against us. Westbrook with 20 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals.

Turner led our team with 21 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 14.

Holiday with 10 points, 7 assists, 5 boards, and 4 steals. He shot 4 of 11.

Williams with 14 points. Jefferson with 9 points and 8 boards before he got hurt. Iggy with a horrible game, 3 of 15 shooting, 8 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jefferson is out for 6-8 weeks with his broken arm :( It is a good thing I didn't trade Brand as he was demanding. He moves back into the starting lineup and playing major minutes. Meanwhile, I look through the D-League for a backup PF/C.

I'm not particularly pleased with any of the prospects, but we sign Lewis George who is a 6'11 249 lb C from St. John's. He is averaging 7 ppg, 10 rpg, and 1.3 bpg in the D-League.


Hmmm, the Grizzlies actually offer me a slightly interesting trade. Their 1st round pick (which will likely be high) and Eddy Curry for Mareese Speights and Michael Redd...

I take a closer look at Eddy Curry and realize that he is completely washed up at the age of 29. I turn the deal down.

The Bulls offer me Joakim Noah for Evan Turner and Michael Redd. That is much easier to turn down.


Feb 8 -

We play at the Bucks who are 18-32 and struggling. We beat them 119-102 despite 38 points from Bogut.

Louis Williams is getting more minutes with our short bench as we play small ball. He thrived with 22 points in 30 minutes. Good thing we didn't trade him either.

Iggy with 18 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards. Holiday with 17 points and 9 assists.

Speights with 16 points and 4 boards. Brand with 12 points, 4 boards, and a block.

Turner with 11 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Very efficient night from him.

Redd added 8 points in 25 minutes. Nocioni with 7 points in 9 minutes.


Feb 9 -

We host the Spurs in a tough 2nd leg of back-to-back. They are 24-27. We beat them 113-99 despite 26 points from Duncan and 19 points from Parker.

Holiday led the way with 20 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 10.

Iggy with 21 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 9 of 14.

Turner with 14 points, 7 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 4 of 9.

Brand with 12 points, 5 boards, and 1 block. Speights with 11 points and 5 boards.

Meeks with 8 points in just 7 minutes. Williams with 7 points on 1 of 9 shooting. Redd with 6 points. Nocioni with 6 points.


Our next game is hosting Portland on the 11th. The trade deadline is next week.

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minutes to go in the 1st and Speights is in foul trouble. George will come into the game. We are down 12-11.

At the end of 1, we are up 21-18. Iggy and Turner both getting it done offensively with good shooting.

Iggy and Turner both rest the last 3 minutes of the half and they close with a 13-0 run.

We are down 48-40 at the half.

Speights fouls out with 4 minutes left in the 3rd. We are down 64-54.


At the end of 3, we are down 71-63. Turner had a monster 3rd quarter to keep us in it.

Down 83-75 with 5 minutes left, can we pull it out?

Turner with a quick 12 footer. That gives him 30.

Iggy draws a foul but only makes 1 of 2 FT's. Iggy with a steal and finds Holiday on the break who makes a layup and the foul. Down 85-81.

They miss a 3 but Holiday throws it away on the fastbreak.

Turner to George on the pick and roll but they answer with a pair of baskets. Down 89-83.

Turner misses a pair of shots and Aldridge hits a pair over Brand. That does it. Bad loss.

We lose the game 98-90.

We allowed Nicolas Batum to light us up for 22 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Aldridge with 22 points and 12 boards. Roy with 20 points and 8 assists.

Turner led us with 30 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 1 block. He shot 12 of 25.

Iggy with 28 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 11 of 23.

Holiday with 15 points, 6 boards, 9 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 6 of 15.

George with 8 points (mostly dunks), 5 boards, and 1 block.

Brand with 4 points, 13 boards, and 1 block. He shot 2 of 8.

Louis Williams shot 0 of 6. He had 2 points and 4 assists.

Speights with 2 points and 4 boards in 20 minutes. He shot 0 of 5.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 12th -

Kobe and LeBron are once again players of the week.

Aldridge hit his 3000th point against us last night.

The All-Stars were named:

In the East:

Rondo, Wade, LeBron, Amar'e, and Dwight Howard.

The bench: Derrick Rose, Iggy (1st appearance!!!), Gerald Wallace, Josh Smith, Brook Lopez (1st appearance) Gilbert Arenas, and Stephen Jackson.

In the West:

Paul, Kobe (14th appearance), Durant, Carmelo, and Al Jefferson (1st appearance).

The bench: Tony Parker, Tyreke Evans (1st appearance), Caron Butler, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum (1st appearance), Russell Westbrook, and Deron Williams.

A few minor trades:

The Suns trade Earl Clark and 1st rounder to the Trail Blazers for Luke Babbitt.

The Suns Trade Bill Walker to the Wizards for Kevin Seraphin.


Feb 13th:

The Heat offered me Chris Bosh and Mike Miller for Evan Turner and Elton Brand. We turn them down.

We beat the Clippers 103-94 at our place. We had balanced scoring: Iggy with 21 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. Turner with 18 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Speights with 17 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 17 points and 7 assists. Redd with 8 points. Brand with 7. Williams with 7.


Oklahoma has won 10 straight as they beat the Trail Blazers 102-90.


The Hornets offered Quincy Pondexter and Drew Sampson for Speights. I turn them down.


Feb 16th -

We host the Heat and lose 97-80 in our last game before the All-Star Break. The Heat were led by 31 from Wade and 25 from LeBron who also had 9 boards and 9 assists.

Williams led us with 16 points. Brand, Iggy, and Turner each had 15. Iggy was 5 of 16.


The Standings at the All-Star Break:

East:

1. 76ers 40-16
2. Bobcats 37-17
3. Celtics 37-20
4. Heat 35-21
5. Knicks 35-21
6. Pacers 33-24
7. Bulls 28-25
8. Hawks 28-28
9. Magic 28-30
10. Cavs 26-28
11. Wizards 22-34
12. Raptors 19-36
13. Bucks 19-37
14. Nets 18-36
15. Pistons 17-39

West:

1. Rockets 41-14
2. Thunder 40-16
3. Lakers 33-22
4. Warriors 29-24
5. Nuggets 31-26
6. Wolves 27-27
7. Hornets 29-29
8. Mavs 28-29
9. Clips 27-29
10. Spurs 24-31
11. Trail Blazers 23-33
12. Jazz 23-34
13. Suns 22-35
14. Kings 20-33
15. Grizzlies (maybe I should have traded for their 1st round pick) 16-41.

[Eaglesfan27]

I am going to sim the Rookie-Sophomore game and play the All-Star game (as the East of course.)

As expected, the Sophomores beat the Rookies 109-83. Wall led the Sophomores with 22 points and 8 assists. Griffin with 21 and 90 boards. Evan Turner with 11 points, 10 boards, and 6 assists.

Cam Campbell, Suns, led the Rookies with 19 points, 10 assists and 3 steals. Donnie Hodges, Portland (7th pick) had 13 points and 5 boards.



Now, for the All-Star Game:

At the end of 1, the East is up 31-29 and LeBron is the obvious star of the quarter with 12 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.

At half, the West lead 61-55. Durant with 16 for the West. LeBron with 20 for the East and the play of the game, a huge alley-oop dunk from Wade on the fast break. LeBron also has 3 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals.

At the end of 3, the west lead 86-78. Derrick Rose was the big man for the East. Durant was the main man for the West.

LeBron with a huge first 4 minutes of the quarter. The East takes a 92-88 lead.

East with a 100-98 lead with 4 minutes to go as we bring in the most effective 5: Rose, Wade, LeBron, Gerald Wallace, and Howard.

With 50 seconds left, LeBron grabs a board and takes it coast to coast for an emphatic dunk to give the East a 6 point lead, 107-101.

The East wins it 109-103.

LeBron wins MVP of the Game - 36 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 14 of 20 and 8 of 10 from the line. He played 29 minutes.

Derrick Rose with 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 6 of 11. He played 24 minutes.

Dwight Howard with 13 points, 7 boards, 3 blocks, and 2 assists. He shot 5 of 7. He played 29 minutes.

Gerald Wallace with 11 points and 3 boards in 18 minutes.

Wade with 8 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists in 24 minutes.

Arenas with 7 points in 6 minutes.

Lopez with 6 points, 4 boards, and a block in 20 minutes.

Rondo with 4 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals in 25 minutes.

Stephen Jackson with 3 points, 1 board, and 1 assist in 12 minutes.

Iggy with 2 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 13 minutes. He shot 1 of 6.

Josh Smith with 2 points and 5 boards in 20 minutes.

Amare with 0 points and 6 boards in 25 minutes. He shot 0 of 6.


For the West:

Durant with 20 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals in 24 minutes.

Deron Williams with 15 points and 3 assist in 27 minutes.

Carmelo with 13 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist in 16 minutes.

Gasol with 9 points, 8 boards, and a block in 33 minutes.

Caron Butler with 8 points in 13 minutes.

Kobe with 8 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists in 21 minutes. He shot 4 of 13.

Bynum with 6 points and 5 boards in 19 minutes. He shot 2 of 10.

Westbrook with 6 points and 1 assist in 17 minutes.

Evans with 5 points and 4 boards in 15 minutes.

Paul with 5 points and 5 assists in 26 minutes.

Al Jefferson with 3 points and 4 boards in 22 minutes.

Tony Parker with 3 points and 1 assist in 12 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 22 -

We come out of the All-Star break with a game at Washington. They are 22-34 and this should be a good game for us.

Within the 1st minute, Samuel Dalembert hurts his back and it doesn't look like he will be back today.

NO! Wall slams into Turner and hurts him :( Redd into the game. We are tied at 16 late in the 1st.

Word is that Turner has a severely strained oblique muscle and will miss 2-4 weeks. :(

We are down 24-21 at the end of 1.

We go on a 17-6 run that features Williams at PG and Holiday at SG with Iggy at SF. They are playing great together. We lead 38-32.


At halftime, we are tied at 44. Brand leads us with 9. Landry leads them with 14.

Williams with a key 4 minutes with the 2nd unit at the end of the 2nd to give us a 69-63 lead. Iggy had a huge 8 minutes where he dominated the quarter.

We were tied at 83 with 6 minutes left. But, then Wall became unstoppable while Iggy missed a few shots in a row. Owen Blake was also very big for them down the stretch. It doesn't help when Speights fouls out with 4 minutes to go.

They finish the game with a 18-5 run as Iggy misses his last 5 shots of the game. We lose 101-88. We need to get healthy for the playoffs, but I doubt we are going to hold onto the #1 seed in the East with all of these injuries.

Carl Landry is the player of the game with 20 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. He shot 9 of 13.

Wall with 27 points and 9 assists on 8 of 18 shooting. Blake (the #2 player in the draft last year) with 20 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. The 6'6 SG looks like he will be a good one. He is averaging 17.1 ppg this year.

Iggy with 24 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 11 of 26.

Speights with 14 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams with 13 points, 6 boards, and 7 assists in 24 minutes.

Holiday with 4 points, 9 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in 39 minutes. He shot 2 of 11.

Brand with 9 points and 9 boards. Redd with 7 points. Nocioni with 6 points. Turner with 6 points in 9 minutes before he got hurt.

The good news is that Thaddeus Young is close to 100% and is healed enough to start playing again. We are going to have to rely on him for some points even though he is only about 85%.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 23 -

We lose to the Bulls 100-94 and we lose Michael Redd for 6-8 weeks with a torn meniscus in his left knee :(

Good news is that Young was pronounced 100% healthy after the game. Guess he was closer than I thought to 100%. Still he had a quiet return with 7 points in 32 minutes.

Speights led the team with 23 points and 10 boards. Iggy with 19 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 22.

Williams with 13 points. Brand with 13 points and 8 boards. Holiday with 8 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.


Feb 25 -

We host the 30-25 Warriors. They beat us 115-107. They were led by 26 points from Zach Randolph. Monta Ellis with 23 and Crawford with 16 points.

Speights led us with 24 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks. Iggy with 20 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 15.

Young with 19 points and 7 boards. Williams with 12 points. Holiday with 10 points and 11 assists.

Our next game is against Houston which leads the West with a 42-15 record. However, they have 2 starters hurt as Battier is out and Scola is fighting back spasms.

News around the league:

Chris Paul hurt his shoulder and will be out 3-4 weeks.

Wow. Rookie Cam Campbell won player of the week in the West. LeBron won in the East.

Big Baby has requested a trade out of Boston.

LeBron and Kobe have won Player of the Month every month this year.

Cam Campbell has won Rookie of the Month every month in the West, but Owen Blake won it in the East for the first time last month. Simon Reid had won it the first 2 months.

LeBron and Durant are the 2 favorites for MVP but Iggy is a distant 3rd in the race.

[Eaglesfan27]

Tied at 24 at the end of 1. Iggy with a very good 1st quarter. Same for Holliday.

Forgot to write up most of this game, but Iggy has had an AMAZING 2nd half.

He helped us get a 21-6 lead run that erased a 10 point deficit in the 4th. They closed to 87-85 and then he hit a big 3 with under a minute left. That 3 gives him 40 points.

Iggy hit a pair of FT's to give us back a 5 point lead and the crowd started chanting "MVP! MVP!" :)

We win the game 94-87. Great win! Iggy was amazing.

He is clearly Player of the Game with 44 points (a career high), 9 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 0 turnovers. He shot 15 of 29, 3 of 6, and 11 of 16.

Brand with 13 points, 9 boards, and 1 block.

Young with 12 points, 10 boards, 4 steals, and 1 assist.

Holiday with 11 points, 8 assists, and 6 steals.

Speights with 8 points, 11 boards, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 29, 2012 -

The Nets fired Avery Johnson. They hired Derrick Hart.

March 1st -

We host the Hornets who are 30-31. We beat them 93-86. Iggy with 19 points, 6 assists, 4 boards, and 3 steals. Brand with 18 points. Young with 16 points. Williams with 14 points.

LeBron won Player of the Month in the East for the 4th straight month. Durant beat out Kobe for the 1st time this year.

Felix De La Rosa (Detroit) won the East Rookie of the Month for the first time. Cam Campbell won it for 4th time in the West.


March 4th -

We play the first of back to back games in Boston. We lose the game 99-94 and lose Jodie Meeks to an ankle sprain. Wow. Rondo led them with 21 points, 10 boards, and 5 assists. Pierce added 20 points.

Iggy with 19 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Speights with 20 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Holiday with 14 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. Young with 12 points. Brand with 11 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams led the bench with 11 points.

That loss drops us to 42-20. The Celtics are 39-22. We play them again on the 5th.

[Eaglesfan27]

Power Rankings:

1. Thunder 45-17
2. 76ers 42-19 (we were 8th last week, I guess cause of the roster hit from all of the injuries.)
3. Bobcats 40-20
4. Heat 39-22
5. Knicks 38-22
6. Pacers 39-24
7. Rockets 42-18
8. Magic 33-30
9. Celtics 38-22 (from 3rd last week)
10. Nuggets 34-28

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are tied at 24. Garnett and Rondo with big quarters for the Celtics. Brand and Iggy had very nice quarters for us.

Halftime, we are down 55-49. Garnett with 12 points and 6 boards at the half. Iggy with 12 points but he has missed 5 FT's in the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 73-68. Iggy had a HUGE 3rd quarter with great defense and 10 points.

Very good play from Holiday, Williams, and Young as I rest Iggy for 4 1/2 minutes in the 4th, but they build it to a 81-73 lead. Now, Iggy comes back for the final 7 minutes well rested.

Great team offense to finish it off. We win 100-91. Strong road win to maintain our lead in the conference.

Iggy is the player of the game with 34 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 6 steals, and 1 block. He had 1 turnover. He shot 12 of 24, 1 of 7, and 9 of 14.

Speights with 15 points and 6 boards. Brand with 14 points and 10 boards.

Young with 13 points, 11 boards, and 4 assists.

Nocioni with 8 points and 6 boards. Williams with 7 points and 4 assists.

Holiday with 6 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

George with 3 points and 4 boards in 23 minutes.


Allen led the Celtics with 26 points. Garnett with 20 points and 11 boards. Rondo with 8 points and 8 assists. Pierce with 15 points and 8 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 5th -

The Bobcats lost Gerald Wallace for about a month.

The Bobcats ended Oklahoma's winning streak, 106-92. They got 26 points from D.J. Augustin and 24 from Jackson.


March 8th -

Durant with 61 points and 11 boards to help the Thunder bounce back with a 108-92 win over the Rockets!

Clippers ended a 11 game losing streak with 30 from Kaman to beat the Wizards 108-98.


March 9th -

We host the 35-29 Nuggets. We lose 104-103. Carmelo had 29 points and 6 boards. Harrington with 25 points and 8 boards.

Iggy led our team with 19 points, 13 boards, 7 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 8 of 13. Young with 19 points and 4 assists.

Brand with 17 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. Williams wtih 14 points and 3 assists. Speights with 10 points and 5 boards. Holiday with 7 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists.


March 10th -

Durant and LeBron won Players of the Week.

The Thunder become the 1st team to clinch a playoff spot.


March 11th -

We host the 32-32 Cavs. We beat them 91-81. Iggy led the team with 16 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. Brand with 14 points and 6 boards.

Young with 12 points and 4 boards. Williams with 11 points and 3 assists. Speights with 10 points and 7 boards.

Holiday with 8 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. George with a season high 6 points and 7 boards.


Our next game is hosting the 27-38 Wizards.

Our team chemistry is dropping despite the winning. Word is that Williams and Brand's trade demands are tearing up the team. I have to move them next year I think and try to get a valuable part in return..

[Eaglesfan27]

We start the game executing our offense as well as we ever have. 19-8 lead with 7 minutes left in the quarter!

Our shooters cool off. At the end of 1, we are up 30-24. Young had 12 early points. Speights with 8 already. Iggy with a quiet quarter.

At halftime, we are down 45-42. Wall is tearing us up with 14 points and 5 assists. Iggy is having a rough night. Speights is keeping us in it with 16 points and 6 boards.

At the end of 3, we are up 63-55. Good play from our 2nd unit. Young also had a nice quarter.

Iggy took over the end of the 4th quarter. We win the game 88-77 with a 14-2 run to end the game.

Iggy finished with 19 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists to lead the team. He shot 6 of 17, 1 of 3, and 6 of 6.

Young with 22 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. He also had 4 turnovers. He shot 8 of 14.

Speights with 20 points and 11 boards. Holiday with 9 points, 7 boards, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Brand with 8 points, 16 boards, and 1 block.

They were led by 20 from Blake and Arenas. Wall finished with 17 points and 10 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 13 -

Durant had 46 points to lead the Thunder in a 98-86 win over the Lakers.

Duncan suffered a sprained ankle and will miss 2-4 weeks.

March 15th -

Turner is 100% and ready to return to the lineup!

March 16th -

We are at Indiana. They are 41-26. We are 45-21. We beat them 91-88 despite 29 points from Darren Collison and 21 from Granger.

Turner went right back to work with a team high 26 points. He also had 6 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 10 of 17.

Iggy with 17 points, 6 boards, 11 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 5 of 11.

Williams with 12 points and 2 assists. Holiday with 9 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 4 steals.

Brand with 7 points and 12 boards. Speights with 4 points and 10 boards.


Kirk Hinrich is done for the year with a severe arm fracture.

The Clippers fire Vinny Del Negro and hire Jay Triano.

The Kings fire Paul Westphal and hire Robin Faulk.

A trade that happened just before the deadline that I forgot to report:

The Magic traded Quentin Richardson to the Mavs for Alexis Ajinca.


March 18th -

We host the 42-24 Bobcats. If we can win, we have a good shot at the #1 seed...

We win 119-118! That clinches us a playoff spot! Iggy with 28 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 10 of 16.

Turner with 25 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 10 of 19.

Holiday with 17 points, 6 boards, and 8 assists. Nocioni with 11 points and 7 boards. Brand with 10 points and 2 boards. Young with 8 points and 6 boards.

Speights with 4 points and 5 boards.


We are now 47-21. A look at the standings in the East and West:

East:

1. 76ers 47-21
2. Heat 44-25
3. Knicks 44-25
4. Bobcats 42-25
5. Celtics 42-25
6. Pacers 42-27
7. Hawks 38-31
8. Bulls 37-31
9. Magic 34-37
10. Cavs 33-36
11. Wizards 27-41
12. Bucks 25-43
13. Nets 24-43
14. Raptors 23-46
15. Pistons 20-47

West:

1. Thunder 50-20
2. Rockets 48-21
3. Warriors 39-28
4. Nuggets 38-31
5. Lakers 36-33
6. Mavs 34-36
7. Wolves 32-36
8. Hornets 32-38
9. Spurs 30-38
10. Clippers 30-39
11. Jazz 30-39
12. Kings 27-40
13. Trail Blazers 27-41
14. Suns 27-42
15. Grizzlies 26-43


Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose were named playerfs of the Week. Rose is the only player other than LeBron to win it more than 1 time in the East this year.

Our next game is at Minnesota on the 20th.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 19th -

Jefferson has been cleared to play and pronounced 100% :)

And we are back to being ranked the 2nd best offensive ratings! :)


Turner in foul trouble with 4 minutes to go in the 1st. We are up 22-20.

At the end of 1, we are up 27-25. Turner was our leading scorer despite being out the last 4 minutes of the quarter.


Our team is so dangerous at full strength and we aren't even there yet. Still, we are close enough. 62-47 lead at the half. Turner with 17 points. Great rebounding by Jefferson.

At the end of 3, we are up 85-60. Holiday, Turner, Iggy, Jefferson. They are all getting it done today. So is Speights.

We go to the end of the bench for the last 6 minutes and still win 111-85.

Turner is the player of the game. 31 points, 4 assists, 4 boards, 5 steals, and 1 turnover. He shot 11 of 22.

Holiday with 20 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 4 turnoers.

Jefferson with 14 points, 7 boards, and 1 block. He made a 18 footer and is starting to show a bit of the Dirk like jump shooting that they called for in the draft shows. If he can combine that with his athleticism.. wow.

Iggy with 11 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 11.

Williams with 10 points and 6 assists. Young with 7 points and 3 boards. Speights with 6 points and 6 boards.

Brand with 3 points and 7 boards. George with 3 points and 4 boards. Kapono and Nocioni with 3 points each.

They were led by 24 points and 8 boards from rookie Simon Reid. Beasley added 18 points and boards. Love with 10 points on 4 of 14 shooting

[Eaglesfan27]

The Wizards fired Clarence Underwood and hired Kurt Rambis.

March 21st -

2nd night of back and back is at Utah. They are 30-40 but talented. Should be a tough matchup. Our team comes out flat and they win 110-86 behind 22 points and 17 boards from Al Jeffrerson. Deron Williams with 18 points and 8 assists.

Turner led us with 19 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 11.

Iggy with 18 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 15.

Speights with 12 points and 6 boards. Williams with 9 points and 3 assists. Brand with 8 points. Young with 7.

Holiday with 4 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 8.

Jefferson with 3 points, 10 boards, and 1 block. He shot 0 of 7.


Evan Turner is 22nd in True Shooting Percentage. The top 5:

1. Carl Landry, Was 64.7%
2. Kevin Martin, Hou 63.6%
3. Al Horford, Atl 62.7%
4. Kevin Durant, Okc 62.4%
5. Bargnani, Tor 62.3%

March 23 -

A tough game on the road in Golden State. They are 41-28 and are very talented. They beat us 117-98 behind 29 points and 8 assists from Curry. They also got 24 from Crawford and 19 from Lee.

Turner led us with 19 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 14.

Williams with 18 points in just 19 minutes. Young with 12 points. Holiday with 12 points, 5 assists, and 4 turnovers.

Iggy with 10 points, 9 boards, and 10 assists. He shot 3 of 12.

Nocioni with 7 points. Brand with 7 points and 6 boards. Speights with 6 points and 4 boards.

Jefferson with 5 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Our next game is on the 25th at the Lakers. Looking forward to that game.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are down 23-21. Kobe is their leading scorer with 9. Turner is our leading scorer with 8. Iggy with 6.

Kobe and Artest are destroying us in the 2nd quarter.

At halftime, we are down 57-41. Ouch. They are the 1st team in a long time to outrebound us, and they are doing it by a huge margin, 28-16.

Iggy with 18 points to keep us in it (barely.) Artest with 15 points, mostly from feeds from Kobe.

Gasol and Jefferson collide as Jefferson buries a 16 footer. Jefferson is hurt - it is his back :( Still 10:38 left in the 3rd.


We are getting crushed. Down 86-65 at the end of 3. The Lakers putting on a show for their home crowd.


We lose the game 118-90.

Kobe finished with 30 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, and 1 steal. Artest with 23 points and 11 boards. Bynum with 16 points and 15 boards. Odom with 15 points and 7 boards.

Iggy led us with 30 poins, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 11 of 20.

Turner with 19 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 9 of 21. Williams with 11 points and 4 assists.

Speights with 10 points, 3 boards, and a block. Young with 7 points and 3 boards.

Holiday with 6 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals.

Jefferson with 4 points and 8 boards before he was hurt.

Brand with 3 points and 3 boards in 25 minutes.

We are now 48-24 and only 1 game ahead of the Heat.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 26th -

We play at the Clippers as we hang out in LA. Will we bounce back?

We lose 92-89 to fall into a tie with the Heat. Griffin torched us for 22 points and 18 boards. Kaman with 18 points and 11 boards. Davis with 17 points and 9 assists. Gordon with 17 points.

Iggy led us with 20 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 6 turnovers. He shot 7 of 11.

Young with 14 points and 7 boards. Turner with 13 points, 9 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 11. Nocioni with 11 points. Speights with 11 points and 3 blocks.

Holiday with 10 points, 4 boards, and 7 assists. Brand with 5 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.


The Pistons fire Noel Garrett and hire Bryon Hutchinson.

The Raptors fire Brandon Marsh and hire Vinny Del Negro.


March 30th -

We need a win at home vs the 29-44 Bucks. Despite needing the win so badly, our team lays an egg, 97-91. Is the disruptive Williams and Brand finally causing problems?

Bogut led them with 22 points and 13 boards. Jennings with 18 points and 5 assists.

Young led us with 22 points. Williams with 16 points in just 20 minutes.

Iggy with 15 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Meeks with 8 points in 11 minutes.

Speights with 8 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Turner with 8 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 15.

Brand with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Holiday with 2 points and 4 assists. He shot 1 of 7.


We are now 48-26 and 0.5 games behind the 49-26 Heat. We are 1.5 games ahead of the Knicks and 2 games ahead of the Celtics.

Our next game is at the Bulls. They are 40-34 but they have a ton of talent.

[Eaglesfan27]

Forgot to mention:

For March, LeBron won the Player of the Month again. He has won it every month. Durant won it for the 2nd time in the West. Kobe has it 3 times.

For March, Owen Blanke won Rookie of the Month 2nd time in the East. Cam Campbell has won it every month in the West and is expected to be rookie of the year. Cam is averaging 20.9 ppg, 5.3 apg, and 1.8 spg for the Suns. Cam was the #1 pick.


Now, for us to beat Chicago..

[Eaglesfan27]

With 7:18 left in the 1st, Iggy gets a 2nd foul on Rose on the fast break. We lead 8-4.

We are playing Championship level defense. They bring Rose back with 3 minutes to go in the quarter. We lead 15-6. Iggy has been resting for 2 minutes cause he was exerting so much energy on the defensive end. Everyone is busting their ass tonight.

We are up 16-13 at the end of 1.


Both sides heat up in the 2nd quarter. Turner had an amazing quarter. He is going to be so special I think.

At halftime, we lead 47-39. Turner with 18 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists including a very pretty alley-oop to Iggy on the fast break.

Noah hurts his ankle early in the 3rd. Looks like he is done for the night.

Noah comes back a few minutes later. He is able to play through whatever happened.

We built a big lead in the 3rd, but they went on a 4 minute 18-2 run before Speights hit a shot to give us a 58-57 lead.


At the end of 3, we are up 68-65. Turner continues to shine. Rose is having a great game too.

1st play of the quarter, Deng hurts his back coming down awkwardly after a rebound. It looks bad.

We built up a 84-73 lead before I rested Turner and Iggy. Now, it is 87-83 lead with 3:26 to go as I bring them back. Can they finish it?

With 1:56 to go, Rose steals it from Williams and takes it in for a dunk to tie it at 87.

Rose with another steal and he draws a foul and gives them a 89-87 lead.

31 seconds, Williams finds Iggy on a fast break to tie it at 89.

They call time and I get Holiday back into the game.

Boozer with a nice post move to score with 23 seconds left. 91-89.

With 5 seconds left Holiday finds Turner for an open 3 at the top of the key.. he swishes it! 92-91.

Turner steals it from Rose! They foul. Turner hits both FT's. 94-91 with 2.8 seconds left.

Rose takes the inbound pass, steps back and swishes a long 3 with 0.6 seconds left!

We are going to OT.

Holiday misses a 3 with 17 seconds left. We are up 98-97 as they call time. Will they hold for last shot?

Rose holds it... he tries to blow by Holiday.. Holiday stays with him.. he backs off.. he shoots the 3 at the buzzer.. and it is long!

We win 98-97!

Turner is the player of the game. 33 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 14 of 22, 3 of 5, and 2 of 3.

Iggy with 26 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 11 of 22.

Holiday with 22 points, 6 boards, 10 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 18, 5 of 10, and 3 of 5.

Speights with 8 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Brand with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks.

George with 2 points and 4 boards in 18 minutes.

Young with 2 points and 6 boards in 33 minutes. He shot 1 of 8.

Deng led them with 22 points. Rose with 19 points and 11 assists. Boozer with 16 points and 12 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Deng is out for the remainder of the regular season and part of the playoffs with a severe lower back strain.

April 3rd -

We are 49-26. Orlando is 38-38 and fighting for the last playoff birth. They are currently 2 games behind the Bulls for it. They get us at home in the 2nd night of a back and back. They beat us 107-97 behind 27 points and 17 boards from Howard who also had 1 block.

Bass and Rashard Lewis each had 20.

Young led us with 24 points and 12 boards. Speights with 20 points and 5 boards. Iggy with 13 points, 4 boards and 4 assists.

Turner with 12 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Holiday with 13 points and 6 assists.


April 5th -

Next up is a game at Toronto who are 25-51 and trying to get as many ping pong balls. We should crush them.

Very concerning. Poor effort and we lose 103-89. They got 16 points from Bargnani to lead their team.

Young had 24 points and 7 boards for us. Turner with 19 points and 8 boards. He shot 5 of 13. Iggy with 16 points and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 14.

Brand with 8 points and 6 boards. Louis Williams with 7 points. Holiday with 6 points and 7 assists.

Our next game is at home vs Detroit. They are 23-54 and their talent level is putrid. We should crush them to get win number 50.

We are now 2 games behind the Heat for the #1 seed in the East. Our last game of the year is against the Heat. We are only 1/2 game ahead of the Knicks and 1 game ahead of the Pacers. The Celtics are only 3 games behind us.

[Eaglesfan27]

A closer look at the Playoff Situation in each conference:

East:

1. Heat 51-26
2. 76ers 49-28
3. Knicks 49-29
4. Pacers 48-29
5. Celtics 46-31
6. Bobcats 46-31

All of above have clinched playoff spot.

7. Bulls 41-36
8. Hawks 41-37
9. Magic 40-38
10 Cavs 39-39

Everyone else is out.

1. Thunder 55-23
2. Rockets 50-27
3. Warriors 46-31
4. Nuggets 46-32
5. Lakers 43-35

Above have all clinched a spot.

6. Mavs 38-40
7. Hornets 36-41
8. Jazz 36-41
9. Wolves 34-43
10. Clippers 34-44
11. Spurs 33-45 (barely alive)

Everyone else is out.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow, they hit a 3 from midcourt at the buzzer at the end of 1. But, we still lead 28-24.

At halftime, we are up 50-41. Louis Williams with a big 2nd quarter. 13 points at the half.

Nocioni mugs Ben Gordon late in the 3rd. Gordon hurts his back. We are up 69-56. Very balanced scoring for us today.

At the end of 3, we are up 74-60.

Gordon comes back to start the 4th.


Our 2nd unit builds a nice lead. 81-66. I bring back our starters to finish this out with 8 minutes left.

Really rough last 8 minutes by our starters, but they play strong defense.

We win the game 90-80.

Louis Williams is the player of the game with 17 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 10.

Iggy with a rough night - 12 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 4 of 12.

Turner also with a rough night. 12 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 5 turnovers. He shot 3 of 10.

Young with 11 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 15.

Speights with 10 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 10.

Brand with 8 points, 6 boards, and a block.

George with 6 points and 6 boards in 18 minutes. The big man has been a nice pick up.

Kapono even got 12 minutes and shot 2 of 5 for 5 points.

Nocioni with 5 points. Great team effort. Holiday with 4 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 1 of 8.

Stuckey led them with 22 points and 3 assists. Gordon with 17 points. Randolph with 12 points and 10 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

April 8th -

We are the Knicks who are 49-30. We are 50-28. The Knicks beat us 115-105 behind 31 points and 11 boards from Amar'e. Blair with 20 points. Brown with 18.

Iggy led us with 19 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 5 of 12.

Speights with 17 points and 6 boards. Young with 16 points and 4 boards.

Meeks with 11 points in 8 minutes! Brand with 10 points and 6 boards.

Williams with 9 points. Turner with 8 points and 6 boards as he got into foul trouble and only played 19 minutes.

Holiday with 6 points and 10 assists.


Yay. Redd is 100% and Jefferson is good enough to play in the next game. He will start. We might drop to the #3 or 4 seed :(

We are now 50-29 and the Knicks are 0.5 games behind us at 50-30.


April 10th -

A critical game at home vs the Celtics. Can we beat them? YES! We beat them 92-86! Holiday with 21 points and 4 assists to lead the way. Speights with 19 points and 10 boards.

Young with 10 points and 5 boards. Redd with 8 points in 9 minutes. Turner with 8 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists.

Iggy with a horrible night - 7 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 1 of 12.

Jefferson with 5 points, 8 boards, and a block in his return. Williams with 6 points.

Brand with 4 points and 4 boards in 20 minutes.

A look at the playoff situation now with 2 games to go:


East:

1. Heat 54-26 have clinched the #1 seed.
2. 76ers 51-29
3. Knicks 50-30
4. Pacers 49-31
5. Celtics 48-32
6. Bocats 48-32

Above are all in.

7. Bulls 43-37
8. Cavs 42-39
9. Hawks 41-39
10. Magic 40-40

Wizards are 11th at 33-47

Everyone else is out.

West:

1. Thunder 56-24 clinched #1 seed.
2. Rockets 52-48 clinched #2
3. Nuggets 48-32
4. Warriors 48-32
5. Lakers 45-35
6. Hornets 39-41
7. Mavs 39-41

All of above are definitely in.

8. Wolves 37-43
9. Jazz 36-44

Everyone else is out. Spurs are 10th at 34-46.


Our next game is at the Bucks. They are 32-48. We'll finish it out hosting the Heat after that.

[Eaglesfan27]

Rough 1st quarter. We are down 24-18. We HAVE to beat the Bucks. I hate this 0% team chemistry we have going.

At the half, we are up 42-40. Speights is our leading scorer with 8, but we have nice balanced scoring tonight.

Tied at 59 after 3.

Iggy has had a putrid game, but in the 4th, he takes over! Including a beautiful slam on an alley-oop from Turner on the break.


We win the game 90-85. We were up by 14 at one point, but they made a good run at the end.

Turner is the player of the game with 18 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He only had 1 turnover. He shot 7 of 17.

Iggy with 13 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 4 of 13.

Jefferson with 12 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 13.

Speights with 11 points, 8 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 6.

Holiday wioth 10 points, 6 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. He shot 4 of 6.

Redd with 8 points in 13 minutes. He was key to the 2nd unit.

Young with 8 points and 3 boards. Williams with 6 points and 6 assists in just 14 minutes.

Brand with 2 points and 3 boards in 18 minutes. George with 2 points, 2 boards, and a block.

Jennings led them with 19 points and 7 assists. CDR with 14 points. Salmons with 13. Moute with 11 points and 11 boards. Bogus only had 7 points and 13 boards. Bogut shot 3 of 10.

[Eaglesfan27]

That win secured us the Atlantic Division title over the Knicks and Celtics!


April 13th -

Evan Turner has the Flu. He will be under the weather for a week or so, but will play.

We finish the season hosting the 55-26 Heat.

They beat us 122-107. Speights with 18 points and 2 boards. Brand with 14 points and 7 boards.

Holiday with 13 points and 10 assists. Turner with 12 points and 2 boards. He shot 4 of 9.

Williams with 11 points in 18 minutes. Iggy with 11 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 4 of 10.

Young with 10 points. Redd with 9. Jefferson with 4 points, 5 boards, and a block in 19 minutes. He got into foul trouble early and fouled out.

Wade torched us for 40 points and 5 assists. Bosh with 21. LeBron with 17 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. Chalmers with 13 points and 7 assists.


Oklahoma has the top record in the NBA. A look at the Playoff Seedings now that the season is over:

1. Heat 56-26
2. 76ers 52-30
3. Knicks 51-31
4. Pacers 50-32
5. Celtics 49-33
6. Bobcats 49-33
7. Bulls 45-37
8. Magic 42-40

9. Cavs 42-40 get knocked out.
10. Hawks 41-41
11. Wizards 34-48
12. Bucks 33-49
13. Raptors 28-54
14. Nets 27-55
15. Pistons 25-57


West:

1. Thunder 57-25
2. Rockets 52-30
3. Nuggets 49-33
4. Warriors 49-33
5. Lakers 45-37
6. Hornets 40-42
7. Mavs 40-42
8. Wolves 38-44

9. Jazz 38-44
10. Spurs 36-46
11. Trail Blazers 35-47
12. Clippers 35-47
13. Grizzlies 32-50
14. Suns 31-51
15. Kings 29-53


Some League Leaders:

PPG:

1. Kobe 32.5
2. Carmelo 28.7
3. Durant 28.5
4. Rose 28.2
5. Tyreke Evans 26.7
6. LeBron 26.3
7. Tony Parker 25.5
8. Dirk 25
9. Wade 23.9
10. Monta Ellis 23.5


RPG:

1. Duncan 11.9
2. Okafor 11.4
3. Howard 11.3
4. Griffin 11.2
5. Gasol 10.8
6. Yao 10.3
7. Gerald Wallace 10.2
8. Durant 10.2
9. Kaman 10.2
10. Noah 10.2

APG:

1. Kidd 10.9
2. Rondo 10.5
3. Paul 10.1
4. Deron Williams 8.5
5. Rose 8.4
6. Westbrook 8.3
7. Felton 8.1
8. Curry 8.1
9. Tony Parker 7.8
10. Baron Davis 7.8

SPG:

1. Rondo 3.1
2. Evans 2.6
3. Paul 2.5
4. Kobe 2.4
5. Parker 2.4
6. Gerald Wallace 2.2
7. Kevin Martin 2.2
8. Wade 2.2
9. Brewer 2.2
10. Stuckey 2.1

BPG:

1. Howard 2.2
2. Okafor 2.0
3. Marc Gasol 1.9
4. Josh Smith 1.9
5. Brooke Lopez 1.9

[Eaglesfan27]

Awards:

MVP - LeBron James. 26.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.9 spg, and 1.7 bpg. Shooting 48%, 33% from the arc.

Rookie of the Year: Cam Campbell, Phoenix. 21 ppg, 5.4 apg, 3.5 rpg, 1.8 spg, 0.8 bpg. Shot 43% and 25% from the arc.

6th Man: Andraw Blatche, Thunder. 14.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 1.4 bpg. Shooting 43%, 28% from the arc.

Defensive Player of the Year: Gerald Wallace. 17.4 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 2.2 spg, 1.4 bpg.

Most Improved Player: Kendrick Perkins, Sacramento. 11.2 ppg, 8.7 rpg, and 1.6 bpg.

Coach of the Year: Mike D'Antoni, Knicks.

All NBA 1st team:

Rose, Kobe, LeBron, Durant, and Howard.

All NBA 2nd team:

Paul, Tyreke Evans, Josh Smith, Dirk, Yao.

3rd team:

Parker, Rondo, Rudy Gay, Amar'e, Al Jefferson.

All Defensive Team:

Rondo, Wade, Wallace, Josh Smith, and Howard.

All Rookie Team:

Cam Campbell (Pho), Simon Reid (Wolves), Felix De La Rosa (Pistons), Donnie Hodges (Blazers), and Owen Blake (Wizards)

2nd team All Rookie:

Richie Harper (Clippers), Bernie Jefferson (yay!), Billy Crawford (Warriors), Andy Schulz (Wolves), and Hugh Blair (Kings.)



Playoff Thoughts:

I will play 1 then sim 1 throughout each series. Not real happy with the Bulls as a 7 seed. They are 1 very talented team for such a low seed. In fact, they have a higher roster rating than we do.

On the good front, we are completely healthy except for Turner's Flu. The Bull's Deng is suffering back spasms but will play hurt. Otherwise, they are healthy.

The Bulls are more talented at PG, PF, and C with Rose, Boozer, and Noah. We are better at SG and SF with Turner and Iggy.

Their top 3 bench are better with Ibaka, Gibson, and Reggie Williams. However, if we can get Noah in foul trouble, they are weak at backup big men besides Ibaka.

It will come down Iggy and Turner having big games and us getting their big men into foul trouble.

[Eaglesfan27]

With an overall rating of 92, the Bulls are more talented than we are. Can we hang? Let's see!

Midway through the 1st Brewer collides with Speights on a dunk attempt by Brewer. Brewer is done and it looks bad. His ankle is messed up. He has to be helped off the court. We are down 12-8.

Word is that Brewer is done for the day and likely the series. We are tied at 14 with 4 minutes left in the quarter. Turner with 8 points already. Huge. Flu isn't slowing him down much.

Holiday picks up his 2nd foul. 30 seconds later Turner gets a 2nd on Rose. We go with our entire second unit with 3:30 left in the quarter. We are tied at 16.


We are down 24-23 at the end of 1. Good couple of minutes from the bench.

After a good 1st quarter, Turner had a very rough 2nd quarter while Rose hit a buzzer beater to end the half for a long 3.

We are down 46-38 at home. Despite the poor shooting, Turner is our leading scorer with 14 points.

We start off the 3rd quarter with a 10-0 run. Great defense. Better offense.

Rose and Deng with a big 3rd quarter for the Bulls. Iggy and Turner with a big quarter for us. We lead 70-69 at the end of 3. Turner has shook off his early poor shooting and is hitting everything now.

They have a 17-4 run while Iggy rests a few minutes. We are down 87-74. Can we come back with 6 minutes to go?

We close with 5 but Reggie Williams hits a big 3. Then, we close with 6 but only a minute left. If our bench did anything today, we win this game easily..

95-88 with 55 seconds left.

Iggy shoots a 3 and misses but Jefferson with a put back dunk! Holiday steals it and takes it all the way. 95-92. 35 seconds left!

Iggy steals a pass from Rose.. passes to Holiday who throws it up for a beautiful alley-oop to Iggy! 95-94. 8 seconds left.

They manage to keep away for 6 seconds. We foul Rose. He misses the 1st but makes the 2nd.

96-94, we are out of timeouts. We have to in bound at our baseline.. we roll it.. Holiday gets it as they press.. he runs.. shoots from midcourt.. off line.

We lose 96-94. :(

A rough home loss.

Rose is the player of the game with 25 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 4 steals. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 7 of 14.

Deng with 20 points and 6 boards. He shot 9 of 24.

Boozer with 17 points and 10 boards. Reggie Williams with 16 points.


Iggy led us with 32 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 3 turnovers. He shot 9 of 22.

Turner with 22 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. 1 turnover. He shot 7 of 16.

Jefferson with 10 points and 12 boards. He shot 5 of 10.

Speights with 9 points, 10 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 10.

Holiday with 9 points, 3 boards, 10 assists, 5 steals, and a block. He shot 3 of 11.

Brand with 4 points and 4 boards. Redd with 2 points. He shot 1 of 7 in 10 minutes.

Williams with 2 points. He shot 1 of 6. :(


We were outrebounded 52-42 which was the most telling stat. Also, they shot 50% from the arc while we shot 23%

[Eaglesfan27]

Phew. We win the simulated game to even the series at 1-1. We win 97-96.

Holiday with a huge game with 25 points and 10 assists. He shot 8 of 11, 3 of 3, and 6 of 6.

Redd with 14 points in just 9 minutes. He shot 4 of 6.

Williams with 13 points in 16 minutes. He shot 4o f 10.

Turner with 11 points and 5 boards. He shot 3 of 12.

Speights with 8 points and 4 boards.

Jefferson with 8 points, 14 boards, and 1 block.

Iggy with 7 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 3 of 12.

Brand with 6 points and 5 boards. Young with 1 points, 2 boards, and 3 steals in 17 minutes.


Rose led them with 36 points and 4 assists on 13 of 25 shooting.

Boozer with 21 points and 10 boards. Deng with 12 points and 6 boards. Reggie Williams only had 7 points.

Next 2 games are in Chicago.

[Eaglesfan27]

Turner is over the flu for game 3.

Very defensive oriented game, but with 5 minutes to go in the quarter Turner to Iggy for an alley-oop on the fast break. That seems to happen a lot now ;) We lead 10-9.

With 3 minutes to go in the quarter, Boozer picks up his 2nd foul on a loose ball. We are down 14-12.

At the end of 1, we are up 19-16. Iggy with 10 points.

Iggy with an amazing 1st half. We lead 45-34 at halftime.

Iggy with 26 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist.


We were up by 17 at one point. We end up ahead 68-56 at the end of 3.


Huge win, 97-78! We got the mission accomplished and one at least 1 in Chicago. Can we steal 2 here?

Iggy is the player of the game with 35 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. He could have had 50 this game I think but he let other guys step up in the 2nd half with the game in hand. He shot 13 of 24, 3 of 5, and 6 of 7.

Turner with 17 points, 9 boards, 4 assists. He shot 6 of 15, 3 of 10 from the arc.

Jefferson with 13 points, 14 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 10.

Speights with 12 points and 10 boards. We controlled the boards today which was a huge difference.

Williams with 5 points and 2 assists in just 5 minutes as our starters played most of the game today.

Holiday with 4 points, 6 boards, 11 assists, 2 steals, and 7 turnovers. He shot 1 of 7.

George with 4 points and 7 boards in 14 minutes. What a nice mid-season pick-up. Of course, I am thinking of replacing him next year.

Brand with no stats in 5 minutes.

Deng led them with 20 points but he shot 9 of 26. Rose with 16 points and 5 assists. Boozer with 14 points and 7 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

News from other Series:

Kobe with 35 points for a 95-81 win over the Nuggets. Lakers lead 2-1.

Knicks get 26 from Thomas to beat the Bobcats 101-97. They are still down 2-1.

Dirk with 47 points for a 122-100 win over the Warriors. Mavs lead the series 2-1.

The Wolves got 28 points from rookie Reid to beat the Thunder 94-87. They are still down 2-1.

Aaron Brooks with 26 points. Martin with 24 to give the Rockets a 105-77 win over the Hornets. Rockets lead 3-0.

Miami leads Orlando 2-1.

Indiana leads Boston 2-1.


Now, for all of the game 4.

The Bulls bounce back for a 91-77 win behind 22 points and 10 assists from Rose and 21 points from Boozer.

Iggy with 19 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists to lead our team. He shot 6 of 13. Turner shot 4 of 15 and had 9 points, 7 boards, and 5 assists.

Speights with 10 points and 5 boards. Jefferson with 10 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 9 points and 9 assists.

Williams with 8 points on 4 of 12 shooting.

Young with 7 points and 5 boards. He shot 2 of 8. Rest of our bench gave us nothing.


Durant with 34 points to give the Thunder a 107-98 lead. They lead their series over the Wolves 3-1.

Gasol with 25 points and 12 boards in a 106-90 win over the Nuggets. They lead 3-1.

Terry with 22 points, Dirk with 20, and Chandler with 16 in a 106-98 win over the Warriors. Mavs lead 3-1.

Houston sweeps the Hornets 114-92 with 38 by Kevin Martin


Orlando wins at home 94-84 to tie the series at 2-2. Howard with 22 points, 20 boards, and 3 blocks in the win.

Boston wins over the Pacers 111-94 at home to tie it at 2. Pierce with 24 points. Rondo with a triple double, 21 points, 10 boards, 11 assists.

The Knicks win in Charlotte 109-92 to tie at 2. Away team has won every game in that series (good to see that bug is really fixed.) Knicks got 33 points and 16 boards from Amare.


Can we win the pivotal game 5?

[Eaglesfan27]

Holiday gets 2 early fouls on Rose! We lead 4-2.

Even without Rose, they gon on a 14-6 run. Turner picks up his 2nd. We turn to Redd and Brand. Down 20-11.

Wow. Down 29-11 at the end of 1. Their defense is playing so well and we aren't making shots when we do get open looks.

Our shooting woes continue in the 2nd quarter. Down 50-28 at halftime. This looks terrible.

Much better 3rd quarter as Iggy gets it going a bit, but we are still down 80-48.

We lose the game 107-67.

We shot 27% from the field as a team. They shot 46%. They outrebounded us 52-31.

Iggy led the team with 16 points, 2 boards, 5 assists. He shot 5 of 14.

Speights with 12 points and 7 boards.

Redd with 7 points. Holiday with 7 points and 1 assist. He shot 2 of 10.

Turner with 6 points, 7 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 1 of 12.

Jefferson with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Young with 5 points. Brand with 4 points in 25 minutes.


Deng led them with 19 points on 5 of 10 shooting. Boah with 19 points and 13 boards. Boozer with 17 points and 14 boards. Rose with 19 points and 7 assists.

Can we win the simulated game at Chicago to force a game 7?

[Eaglesfan27]

Other games:

Augustin with 27 points to lead the Bobcats to a 96-87 win over the Knicks. The Bobcats lead 3-2.

Curry with 28 points in a 112-104 OT win over the Mavs to keep the Warriors alive.

Pacers beat the Celtics 100-95 behind 28 from Granger to take a 3-2 lead.

Wade with 39 points, Bosh with 26, and LeBron with 26 in a 121-92 win over the Magic to take a 3-2 lead. LeBron also had 10 boards and 9 assists.

Kobe with 33 points to lead the Lakers in a 103-73 win over Denver. Lakers win the series in 5.


Now for the simulated game....

The Bulls destroy us on their floor 114-73. Rose goes off for 39 points and 8 assists. Noah with 14 points and 17 boards. Boozer with 14 points and 14 boards. Deng with 12 points. Ibaka with 12 points.

Iggy led us with 11 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 5 of 14. Turner with 9 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 4 of 15.

Young with 12 points to lead the bench.

We lose 4-2. Williams and Brand will be traded if at all possible..

[Eaglesfan27]

Oklahoma will face the Lakers in round 2.

GS and Dal are going to a game 7.

Miami and Orlando are going to a game 7.

Boston and Indiana are going to game 7.

Charlotte upsets the Knicks and takes them in 6 games.



Game 7:


The Warriors beat the Mavs 109-107 behind 39 from Ellis and 31 from Curry.

Miami wins at home vs Orlando, 97-95. LeBron with 31 points, 11 boards, and 10 assists. Wade with 24 points. Bosh with 23 points and 12 boards.

Howard led the Magic with 21 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks.


Indiana beats the Celtics 129-88. They got 24 from Collison, 23 from George, 22 from Granger, 20 from Hibbert, and 16 from Hansbrough.

[Eaglesfan27]

Round 2:

Lakers jump to a 1-0 lead over the Thunder with a 98-88 win. They held Durant to 9 of 27 shooting. Kobe had 33 points and 7 assists.

GS beats Houston 114-92 with 29 points from Curry and 24 from Zach Randolph.

Miami beats Indiana 125-102. LeBron with 41 points, 15 boards, and 9 assists.

Charlotte beats Chicago 104-100 with 31 points from Gerald Wallace and 25 from Tyrus Thomas.


Going to a macro look now:

Oklahoma wins the next 2 games behind strong performances from Durant. Lakers tie it 2-2 behind 48 from Kobe. Durant with 40 points to take game 5. Lakers take game 6 behind 31 from Gasol. Durant with 43 points and 14 boards in the decisive game 7 in a 94-84 win.

GS beats Houston 4-1. Curry ripped it up this series.

Miami beat Indiana in 5. LeBron was unstoppable.

Chicago beat Charlotte in 6 as Rose had a great series averaging over 30 ppg.


Conference Finals:

Oklahoma takes game 1 behind 32 points from Westbrook and 24 from Harden. 102-100 win.

Charlotte takes game 1 with 28 from Augustin and Wallace. 108-95 win.


GS ties the series at 1-1 with a 110-105 win. Durant 43, but Lee had 32 for the Warrios and Ellis and Curry each had 21.

Miami wins 117-89 behind 42 from Wade and 29 from LeBron. Tied at 1.


GS wins 107-106 to take game 3. 22 for Lee, Randolph, and Ellis.

Charlotte wins 114-99 behind 26 from Azubuike, 25 for Jackson, and 23 for Wallace.

Oklahoma ties it up at 2-2 with a 93-87 win. 23 for Westbrook, 21 for Durant, and 19 for Harden.

Miami ties it at 2 with a 85-84 win. LeBron led the team with 32 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, and 4 blocks.


Oklahoma with 105-88 win behind 40 from Duran and 30 from Westbrook.

Miami with a 97-90 win to take a 3-2 lead. LeBron with 29 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists. Wade with 24 points. Bosh with 15.


Oklahoma wins 94-88 behind 26 from Durant, 16 from Westbrook, and 14 from Blatche. They advance to the Finals!

Charlotte wins 108-90 to force game 7. They got 23 from Jackson, 21 from Azubuike, and 14 from Augustin.


Despite 26 points from LeBron, 25 from Wade, and 23 from Bosh, the Bobcats win 101-97! They had 6 scorers in double digits including every starter. Jackson led the team with 18 points. Wallace with 17.


Oklahoma vs Charlotte for the Title.

[Eaglesfan27]

Game 1:

Oklahoma crushes the Bobcats 105-76. Durant with 39 points and 15 boards. Westbrook with 26 points and 10 assists. Blatche with 16 points.

Oklahoma wins game 2 114-80. Westbrook with 41 points and 9 assists. Durant with 31 points and 10 boards.

Oklahoma wins game 3, 115-113. Westbrook with 33 points, Durant with 31, and Blatche with 20.

Oklahoma wins game 4 101-91. Durant with 40 points. Blatche with 22. Harden with 17.

Durant gets his 1st title! Will he be the one to get 7?

Kevin Durant is MVP of the Playoffs. He averaged 28.2 ppg, 9 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.4 bpg, and 2.0 spg. He shot 49%, 35% from the arc, and 92% from the line.

[Eaglesfan27]

Players Retiring:

Big Z from the Heat.

Raja Bell from the Jazz

White Chocolate from the Pacers

Nazr Mohammed from the Raptors

Antonio McDyess from the Spurs.


Coaches Retiring:

Larry Brown from the Bobcats, Doc Rivers from the Celtics, and George Karl from the Suns.


Off Season Progression:

Turner took another huge step forward from his 2nd to 3rd year. He now rivals Iggy as the top player on the team. And he isn't even close to hitting his roof. He is well on his way to becoming a true super-star.

Jefferson and Holiday took small steps forward. Iggy has plateaued.

Speights took a small step forward. Williams took a small step forward. 2nd year PG Norm Baylor took a nice step forward.

Redd and Brand are in definite decline. So are Nocioni and Kapono to lesser extent. Kapono isn't worth keeping on the roster anymore.


I pick up the iptions on Baylor, Turner, and Holiday. I decide to decline the option on Nocioni. That money can better be used elsewhere.

Results of other options throughout the league:

Chris Paul declined his option and is now a FA.

Deron Williams, Gerald Wallace and Dwight Howard accepted their player options.

Notable Team options: Wall, Griffin, Curry, Tyreke Evans, Harden, Bynum, Jennings, and Collision all had team options exercised.

Brandon Bass declined his option and is a FA. Ditto for Gilbert Arenas.

The Lakers declined Lamar Odom's option. Ditto for Denver and Kenyon Martin.

Player who I can re-sign:

Speights (I will try), Nocioni, George, Kapono, and Meeks. I might try on Meeks.

Speights declines my first offer of 54 million for 5 years.

Meeks accepts a 1 year deal for 487k.

Speights accepts a 5 year deal for 55 million dollars. Our starting C is locked up.

I decide to let George, Nocioni, and Kapono go.


I work out a trade with the Cavs. Pure salary dump on my part. Not to mention get rid of unhappy players:

We trade Louis Williams and Elton brand to the Cavs for Mo Williams and Leon Powe. I don't plan on keeping Mo Williams for long as I expect he'd be unhappy as a bench player.

[Eaglesfan27]

Coaching News:

The Wizards hired Sean Stallworth to be their head coach.

The Wolves hired Kris Fisher to be their head coach.

Wow, despite winning the Championship, the Thunder switch to Avery Johnson.

The Suns hired Larry Drew

The Rockets hired Lionel Hollins

The Raptors hire Terrell Parker.

The Pistons hire Flip Saunders.

The Nuggets hire Paul Westphal.

The Nets hire Harry Grove.

The Magic hire Jerome Wagner.

The Lakers hire Noel Garrett.

The Kings hire Alvin Gentry.

The Jazz hire Erik Spoelstra.

The Hornets hire Ted Stinson.

The Heat hire Phil Jackson!!! That ring whore!

The Hawks hire Monty Williams.

The Grizzlies hire Robin Faulk.

The Clippers hire Scott Brooks.

The Celtics hire Stan Van Gundy.

The Bulls hire Jerry Sloan.

The Bobcats hire Tom Thibodeau.


The Draft Lottery:

Detroit has the best chance at #1. NJ #2, and Washington #3... how will it turns out..

14 Cleveland
13. Atlanta
12. Utah
11. Spurs
10. Clippers
9. Portland
8. Washington
7. Milwaukee
6. Memphis
5. Indiana (wow)
4. Washington (no luck)
3. NJ
2. Sacramento (lucky bounce)
1. Detroit Pistons!

We pick 28th :(

[Eaglesfan27]

It is Draft Time!

1. Detroit selects..... Raynardo Gomez. This is a weak draft, but this 6'6 227 pound SF who is 24 is clearly the best player in the draft despite his age.

2. The Kings take Sid Toole, a 20 year PG who is a project and smallish.

3. The Nets take a 6'0 190 piund 21 year old SG. A real reach in my opinion.

The Wizards offer the 4th and 8 pick for Iggy. No way am I trading our most popular player. Iggy will win at least 1 ring in Philly.

4. The Wizards settle for 6'6 237 pound 22 year old SF Jason Stribling. He looks like the 2nd best player in this draft to me.

5. The Pacers get the top big man in the draft in PF Jamal Brooks. But, as I said, this is a down year. I don't like him as much as I liked Jefferson at 6 last year.

The Grizzlies offer the 6th pick for Holiday. I turn them down.

6. The Grizzlies reach for a PG in Johnnie Nixon.

7. The Bucks get a decent SF in Barry Gooden who is 6'8 234 and is only 20.

8. The Wizards take a 2nd SF in Perry Cousins, a 6'8 229 SF who was way lower on my board.

The Trailblazers offer Earl Clark and the 9th pick for Holiday. I again say no.

9. The Trailblazers reach for a PG and take Mitchell Lawson. I had 2 PG's ahead of him. Terrible pick in my opinion.

10. Clippers take Trent Maxwell, a 6'2 combo guard who is 21. Good shooter.

11. The Spurs get a potential replacement for Duncan in PF Max Hall who is 6'9 240.

12. The Jazz take Andrew Faulk, a 6'5 SG who is 22 and has some talent.

13. The Hawks get good value in SF Tim Holland who is 6'6 241 and only 20. Lots of room for improvement.

14. Cavs take a so-so SG in Bruce Augustin. 6'4 197, 21 years old.

15. Wolves take an even worse SG in Duane Felton. 6'3 215 and not that good.

16. Mavs reach for Fredrick Erickson. This draft is not deep at all. Matter of fact, the talent at the top was weak too. Erickson is a 6'8 240 pound SF.

17. Hornets get some of the best value in this draft with PF Marc Nixon who is actually pretty good rebounder and shooter at 6'9 250.

18. The Magic take Jerome Bowden, a 6'7 243 pound SF.

19. The Thunder get a decent backup PG in Sergei Kasparov.

20. The Lakers take the PG I wanted, 6'2 187 pound Neil Torres is a very good shooter. But, he lacks play making ability.

21. The Warriors take a 6'6 220 pound SF named Aaron Wingate. He is 23.

22. The Bobcats took the big man I was targeting, 7'1 240 pound C Rolando Ross. Looks like a beast on the glass.

23. The Celtics take Chase Hill, 6'7 200 pound SG who looks like a project.

24. The Nuggets take another big man I was targeting, PF/C Rod Delk.

25. The Pacers get the last big man I was targeting for my 1st round pick, Dion Griffith. Dion is 6'10 250 and is a good shooter.

26. The Knicks take a project in 6'11 240 pound C Lamar Stafford.

27. The Rockets take a 6'10 200 pound SF I was targeting, Johnathan Baylor. Has a decent shot.

28. I take 6'4 229 pound SG Gerald Walsh. He is a pure shooter who doesn't do much else well. Could take role of Kapono and give us a few minutes when we desperately need a 3.

29. The Heat get their starting C possibly in Eddie Verne. 6'11 260 but very raw.

30. The Thunder take 6'8 200 pound SG Otis Trent. Good defender and I'm wishing I had took him.


My 2nd round pick:

Ron Jamison is a 23 year old center who is 7'1 266 and is a fierce rebounder and defender. Slow and doesn't have any offensive game. But, he will fill George's role for us.

[Eaglesfan27]

Time for FA:

The big FA's are: Gilbert Arenas, Eric Gordon (restricted), George Hill, Steve Nash, Nate Robinson, and Lamar Odom.

I decide to offer Lamar Odom our MLE but he takes an offer from the Lakers instead.

We end up signing Antawn Jamison to our mid level exception. He'll take Brand's role as backup PF.

The Lakers sign Jason Terry cheap for only 5 million over 2 years.

They also sign Odom for 2 years and 7 million over that time.

Mehmet Okur signs a cheap 2 year deal with the Heat.

Eric Gordon signed a 5 year deal for 90 million with the Suns. They have a great backcourt potentially.

Nash signed 1 year with the Clippers for the MLE of 5.76 million.

Jermaine O'Neal signed a 2 year 11 million dollar deal with the Celtics.

A trade as well:

The Wizards traded their 2nd round pick and Ryan Gomes to the Mavs for J.J. Barea and Shawn Marion.

We also sign Troy Murphy at the end of FA. This means our draft pick might not make the roster. If he does, he just lost his backup C role. But, Murphy should be a valuable shooter on the pick and roll.

[Eaglesfan27]

Other FA signings:

The Celtics make a huge splash (and set up an explosive environment) by signing Gilbert Areans to a 4 year 72 million dollar deal. How did they afford that?

The Suns sign George Hill to a 4 year 42 million dollar deal. VERY good back court.

The Kings sign Nate Robinson to a 3 year 22 million dollar deal.

The Bucks sign Nicolas Batum to a 4 year 30 million dollar deal.

The Heat sign Jason Kidd to a 1 year 2 million dollar deal. Interesting...

That is all FA signings..

[Eaglesfan27]

A look at the roster which is undoubtedly more talented but can I keep them all happy:

PG Jrue Holiday is now rated 80 overall. Has improved his shooting more. Will start without a doubt. Averaged a career high 11 ppg and 7.3apg last year. 6'4 180 rated 80 overall.

SG/PG Evan Turner is our best shooter. He averaged a career high 18.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and 3.2 apg last year. He is also the best overall player. 6'7 205 rated 88 overall.

SF/SG Andre "Iggy" Iguodala is now 28 and in the prime of his career. Averaged a career high 18.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, and 4.9 apg. 6'6 207 rated 88 overall.

Bernie Jefferson put on a few pounds and is now 6'10 253. He is 24 and is ready to have a big year. Averaged 8.3 ppg and 9.2 rpg last year. Rated 78 overall.

Marreese Speights is unhappy with his minutes and wants bigger minutes this year. Hopefully, he has the stamina to handle them. He averaged a career high 11.5 ppg and had 5.9 rpg in 25 mpg last year. 6'10 245 rated 75 overall.

Thaddeus Young is a SF/PF who is our first man off the bench. The 6'8 220 pound player is happy with his large number of minutes. He is averaging 12.1 ppg and 4.4 rpg. Rated 77 overall.

Mo Williams is even more talented than my last Williams was. Very good shooter. Can I keep him happy? I'm going to try. Averaged 17 ppg and will surely drop from that...rated 77 overall 6'1 190.

Antawn Jamison is ALREADY complaining about lack of PT! But, he is my 3rd most talented bench player. Can I keep him happy? We'll see. He averaged 18.1 ppg last year and 22 the year before. Surely that will drop.. Rated 74 overall 6'9 235.

Michael Redd is a shadow of himself but still a good outside shooter. Will he be happy with just a few minutes a night? He only averaged 7.8 ppg and seemed ok last year with the role, but this will be smaller. Rated 68 overall 6'6 215.

Troy Murphy is already complaining about minutes. Very worrisome. He averaged 6.3 ppg for Atlanta last year and I expect about the same this year. He used to be a 15 ppg type of guy. Rated 66 overall. 6'11 245.

11. Leon Powe is a 28 year old PF who is 6'8 240. Only averaged 1.2 ppg for Cleveland. Hopefully will be satisfied with garbage minutes. Rated 65 overall.

12. Jodie Meeks is 6'4 208. Rated 60 overall. Good shooter in limited action.

Baylor, Walsh, and Jamison are all on the reserve list with our acquisitions.

Definitely more depth and talent. Can I keep them happy?

[Eaglesfan27]

Pre-season (all simmed)

We beat the Kings 102-91. Turner with 17 points and 8 boards. Speights with 16 and 10. Young with 12 and 5. Jamison with 7 points in 16 minutes. Mo Williams with 7 points and 4 assists in 23 minutes.

The Clippers beat us 110-93. They got 21 points and 10 assists from Nash. 20 poins from Kaman. 16 from Bledsoe. 15 points and 15 boards from Griffin.

Turner led us with 20 points. Young with 16. Mo Williams with 12. Iggy with 12.


We lose to the Bobcats 110-99. Turner with 25 points and 6 boards. Holiday with 17 points and 5 assists. Jamison with 11 points in just 15 minutes. Iggy with 11 points.


We lose to the Warriors 131-106. Ellis and Curry each had 36 and 34.

Young with 17, Turner with 16, Iggy with 15, Mo Williams with 12, Speights with 10, Jamison with 10.


We beat Minnesota 102-99 but Thaddeus Young hurts his quad and will be less than 100% for 1-2 weeks. 27 points from Iggy. Turner with 16 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists.


We lose to the Warriors 118-108. Turner with 19, Jefferson with a pre-season high of 17, Young with 13, Iggy with 13, Holiday with 12 points and 10 assists. Mo Williams with 10 points and 3 assists.


In practice, Gerald Walsh breaks his hand and is out 4-6 weeks. This is last week of pre-season too.

In the last week of the Pre-season Wall and Amar'e get hurt and each will miss 1-2 months.

We win our last pre-season game 118-98 against Sacramento. Led by 32 from Iggy.

Team Chemistry is a bit better than last year. Will that last?


We will start the regular season on October 27th at home vs the Wizards who are a very poorly rated team with Wall out hurt.

We are 7th in the 1st power poll. The top 5:

1. Hawks
2. Heat
3. Thunder
4. Bulls
5. Grizzlies (really?!?) Wow. Looking at their roster, they are good now! Rudy Gay has become a true super star. O.J. Mayo is a star. Conley is decent. Henry and Childress are very good complimentary pieces.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Wizards ranked 30th in talent. We are ranked 5th overall and 2nd in offensive talent. Time to put on a show for the home crowd on opening night...

We are getting embarassed! Down 23-10 with 4 minutes to go in the quarter. I bring in Mo Williams, Jamison, and Murphy.

Great last 4 minutes with that lineup! We lead 26-25 at the end of 1!

A game of runs, they are now up 33-26 4 minutes into the 2nd. I rested Iggy and Turner during that period.

Down 44-35 as I bring in some bench players with 1:45 to go in the half.

Stribling is MUCH better than I thought after the draft.

At halftime, we are down 47-39. Embarassing. Turner with a rough night shooting. Iggy with a very good half. He leads all scorers with 18 points.

With Young hurt and ineffective, we go to a bigger 2nd team lineup for the 3rd quarter. Mo Williams, Redd, Jamison, Powe, and Murphy. We are up 62-57.

We are up 67-62 at the end of 3. Iggy had a quiet quarter but everyone else stepped up (except for Turner who is having a rough shooting night.)

Our 2nd unit plays very well until they get tired. We have a 79-67 lead as our starters return with 6 minutes left. Our starters are all well rested.


We win the game 97-77.

Iggy is the player of the game with 26 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. 0 turnovers. He shot 12 of 18, 0 of 4, and 2 of 3.

Turner with 15 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 0 turnovers. He shot 6 of 17, 2 of 3, and 1 of 2.

Jefferson with 14 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 10.

Speights with 8 points, 12 boards, and a block.

Holiday with 10 points, 5 boards, 7 assists, and 1 steal. He had 5 turnovers.

Mo Williams led the bench with 13 points, 5 assists, and 1 turnover. He shot 4 of 6, 2 of 2, and 3 of 4.

Jamison with 5 points and 4 boards. He shot 2 of 7.

Murphy with 4 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 8.

Redd with 2 points. Powe with 2 boards.


Stribling led them with 21 points on 8 of 17 shooting. Kid loves to shoot. Blake with 15 points. Landry with 10 points on 4 of 17 shooting. Jefferson is really becoming a shut down defender.

[Eaglesfan27]

Gilbert Arenas (BOS) and Chris Paul (NO) were named players of the week in the 1st week of the season. I'm still in shock how Boston got him. Boston's starting 5 is dangerous: Rondo, Arenas, Pierce, Garnett, and Jermaine O'Neal with Allen being their 6th man. Wow. Arenas averaging 27 ppg in the first week.

Donnie Hodges is unhappy in Portland and demanding a trade.


Oct 29 -

We host the Bobcats and crush them 97-74! Iggy held Wallace to 2 of 14 shooting. :)

Turner with 21 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 2 blocks. Holiday with 16 points and 7 assists.

Jefferson with 13 points, 11 boards, and a block. Iggy with 8 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Speights with 6 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Mo Williams led the bench with 10 points and 4 assists. Jamison with 9 points and 9 boards.

Redd with 5 points. Young with 5 points and 5 boards. Murphy with 2 points and a block.

The team chemistry is going up. Are we settling into happy roles?


Oct 30 -

We travel for the 2nd night of back to back, this game is in Cleveland. Our first road game of the year. We beat them 107-91! J.J. Hickson led them with 21 points.

Mo Williams led us with 24 points and 6 assists in 23 minutes off the bench!

Turner with 23 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 11.

Speights with 18 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists.

Holday with 17 points and 3 assists.

Iggy with 12 points, 10 boards, 8 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 4 of 10.

Redd with 6 points, Jefferson with 3 points and 11 boards. Jamison with 2 points and 3 boards in 16 minutes.

Young with 2 points and 1 board in 24 minutes. I'm cutting those back until he is healthy.

After the game, the Nets offer Derrick Favors for Turner. I turn that down.



Brand suffered a severe back injury and will miss 2-3 months. Glad I moved him! The Cavs were starting him.

Melo put up a career high 53 points in a 128-96 win over the Mavs.


The Clippers Blake Griffin suffered a significant back injury and will miss 6-8 weeks.

Memphis Rookie PG Nixon broke his foot and will miss about 6 weeks.

Andre Miller of the Jazz with a groin injury that will keep him out 4-6 weeks.

Raptors have 3 starters hurt but playing.

Houston's Jordan Hill is out for 2 more months with a torn ACL from last year.

The Warrior's 2nd year C Billy Crawford (10th pick in last year's draft) tore his MCL and is done for the year. He averaged 9.3 ppg and 6.9 rpg last year.

Our next game is at Orlando. Time to see how good we really are, but it feels like we are coming together as a team.

[Eaglesfan27]

With the team chemistry rising, our rankings rise. We are ranked 5th overall and 1st in offensive skill!

Can we take down Dwight Howard?

They get 2 early fouls on Jefferson. Speights is tired quickly trying to keep up with Howard. We bring in Jamison and Murphy. Tied at 8.

Iggy with a drive to get a 2nd foul on Howard! We are up 20-12 as Iggy has been unstoppable!

We are up 32-17 at the end of 1. Iggy with 19 points in the quarter!

At halftime, we are up 55-35. Iggy with 25 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 steal. Howard with 14 points and 5 boards.

Speights fouls out late in the 3rd, but we are up 78-53 at that point. Still, he needs to stop complaining about his minutes if he can't stay out of foul trouble.

We are up 80-55 at the end of 3. Our bench is going to start the 4th.

Our 2nd unit (with Meeks instead of Young) plays the entire 4th quarter.

We win 100-75.

Iggy is the player of the game with 29 points, 4 assists, 1 board, and 1 steal. He shot 11 of 19, 2 of 7, and 5 of 5.

Holiday with 21 points, 5 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 7 of 11.

Turner with 15 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 7 of 11. All 3 of them only played 31 minutes.

Mo Williams with 12 points and 2 assists in just 18 minutes.

Murphy with 6 points and 5 boards in 26 minutes.

Redd with 5 points. He shot 1 of 6.

Speights with 4 points and 8 boards in 22 minutes.

Jamison with 4 points and 10 boards. He shot 2 of 9.

Jefferson with 2 points and 9 boards.


Howard led them wtih 22 points and 10 boards. Rashard Lewis with 19 points and 9 boards.

We are now 4-0.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Heat trade Udonis Haslem and their 1st round pick next year to the Mavs for Jason Richardson. Then, they sign Kenyon Martin to a 1 year min sal deal.


Nov 3 -

We host Cleveland in the 2nd half of a back-to-back game. We win 119-98.

Louis Williams played 38 minutes and led them with 19 points and 7 assists. He shot 6 of 16.

Mo Williams picked up 29 minutes and led our team with 23 points, 4 assists, and 1 steal.

Iggy with 23 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 1 turnover. He shot 8 of 14.

Speights with 15 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Turner with 13 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 10.

Holiday with 13 points, 8 assists, and 2 turnovers. Hes hot 5 of 8.

Murphy with 12 points and 7 assists in 15 minutes. He shot 4 of 4.

Jamison with 7 points and 6 boards. He shot 3 of 9.

Redd shot 1 of 5. He had 4 points.

Powe with 2 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in 9 minutes.

Jefferson fouled out early. 14 minutes - 2 points, 3 boards, and 1 block.



Derrick Rose and Carmelo won player of the week in week 2.

Nov 5th -

We host Detroit. We beat them 107-98 but we lose Murphy to a sprained knee. Will take 2-4 weeks to heal.

Iggy with 20 points, 10 boards, 8 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 15.

Speights with 15 points, 5 boards, and a block.

Jamison with 14 points and 6 boards. Turner with 14 points and 4 assists.

Jefferson with 12 points and 12 boards.

Holiday with 9 points, 3 boards, and 9 assists vs 2 turnovers. He shot 3 of 10.

Redd with 8 points.

Mo Williams with 8 points and 5 assists in 26 minutes.

Murphy with 5 points and 1 board in 11 minutes.

Nov 6th -

I was planning on using our 2nd round pick for a few minutes but he just his knee in practice and will miss a few days.

Gilbert Arenas with 35 points as the Celtics beat the Heat 107-99.

Andray Blatche wants out of Oklahoma as he is unhappy with his PT.

If I have guys get unhappy, he might be a target for us..

Blake Griffin has told the Clippers he is willing to sign a long term contract extension.


Our Chemistry continues to improve. How long can we keep the winning streak going?

Next up is a game at NJ. They are 2-2 with a roster rating of 76. Our roster rating is rising from the chemistry and is now a 89.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 24-21.

Jamison gets fouled hard and he is hurt very early in the 2nd. Looks like a wrist or arm injury.. yes, he is definitely holding his wrist and in clear pain.

Jamison broke his wrist. He is done for 1-2 months.


Halftime: We lead 53-43. Iggy with 16 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Turner with 15 points and 3 assists.

Speights is in severe foul trouble and I'll go with Jefferson at C and Young at PF for a bit. 9 minutes left in the 3rd and we have a 59-50 lead.

Speights fouls out with 1 minute left in the 3rd. He needs to not complain about his PT. We are up 70-65.


At the end of 3, we are up 73-70.

We win 99-93. Not the big win I expected but still good.

Iggy is the player of the game with 22 points, 11 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. 4 turnovers too. He shot 10 of 20.

Jefferson with 17 points, 11 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 10.

Turner with 17 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 6 of 10.

Young with 13 points and 5 boards.

Holiday with 13 points, 8 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 10 turnovers (yikes!) He shot 4 o f10.

Redd with 5 points, Powe with 4 points and 4 boards, Meeks with 3 points in 4 minutes, Speights with 3 points, 4 boards, and a block in 20 minutes, Williams with 2 points and 2 assists in 13 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Suns beat the Bobcats 85-81. That is 6 straight for the Suns.

Washington has fired Sean Stallworth and hired Clarence Underwood.


Nov 10 -

We face the 3-3 Jazz. We beat them 108-85! Iggy with 33 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 11 of 12.

Turner with 29 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 18.

Young with 12 points.

Wow. Holiday with 12 points, 15 assists, 2 steals, and most impressive 0 turnovers. He shot 3 of 7.

Williams with 8 points and 3 assits.

Speights with 6 points and 8 boards.

Jefferson with 6 points, 10 boards, and 1 block.

Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans are players of the Week.

Chris Bosh suffered a severe concussion that will keep him out 2-4 weeks.


Nov 12th -

We play at the 3-4 Spurs. We win 107-89 despite 31 from Parker.

Iggy with 26 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 10 of 18.

Turner with 21 points, 11 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 10 of 20.

Williams with 18 points and 5 assists in 33 minutes. He shot 7 of 17.

Young with 15 points. Holiday with 10 points, 4 boards, and 9 assists.

Redd with 6 points, Speights with 5 points and 3 boards. He only played 19 minutes due to foul trouble. Jefferson with 4 points and 8 boards.

Our next game is at Houston which is struggling due to injuries. They are 3-4 with a current roster rating of 75. Kevin Martin, and Jordan Hill are out. Chase Buddinger is hurt.

[Eaglesfan27]

Up 11-7 with 5 minutes to go in the 1st as I bring in 2nd round pick Ron Jamison for the first time now that he is healthy. I need some size and rebounding against Yao.

At the end of 1, we are tied at 19. Ron with some nice rebounding for us.


At halftime, we are up 45-41. Iggy leads us with 7 points and 5 boards.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-58. Turner leads us with 18. Yao leads them with 21.

We win the game 98-79. Really happy with how our 2nd round pick played tonight.

Holiday is the player of the game despite too many turnovers. He had 6 points, 8 assists, 4 boards, 4 steals, 2 blocks, and 5 turnovers. He shot 1 of 3.

Turner with 18 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, and 4 turnovers. He shot 6 of 19.

Iggy with 14 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 13.

Young with 14 points and 4 boards. He shot 6 of 9.

Speights with 11 points and 7 boards.

Jefferson with 10 points and 12 boards. He shot 5 of 6.

Jamison played 17 minutes and had 7 points (offensive put back dunks) and 7 boards.

Mo Williams with 7 points and 4 assists in 17 minutes.

Redd with 6 points and 3 boards in 15 minutes.

Meeks with 5 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 16th -

We are at Detroit. They are 7-2 and have a roster rating of 80 now. Can we keep the great streak alive?

Nope, Detroit gives us our 1st loss of the year, 98-87.

Stuckey with 21, De La Rosa with 20, and Gomez with 16.

Iggy with 17 on 5 of 12 shooting. He also had 6 boards and 3 assists.

Holiday with 17 points and 2 assists. Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists.

Williams with 12 points and 2 assists. Speights with 12 points and 3 boards.

Young with 8 points and 3 boards. Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.

Redd with 5 points.


Nov 17th -


We bounce right back with a 116-102 win over the Raptors. Iggy with 28 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 11 of 18.

Mo Williams with 20 points and 3 assists. Holiday with 17 points and 8 assists.

Turner with 15 points, 10 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 6 of 12.

Young and Speights with 11 each. Jefferson with 8 points and 9 boards.



LeBron and Monta Ellis won Players of the Week.


Our next game is hosting the Bucks.

[Eaglesfan27]

We just had a quarter of championship caliber defense. We are up 23-7 at the end of 1. Every shot by them was contested. Turner and Speights doing almost all of our scoring.

At halftime, we are up 41-29. Turner with 11 points at the half. Speights with 10.

Early in the 3rd, Bogut and Jefferson collide - Bogut hurt his back.

Bogut is out 1-2 weeks with a back strain.


At the end of 3, we are up 68-53. Turner with 21 points.


We win the game 90-70. Very solid defense. :)

Turner is the player of the game 25 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, and 1 turnover. HGe shot 10 of 21.

Speights with 15 points, 2 boards, and 1 block.

Jefferson with 12 points and 5 boards.

Young with 11 points and 6 boards.

Iggy with 11 points and 10 boards.

Redd with 7 points. Holiday with 4 points, 6 boards, 9 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He had 0 turnovers. He shot 0 of 8.

Mo Williams shot 1 of 8. He had 3 points and 4 assists.

Big Ron Jamison with 2 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in 19 minutes.

Powe with 3 boards in 8 minutes.


Jennings led them with 16 points and 5 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 20th -

The Jazz trade Jordan Farmar to the Hwks for Tayshaun Prince and a 2nd round pick.

Nov 23rd - We play at Orlando. They are 2-9 despite a strong roster. We win 109-103 despite 28 from Lewis and 26 from Carter. We held Howard to 9 points.

Turner with 25 points, 13 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 17.

Speights with 19 points and 15 boards as he outplayed Howard!

Young and Mo Williams each with 18 off the bench. Jefferson with 9 points, 4 boards, and a block.

Iggy with 9 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists as he only played 22 minutes due to foul trouble.

Holiday with 4 points, 4 boards, and 7 assists.


Today, Gilbert Arenas with a triple double - 23 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists to lead the Celtics past the Bobcats 114-93.


The True shooting Percentage report has Iggy at #7. The top 5:

1. Xavier Henry, Memphis 70.3%
2. Kevin Martin, Houston 68.8%
3. Danilo Gallinari, NYK 68.7%
4. Rodrigue Beaubois, Dal 66.5%
5. Derrick Rose, Chicago 66.3%

Iggy is at 65.4%

Mo Williams is 28th at 61.5%
Turner is 65th at 57%


Nov 24th -

2nd part of a back and back as we fly into Toronto. They are 5-9.

We win 111-97 despite 30 from Barbosa and 24 from Bargnani.

Young led the team with 24 points and 9 boards.

Iggy with 19 points, 3 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block.

Turner with 17 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 14.

Holiday with 15 points, 2 boards, 11 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 6. Only 1 turnover.

Mo Williams with 10 points and 4 assists.

Speights with 9 points and 6 boards in only 17 minutes (foul trouble.)

Redd with 8 points. Jefferson with 3 points, 10 boards, and a block. He shot 1 of 8.


We are now 14-1. We play at Washington next. They are 2-13 as they struggle without Wall.

[Eaglesfan27]

Cam Campbell had a triple double for the Surging Suns who beat the Pacers 137-115. Campbell with 33 points, 12 boards, and 14 assists.

LeBron and Tyreke Evans were players of the Week.

Jerryd Bayless of the Raptors will miss 2 months with a broken ankle.


Now to beat the Wizards...

[Eaglesfan27]

Before the game the Thunder offer Cole Aldrich and Daequan Cook for Holiday and Walsh. I turn them down.

Ahhh, this is Wall's first game back.

At the end of 1, we are up 25-23. Turner and Iggy both playing very well. Jefferson also had a very productive quarter.


At halftime, we are up 51-43. Iggy has 12 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. Good half for him. Jefferson with 11 to give us inside balance.

Wall picks up a 4th foul early in the 3rd and will sit. He sat some of the 1st half due to foul trouble too.

We had a big lead, but they close the 3rd with a 13-5 run.

At the end of 3, we are up 69-66.

Our 2nd unit (but with Jefferson at PF) is dominating the 4th. 10-0 run. We lead 79-66 as they call time.

They close it to 83-78 with 5:30 left as I bring in rested starters to finish this.

Turner with a rough night but Iggy and Jefferson handle business down the stretch.

We win the game 94-89.

Iggy is the player of the game with 18 points, 5 boars, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He had 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 18.

I would have given the award to Jefferson who had a monster game - 19 points, 17 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 16. Both were season high totals.

Turner with a rough shooting night but he was still productive - 16 points, 6 boards, 4 assists. He shot 4 of 16.

Speights with 11 points, 10 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 6.

Holiday with 9 points, 3 boards, 7 assists, and 0 turnovers as I've told him he has to play a lot more carefully.

Young led the bench with 11 points and 4 boards.

Mo Williams with 6 points, 2 boards, and 3 assists in 14 minutes.

Jamison with 2 points and 4 boards in 15 minutes. Big man is doing a nice job on the boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Shannon Brown suffered a knee inury and will be out 8-10 weeks for the Knicks.

We are #1 in the power rankings for the 3rd straight week.


Nov 27 -

We play at home vs the 7-8 Boston team that is 3-7 in their last 10.

They beat us 104-102 behind 23 points, 9 boards, and 8 assists from Rondo. Pierce, Garnett, and Arenas each had 16.

Iggy led us with 23 points, 8 assists, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 16.

Turner with 21 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 6 of 12.

Speights with 12 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 12 points, 7 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 4 of 6.

Jefferson with 7 points and 10 boards.

Redd led the bench with 10 points. Young with 7 points and 3 boards.

Mo Williams with 6 points, 2 assists, and 5 turnovers in 25 minutes.

Leon Powe is complaining about his minutes and hurting team chemistry. He is going to be traded soon.

Antawn Jamison is pissed about his lack of minutes despite his injury (I thought that bug was fixed!)

Ditto for Troy Murphy.


Nov 29 -

Murphy is now 100% We'll get him some more minutes quickly and see if we can salvage his morale.


Nov 30th -

We host the Thunder who are 10-6 as they battle morale and injury issues.

We beat them 103-82! I gave Powe more minutes and he responded with a season high 8 points and 6 boards in 12 minutes.

Iggy led us with 22 points, 8 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 14.

Turner with 22 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, and 1 turnover. He shot 8 of 14.

Holiday with 17 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 14. He had 3 turnovers.

Speights with 12 points and 7 boards.

Young led the bench with 11 points and 7 boards.

Redd with 3 points. Troy Murphy with 3 points and 8 boards in 16 minutes.

Mo Williams with 3 points and 3 assists in 25 minutes.

Jefferson only played 12 minutes due to foul problems - 2 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. Wow.

November is done and we are 16-2. If we can avoid Chemistry issues, this team could be a championship type team...

LeBron and Monta Ellis won Players of the Month for November.

Jason Stribling of Washington and Mitchell Lawson of Portland won Rookies of the Month.

Lawson, a PG, was the 9th pick and is a subpar player overall but he is averaging 10.1 ppg and 2.9 apg on 41% (31% from the arc.)

Stribling is averaging 16.5 ppg and 4.9 rpg. He is shooting 43% from the field and 29% from the arc.


Our next game is at Charlotte. They are 9-9 despite a roster rating of 86. Our rating is now up to a 90.

[Eaglesfan27]

We hold the Bobcats scoreless for the first 7 minutes of the game! We lead 14-3.

At the end of 1, we are up 18-9.

We are up 38-36 at halftime.

Speights with 8 points and 4 boards. Jefferson with 8 and 6 boards.


At the end of 3, we are down 60-59. Turner and Iggy had a rough quarter but other guys stepped up.

In the 4th quarter, our defense COMPLETELY falls apart. Mozgov, Wallace, and Azubuike start hitting EVERYTHING.

We lose 100-87.

Mozgov is the player of the game with 17 points, 10 boards. Wallace with 17 points and 6 boards. Azubuike with 17 points.


Turner led us with 22 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 11.

Jefferson with 15 points and 9 boards. Iggy with 13 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 11.

Speights with 12 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks. Williams with 11 points and 3 assists.

Holiday with 9 points, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers.


After the game, the Knicks offer me Gallinari for Jefferson and Young. It is tempting, but I turn it down.

[Eaglesfan27]

News:

John Wall and Monta Ellis won Player of the Week.


Now, onto the game.

At the end of 1, we are up 23-18. Gallinari is very good offensively, but he is terrible defensively. Iggy is blowing by him.

At halftime, we are up 59-40. Turner with a great game. 16 points, a few boards, and assists.

Great 3rd quarter. We are up 87-56. Iggy with a huge corner. He now has 28 points.


We win the game 107-80.

Gallinari had 39 points as he hit shots from all over, but his defense was atrocious. Also, he shot 15 of 35. Wow. Didn't realize he missed that many shots.

Iggy was the player of the game with 28 points, 8 boards, 6 assists, and 2 turnovers. He shot 9 of 17.

Turner with 21 points, 3 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 14.

Speights with 15 points, 7 boards, and a block. He shot 7 of 8.

Jefferson with 13 points and 8 boards. He shot 5 of 10.

Holiday with 10 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 6. 0 turnovers.

Murphy with 10 points, 3 boards, and a steal to lead the bench. He play 20 minutes and shot 4 of 7 including 1 of 1 from the arc.

Young with 7 points and 12 boards in 21 minutes.

Redd with 3 points. Mo Williams with 1 point and 2 assists. Powe with 3 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Hmmm, never saw that before. After the game, the doctors mentioned that Speights has a strained hamstring. He can play through it though.

We dropped to #2 in the power rankings as the Heat overtook us. They are 18-4 on the year. We are 18-3 but their roster rating is higher.

Dec 12th -

We host the Hornets. They are 15-7. We lose 100-96. Paul with 28 points and 7 assists.

Turner with 19 points, 14 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 7 of 12.

Holiday with 15 points and 2 assists. Speights with 14 points and 2 boards. Iggy with 13 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. Iggy shot 5 of 19.

Redd with 11 points. Jefferson with 10 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Jamison is now healthy and will get back into the rotation, but he is unhappy we didn't play him the last few weeks.



Dec 14th -

We play in Boston. They beat us 92-80 behind 23 from Arenas and a triple-double from Rondo (17 points, 11 boards, and 11 assists.)

Turner led us with 16 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists.

Jamison with 13 points and 4 boards in 15 minutes. Speights with 12 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Redd with 11 points. Iggy shot 2 of 10 and had 5 points, 5 boards, and 7 assists.

Holiday with 6 points and 3 assists Jefferson with 4 points and 7 boards.



News Around the League:

Lamar Odom broke a bone in his foot and will miss 2 months.


The Raptors Traded: Linas Kleiza and Sony Weems to the Bobcats for DeSagana Diop and a 2nd round pick.

Jamison just made a trade demand. I'm going to see if more minutes can get his happiness up.

Our next game is hosting the Warriors. We are now 19-5. They are 13-12.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 28-19. Good balanced scoring. Nice bench contributions.

At halftime, we are up 46-40.

Turner with 11 points, Iggy with 10. Both playing well.

Iggy with a huge 3rd quarter. 16 points in the quarter.

We lead 79-62.


We win the game 103-88.

Jefferson is the player of the game. He needs to play more games like this. 24 points, 10 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He had 3 turnovers. He shot 9 of 11.

Iggy with 29 points, 12 boards, 3 steals, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 22.

Turner with 20 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, and 6 steals. He shot 8 of 18.

Speights with 6 points and 9 boards as his hammy bothered him.

Holiday with 6 points, 10 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 1 of 8.

Young led the bench with 11 points and 3 boards. He played 13 minutes and shot 5 of 8.

Jamison with 5 points and 5 boards in 24 minutes. He shot 1 of 8.

Mo Williams with 2 points and 1 assist in 12 minutes.

Murphy with 7 boards in 15 minutes. Guy is a rebounding machine.


Monta Ellis led them with 27 points. Lee with 17 points and 11 boards. We held Curry to 7 points on 3 of 15 shooting :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. 2nd year man Cam Campbell has won Player of the Week. In the West, a different player has won almost every week. Only Monta Ellis has won it twice. Meanwhile in the East, Derrick Rose won for the 3rd time this year.


Dec 17th -

Before the game, Jamison demands again to be traded. Chemistry is dropping so I see no chocie.

Meanwhile the 14-12 Lakers beat us 114-106 as Kobe drops a season high 50 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists.

Iggy led us with 20 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists. Turner with 18 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists.

Jamison with 6 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 18 minutes.

Wow. I get a lot of interesting offers including the Spurs will to trade Duncan for Jamison and Redd. That is very interesting although it would have us putting Jefferson in as a super sub...

Duncan is the best offer. The other top offer was the Hornets 1st round pick for Antwan and our 2nd. I'm taking Duncan and hoping we can get him another ring!

Actually, Speights will become a super sub and I'll start Duncan and Jefferson for now until Speights is fully healed. Then, I'll make the move to put Jefferson in as a super sub. Hopefully, I can keep him happy. Still can't believe I made this trade!

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 18th -

2nd end of a tough back and back. We are in Miami. They are 22-4. We are 20-6. Their roster rating is 93. Ours is 89.

We lose 103-100.

Wade with 28 points. LeBron with 26 points and 13 boards. Okur with 15 points. Bosh with 10.

Mo Williams led us with 24 points in 22 minutes.

Turner with 14 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists.

Young with 11. Muprhy with 10. Iggy with 10 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 13.

Speights with 8 points and 4 boards in 15 minutes. Duncan with 8 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks in his debut. He played 28 minutes. Jefferson with 8 points and 9 boards in 29 minutes.

Holiday with 7 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals.


Our next game is at Indiana. They are 11-14. We are more talented than they are with their roster rating being 80. Can we take them down?

[Eaglesfan27]

Our defense is VERY good with Duncan at C. He is still a good defender and great rebounder. We are up 10-7 as I rest my starters with 4 minutes to go in the quarter. 2nd year PG/SG 6'6" Baylor gets a chance for some PT with Redd gone.

We are down 21-18 at the end of 1. We bring our starters back to start the 2nd quarter.

At halftime, we are down 44-37. Tough shooting by Iggy and Turner this quarter. Hibbert is shutting down our inside scoring.

At the end of 3, we are up 72-58. Turner, Duncan, and Jefferson all scored big this quarter.

With a 88-62 lead I turn to my bench with 6 minutes to go including Ron Jamison who will benefit with the trade of the other Jamison.

We win the game 104-82. Baylor had a very nice game. Glad I moved Redd to give some PT to this kid.

Turner is the player of the game but a lot of guys played well.

Turner with 20 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 1 turnover. He shot 6 of 14.

Jefferson with 17 points, 15 boards, 1 assist, 1 block. He shot 7 of 18. He is showing that he deserves to remain in the starting lineup with Duncan at C. They worked very well together.

Duncan with 15 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 12.

Iggy with 15 points, 7 boards, 4 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 10.

Young led the bench with 13 points, 3 boards, 3 assist, and 2 steals in just 16 minutes. He shot 6 of 10.

Holiday with 6 points, 8 boards, 9 assist, 2 steals, and 0 turnovers. He shot 2 of 8.

Baylor with 6 points, 2 asssists, and a block in 11 minutes. He shot 2 of 4.

Speights with 4 points, 3 boards, and a block in 6 minutes.

Mo Williams with 4 points in 12 minutes.

Murphy with 2 points and a board in 11 minutes.


Hibbert led them with 16 points, 7 boards, and 4 blocks.

We held Granger to 5 of 24 shooting! He had 11 points and 11 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 22 -

We play at New York. They are 11-15.

They beat us 97-96. They got 23 from Chandler, 22 from Amar'e, and 20 from Blair.

Turner led us with 22 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 13.

Iggy with 15 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 4 of 12.

Murphy with 14 points and 10 boards in just 19 minutes. He shot 5 of 9.

Mo Williams with 12 points and 3 assists.

Duncan with 10 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 26 minutes.

Holiday with 10 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 3 of 6.

Jefferson with 6 points and 6 boards.



Dec 25th -

NO! During a practice, Iggy tears his MCL! He is done for the year :(

Young moves into the starting lineup. Bigger minutes for Murphy off the bench.


Dec 26th -

We play at Denver. They are 16-12.

They beat us 113-93. Lawson with 24 points and 9 assists. Carmelo with 23 points. Gasol with 19 points and 13 boards.

Turner led us with 23 points, 8 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 10 of 17.

Duncan with 15 points, 6 boards, 4 blocks, and 2 assists. He shot 6 of 16.

Holiday with 15 points, 8 assists, and 1 rebound.

Mo Williams with 14 points and 8 assists.

Walsh gets his first time and has 6 points in 5 minutes.

Jefferson with 6 points and 7 boards.

Young with 6 points.

Murphy with 2 points and 5 boards in 25 minutes.

Speights with 2 points and 4 boards in 19 minutes.


After the game, I have a talk with Evan Turner and let him know that I really need him to take over games and be the superstar that I know he is.


Our next game is the next night at the Clippers.

[Eaglesfan27]

Even without Iggy, we are still rated 6th in overall talent in the league. Young will get the start. The Clippers are 9-20 but have a roster rating equal to ours in talent.

Near the end of the 1st, Speights fouls Kaman hard and Kaman is hurt. It looks like his arm.

We are up 30-20 at the end of the 1st quarter. Turner with 15 points.

Kaman actually has a strained abdominal muscle and is out for 2-4 weeks.


At halftime, we are down 49-44. Turner with a rough quarter. He has 18 for the half.

Wow. Amazing. Turner with an unbelievable move that almost literally broke Ben Gordon's ankles. As it is, Gordon has an ankle sprain and is done for today.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-69.


We were back and forth all quarter, but Turner was double teamed and Holiday missed two open shots down the stretch. We lose 99-94.

Richie Harper was the player of the game with 23 points, 10 boards, and 1 assist. Griffin with 16 points and 10 boards. We held him to 7 of 20.

Turner led our team with 34 points, 8 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 12 of 28.

Jefferson with 15 points, 9 boards, and a block. He shot 7 of 12.

Duncan with 14 points, 7 boards, and 4 blocks. He shot 6 of 12.

Holiday with 13 points, 8 assists, and 3 turnovers. He shot 5 of 9.

Young with 2 points, 9 boards, and 2 assists in the start. He shot 0 of 5.


Speights led the bench with 12 points and 4 boards in 21 minutes.

Muprhy with 2 points and 4 boards in 20 minutes.

Mo Williams with 2 points and 1 assist in 18 minutes.

Walsh played 5 minutes and had 2 boards.

Baylor played 20 minutes (some at SF) and had 4 boards, 3 assists, and a steal.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Trailblazers have fired Nate McMillan and hired Brandon Marsh.

The Heat had won 17 in a row, but the Celtics beat them 108-90 to end the streak.


Dec 29th -

We play at Phoenix. They are 14-15. We need to end this slump...

We lose 111-107. Did I mess up a good thing with my trade? Will we come together?

Campbell torched us for 28 points and 9 assists.

Turner led our team with 23 points, 10 boards, 10 assists, and 1 turnover. He shot 7 of 15. Young with 25 points and 4 boards. He shot 9 of 18.

Duncan with 15 points and 9 boards. Murphy with 12 points and 4 boards to lead the bench.

Mo Williams with 9 points and 3 assists. Jefferson with 9 points, 2 boards, and a block.

Speights with 8 points and 8 boards in 28 minutes. He shot 3 of 12.

Holiday with 6 points, 8 assists, and 3 turnovers.


Mike Bibby just declared his retirement. He is 34 years old.


Dec 31st -

We play in Prime time at the Lakers. They are 17-15. This feels like a must win game to get some momentum back..

We win 88-87 on a last second shot by Turner! Turner led the team with 18 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 11.

Mo Williams led the bench with 18 points and 4 assists . Speights with 15 points, 7 boards, and a block in 22 minutes off the bench.

Young with 15 points. Duncan with 11 points, 8 boards, and a block.

Jefferson with 4 points, 13 boards, and a block. Holiday with 3 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 8.

Murphy with 2 points and 6 boards in 22 minutes.


LeBron and Kobe were players of the month in December. Jason Stribling and Mitchell Lawson were rookies of the month again.

[Eaglesfan27]

Today, we play at New Orleans. They are 24-10 and are a talented roster. We are 3-7 in our last 10. They are 8-2 in their last 10.

We start off with a 12-2 lead! Turner is on fire early. Duncan with a few baskets too.

At the end of 1, we are up 35-20. Turner with 15 points in the quarter.


At halftime, we are up 57-49. Turner with 18 points, 7 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and a block. Superstar in the making.

They go on a 16-0 run in the middle of the 3rd before Jefferson hits a FT. We are down 69-64 with 3 minutes to go in the quarter.

At the end of 3, we are down 78-69. Terrible quarter.

We have closed with 3 several times but never closer. We need 1 more shooter. We are down 90-87 with 1:33 to go...

Murphy with a block and Young with a dunk off a screen.

Mo Williams with a steal and Young with a fastbreak dunk!

Paul misses a lay-up (good defense by Murphy inside) and Turner with the rebound. They intentionally foul Mo Williams. He hits both FT's. 93-90 lead.

Paul with a quick 12 footer. They foul Mo Williams again. He makes both FT's. 95-92. They call time, I get Holiday back in for his defense along with Duncan and Jefferson. All of my starters..

They miss a quick 3 and Duncan gets the rebound and is fouled. He makes both FT's. Gee with a quick 3! 97-95, we lead.

They foul Holiday. He makes both FT's to seal the game.

We win 99-95.

Turner is the player of the game with 26 points (rough 2nd half shooting), 8 assists, 7 boards, 5 steals, and 2 blocks. He had 1 turnover. He shot 80% in the 1st half but ended up 10 of 23, 4 of 11, and 2 of 4.

Duncan with 15 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams with 11 points, 3 assists.

Young with 11 points, 2 boards, and 2 blocks.

Speights with 9 points, 2 boards, and 2 blocks in 22 minutes.

Murphy with 8 points, 4 boards, and 1 block.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block.

Holiday with 7 points, 8 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 2 of 9. Williams shot 3 of 5.

Baylor with 4 points and 3 boards in 13 minutes. I hate that his PT will get cut if I get a quality shooter, but we need a quality shooter. Powe isn't getting PT now that Duncan is here and he'll be the trade bait to see if we can get a shooter.

[Eaglesfan27]

I can't find any trades that are worth making at this point.

However, I sign Karl Fuller for the minimum salary. He is a 6'6 197 pound SG from Mississippi who is a smooth shooter but doesn't do much else. He has a bit of a rep as a hot head, but he knows he is coming here to give limited minutes.

Meanwhile, Powe is unhappy, so I'm still going to trade him for a someone who might help out. I'm not thrilled with any of the offers right now, so I'll hold onto him for a bit longer.

Crap. Speights and Mo Williams are both becoming very unhappy with their roles.


Teams around the league have noticed. I get a trade offer the next day: The cavs offer Ramon Sessions and J.J Hickson for Holiday and Speights. I turn them down.


Jan 5th, 2013 -

We host the Magic. They are 9-23. We beat them 112-99 despite 21 and 16 boards from Howard.

Young led us with 31 points and 4 boards. Duncan with 19 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 3 blocks.

Williams with 15 points and 1 assist in 24 minutes. Speights with 14 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks in 26 minutes.

Turner with 12 points, 10 boards, 7 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 13.

Murphy with 8 points and 4 boards. Holiday with 5 points, 13 assists, and 3 turnovers.

Fuller with 3 points on 1 of 1 shooting (a 3) in 8 minutes.

Jefferson only played 16 minutes due to foul trouble. He ahd 3 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Powe with 2 points in 5 minutes.


Durant and LeBron won Players of the Week.

DeJuan Blair is about to be traded per the rumor mill.

Aldridge is being moved by the Trailblazers reportedly.


Jan 7th -

We host the 15-19 Pacers. We win 118-97 behind 30 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block from Turner who shot 9 of 13.

Duncan with 18 points and 9 boards. Young with 17 points and 5 boards.

Mo Williams with 16 points and 3 assists. Holiday with 12 points and 9 assists.

Jefferson with 9 points, 7 boards, and a block.

Murphy with 8 points and 6 boards in 18 minutes. Speights with 8 points and 8 boards and 2 blocks in 24 minutes. He shot 2 of 11.

Next up we travel to Chicago for the 2nd game of a back to back.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Bulls are 22-13 with a very strong roster. Can we beat them?

At the end of 1, we are down 26-20. Turner with a rough quarter as Brewer is doing a good job on him.

That quarter, we had our best intensity in a while. We are up 44-43 at the half. Holiday stepping up his scoring. Turner with 11 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Rose has 16 points and 5 assists.

At the end of 3, we are down 64-61. Good intense defense.

We were down 8 with 90 seconds left, but a steal and a block get us within 2 with 17 seconds left. We foul and they miss both FT's. Turner hits a buzzer 14 footer to tie us at 90 and send it to OT!

Turner scores 4 points in OT while getting 2 assists. Great OT for him. Our defense plays well and we are up 100-94 with 50 seconds left.

With 13 seconds left, after Holiday misses a pair of FT's, they close the gap to 100-99!

Holiday makes his FT's to make it 102-99 with 10 seconds left..

Rose misses a 3. Jefferson with the board, he quickly gets it to Young who is fouled makes both FT's to seal the game.

104-99 win on the road. Great comeback in the 4th quarter.

Holiday wins player of the game with 25 points, 7 assists, 5 boards, 2 steals, and 0 turnovers. He shot 7 of 14.

Turner with 24 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, and 4 turnovers. He shot 10 of 25.

Speights with 13 points, 8 boards, and 1 steal in 27 minutes.

Jefferson with 12 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 36 minutes.

Young with 11 points, 7 boards, and 2 steals.

Duncan with 9 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 3 of 10.

Mo Williams with 7 points, 7 assists, and 2 steals in 24 minutes.

Murphy with 3 points and 1 board in 18 minutes. Fuller with 1 assist in 4 minutes.

Rose led them with 28 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 12 of 19.

Deng with 21 points on 8 of 16 shooting

[Eaglesfan27]

Crud! After the game, Holiday is diagnosed with a broken big toe and can't play for 4-6 weeks! Furthermore, Gerald Walsh who didn't even play hurt his knee and is out for 1-2 weeks. What the heck?

Well, Mo Williams will get his extra PT now. And Baylor will get a few minutes per night at the point. Can the 6'6 PG get it done for us? Turner may also play some PG for us. We'll see. Murphy and Speights are going to get more PT too.


Jan 11th -

We host the Cavs. They are 11-23. We beat them 109-85.

Turner led the way with 29 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 11 of 14.

Duncan with a season high 24 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 9 of 10.

Young with 11 points and 4 boards. Mo Williams with 10 points and 6 assists in 35 minutes.

Baylor played 14 minutes and had 9 points and 2 assists on 3 of 4 shooting.

Speights with 8 points, 7 boards, and a block as foul trouble limited him to 21 minutes.

Fuller with 7 points in 11 minutes as he shot 3 of 6.

Murphy with 7 points and 9 boards in 21 minutes.

Jefferson with 4 points, 12 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks in 31 minutes.



The Heat are at the top of the power rankings for the 6th straight week.

Durant and Wall were Players of the Week.


Jan 14th -

We host the Bucks who are 15-22. We win 108-102.

Turner with 25 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 9 of 18.

Muprhy with 13 points and 4 boards. Speights with 12 points, 8 boards, and a block in 32 minutes.

Duncan with 12 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks in 30 minutes.

Jefferson with 10 points, 3 boards, and a block in 30 minutes.

Mo Williams with 10 points and 4 assists in 37 minutes.

Fuller with 8 points in 10 minutes. He shot 3 of 5.

Young with 8 points, 5 boards, and 4 steals. He shot 2 of 10.

Baylor with 3 points and 2 assists in 11 minutes. He shot 1 of 4.

Jamison played 6 minutes and had 3 boards. Powe played 7 minutes and had 3 boards.


We are on a 7 game winning streak now :)

Our next game is on the 17th, as we will host a very talented Atlanta squad.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Trailblazers trade Marcus Camby to the Bulls for Aaron Gray (who the Bulls signed days earlier as a FA.)

Word is that Dwight Howard is unhappy and wants out of Orlando. I try offering Speights and Duncan. They counter with asking for Turner, Speights, and Duncan. I try to offer Speights, Duncan, my 1st, and my 1st next year. They refuse.


Next up is the Hawks. They are 21-17 but they have a very talented roster that is rated 93.

Mo Williams with a hard foul on Sebastian Telfair and Telfair is hurt. It looks bad. They will turn to Jordan Farmar. We are down 10-2 early.

Telfair has a severely strained achilles and will miss about a month.

We are down 15-7 halfway 5 minutes into the game.


At the end of 1, we are down 24-15.

Turner with a big 2nd quarter. We are tied at 47 at the half. Turner with 18 points.

Turner with a great job setting up guys in the 3rd. We are up 72-59 at the end of 3.

We win the game 93-82. This was one of Turner's most impressive performances. He did a masterful job of setting up his teammates and picking his spots to score. In particular, he found Duncan for a lot of easy baskets.

Turner with 25 points, 12 assists (a new career high), 9 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He had 3 turnovers. He shot 7 of 14, 2 of 5, and 9 of 9.

Duncan with 20 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 15.

Young with 19 points and 10 boards. He shot 6 of 13.

Jefferson with 9 points, 11 boards, 2 steals, and a block.

Mo Williams with 9 points, 3 boards, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. He shot 3 of 10.

Speights with 6 points and 5 boards in 16 minutes. I meant to get him more time. Oops.

Fuller with 2 points and 3 boards in 16 minutes.

Muprhy with 2 points and 3 boards in 15 minutes.

Baylor did nothing in 12 minutes.

Joe Jonson led them with 22 points and 4 boards. He shot 8 of 25.

Horford with 12 points and 6 boards. he shot 3 of 10.

[Eaglesfan27]

KG with his 25,000 career point last night as the Celtics beat the Clippers 100-99. The bigger news is that Arenas is unhappy despite getting 33 minutes per night on average. He is demanding a trade. Wow. He is averaging a career high 22.6 ppg and has played in every game. Guess his "unpredictable" personality is really shining through. I guess maybe he is unhappy with the Celtics record. A look at the standings as we are about halfway through the season:

Eastern conference:

1. Heat 35-7
2. 76ers 29-11
3. Bobcats 27-16
4. Bulls 25-16
5. Hawks 21-18
6. Celtics 21-20
7. Pistons 20-20
8. Raptors 20-21
9. Pacers 18-23
10. Nets 17-24
11. Bucks 16-23
12. Knicks 16-24
13. Cavs 12-26
14. Magic 12-27
15. Wizards 9-33

Western:

1. Thunder 30-12
2. Hornets 29-13
3. Nuggets 26-14
4. Grizzlies 26-15
5. Spurs 23-17
6. Warriors 22-18
7. Kings 21-18
8. Rockets 21-20 (Yao has been hurt part of the year.)
9. Lakers 22-21
10. Jazz 20-21
11. Wolves 20-22
12. Suns 18-21
13. Mavs 16-26
14. Clippers 12-28
15. Trailblazers 6-35 (Oden has been hurt.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 19th -

We play at the Heat. We upset them 104-101! LeBron had 35 points, 13 boards, and 4 assists. But Wade and Bosh each shot under 30%.

Turner with 21 points, 8 boards, 7 assists, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 16.

Speights with 22 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 28 minutes off the bench. He shot 7 of 12. He was 8 of 13 from the line.

Duncan with 13 points and 10 boards in 30 minutes. Young with 11 points.

Murphy with 10 points and 9 boards. Meeks with 8 points in 7 minutes. Fuller with 8 points in 10 minutes.

Mo Williams only played 9 minutes due to foul trouble. He had 6 points and 1 assist. Baylor with 3 points and 1 assist in 12 minutes.

Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 31 minutes.


Jan 20th -

We travel to Atlanta. Will dead legs cost us?

NO! Wow! We DESTROY Atlanta 140-90! Mo Williams with 30 points, 10 assists, and only 2 turnovers. He shot 9 of 12.

Turner with 28 points, 10 assists, 2 boards, 3 steals. He shot 9 of 14.

Young with 25 points and 5 boards. He shot 10 of 14.

Speights with 17 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 9 and 7 of 9 from the line.

Duncan with 14 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Fuller with 7 points in 10 minutes. Murphy with 7 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Baylor with 4 points and 2 assists in 12 minutes. Jefferson with 4 points, 12 boards, and a block in 32 minutes.


Our next game is hosting Portland on the 22nd. We've now won 10 games in a row and team morale is rising.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 28-15. Turner doing it all. I think he is going to get into the MVP discussion in the next year or two.

We did have a 23 point lead at one point in the half, but we got sloppy the last 3 minutes. Also, Duncan is in heavy foul trouble with 5. So, Speights will start the 2nd half.

At halftime, we lead 54-37. Turner with 11 points, 5 boards, and 8 assists at the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 83-59. Turner with a huge quarter.

I turn to the deep end of the bench for the last 6 minutes.


We win the game 101-76.

Turner is the player of the game with my first triple double in a played game! 29 points, 12 boards, 12 assists, and 2 turnovers. He shot 9 of 13, 2 of 4, and 9 of 11. Great game!

Young with 16 points, 7 boards, and 3 steals. He shot 6 of 9.

Mo Williams with 15 points, 3 assist, and 1 steal, and 2 turnovers. He shot 6 of 12.

Jefferson with 12 points and 9 boards. Speights with 12 points, 9 boards, and 1 block in 29 minutes.

Murphy with 7 points and 4 boards in 14 minutes. Fuller with 6 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist in 19 minutes.

Duncan with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in 16 minutes before he fouled out.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 24th -

We host the Suns. We win 94-90 but Speights hurts his hammy. He will play through it. Fuller might be our best pickup! 15 points to lead the team in just 10 minutes. He shot 3 of 4 from the arc and 5 of 7 overall! Kid has a nice shot!

Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 4 of 12. Young with 15 points and 2 assists.

Speights with 12 points and 4 boards in 29 minutes. Duncan with 10 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks in 30 minutes.

Mo Williams with 9 points, 9 assists, and 2 steals in 36 minutes.

Murphy with 7 points and 3 boards. Jefferson with 5 points and 9 boards in 31 minutes.

Cam Campbell with 36 points and 3 assists to lead the Suns. He shot 11 of 19.


Jan 26th -

We are now 33-11 and 10-0 in our last 10. The Raptors are 21-24. We play in Toronto today. The Raptors end our streak as they blow us out 121-99.

Bargnani had 33 points and Bayless had 20.

Speights led us with 24 points in 25 minutes. Turner with 16 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

Young with 15 points and 4 boards. Fuller with 14 points on 5 of 8 shooting in 13 minutes!

Duncan with 11 points an 7 boards. Williams with 11 points and 10 assists but he shot 4 of 15.

Jefferson fouled out in 17 minutes. He had 0 points, 3 boards, and a block.


Our next game is hosting a talented Memphis squad on the 28th.

[Eaglesfan27]

Some unexpected players won Player of the Week:

Tyrus Thomas, Charlotte and Jonny Flynn, Minnesota.


Wow. We are playing the #3 seed in the West, but we are taking them to the wood shed. We lead 33-14 at the end of 1. Turner with an amazing quarter.

A quieter 2nd half as Turner tired. I rested him the final 4 minutes of the half. We lead 54-40. Turner with 16 points, 4 boards, and 7 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 79-69. Their offense iss really heating up.

I rest Turner for 5 minutes and they tie it at 79. I bring back all of my starters.

Turner with a drive to draw the foul ends their run.

With Turner back in and Fuller out, our defense immediately toughens up again. We go on a 10-0 run led by Turner to end it.

We win the game 95-83.

Turner is the player of the game with 26 points, 8 boards, 13 assists, 4 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 9 of 19, 0 of 1, and 8 of 10.

Young with 18 points, 11 boards, 4 steals, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 19.

Mo Williams with 18 points, 5 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 4 of 7, 1 of 2, and 9 of 12.

Duncan with 10 points, 5 boards, and 1 block in 32 minutes.

Jefferson with 9 points, 10 boards, and 1 block in 36 minutes.

Murphy with 7 points and 2 boards in 13 minutes.

Fuller with 4 points, 7 boards, and a block in 20 minutes. Speights with 3 points and 5 boards in 17 minutes. His injury is slowing him.

Gay led them with 20 points. Mayo with 17 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists. Henry with 15 points. We held all 3 of them to under 40% shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 30th -

We host Denver. They are 27-19.

They beat us 111-91. Carmelo with 44 points to lead them in the victory. Gasol with 11 points, 18 boards, and 3 blocks.

Young led us with 19 points, 7 boards, and 6 steals.

Duncan with 18 points, 10 boards, and 5 blocks.

Baylor with 14 points in 14 minutes!

Turner with a bad night, 9 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 14.

Murphy with 8 points and 7 boards in 26 minutes. Speights with 7 points and 2 boards in 14 minutes before fouling out. His hammy is hampering him.

Williams with 7 points and 6 assists. He shot 2 of 8.

Jefferson fouled out in 12 minutes. He had 4 points, 2 boards and a block.


We are now 34-13.


Feb 1st -

The Wizards drop 10 in a row and are 9-39. They fire Clarence Underwood and hire Mack Gentry.

John Wall beats out LeBron for player of the month. Kevin Durant becomes the 3rd different player to win it in the West this year.

Jason Stribling and Mitchell Lawson both win Rookie of the month for the 3rd straight month.


Feb 2nd -

We play at Boston. They are 26-23 with a very unhappy Arenas..

They beat us 100-84. Rondo with 22 points, 7 boards, and 9 assists. Arenas shot 4 of 19 and put up 15 points. Pierce and Garnett with 12 each.

Duncan led us with 20 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Speights with 19 points and 3 boards. He shot 7 of 21.

Young with 13 points, 7 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 2 of 8.

Turner shot 2 of 10 and finished with 8 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists.

Williams shot 2 of 10 and finished with 7 points and 6 assists.

Jefferson with 3 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.


Our next game is hosting New Jersey on the 4th.

[Eaglesfan27]

Josh Smith and Kevin Durant win player of the week.

Antawn Jamison has announced he is retiring after this season.


At the end of 1, we are up 27-19 over the Nets. Turner with 15 points as he has hit every shot he has taken.

At halftime, we are up 52-37. Turner with 20 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He has shot 9 of 11.

At the end of 3, we are up 80-57. Turner is getting it done on both ends of the court.

We turn to the end of the bench with a 100-80 lead and 4 minutes to go.

We win the game 101-90.

Turner is the player of the game with 41 points, 5 boards, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 1 block. He shot 16 of 25, 3 of 6, and 6 of 9.

Williams with 16 points, 8 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 11.

Duncan with 13 points, 6 boards, and a season high 6 blocks!

Young with 10 points andd 4 boards. Fuller with 8 points.

Murphy with 7 points and 4 boards. Jefferson with 6 points and 8 boards in 31 minutes.

Speights with 3 boards and a block.

Lopez led them with 26 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dwight Howard with a monster game of 48 points and 12 boards to lead the Magic over the Heat 126-112. I wish I could have pried him away.

Glen Davis broke a bone in his foot and will miss 6-8 weeks for the Celtics.

Turner's last game was a career high in points!


Feb 6th -

We play at the Nets. We beat them 86-69. Lopez with 22 points and 14 boards for them. Speights led us with 23 points and 6 noards in 31 minutes as he is finally healthy. Turner with 17 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists.

Williams with 14 points. Duncan with 10 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Jefferson with 4 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.


We are now 36-14.

Feb 8th -

We play at Charlotte.

Before the game, The Bucks offer John Salmons and a 1st round pick for Speights. I'm tempted as that will likely be a high round pick and I'm not sure Speights is a good long term answer. However, I turn them down. Speights may not be a superstar center but he is a solid player and there aren't any quality centers in the draft.

Charlotte destroys us 114-81. Tyrus Thomas with 27 points and 13 boards. Jackson with 18 points. Wallace with 16, Williams with 14.

Turner shot 5 of 13 and finished with 15 points, 3 assists, and 3 steals. Williams with 15 points and 5 assists.

Speights with 12 points and 8 boards in 21 minutes before he fouled out. Duncan with 6 points and 7 boards in 30 minutes.

Jefferson with 0 points and 6 boards.

We play the next night hosting the Heat.

[Eaglesfan27]

With 5:45 to go in the 1st, Jefferson fouls Wade hard. It looks like Wade is hurt. He will keep playing. We are down 14-11.

At the end of 1, we are down 30-27. Williams hit a big 3 at the buzzer.

Forgot they added Jason Kidd to this team. Ridiculous talent. No wonder they are 45-9.

We are up 51-48 at the half as Jefferson had a big quarter. Wish he would do that more often. He is our leading scorer with 12. Turner doing a bit of everything. Turner with 9 points and 7 assists. LeBron with 13 points and 7 boards.

I was up 74-60, but had to rest Turner, Duncan, and Jefferson for the last 3 minutes. They closed the quarter with a 8-0 run. 74-68. Turner has 5 fouls..

Turner turning it on late in the 4th. He hits a pair of 3's in a row including a buzzer beater from well beyond the arc. We lead 96-86 with 2:42 to go!

They close to 96-92 before Turner hits a floater in the lane.

LeBron hits a 3 to make it 98-97 with 24 seconds left. I get it to Turner who they foul. He makes both FT's. 100-97. 23 seconds left.

LeBron misses a quick 3 and Jefferson gets the board. Bosh fouls him and fouls out. Jefferson makes both FT's! (unusual for him.)

They miss another 3 and Jefferson gets the board again. He is fouled and makes 1 of 2.

We beat the Heat 103-97!

Jefferson is the player of the game. No one is getting traded. I need to remember patience for this young team. Jefferson with 27 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks (including 1 monster block on Wade that started a fastbreak that led to a tremendous dunk by Fuller.) He shot 11 of 17.

Turner with 24 points, 4 boads, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 22.

Fuller with 12 points and 1 board in 16 minutes. He shot 5 of 7 including 2 of 3 from the arc.

Young with 12 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 4 of 10.

Speights with 10 points and 7 boards in 21 minutes. I need to get him more PT.

Duncan with 8 points, 5 boards, and a block in 30 minutes. He shot 2 of 9.

Williams with 6 points, 4 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 4 turnovers. He shot 2 of 4.


After the game, Durant and Howard were named players of the week.

[Eaglesfan27]

That 27 points was a career high for Jefferson. If I could get him to shoot more, I think he'd be a really good scorer. I tell my coaches to try to get him the ball a bit more.

The Cavs offer Marvin Williams for Thaddeus Young. I turn them down although it was slightly tempting.


Feb 11th -

We host a 27-25 Rockets team. We beat them 101-97. Young with 21 points. Mo Williams with 20 points and 10 assists.

Murphy with 15 points and 9 boards. Turner with 13 points and 6 assists. He shot 6 of 10.

Duncan with 10 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks. Speights with 8 points and 6 boards. He shot 2 of 10.

Jefferson with 4 points, 11 boards, and a block.


The Bulls offer Deng and a 1st round pick for Young and Jefferson. I'm still convinced Jefferson is going to become a star so I rest the instant offense boost that Deng would provide.

Holiday has been cleared to return. He is our clear starter despite Williams having a good run. Hopefully, we can keep Williams happy even after his minutes get cut..

Feb 12th -

We travel to Minnesota. They are 25-28.

We beat them 105-93. Very balanced scoring. Duncan with 15 points, 10 boards, and 1 block. Turner with 15 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Holiday with 15 points and 5 assists. Speights with 13 points and 6 boards in 19 minutes.

Young with 11 points and 6 boards. Williams with 12 points and 6 assists in 28 minutes.

Murphy with 10 points and 6 boards in 22 minutes. Jefferson with 10 points, 10 boards, and a block in 27 minutes.

We are now 39-15. Our next game is at Memphis which is 37-18.


In other news:

Dirk with severe hamstring injury will miss 1-2 months.

Eric Maynor of the Thunder tore his ACL and is done for the year.

John Wall is out for 2-4 more weeks with a broken bone in his foot.

A look at the pure point rating which values low turnovers over assists:

1. Mike Conley, Memphis 12.8
2. Chris Paul, NO 10.2
3. Rondo, Boston 10.2
4. Nash, Detroit 10.1
5. Deron Williams, Utah 9.5
6. Kidd, Miami 9.3
7. Ty Lawson, Denver 8.4
8. Curry, GS 8.4
9. Lowry, Houston 8.2
10. Telfair, Atlanta 7.9

Holiday is 13th at 7.3

Turner is 19th at 4.8


Now, onto our next game which is at Memphis. They are 38-18 and are 8-2 in their last 10.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 31-27. Turner with 16 points.

At halftime, we are up 56-55. Turner with 26 points and 4 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 74-71. Turner with 37 points. Great night shooting the 3.

CRUD! NO! Turner gets fouled hard with 8 minutes to go and he is hurt.. He had just scored 40 points. We lead 86-78.

Darn. Word is that Turner separated his shoulder. He's out for 2 to 4 weeks and will certainly miss the All-Star game next week. He is a lock to get his 1st selection but won't be able to play.

Jefferson, Duncan, Williams, and Holiday all make plays down the stretch to maintain our lead.

We win the game 103-96.

Turner is the player of the game: 40 points, 7 assists, 4 boards, 4 steals, and 1 block. He also had 3 turnovers. He shot 16 of 22, 7 of 11, and 1 of 4.

Jefferson with 14 points and 15 boards. He shot 6 of 15.

Duncan with 14 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Williams with 12 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers.

Muprhy with 7 points and 4 boards in just 14 minutes.

Young with 6 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 1 of 9.

Holiday with 6 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, and only 1 turnover.

Speights with 4 points, 1 board, and 1 block in 26 minutes.

Fuller with 3 assists in 11 minutes.

Some tough decisions to make with Turner's injury. I'm so bummed out that he will miss the All-Star game. I was hoping he might get his first MVP of the All-Star game. Even more disappointed that this likely eliminates his slim chances to win the season MVP award..

[Eaglesfan27]

We will start Williams at PG and Holiday at SG. Everyone on the bench gets a bit more PT, especially Murphy and Speights. At least with the All-Star break, he won't miss as many games.

Feb 16th -

2nd night of our road trip ends up in Dallas. Last game before the All-Star break. The Mavs are 21-35 with a roster rating of only 72.

We lose anyway, 95-91. Jefferson dislocates a finger in the game and will be hurt for 2 weeks. He can play through it.

Rodrigue Beaubois lit us up for 40 points on 10 of 19 shooting. Butler with 17 points and 8 boards. Dirk is still hurt.

Duncan led us with 19 points and 5 boards as me telling my guys to look more for post players is paying off.

Speights with 14 points. Mo Williams with 14 points and 6 assists.

Young with 12 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

Meeks and Baylor each with 6 points.

Holiday with 6 points, 6 assists, and 6 steals. He also had 4 turnovers and only shot 2 of 8.

Jefferson with 4 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. Will he ever become a big time scorer? I don't know, but his rebounding and defense fills an important role.


The Nuggets offer C Marc Gasol and their 1st round pick for Holiday and Speights. I turn them down.


The All Stars are named. Monta Ellis and Derrick Rose are mad about being snubbed:

In the East:

Starters: Rondo, Turner!, LeBron, Josh Smith, and Dwight Howard.

Bench: Brandon Jennings (1st selection), Joe Johnson, Wesley Johnson (1st selection), Tyrus Thomas (1st), Brook Lopez, Gilbert Arenas, and Raymond Felton (1st)


In the West:

Starters: Chris Paul, Kobe (15th appearance!), Durant, Carmelo, and Bynum (2nd).

Bench: Russell Westbrook, Tyreke Evans, Rudy Gay (1st appearance), Donnie Hodges (young PF who I almost traded for - 1st appearance), Al Jefferson, Stephen Curry (1st), Deron Williams.


And we have a trade just before the Rookie-sophomore game:

The Magic trade:

C Marcin Gortat (6'11 240, rated 70 overall 29 years old) and a 2nd round pick to the Wizards for Trevor Booker (PF/C 6'7 240, 25 years old, with better potential.)

Booker is averaging 6.9 ppg and 7 rpg.

Gortat was averaging 4.2 ppg and 9.2 rpg. Both players were unhappy with their previous teams due to PT.


The Sophomores beat the Rookies 97-87.

Campbell led the Sophomores with 25 points and 7 assists. Andy Schultz (who I almost traded for) scored 23 points and had 10 boards. Hodges had 9 points and 12 boards.

Jason Stribling led the Rookies with 33 points and 4 boards. He shot 15 of 21. Mitchell Lawson had 15 points and 4 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm not coaching the East this year in the All-Star game since the Heat and Phil Jackson have a better record, so I decide to sim the game. The East wins 114-97 behind 19 from Arenas, 18 from Rose (who replaced Turner), 17 from LeBron, and 16 from Howard.

In other news, just before the All-Star Break Nene' suffered a torn ACL and is done for the year.

Rudy Gay got hurt in the All-Star game and will miss 2-4 weeks.

The Trade Deadline is tomorrow. I resist the urge to make a move...


No other team made any trades either. However, the Magic decided to pull the trigger and fire Jerome Wagner. They hired Clarence Underwood.


Feb 23rd -

We host Orlando. They are 21-33.

We beat them 107-102 behind 24 points from Young.

We also got 19 points, 14 boards, and 1 block from Duncan. He shot 8 of 16.

Williams with 17 points and 9 assists. Speights with 16 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks in 30 minutes.

Fuller with 12 points in just 7 minutes as he made 4 3 pointers.

Holiday with 12 points, 8 assists, 3 steals, and a block in 34 minutes. He shot 4 of 6.

Jefferson with 0 points and 5 boards in 21 minutes.


We are 41-16. Our next game is hosting a more talented (at least with us missing Turner and Iggy) Bulls team that is only 34-25.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 22-18. Good team ball on both ends is helping us beat this team.

Wow. We are playing GREAT team defense and it is getting us some easy baskets. We are up 54-38 at the half! Duncan and Jefferson are doing a great job shutting down Boozer.

Holiday with 16 points and 6 assists at the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 75-58. Our defense is playing very well.

We had a 16 point lead most of the quarter, but they put a scare into us down the stretch. We hold on to win 85-79.

Holiday is the player of the game with 22 points, 9 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 9 of 18.

Young with 14 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 11.

Jefferson with 11 points, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 8.

Duncan with 10 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 10.

Meeks with 8 points and 3 boards. He shot 3 of 4.

Speights with 6 points and 11 boards.

Fuller with 6 points. Williams with 5 points, 10 assists, and 10 turnovers. Ouch.

Deng led them with 26 points. Rose has 21 but he only shot 9 of 27. Brewer shot 5 of 16.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 27th -

We play at Detroit. They are 30-28. We are 42-16.

We beat them 103-98 despite 31 points and 10 boards from Anthony Randolph.

Young led us with 20 points and 7 boards. Speights with 16 points and 6 boards in just 13 minutes as he fouled out.

Williams with 14 points and 8 assists. Holiday with 12 and 6.

Fuller with 10 points in 14 minutes. Muprhy with 10 points and 11 boards in 30 minutes. He played extra minutes cause Duncan was hurt early in the game. He'll miss 2-4 weeks with a sprained knee. :(

Jefferson with 3 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Duncan with 2 and 2 in 4 minutes.



LeBron and Chris Paul won player of the month in Febuary. Stribling and Lawson won rookie of the Month again (they have won it every month.)


March 1st -

Duncan will miss the Spurs coming into Philly. Can we take them with our severely depleted team? They are 34-25. We are 43-16.

We are missing too many parts. We lose 100-92 as Ginobili torches us for 39 points. Parker with 14 points and 8 assists. Redd with 13 points in 14 minutes. Jamison with 7 points and 11 boards in 34 minutes.

Young led our team with 16 points. Holiday with 16 points and 9 assists.

Fuller with 14 points in 13 minutes. He shot 6 of 6.

Speights with 13 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams with 10 points and 4 assists. Murphy with 9 points and 7 boards.

Jefferson with 2 points, 9 boards, and a block in 26 minutes.


I decide to sim a few extra games until we get at least one more starter back..


March 4th -

We host the Wolves who are 29-32 but more talented than us at the moment.

We outgun them 124-106.

Speights with 26 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 27 minutes.

Young with 21 points and 2 boards. Holiday with 19 points and 10 assists.

Murphy with 17 points and 10 boards in 25 minutes. Williams with 13 points and 5 assists.

Meeks with 9 points. Jefferson with 8 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks.

Fuller with 7 points in 12 minutes.


March 6th -

We host the Clippers who are VERY talented but are 18-43.

Evan Turner has been cleared to return. I'll sim these next 2 games and got back on schedule. Turner adds 8 points to our roster rating. Wow..

Turner hits a last second shot to give us a 105-104 win!

Turner with 28 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 13 of 20.

Young with 25 points qnd 4 boards. He shot 6 of 16.

Williams wtih 14 points and 6 assists. Holiday with 10 and 10.

Murphy with 8 points and 7 boards. Speights with 8 points in 8 minutes as he fouled out! So frustrating as he is complaining more and more about his lack of minutes...

Jeffferson wtih 4 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks as he fouled out in 20 minutes. Blake Griffin abused them both. He had 27 points, 14 boards, and 1 block.

Gordon, Bledsoe, and Harper with 20 points each.


March 8th -

We play at Cleveland who are 20-42 and have one of the worst rosters in the league.

We beat them 125-100. Louis Williams played 24 minutes and had 13 points on 3 of 11 shooting. Brand played 29 minutes and shot 2 of 10. 8 points and 5 boards.

Speights led us with 26 points and 4 boards in 28 minutes. Holiday with 23 points and 6 assists.

Murphy with 15 points and 9 boards. Turner with 15 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 11.

Young with 12 points. Williams with 10 points and 12 assists.

Jefferson with 9 points, 7 boards, and a block in 24 minutes. Is he starting to show signs of breaking out?

Our next game is on the 9th vs Utah. Utah is 32-30 and has a roster rating of 80. We are 46-17 with a rating of 88 now.

After the game, I tell Speights he is our starter and his morale improves considerably. I tell Duncan that he will be our a key bench player. He is a bit upset about it but seems accepting of the role.

[Eaglesfan27]

Rough 1st quarter. We are down 29-18.

A much better 2nd quarter as Turner and Young got on track. We are down 51-46 at the half. Turner leads our team with 24 points. Jefferson leads them with 17.

With 5:52 to go in the 3rd, Holiday with a 3 to give us a 62-59 lead. Our first lead of the game.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-66. Turner with a huge quarter. He has 30 points so far.

With 1:55 to go, Jefferson with a tremendous putback dunk. That gives us a 92-88 lead.

We get 2 fastbreak baskets on feeds from Holiday to Turner to make it a 8 point game with 1:33 to go. One came on a steal and one on a block by Jefferson.

We win the game 98-89. Great final 3 minutes. Holiday ran the break so well down the stretch.

Turner is the player of the game with 40 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He had 1 turnover. He shot 16 of 30, 3 of 6, and 5 of 8.

Young with 26 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 11 of 15.

Holiday with 12 points, 3 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 4 of 8.

Jefferson with 10 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 5.

Williams with 6 points and 7 assists. 0 turnovers. He shot 1 of 5.

Speights with 2 points, 5 boards, and a block in 37 minutes. He shot 1 of 7.

Murphy with 0 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 0 of 5 in 21 minutes.

Al Jefferson led them with 29 points, 5 boards, and a block. Deron Williams with 12 points and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 16.

[Eaglesfan27]

During the game, Young had his 5,000th career point.

The Pacers' chances take a serious blow as Roy Hibbert breaks a bone in his back and is done for the year. He was an anchor for them in the middle with an automatic double double almost every night.

Durant and Wall won Players of the Week.


March 11th -

We host the Knicks. We are 47-17. They are 28-34.

We win 115-97. That win secures a playoff birth.

WOW. Fuller led us with 22 points in 11 minutes. Best mid-season FA signing ever? He shot 7 of 10 including 3 of 5 from the arc.

Turner with a triple-double. 20 points, 10 boards, 11 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, and 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 15.

Holiday with 20 points, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 11.

Williams with 13 points and 3 assists. Young with 13 points. Murphy with 10 points and 6 boards.

Speights with 7 points and 3 boards in 17 minutes as he got into foul trouble. Jefferson with 6 points, 8 boards, and 1 block in 33 minutes.

That 22 points was a career high for Fuller.


March 12th -

We play the next night at Milwaukee. The Bucks are 29-35 but they are talented..

We beat them 113-108! They had 26 from Batum and 25 from Jennings.

We got 29 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks from Speights in 36 minutes.

Young with 17 points. Fuller with 14 points in 8 minutes! He shot 5 of 6 and 4 of 4 from the arc!

Williams wtih 14 points and 2 assists. Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Meeks with 7 points in 11 minutes. Holiday with 7 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals.

Jefferson wtih 4 points, 14 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 2 of 7.


Our next game is at Portland. They are 13-54 and are only rated 71 in overall talent.

A look at the standings:

East:

1. Heat 54-13
2. 76ers 49-17
3. Bobcats 43-24
4. Celtics 37-27
5. Hawks 35-30
6. Bulls 35-32 (do not want to see them in 1st round of playoffs again.)
7. Pistons 33-31
8. Raptors 31-34.

9. Bucks 29-36
10. Knicks 28-35
11. Pacers 28-37
12. Magic 26-38
13. Nets 25-40
14. Cavs 20-45
15. Wizards 17-49

West:

1. Thunder 47-19
2. Hornets 43-25
3. Grizzlies 42-25
4. Nuggets 40-26
5. Spurs 39-27
6. Lakers 36-31
7. Jazz 33-31
8. Suns 32-31

9 Warriors 34-33
10. Rockets 33-33
11. Wolves 32-35
12. Kings 29-35
13. Mavs 23-44
14. Clippers 18-47
15. Trail Blazers 13-54

Let's beat up on the Trail Blazers.

[Eaglesfan27]

Not the blowout, I was expecting.

We are up 25-24 at the end of 1. Young is our leading scorer.

We open up the 2nd quarter with a 14-0 run. Turner with 10 points during the run. 39-24 as they call time.

Speights picks up a 4th foul in the 2nd quarter. We are up 44-25.

We are up 61-39 at the half. Turner with 19 points,

A bad 3rd quarter as I rested my starters for a few minutes. We are up 75-65.

With that 2nd quarter, we should have won by more, but I'll take the 97-88 win.

Turner is the player of the game with 29 points, 8 boards, 11 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and 4 turnovers. He shot 12 of 17, 1 of 2, and 4 of 6.

Holiday with 19 points, 11 assists, 4 boards, 4 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 5 of 12.

Jefferson with 17 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks, and 1 assist. He shot 8 of 17.

Young with 14 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 5 of 9.

Speights with 6 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks in 26 minutes. He shot 3 of 7.

Murphy with 4 points and 5 boards in 22 minutes.

Fuller with 3 points in 9 minutes. He shot 1 of 5.

Williams with 3 points and 4 assists in 16 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Eric Gordon with a career high 47 points to lead the Suns paast the Heat 111-97. Perhaps, I can catch the Heat for the #1 seed in the East...

We are now 50-17. Next up is the Warriors.

March 16th -

we are at the Warriors. They are 35-33 and have a roster rating of 79. Both teams press the pace all game long. We win 132-127.

Ellis led them with 30. Randolph with 24. Curry with 21.

Turner led us with 20 points, 10 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 5 of 12.

Young with 20 points. Fuller with 15 points in 10 minutes. He shot 6 of 10 and 3 of 4 from the arc.

Williams with 15 points and 3 boards. Murphy with 14 points and 9 boards. Speights only played 21 minutes due to foul trouble but he had 14 points and 4 boards.

Holiday with 11 points and 15 assists!

Jefferson with 7 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks in 21 minutes.

Powe had 7 boards in 10 minutes.



After the game, the doctors clear Duncan to return. We'll work him in for 25-30 minutes per night off the bench.

March 18th -

We are now 51-17. Our roster rating is a 91 with Duncan back. Imagine if we had Iggy. Next up is a game at the Kings. They are 31-35 despite a roster rating of 85.

We beat them 124-85. We are playing great team ball!

Young led us with 24 points and 10 boards.

Williams with 22 points and 7 assists in 30 minutes. Speights with 22 points and 6 boards in 22 minutes.

Turner with 19 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists in 20 minutes as he had a rare night with foul trouble.

Duncan with 13 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks in 33 minutes off the bench.

Holiday with 11 points, 12 assists, and 4 steals.

Murphy with 4 points and 5 boards. Fuller with 4 points in 10 minutes.

Jefferson with 2 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks in 34 minutes.


We are now 52-17. Our next game is on the 19th at the Thunder who are 49-19 with a roster rating of 88. Can we beat them this time?

We are now only 3 games behind the Heat. They are 56-15 and we are 52-17. We have 1 more game hosting them on April 11th.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Clippers have fired Scott Brooks and hired Derrick Hart.

Now, for what should be a great game against the Thunder.

Holiday and Speights with a good 1st quarter. We are tied at 23 at the end of 1. Durant leads all scorers with 10.

Harden lands on Jefferson's ankle on a dunk attempt. Jefferson is hurt :(

We are tied at 35.

At halftime, we are down 46-43. Durant with 18 points. Speights is our leading scorer with 11. Turner has mostly been playing the assist man.

Jefferson has a twisted ankle and has been cleared to try to play on it.

At the end of 3, we are up 72-70. Turner had a huge quarter, putting up 12 this quarter.

Back and forth game. Williams ties it at 90 with 2 FT's with 2:10 left.

Durant misses a 12 footer after being money all quarter. Turner finds Young on the fastbreak but he misses the dunk!

We foul Harden on their fastbreak. He misses the 1st.. and the 2nd! Speights with the board. Still tied at 90.

Turner and Speights with pick and roll... Turner draws both defenders.. passes it to Speights who hits a 16 foot jumper. 92-90. 1:11 left.

Durant hits a quick 3. Harden steals it from Turner and passes it to Westbrook who finds Durant on the fastbreak for a dunk. Down 95-92.

Williams passes to Turner who is double teamed, he finds Young in the corner.. he swishes the 3! Tied at 95. 26 seconds left.

Westbrook beats Williams off the dribble.. drives into the lane.. draws in the defense.. kicks it out to Harden who swishes a 3. 98-95 with 5 seconds left.

Williams dribbles up the court.. takes the 3 at the buzzer.. and just misses it. Wish he had found Turner.

We lose 98-95.

Westbrook is the player of the game (I would have given it to Durant) - Then again... 18 points, 17 assists, 7 boards, 4 steals, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 17.

Durant with 40 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 19 of 30.

Harden with 16 points and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 12.


Turner led us with 23 points, 9 boards, 11 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 9 of 15.

Speights with 21 points, 9 boards, and 4 blocks. He shot 9 of 14.

Holiday with 12 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals.

Jefferson with 10 points and 7 boards. Young with 9 points and 8 boards.

Williams with 6 points and 4 assists. Fuller with 5 points. Duncan with 5 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks in 23 minutes.


In other news,

Raymond Felton with a career high 21 assists to lead the Knicks to a 106-90 win over the Hornets.

We are now 3.5 games behind the Heat who are 56-15. We are 52-18.


March 23rd -

We host the Bobcats who are 45-24 with an equal roster rating (88 - dropped 3 points due to Jefferson's injury which he will play through.)

We win 115-113. That is our 53rd win beating last year's record! :)

Young with 22 points. Holiday with 21 points and 5 assists.

Turner with 16 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 2 steals, and 4 blocks.

Speights with 17 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. Williams with 15 points and 6 assists.

Jefferson with 8 points, 6 boards, and 1 block. Fuller with 7 points in 7 minutes.

Duncan with 7 points, 4 boards, and 1 block in 26 minutes.



Durant and Rose were named Players of the Week.


March 25th -

We are at Washington. They are 18-53 with a roster rating of 72.

We beat them 116-96 despite 25 points and 12 assists from Wall.

Young led us with 25 points. Williams with 20 points and 5 assists.

Duncan with 16 points, 12 boards and 2 blocks in 29 minutes. Fuller with 14 points and 3 assists in 16 minutes. Wow.

Holiday with 11 points and 10 assists. Speights only played 19 minutes (foul trouble) and had 10 points and 3 boards.

Turner with foul trouble as well - 24 minutes, 9 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. We were plus 20 while he was on the court.

Jefferson fouled out in only 12 minutes. He had 0 points and 2 boards.


Murphy with 7 points and 7 boards.


We clinched the Division with that win!

The Heat have won their last 3 games and are now 59-15. Looks like they will be tough to catch.

Jefferson is back to 100%

Chris Paul may miss the 1st round of the playoffs as he suffered a seperated shoulder that will keep him out for a month.

Our next game is against the Kings. They are 32-39 with a roster rating of 84. We are 54-18 with a rating of 91. I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

We lead 26-25 at the end of 1. Turner with 17 points in the quarter.

At halftime, we are down 52-51. Turner with a quiet 2nd quarter. DeMarcus Cousins was the big scorer in the 2nd half. Turner still has 17 points at the half. He also has 6 boards and 5 assists.


We had a rough stretch where they outscored us 20-4. Nate Robinson was hitting from all over the court. We closed the quarter strong and cut the deficit. At the end of 3, we are down 82-73.

We never could overcome that bad 3rd quarter. We closed within 4, but Turner missed 2 shots in the final minute.

We lose 106-102. Oh well, looks like it is the #2 seed for us. At least, we don't seem to have to worry about the Bulls as they look like they are going to get the 4 or 5 seed.

Nate Robinson is the player of the game 28 pointsw, 8 assists, 2 boards, 1 steal, and 6 turnovers. He shot 7 of 17 and 4 of 11 from the arc.

Cousins with 19 points, 14 boards, and a block.

Turner led us with 28 points, 10 assists, 9 boards, 4 steals, 2 blocks, and 3 turnovers. He shot 10 of 25.

Williams with 16 points and 5 assists. Young with 13 points and 5 boards. He shot 4 of 12, including an 0 for 6 stretch in the 3rd.

Speights with 12 points, 7 boards, and a block. Jefferson with 8 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks.

Holiday with 8 points, 6 assists, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 10.

Murphy with 6 points and 5 boards. Duncan with 6 points and 1 board in 20 minutes.

Fuller with 5 points in 3 minutes. Might need to get him a few more minutes when we are shooting poorly.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Knicks lost PG Rafer Alston for the year with a torn ligament in his wrist.


March 28th -

Next night we get a chance to bounce back against the 33-39 Pacers..

They beat us 120-116 behind 33 points from Granger and 24 from Collison.

Turner led us with 32 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 12 of 23.

Speights with 17 points and 5 boards. Duncan with 14 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. Young with 11 points.

Fuller with 10 points in 13 minutes. Jefferson with 10 points, 10 boards, and 1 block.

Holiday with 7 points and 1 assist.


We are now definitely locked into the #2 seed.

The Bulls have falled into the 6 seed and could still fall into the 7th seed :(


March 30th -

We host Dallas. They are 24-49 with a roster rating of 73.

We beat them 98-88. 24 points from Turner who 9 of 15. He also had 3 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals.

Speights with 13 points, 2 boards, and a block. Young with 12 points.

Duncan with 11 points and 11 boards. Fuller with 12 points in 12 minutes.

Williams with 9 points and 6 assists. Jefferson with 6 points, 8 boards, and a block.

Holiday with 6 points and 3 assists.


I decide to sim out the rest of the regular season with our seeding locked:

The Bulls have now climbed into the 5th seed. The Pistons are currently 7th.


April 1st -

Williams tears a ligament in his hand. He might be done for the rest of the year! Darn. Big loss. Despite the injury, we beat the Celtics 107-101. That drops them to 43-32. We are now 56-20.

Young with 17 points. Williams with 14 points and 4 assists in 14 minutes before he got hurt. Holiday with 14 points and 8 assists. Duncan with 12 points. Baylor with 9 points in 11 minutes. He'll step in as the backup PG although Turner will also handle that at times.

Jefferson with 9 points and 9 boards. Fuller with 7. Speights with 7 points, 12 boards, and 4 blocks.

Turner fouled out in 12 minutes! He had 6 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.


In other news,

LeBron is now #1 in PER (Player Efficiency Rating) with a 30.44

Turner is 13th at 24.66

The Spurs made the post-season. So did Denver.


April 2nd -

We play at the Bucks. They are 35-40 and fighting for the last playoff spot..

They beat us 123-93 behind 31 points from Bogut and 28 from Maggette.

We got 25 points and 7 boards from Duncan, 21 from Young, and not much from anyone else. Turner shot 3 of 11 and finished with 8 points.

With 5 games to go, a look at both Playoff Situations:

East:

1. Heat 61-15
2. 76ers 56-21
3. Bobcats 48-28
4. Celtics 43-32
5. Bulls 41-34
6. Hawks 39-36
7. Pistons 37-38
8. Raptors 37-38

9. Bucks 36-40
10. Knciks 34-41
12. Pacers 34-42

13. Magic 31-44
14. Nets 29-46
15. Cavs 25-52


West:

1. Thunder 55-21
2. Grizzlies 49-28
3. Hornets 47-29
4. Nuggets 45-30
5. Spurs 45-31
6. Rockets 40-36
7. Lakers 39-36
8. Suns 38-37

9 Warriors 38-39
10. Wolves 37-40
11. Jazz 35-41
12. Kings 34-41

13. Mavs 24-52
14. Clippers 20-57
15. Trail Blazers 19-57

[Eaglesfan27]

April 5th -

We play at the Knicks. They are in a near must win situation.

We win 109-76 althought they broke Speight's nose. Amar'e led them with 24 points and 10 boards.

Turner led us with 26 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block.

Duncan with 19 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks in 30 minutes off the bench.

Young with 17 points and 4 boards. Speights with 16 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Holiday with 15 points, 16 assists(!) and 4 steals.

Fuller with 10 points in 19 minutes. Jefferson with 2 points, 5 boards, and a block in 25 minutes.


April 6th -

We host the Nets. We win 104-100 as they cruise towards 50 losses.

Duncan led us with 26 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks in 33 minutes off the bench. Holiday with 14 points and 12 assists.

Speights with 13 points and 10 boards. Turner with 13 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists.

Young with 13 points. Murphy with 13 points. Jefferson with 4 points, 12 boards, and 1 block in 33 minutes.


Almost forgot, the players of the month for March were Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant.

Jamal Brooks of Indiana knocked out Jason Stribling for the Rookie of the Month for the first time. Mitchell Lawson won it again in the west.


April 8th -

We host the Raptors in a near must win game for them to stay alive..

They beat us 108-93. They got 27 points from Bargnani.

Young led us with 23 points. Duncan with 20. Holiday with 15 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Turner with 14 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. Speights with 14 points and 9 boards.


We are now 58-22.

A look at the East seeding:

1. Heat 64-15
2. 76ers 58-22
3. Bobcats 50-29
4. Celtics 45-34
5. Bulls 44-35
6. Hawks 41-38
7. Raptors 40-39
8. Pistons 39-40

9. Bucks 38-41.

10. Pacers 36-43
11. Knicks 34-45
12. Magic 33-46
13. Nets 30-49
14. Cavs 25-55
15. Wizards 21-58

[Eaglesfan27]

April 11th -

We host the Heat. This is a big game for our pride...

We beat them 103-101! Duncan with 22 points, 7 boards, and 3 blocks. Speights with 21 points, 9 boards, and 4 blocks.

Turner with 19 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block. Holiay with 10 points and 5 assists.

Fuller with 8 points in 16 minutes. Murphy with 9 points and 6 boards. Jefferson with 7 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks.

April 13th -

We end the season hosting the Bulls. They are 46-35. Can we finish the season off right?

We crush them 105-84. Duncan with 23 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 29 minutes off the bench.

Murphy with 18 points off the bench. Turner with 17 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 15.

Young with 14 points. Speights with 9 points, 3 boards, and 3 blocks.

Jefferson with 8 points and 12 boards. Holiday with 8 points and 3 assists.

So, we end the season 60-22 and in the 2 seed. Who are we facing. Let's look at the playoff seedings...

[Eaglesfan27]

East:

#1 Heat (64-18) vs #8 Raptors (41-41)
#2 76ers (60-22) vs #7 Bucks (41-41)
#3 Bobcats (52-30) vs #6 Hawks (41-41)
#4 Celtics (48-34) vs #5 Bulls (46-36)

Pistons finish 39-43, collapsing at the end.
Pacers 38-44
Magic 35-47
Knicks 35-47
Nets 31-51
Cavs 27-55
Wizards 22-60


West:

#1 Thunder (57-25) vs #8 Warriors (43-39) - High scoring series!
#2 Grizzlies (51-31) vs #7 Lakers (43-39) - The return of Gasol.
#3 Spurs (50-32) vs #6 Rockets (45-37)
#4 Hornets (50-32) vs #5 Nuggets (47-35.)

Suns just miss at 41-41
Wolves 39-43
Jazz 37-45
Kings 37-45
Mavs 25-57
Trail Blazers 23-59
Clippers 22-60

A look at the Bucks now...

[Eaglesfan27]

The Bucks are led by star PG Brandon Jennings. The 23 year old 6'1 169 pound PG has become their best player. He can score from anywhere on the court. He's averaging 21.9 ppg, 7.4 apg, and 2.0 spg.

7'0 260 pound C Andrew Bogut is 28 and in the prime of his career. Strong scorer and rebounder. He's averaging 14.6 ppg, 8.9 rpg, and 1.8 bpg.

SF Nicolas Batum is a very good shooter who is 6'8 200. He is 24 years old. He's averaging 10.9 ppg and 4.5 rpg.

26 year old SG Chris Douglas-Roberts is 6'7 200 and is a splid outside shooter. He is averaging 11.9 ppg and 4.3 rpg.

Luc Richard Mbah A Moute is a 6'8 230 pound PF who is 26 and has good mobility. His minutes are way down this year.

Instead, they are playing SF Corey Maggette at PF quite a bit. He is 6'6 225 and is averaging career low 14.1 ppg and 2.6 rpg.

I feel we match up well against them at almost every position. As long as we don't have any injuries, we should be able to handle them.

[Eaglesfan27]

Awards:

LeBron James wins another MVP. He averaged 27.7 pg, 9.1 rpg, 5.8 apg, 1.8 spg, and 1.4 bpg. He shot 49% from the field, 79% from the line, and 35% from the arc.

Jason Stribling of the Wizards won Rookie of the Year. He averaged 15.7 ppg and 6.0 rpg. He shot 44% from the floor and 25% from the arc.

Gilbert Arenas won 6th man of the Year scoring 21.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 4.4 apg for the Celtics.

Josh Smith of the Hawks won defender of the year. He averaged 2.1 spg and 2.3 bpg. He also had 15.6 ppg, 9.3 rpg, and 4.4 apg.

Rodrigue Beaubois of the Mavs won most improved player. He averaged 22.6 ppg while shooting 47% from the floor and 42% from the arc.

Phil Jackson, Heat, won Coach of the Year. Will he get another ring?


All-NBA 1st Team:

Rose, Kobe, LeBron, Durant, and Howard.

2nd Team:

Paul, Tyreke Evans, Josh Smith, Rudy Gay, Brooke Lopez.

3rd team:

Rondo, Ellis, Gasol, Hodges (should have traded for him?) and Bynum.

All NBA Defensive Team:

Rondo, Wade, Smith, Durant, and Howard.

All-Rookie Team:

Jason Stribling, Raynardo Gomez (Pistons), Jamal Brooks (Pacers), Mitchell Lawson (Trail Blazers), and Trevor Frank (Nets)

[Eaglesfan27]

Well, crud! I'm playing the Hawks instead of the Bucks. The Hawks have talent all over the place and actually have a better roster rating than we do! The Bobcats get the Bucks.

We need to watch out for Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, and Horford. Villaneuva and Holland aren't chop liver either. Much tougher match-up, but I like our chances.

We started off slow, but we are on 11-2 run when they call time. We are up 17-11 with 3:11 to go in the quarter.

At the end of 1, we are up 21-15. Turner with 9 points. Speights with 6.

At halftime, we are up 50-45. Turner with 22 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 76-61. Turner with 33 points now. Duncan with a few big boards.

I empty the bench with a 28 point lead and 5:30 to go.

We win the game 102-80.

Turner is the player of the game with 39 points, 8 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 14 of 18, 4 of 5, and 7 of 7.

Speights with 13 points, 4 boards, 1 block. He shot 6 of 14.

Holiday with 13 points, 10 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, and 1 block. He had 3 turnovers. He shot 6 of 10.

Jefferson with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 6.

Young with 7 points and 7 boards. He shot 2 of 8.

Duncan with 6 points and 6 boards. He shot 2 of 7.

Fuller with 5 points in 15 minutes. He shot 2 of 6.

Johnson was their leading scorer with 20 points but he shot 7 of 25.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

Pierce with 26 points on 9 of 15 shooting to power the Celtics past the Bulls 100-99 in game 1.

Wow. Bargnani with 31 points as the Raptors upset the Heat in Miami 93-92. LeBron had 27 points on 10 of 19 shooting and Wade had 25, but no one else reached double figures. Bosh shot 2 of 14.

Kobe with 31 points and 9 assists. Bynum with 20 and Gasol with 19 as the Lakers beat the Thunder 111-95 in Game 1.

Stephen Jackson with 33 points, wallace with 24 as the Bobcats demolish the Bucks 120-80.

Carmelo with 34 points and 13 boards as the Nuggets beat the Spurs 106-96 in game 1. Jamison had 14 points and 12 boards for them.


Game 2 is a back and forth affair, but Turner with 4 big points down the stretch and Young also hit a few shots down the stretch. We win game 2, 107-103.

Young with 21 points. Holiday with 20 and 4 assists.

Turner with 13 points, 10 assists, 7 boards, and 1 block. Duncan with 12 points and 9 boards.

Murphy and Speights with 10 points each. Fuller with 7 in 15 minutes.

Jefferson with 6 points and 6 boards in 22 minutes.



In other news:

The Thunder blow out the Lakers 125-73. Durant with 35 points and 13 boards.

GS goes up 2-0 on New Orleans. Curry with 35 points and 10 assists.

SA wins 109-108 to even the series against Denver 1-1. Ginobli with 21 and Jamison with 20. Redd with 3 points in 15 minutes.

Memphis beats Houston 113-107 to take a 2-0 lead. Mayo with 26 points and Gay with 24.

Miami wins 112-110 to even the series at 1. Wade with 33 and LeBron with 32.

Boston demolishes Chicago 118-88 in Chicago to take a 2-0 lead going back to Boston. Arenas with 39 points, 10 boards, and 9 assists. Rondo with 22 points, 15 boards, and 12 assists. Big Baby with 14 points and 12 boards.

Charlotte wins 103-90 to jump to a 2-0 lead over the Bucks. We'll face them next if we advance. They got 20 from Wallace and 19 from Thomas.


Time to see if we can put the boot to the throat and take game 3.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 25-23. Turner having an all around great game early.

At halftime, we are up 51-37. Turner is having an amazing game. 18 points, 10 boards, and 7 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 76-61. Turner with 22 points, 11 boards, and 11 assists.

They close the gap while I rest Turner. And by the time Turner comes back, they have momentum. 4 minutes left in the game and it is tied at 84.

Turner with 5 straight points to give us back the lead.

They never get closer than 5. We win the game 99-93.

Turner is the player of the game with 27 points, 14 boards, 15 assists (a new career high), and 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 9 of 14, 0 of 1, and 9 of 10.

Young with 16 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 6 of 14.

Jefferson with 13 points, 4 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 6 of 9.

Speights with 12 points, 5 boards, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 8.

Duncan with 10 points, 2 boards, and 2 blocks in 20 minutes. He shot 4 of 10.

Fuller with 9 points and 4 boards in 25 minutes.

Holiday with 9 points, 6 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 2 of 3. He also had 6 turnovers.

Can we sweep the Hawks?

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

Monta Ellis with 28 points to give the Warriors a 3-0 lead on New Orleans. They won the game 104-103.

Rose with 32 points and 12 assists to give the Bulls a 106-94 win over the Celtics.

LeBron with 43 points and 10 boards to give the Heat a 103-102 win over the Raptors to take a 2-1 lead.

Carmelo with 26 points in a 98-96 win over the Spurs. The Nuggets lead 2-1.

Chris Paul is expected to come back from his shoulder injury to try to prevent the Hornets from getting swept.

The Thunder beat the Lakers 107-88 despite 32 points from Bynum. They were led by Westbrook who had 31 points and 14 assists.


In game 4....

Atlanta does not get swept as they win at home 101-92. Smith 21 points and 12 boards. Horford with 17 points and 11 boards.

We had 21 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals from Turner who shot 7 of 14.

Duncan with 15 points and 6 boards. Holiday with 14 points, 9 assists, and 6 steals. Young with 12 points. Speights with 10.

Jefferson with 6 points and 4 boards in 32 minutes.


In other news:

The Warriors win 106-87 to sweep the Hornets despite 22 points and 10 assists from Paul.

Oklahoma wins 127-123 thanks to 51 points from Durant. They lead the series 3-1. Kobe had 38 in the game.

Denver wins 114-85 with 24 from Carmelo, 22 from Billups, and 21 from Lawson. They take a 3-1 lead over the Spurs who were led by 17 from Jamison.

Houston beats Memphis 115-101 to avoid the sweep. They got 23 from Yao and 22 from Brooks (along with 10 assists.)


Miami beats Toronto 92-83 to take a 3-1 lead. They were led by 25 and 13 boards from LeBron.

Boston beats Chicago 92-83 to take a 3-1 lead. Rondo with 17 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists. Garnett with 18 points and 11 boards.

The Bucks beat Charlotte 92-88 to avoid the sweep. They got 27 points and 10 assists from Jennings.


I'm going to be busy with a move for the next week or so. Look forward to seeing how these playoffs go when I have more time.

[Groundhog]

Following along. I was inspired enough to start up my own game with the Sixers. I traded away Iggy and Louis Williams for a lot of depth, but I find that my best overall guy tends to be Thaddeus Young most nights. Amazing shooter and athletic too. And Evan Turner is amazing going to the bucket, if only he was that good in real life!

[Eaglesfan27]

Following along. I was inspired enough to start up my own game with the Sixers. I traded away Iggy and Louis Williams for a lot of depth, but I find that my best overall guy tends to be Thaddeus Young most nights. Amazing shooter and athletic too. And Evan Turner is amazing going to the bucket, if only he was that good in real life!

Turner is unbelievable. I'm hoping his roof comes somewhat close to what I'm seeing in the game. IRL, he is only a rookie still. Anyway, I'm settled in my apartment and looking forward to playing a bunch the next few days before I start work (but also have lots of friends and family in NJ to catch up with - not to mention unpacking.) I'm seriously considering trading Iggy after this season for a star C (Dwight Howard) or PF as I'd like to keep playing Thaddeus Young big minutes and Iggy might be slowed down by his injury...

[Eaglesfan27]

We started off strong but went through a cold 4 minute stretch in the 1st but our defense kept us in it. We closed the quarter with a 12-0 run during which Turner was incredible. We lead 25-20 at the end of 1.

They start off the 2nd quarter with a 8-0 run. We respond with a 10-0 run. Thaddeus Young having a big game. Back and forth after that.

At halftime, we lead 51-46. Turner with 17 points, 5 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals.

We start off the 2nd half with a 12-0 run before they call time. Great team play.

At the end of 3, we are up 80-72 at they hit a prayer 3 at the buzzer. Turner with 29 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals.

With 3 minutes to go, Turner and Holiday get their first break in the game. We lead 99-87.

Jefferson with 2 putback dunks to keep our lead up in double digits.

We win the game 104-91! We beat the Hawks 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs!

Turner is the player of the game with 36 points, 11 assists, 5 steals, 5 boards, 1 block, and 3 turnovers. He shot 16 of 24, 2 of 6, and 2 of 5.

Young with 22 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 9 of 16, 4 of 7,. and 0 of 0.

Jefferson with 15 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 6 of 8. Could he be ready to breakout at last?

Holiday with 12 points, 13 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 4 of 9.

Speights with 9 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 8.

Murphy led the bench with 8 points in 14 minutes. Duncan with 2 points, 2 boards, and a block in 16 minutes.

Johnson led them with 31 points on 8 of 20 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Nuggets beat the Spurs 118-116 to win the series in 5. They were led by 44 points and 13 boards from Carmelo. They also got 24 points and 15 assists from Lawson.

The Spurs were led by 34 from Parker. Jamison had 15 points and 6 boards. Redd with 10 points in 17 minutes off the bench.


Jason Terry with 24 points for the Lakers who beat the Thunder 89-84. They held Durant to 2 of 14 shooting. The Thunder still lead 3-2.

The Bulls beat the Celtics 100-78 behind 42 and 6 assists from Rose, but they still trail 3-2.

The Heat finish off the Raptors in 5, 111-97. 28 from Wade, 23 from Bosh, 20 from Chalmers, and 11 from LeBron,

Brooks with 34 points and 10 assists as the Rockets beat the Grizzlies 115-108 to remain alive. They still trail 3-2.



The Lakers tie the series 3-3, with a 108-103 win. They got 26 points and 15 boards from Bynum to lead the way. Kobe with 18 points.

Memphis finishes off the Rockets 138-122 thanks to 47 from Mayo and 26 from Gay.

Arenas with 33 points, Garnett with 17, Rondo with 17, and Allen with 15 to finish off the Bulls 114-96.


Only 1 game 7....


The Thunder win 97-94 behind 26 points and 14 boards from Durant. They also got 25 points and 7 assists from Westbook and 12 points from Green.

They held Kobe to 6 of 20 shooting and 13 points. Gasol was the leading scorer with 15 points and 13 boards for the Lakers.


The 2nd round matchups are:

#1 Oklahoma vs #4 Golden State, #2 Memphis vs #6 Denver, #1 Miami vs #5 Boston, and #2 Philadelphia vs #3 Charlotte.

[Eaglesfan27]

A preview of Charlotte:

They are a well balanced team with only 1 star - Gerald Wallace, a very athletic SF. He had a less productive season than usual this year with 14.2 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.8 spg, and 1.2 bpg. Rated 85 overall.

6'10 215 lb PF Tyrus Thomas provides rebounding and a nice scoring touch. He is their 2nd leading scorer and leading rebounder at 16.3 ppg and 8.4 rpg. He also has 1.8 bpg and 1.8 spg. Rated 79 overall.

6'8 215 SG Stephen Jackson is still getting it done at 35. A well balanced player with no weaknesses. He is averaging 18.1 ppg, 4.9 apg, and 3.2 rpg. Rated 79 overall.

PG D.J. Augustin is the youngest in the starting 5. He is 6'0 180 and is averaging 15.7 ppg and 4.6 apg. Rated 79 overall.

C Timofey Mozgov starts but plays limited minutes. He is 7'1 270 and is rated 66 overall. He is averaging 5.5 ppg and 7 rpg.

The bench is led by:

SG Gerald Henderson who is 6'4 215 and rated 74 overall. Excellent defender. Averaging 2.4 ppg.

SG Kelenna Azubuike is one of the best pure shooters on the team. 6'5 220 and rated 73 overall. Averaging 8.7 ppg.

SF Linas Kleiza provides some size for the bench at 6'8 245. Rated 73 overall. Averaging 7.3 ppg.

SF Reggie Willimas is an athletic wing man who is 6'6 210. Averaging 6.5 ppg and 2.0 rpg. Rated 72 overall.

[Eaglesfan27]

Holiday in early serious foul trouble. I'm going to try to let him play through it...

Young gets Gerald Wallace in foul trouble. We lead 9-8 midway through the 1st.

Holiday gets his 3rd with 6 minutes to go in the quarter. Turner to PG and Fuller into the game.

I rest Turner the final 2 minutes of the quarter and they close out with a 7-0 run. We are down 27-22 at the end of 1.

We bring back all starters including Holiday to start the 2nd.

I pressed my luck and Holiday picks up his 4th foul with 2 minutes to go in the half. Jefferson and Wallace each have 3. We are up 46-45 as I slide Turner to PG.

At halftime, we are tied at 50.

Turner with 25 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.


We are down 64-58 with 7 minutes to go in the 3rd as I bring back Holiday.

We are down 73-69 at the end of 3. Turner had a much quieter 3rd quarter.

Turner with a huge 4th quarter. A 3 gives us a 87-85 lead with 5 minutes left..

With 2:29 to go, Holiday fouls out. We are tied at 89. My assistant convinces me to go big. Murphy at SF, Duncan at PF, and Speights at C with Turner and Young at PG and SG.

We miss a few shots as they doubling Turner every time, but with 30 seconds left, Turner finds Duncan for a wide open 10 footer that he swishes. Tied at 91.

Duncan forces a bad shot by Thomas and we get the board with 3 seconds left. We call time. We get Fuller and Jefferson into the game. The lineup is Turner, Fuller, Young, Jefferson, and Speights for the final shot...

Jefferson throws it into Turner at midcourt.. he dribbles.. splits a double team and shoots a 18 footer at the buzzer... and swishes it!!!! Turner with buzzer beater game winner!!!

We win the game 93-91!

Turner is the player of the game with 45 points, 9 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 16 of 27, 3 of 5, and 10 of 10.

Speights with 13 points, 12 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 10.

Holiday with 12 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, 2 steals, and 6 turnovers. He shot 4 of 7.

Young with 6 points and 10 boards. He shot 2 of 7.

Fuller with 6 points in 17 minutes. Duncan with 5 points, 7 boards, and a block in 19 minutes.

Jefferson with 4 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and a block in 31 minutes. He shot 2 of 6.

Murphy with 2 points and 1 board in 17 minutes. He had 3 turnovers. He shot 1 of 4.

4 players each had 17 points for them: Thomas (5 of 12), Jackson (7 of 21), Augustin (3 of 9), and Azubuike (5 of 9.) Wallace with 11 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists on 4 of 12 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wade, Bosh, and LeBron each had 23 points as the Heat beat the Celtics 112-102 in game 1. Arenas shot 6 of 20.

The Grizzlies beat the Nuggets 111-88 as they got 28 from Mayo and 26 from Gay to take a 1-0 lead. Carmelo had 44 points but no one else had double digits.

Despite 35 points from Durant, the Thunder lost to the Warriors 124-107. Monta Ellis with 41 points and 11 assists. Curry with 40 points and 10 assists.


Now, time for game 2. Can we win 2 in a row at home?

We win 93-76 but Duncan twists his ankle in the game. He will play through it. We were led by Turner who has 25 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He had 2 turnovers. He shot 6 of 14, 4 of 8, and 9 of 11.

Young with 21 points and 2 boards. He shot 8 of 13.

Holiday with 13 points, 9 assists, 5 turnovers, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 9.

Duncan with 7 points, 11 boards, and a block in 26 minutes.

Murphy with 6 and 6. Speights with 6 and 5 in 19 minutes (foul trouble), Jefferson with 4 points and 14 boards in 28 minutes.


Despite 37 from Westbrook and 30 from Durant, the Thunder find themselves in a 2-0 deficit as the Warriors won 104-94. They were led by Curry who had 28 points and 10 assists.

Memphis wins 112-104 to take a 2-0 lead over the Nuggets. They were led by 39 points from Gay and 24 from Mayo. Carmelo shot 8 of 25 but had 23 points.

Miami with a 117-94 win to take a 2-0 lead. They were led by 31 from Bosh, 20 from LeBron, and 19 from Wade.

[Eaglesfan27]

They start out the game 12-3 as we turn it over way too much early.

At the end of 1, we are tied at 21. Murphy with a very nice quarter off the bench.

With 5:16 to go in the 2nd, Kleiza hits his 2nd 3 but gets hurt on the landing from his jump shot. He looks like it is serious. We are down 37-32.

We go on a 15-0 run after that.

At halftime, we lead 47-37. Young is our leading player tonight with 10 points, 10 boards, and 2 assists.

With 8 minutes to go in the 3rd, Turner and Augustin collide.. Augustin is down and holding his back. Looks like his night is done. We are up 56-38. After a quiet first half, Turner is turning it on.

Augustin is back a few minutes later. Just some back spasms. We lead 60-43.

We had a 20 point lead, but they close in the last 3 minutes of the quarter as I rest Young and Turner.

At the end of 3, we lead 65-53.

With 9:45 to go in the game, we bring back Turner and Young who are both rested. We lead 67-57.

After a quiet 3 quarters, Turner turns it on in the 4th and puts the game away. I pull my starters with 3 minutes to go and a 88-64 lead.

We win the game 95-74! 3-0 lead!

Turner is the player of the game after a very strong 4th. He finishes the game with 21 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He had 3 turnovers. He shot 6 of 20, 3 of 4, and 6 of 6.

Young with 18 points, 14 boards, and 4 assists. He should have gotten player of the game, but he did have 5 turnovers. He shot 6 of 8, 1 of 1, and 5 of 6.

Murphy kept us going during dry stretches with a nice game. 17 points, 4 boards, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 7.

Jefferson with 12 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Speights with 11 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Holiday with 6 points, 11 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 3 of 6.

Duncan with 6 points and 5 boards in 18 minutes.

Fuller with 4 points, 5 boards, and a block in 20 minutes.

Meeks with 2 assists in 8 minutes.


Augustin shot 2 of 12. Jackson shot 4 of 20. Gerald Wallace with 15 points on 5 of 14 shooting. Tyrus Thomas shot 9 of 15 and had 20 points and 14 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

Golden State beats Oklahoma 107-99 to take a surprising 3-0 lead! They got 24 points and 14 boards from Lee, 21 points from Ellis, 16 points and 8 assists from Curry.

Memphis beats Denver 115-105 to jump to a 3-0 lead despite 41 points from Carmelo. Memphis got 36 from Conley, 30 from Gay, and 14 from Mayo.

Boston wins at home 112-96 to make it a 2-1 series (Miami leads.) Boston got a triple double from Rondo who had 22 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists. Areneas with 25 points and Garnett with 17 points and 15 boards.


Onto game 4....


We win 88-82! Sweep! Wallace led them with 19 points. Jackson also had 19, but he shot 7 of 21.

Speights with 17 points and 12 boards. Young with 17 and 6. Turner with 12 points, 12 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers.

Baylor with 10 points in 10 minutes off the bench!

Murphy with 9 points. Holiday with 9 points and 7 assists.

Duncan with 6 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks in 26 minutes.


Oklahoma wins 124-106 to make the series 3-1. Durant with 42 points.

Denver wins 105-103 to remain alive. Lawson with 29 points and 8 assists.

Boston with a 95-87 win to even it at 2. They got 22 from Pierce and Arenas.


Oklahoma wins game 5, 106-102. 27 from Harden, 24 from Durant, and 22 from Westbrook.

Memphis finishes off Denver 105-93. They got 25 from Mayo and 24 from Gay.


Miami wins game 5, 105-91 to take a 3-2 lead. Bosh led them with 31 points and 10 boards. LeBron with 21 points, 9 boards, and 8 assists. Wade with 16.


Golden State wins game 6 124-94 behind 41 points from Ellis and 35 from Curry. Curry also had 10 assists.

Memphis and Golden State in the Western Conference Finals! Who will be our opponent in the East?


Miami finishes off the Celtics 103-93 behind 25 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists from LeBron. Bosh with 23, Chalmers with 19, and Wade with 16. Okur with 15. Arenas led the Celtics with 30 points on 13 of 24 shooting.

A look at the Heat in 2013...

[Eaglesfan27]

LeBron is 28 and is the best player in the game. 99 rating. Averaging 27.7 ppg, 9.1 rpg, and 5.7 apg.

Wade is 31 and is rated 96 overall. Averaging 25.3 ppg, 4.9 apg, and 4.6 rpg. He is tired..

Bosh is 6'11 235 and is 29. He is rated 84 overall. Good jump shot for a big man. Scoring 21.4 ppg and 8.1 rpg.

Mario Chalmers is 6'2 190, 26 years old, and rated 80 overall. Very good outside shot now. Averaging 9 ppg and 3.7 apg.

Jason Kidd is 40 years old and still rated 73 overall. Averaging 1.9 ppg and 4.9 apg in limited minutes.

Memhet Okur is 6'11 263 and is rated 71 overall. He is averaging 8.8 ppg, 6.4 rpg, and 0.7 bpg.

Jason Richardson is 6'6 225 and is 32. He is 32 years old. Hood shooter. Averaging 5.9 ppg and 1.7 rpg.

Kenyon Martin is 35 and is down to a 70 rating. He is averaging 2.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg in limited minutes.

Mike Miller is 6'8 218 and 33 years old. He is very mad at his lack of minutes. He is averaging 1.1 ppg in very limited minutes. He is rated 66 overall normally.

The rest of the team is completely filler.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. The Heat are very talented. Down 36-16 at the end of 1. Chalmers has 16 points.

NO!!! Early in the 2nd, Turner hurts his ankle on a dunk attempt. He is done for the series! Our series is over. No way can we win without him. :(

We lose the game 132-80.

Young led us with 17. Duncan wth 14. Jefferson with 9 points, 9 boards, and 4 blocks.

Chalmers led them with 30. LeBron with 29 and 9 boards. Wade with 27. Bosh wtih 20. Okur with 12.



The Grizzlies beat the Warriors 133-105 to take game 1. They got 34 from Mayo, 30 from Gay, and 22 from Henry.


Wow. We win game 2 behind 34 from Speights! 106-101 win. Young with 28 points. Murphy with 16.

James had 36 points and 10 boards in the loss.


Memphis wins 122-106 to take a 2-0 lead. They got 31 points from Mayo and 30 from Gay.

Wow. We take game 3 with 33 points from Holiday and 30 from Young. We win 109-108. Duncan added 17 and 10 boards.

Bosh led them with 41 points and 13 boards. Wade with 32. LeBron shot 2 of 14.

GS gets 55 from Ellis to to win 119-106. They are down 2-1.

Miami wins game 4 128-90 as we lose Duncan in the game to an ankle injury. James led them with 45 points and 10 boards.

GS wins 113-85 to tie the series at 2. Theyt get 31 from Ellis.

Miami wins game 5, 128-70. They get 27 from LeBron, 25 from Okur, 25 from Wade, and 24 from Bosh. Young led us with 19 but shot 6 of 22.

Memphis wins game 3, 117-114. They got 25 from Conley and 21 from Gay.


Miami wins game 6 119-80. Sucks that injuries killed our playoff series, but I think Miami crushes us even with Turner and Iggy in. Speights with 24 and 10 in our last game. Wade led them with 38 points and 10 assists.

They will face Memphis that won in 6.



Memphis wins Game 1 101-94. Miami was led by 28 from Wade. LeBron shot 6 of 16 but did have 14 assists. Gay shot 11 of 16 and Mayo shot 10 of 15 from the Grizzlies.


Miami wins game 2, 114-91. They got 42 from LeBron and 30 from Wade.

Miami wins game 3 100-93. They got 34 from LeBron along with 12 boards and 10 assists.


Memphis wins game 4, 84-80. Gay led them with 16 points and 15 boards. LeBron shot 4 of 15. Wade shot 5 of 19. Bosh shot 3 of 12.


Memphis wins game 5, 99-95. Mayo led them with 24 points on 8 of 14 shooting. Gay with 22 points and 16 boards. Childress with 16 points and 8 boards. LeBron shot 6 of 24 for his 20 points and 13 assists.

Miami wins game 6, 120-90. LeBron shot a perfect 12 of 12. 27 points, 10 boards, and 12 assists. Wade with 41 points and 10 assists.


Who will win game 7?


The Grizzlies win! 97-92. LeBron shot 11 of 30 for 29 points, 13 boards, and 7 assists.

Wade shot 3 of 13. Bosh shot 3 of 11.

Mayo led the Grizzlies with 30 points on 9 of 15 shooting. Gat with 21 points, 13 boards, and 3 blocks. Conley with 16 points.

Wow.

[Eaglesfan27]

Players Retiring:

Camby, Bulls, 39; Kidd, Heat, 40; Andre Miller, Jazz, 37; Vince Carter, Magic, 36; Steve Nash, Pistons, 39; Antwan Jamison, Spurs, 37.

Phil Jackson retires from the Heat without a 11th ring. Gregg Popovich retires from the Spurs.

Steve Nash (15 ppg, 8 apg, 2.9 rpg) and Jason Kidd (12.2 ppg, 9.1 apg, and 6.3 rpg) are inducted in the Hall of Fame.


I don't see any coaches out there better than Doug Collins, so I decide to extend his contract for 3 years at 4 million per year.

I also hire a 2nd scout for our draft preparations.


Wow. Despite the injury, Iggy declined his player option and is now a FA.

I pick up options on 4 young players: Turner, Jefferson, Jamison, and Baylor.

Turner is the highest rated player who gets his option picked up. Other highly rated players getting their option picked up: Wall (92), Cam Campbell (91), Brandon Roy (Player option - 88), Blake from Washington (87), Ellis (87), Hodges (Portland - 85), Derrick Favors (83)

Iggy is the highest rated player who declined his option.


The coaching carousel continues to go at high speed:

The Bobcats hired Scott Brooks, The Bucks hired Tom Thibodeau, The Bulls hired Jerome Wagner, Cavs hire Monty Williams, Celtics hire Stan Van Gundy, Clippers hire Nate McMillian, Grizzlies hire Robin Faulk, a bunch of other changes. Some notable ones:

Heat hire back Erik Spoelstra after Phil retired, Hornets hire Jerry Sloan, Kings hire Paul Westphal, Lakers hire Alvin Gentry, Magic hire Jim O'Brien, Thunder hire Avery Johnson, Warriors hire Vinny Del Negro.

Now for player re-signing...

[Eaglesfan27]

We re-sign Jrue Holiday for 5 years and 70 million dollars. The 23 year old PG is quickly becoming one of the top 10 PG's in the league.

Iggy is refusing to re-sign and insists on testing FA.

We re-sign Troy Murphy to 1 year at 553k.

We re-sign Fuller to a 1 year deal for 1.4 million.

We re-sign Mo Williams to a 4 year deal for 28 million. A bit higher than I wanted, but I like having a very solid backup PG.

I let Jodie Meeks test out FA and probably won't bring him back.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Draft Lottery:

The top 5 chance for #1 Pick:

1. Wizards (25%), 2 Clippers (19.9), 3 Portland (15.6), 4. Dallas (11.9), and Cleveland (8.8)

The actual order:

1. Washington, 2 Trailblazers, 3 Jazz (big increase), 4. Clippers, 5 Mavs, 6 Cavs, Nets, Magic, Knicks, Kings, Pacers, Pistons, Wolves, Trailblazers, and Raptors. We are 28th.

A look at some of the top and most interesting players in the draft:

1. 20 year old SG Devin Huffman is expected to go #1. He is 6'5 218 with tremendous athleticism and tremendous shooting ability. To top it off, he is already an elite defender.

2. 22 year old SG Marcel Micoud is the only other contender. He is a tremendous athlete who is also a tremendous shooter. He is 6'5 214.

3. J.J. Stone completes the triad of top players in this draft. The 6'3 180 pound PG is 23 which is the only knock on him. Great playmaker and shooter.

4. SG Ben Pope is only 6'0 and a bit stocky at 215. However, he is a great shooter.

5. 20 year old PG Marshall Samuel is another player with a huge upside. He is a great athlete with a good shooting touch. These 5 players all have all-star potential.

Arvydas Stojic is a player who interests me quite a bit. At 6'7 and 240 he is a good athlete who is a great shooter. He is projected to go in the 7-10 range. He is 22 years old.

PF Donnie Mann is 6'10 235 and is the best big man in the draft. Great rebounder and defender.

SF J.P Kelley really intrigues me. He is 6'11 220 and is a silky smooth shooter with 3 point range. He is projected to go 7-10 and if he makes it to that range, I'll probably try to trade for him...

This deep draft also features a very nice SG in Theodore Jackson. He is a bit raw and underdeveloped at 6'7 180 but our staff loves his shooting touch and feels he will grow into a very good player.

20 year old SG Ian Clayton is another player our staff loves and feels could be an all-star. This is the deepest draft I've seen in years. He is 6'4 220 with great athleticism and good shooting.

C Lloyd Madsen is the 2nd best big man. At 6'10 290, he has a strong rebounding presence and he is a very good defender.

[Eaglesfan27]

After workouts, I'm in love with Kelley. He isn't very quick, but he is a strong dunker and great shooter. I may make a strong move to get him....

Also, I worked out Devin Huffman for shits and giggles. WOW. Kid is dynamite. Didn't miss a shot from anywhere on the court. I'll be shocked if he doesn't go #1 and isn't rookie of the year. Him and Wall together are scary..

It is time for the draft...

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. The Wizards take PG Marshall Samuel. WTF? I don't see how he makes the top 3, and even if he does, why a PG when you have Wall?

2. Wow. The Trailblazers take SG Ben Pope. Guess their scouts widely disagree with mine.

3. Utah takes Marcel Micoud. Guess, they don't love Huffman like I do. Very tempting, but I need the tall shooting SF...

The Clippers offer me Chris Kaman and the #4 pick for Speights and Jefferson. Tempting, but I still think both players are going to be very good. I think Jefferson is on the verge of breaking out. I turn down the deal. If Kaman wasn't 31 and already showing signs of breaking down, I would do this trade.

The Clippers take Devin Huffman. Great value there.

5. The Mavs take PG J.J. Stone. Best player left. Great choice..

6. SOB! The Trailblazers trade up to the #6 pick and get Kelley! I wonder if I can convince them to trade him.

They traded Elliott Williams and Brandan Wright to the Cavs for the #6 pick and Marvin Williams.

7. The Nets take SG Ian Clayton.

8. The Magic take SG Uwe Hoffman from Germany.

9. The Knicks take project SG Theodore Jackson

10. The Kings get SF Arvydas Stojoic.


At 14, The Trailblazers read my mind and offer me Kelley and their 14th pick for Jefferson. I try to counter by offering them a combo of Powe and Baylor, but they want nothing to do with that. However, they counter with Walsh and Leon Powe for J.P Kelley! I feel a bit bad robbing them, but they obviously do not like the kid now that they have seen him. Honestly, I don't like his revealed ratings either, but I think he will play better than his ratings. I make the deal!

The Trailblazers take SF.

The Trailblazers offer me the 17th pick and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute for Tim Duncan and PG Norm Baylor. Norm isn't getting time here with Holiday and Mo Williams and Duncan has 1 year left at best. I hate giving him up, but no one has taken the young C that I think will be a very good big man. I pull the trigger!

We take Lloyd Madsen.

The Lakers are bummed I took him and offer me their pick and PG Neil Torres for him. Torres looks like a bust. I turn them down.

With the 28th pick I take Ramon Ramos, a very good shooting SG. He is from Puerto Rico and is 6'4 204 with good athleticism and excellent shooting.

The Mavs wanted him and offer us the next pick plus SG Jamaal Collins for him. I turn them down.

With the 29th pick in the 2nd round, I take Hal Myers a 6'9 215 pound SF with some decent athleticism.

I lost track of the draft, but here is the results with revealed ratings. Guess my scouts were wrong:

1. Wizards PG Marshall Samuel 78
2. Trail Blazers SG Ben Pope 80
3. Jazz SG Marcel Micoud 76
4. Clippers SG Devin Huffman 73
5. Mavs PG J.J. Stone 72
6. Trailblazers (then traded to me) SF J.P Kelley 67 - convinced he will play better than that. His defense may be a problem though..

7. Nets SG Ian Clayton 68
8. Magic SG Hoffman 64
9. Knicks SG Jackson 67
10. Kings SF Stojic 65
11. Pacers SG Vince Hickman 63
12. Pistons PG Bruno Petrovic 58
13. Wolves PG Ervin Berry 58
14. Trail Blazers SF Stevie Hawkins 61
15. Raptors PF Donnie Mann 65
16. Hawks PF Alonzo Evans 59
17. 76ers C Lloyd Madsen 62 - definitely will provide some rebounding and defense off the bench.

18. Warriors Monty Madsen SF 63
19. Lakers C Jermaine Cox (who I considered cause he is 7'0 250) 63 (but I think Madsen has better potential.)
20. Rockets SG Art Maxwell 59

Rest of the group is 55 or below. My SG with the 28th pick is rated 56 overall.

My 2nd round SF Hal Myers is rated 55 overall.

Wow. I just added 4 rookies to the team. Building around Turner.

With the Duncan trade, I'm now 2 million under the cap. I also have my MLE. Can I get a good serviceable player along with Iggy (who may be signed and traded if I can get a star C as he is getting older and may not be the same after the injury.)

[Eaglesfan27]

A look at the top FA's:

Brandon Jennings 6'1 169, 23 years old, 89.
Bynum!!! WOW. 7'0 285, 25, Rated 88. I would love to get him.
James Harden. 6'5 220, 86.
Ty Lawson, 5'11 195, 25, 86.
Jonny Flynn, 6'0 185, 24, 85.
Josh Smith, 6'9 240, 27, 85 (and frequent all-star.)
Manu Ginobili, 6'6 205, 35, 81.
DeJuan Blair, 6'7 265, 24, 78.
Rodrigue Beaubois, 6'0 170, 77.
Iggy, 6'6 207, 76 (will he bounce back to an 88 after the injury?)


I start negotiating with Bynum as it was.. he wants 102 million over 5 years. He also wants to be the star of whatever team he is on. Obviously, I can't get him without a sign and trade. :(

Crud. Iggy wants 125 million over 6 years. I can't do that with questions about how he will bounce back.

The Pistons and Cavs are battling for Bynum's signature.

The Magic are offering Iggy 82 million over 5 years. I decide to offer him that and hope his health holds up. He could be a valuable trade piece..

The Magic up their offer to 100 million over 5 years. Bastards. I match.

Meanwhile the top 2 FA's sign:

The Pistons get Bynum to sign 4 years for 78 million. The Bucks sign Jennings to a 5 year 85 million dollar deal.

The Magic decrease their deal to 4 years and 78 million for Iggy. I match.

Wow. Iggy wants out and the Spurs come out of no where and offer him 85 million over 4 years and he takes it! Crud!!

The Cavs get Jonny Flynn for 5 years at 85 million.

The Lakers sign Dorrell Wright for 5 years and 25 million.

The Pistons sign Ginobili for 2 years and 11 million.

The Hawks sign DeJuan Blair for 5 years and 52 million.

The Bulls sign Rashard Lewis to 2 years and 7.5 million.

The Hawks sign Josh Smith to 6 years and 85 million.

I can't believe I lost Iggy for nothing and lost my trade piece. That may go down as my worst move as GM in this career. :(

[Balldog]

Do you think Iggy got pissed because you ended up decreasing your deal?

[Eaglesfan27]

Do you think Iggy got pissed because you ended up decreasing your deal?

Yes, I do. Stupid move on my part. I underestimated the level of realism in the game. Oh well, I think I'm going to go on a bit more of a youth movement and maybe trade for another young developing player. The Trailblazers seem to have interest in moving Donnie Mann who I think would be another nice complimentary piece to my shooters that I already have. We need defense and rebounding even though Jefferson provides some of that.

[Eaglesfan27]

I do sort of rally and sign Charlie Villanueva to a 3 year deal for 15 million. The 28 year old PF could be a valuable outside shooter or trade bait for us...

Other FA signings:

The Magic gets Ty Lawson to a 5 year 90 million dollar deal.

They also sign James Harden to a 5 year 85 million dollar deal. Wow. Lot of talent around Howard.

The Cavs give Reggie Williams 34 million over 5 years. They also give Jermey Lin 20 million over 3 years. They also sign Rodrigue Beaubois to 4 years and 46 million.

The Bobcats sign Ramon Sessions to 4 years and 36 million.

The Spurs sign Jeff Teague to 3 years and 30 million.

The Mavs sign Paul Millsap to 4 years and 39 million.

The Clippers sign Toney Douglas to a 3 year 24 million dollar deal.

The Magic sign Wayne Ellington to 3 years and 21 million as well.

The Kings sign Andris Biedrins to a 4 year 42 million dollar deal.


I try to trade for Bynum, but the only way the Pistons will give him up is if I give up Evan Turner and Holiday which is not happening.

The Magic will only give up Howard for Turner, Holiday, and Jefferson. No star Center for us. We'll have to deal with just having a very solid center in Speights.

A look at my roster as I decide if I should make any more moves (leaning towards doing so)

[Eaglesfan27]

PG Jrue Holiday, 6'4 180, 23, 82 rating. Strengths: Shooting, perimeter defense, ball handling. Can play some 2 as well.

PG Mo Williams, 6'1 190, 30, 76 rating. Strengths: Quickness and shooting.


SG Evan Turner 6'7 205, 24, 93 rating. Strengths: Outside shooting, ball handling, IQ, perimeter defense, dunking.

SG Karl Fuller, 6'6 197, 25, 62 rating. Strengths: Shooting.

SG Ramon Ramos, 6'4 204, 21, 57. Strenghts: None. Has potential to become a good shooter.

SF Thaddeus Young, 6'8 220, 25, 80. Strengths: Perimeter defense, shooting, athleticism.

SF J.P Kelley, 6'11 217, 20, 68. Strengths: Size, outside shooting, and potential.

SF Hal Myers, 6'9 215, 21, 56. Strengths: None.

PF Bernie Jefferson, 6'10 253, 25, 81. Strengths: Rebounding, defense, dunking, nice shooting touch inside 12 feet. I think he still has some untapped potential.

PF Charlie Villanueva, 6'11 232, 29, 73. Strengths: Legitimate 3 point shooting. Turner could make him a big time scorer on the pick and roll. Defense is a liability.

PF Luc Richard Mbah A Moute, 6'8 230, 27, 72. Strengths: Perimeter defense, good rebounder for his size. Good athleticism. Still, he is the odd man out as I don't like undersized PF's. I'm going to see if I can flip him for a younger prospect.

PF Troy Murphy, 6'11 245, 33, 65. Strengths: Shooting, size, can play center.

C Mareese Speights, 6'10 245, 26, 77. Strengths: Shooting, can score from a lot of places. Isn't the best post defender or rebounder.

C Lloyd Madsen 6'10 288, 22, 62. Strengths: Rebounding.

C Ron Jamison 7'1 266, 24, 56. Strengths: Rebounding. Appears to have hit his roof. Will never be more than a big body rebounder.

[Eaglesfan27]

Rotation Expectations:

PG Holiday, SG Turner, SF Young, PF Jefferson, and C Speights.

6th man: Mo Williams.

Key bench players: Kelley, Villanueva, Murphy.

Contributors: Madsen, Fuller.

I'm willing to move Myers, Ramos, Moute, and Jamison.

I really want to move Moute and put him on the block. I immediately get a bunch of intriguing offers. The 2 most interesting are:

Theodore Jackson and Ronny Turiaf for Moute and Ramos or Donnie Mann (best PF in this past draft) and Julian Wright from the Raptors for Moute and Murphy. I like Murphy and don't want to move him but that trade would likely help chemsitry as Villanueva is going to need his minutes...

Actually, Mann and Jackson both look like they will be serviceable players, but there is one other offer out there that is too tempting to pass up...

I trade Moute to the Wizards for their 1st round pick plus Andrei Kirilenko. Let's hope they bomb another season and this pick is good.

[Eaglesfan27]

In his pre-season debut, Kelley with 8 points in 19 minutes. We beat the Mavs 119-104 behind 32 from Turner.


Kelley shoots 1 of 10 in his 2nd game, but we win 102-100 over the Jazz. Williams led us with 23 points and 5 assists.


We continue to be unbeaten in pre-season as we beat the Nuggets 111-91. Turner with 25 points and 8 assists. Villanueva with 21 points. Jefferson has had 3 double doubles. Tonight he had 11 and 10!

Kelley shot 1 of 5. Ouch.


The Bulls get 43 from Rose to beat us 120-113. Turner with a triple double - 23 points, 11 boards, and 11 assists. Speights with 21 points and 9 boards. Jefferson with 7 and 7. Kelley with 5 points and 3 boards in 18 minutes.


We beat the Raptors 125-90. Holiday with 32 points and 9 assists. Turner with 24. Young with 19. Villanueva with 18 points and 10 boards in 21 minutes.

Kelley shot 1 of 6. He did pull down 6 boards in 21 minutes.


We beat the Bulls 108-90 with 29 points from Turner, 22 from Speights, 16 from Holiday and Villanueva. Kelley with 4 points and 4 boards in 19 minutes.

We win our final pre-season game 112-90 over Dallas. We go 6-1 in the Pre-season. Our team is loaded and chemistry is GREAT! I think I have enough bench fillers who will be happy with limited minutes while having a good balance of talent...

Our roster rating is an impressive 94 :)

We open up hosting Orlando which has a 89 rating. Their top 3 players are Howard, Lawson, and Harden. Trevor Booker and Juan Cardona round out their starting 5.

I'll play that game later tonight.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are #1 in the first power poll of the year!

Time to play the revamped Orlando Magic...

With 6:10 to go in the quarter we are down 11-9. I bring in Kelley and Villanueva.

With 3:09 to go in the quarter, Holiday finds Kelley in the corner. He takes his first shot.. and makes it! 19-16, we lead after the 3 pointer.

At the end of 1, we are up 27-19. Turner is playing at an amazing level.

With 11:30 to go in the 2nd, Young is fouled hard by Howard and he is hurt. Kirilenko will come in for a bit.

Young has been diagnosed with a severely sprained back. He will miss 2-4 weeks and Kelley will get a chance to play big minutes..

I rest Turner for a few and they cut a 33-19 lead and make it 33-26.

Speights hits a 3 to make it 36-26. Love his range!

Turner with a quieter 2nd quarter but still a very good half.

At halftime, we are up 45-35.

Turner with 14 points, 7 assists, and 5 boards at the half.

Turner fouls Harden hard early in the 3rd and Harden is hurt. This is getting chippy..

Harden broke a few ribs and is out for 4-6 weeks.

All of my starters are tired with 2:40 to go in the 3rd. I bring in an entire 2nd unit: Williams, Fuller, Kirilenko, Villanueva, and Murphy. We lead 64-48.

At the end of 3, we are up 69-54.

Lead shrinks to 69-62 as I bring back all of my starters with 9 minutes to go..


We win the game 84-74 as they never get closer than 7.

Turner is the player of the game with 26 points, 10 assists, 8 boards, 3 steals, 2 blocks, and 5 turnovers. He shot 12 of 22, 1 of 2, and 1 of 2.

Jefferson with 18 points, 7 boards, and a block in 31 minutes. He shot 9 of 15.

Speights with 14 points, 4 boards, and 1 block in 31 minutes. He shot 5 of 11.

Kelley with 7 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 12. He played 31 minutes.

Holiday with 5 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 4 steals. He shot 2 of 4. 0 turnovers.

Kirilenko with 4 points and 1 board in 11 minutes.

Murphy with 4 points and 4 boards in 12 minutes.

Villanueva with 24 points, 3 points and 6 boards. He shot 1 of 5.

Williams with 3 points and 1 assist in 19 minutes.

Howard led them with 23 points and 8 boards. He shot 9 of 18.

[Eaglesfan27]

Evan Turner and Kobe were named Players of the Week for week 1! Turner's first weekly award. Should be first of many.

Oct 27th, 2013 -

We play at Milwaukee which has a talented team.

We win 99-78. Duncan led them with 17 points and 9 boards. Jennings was held to 3 of 15 shooting.

Turner shot 5 of 18 - 15 points, 6 boards, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 2 turnovers.

Holiday with 15 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Williams with 14 points and 2 assists.

Fuller with 13 points in 8 minutes. WOW.

Villanueva with 11 points and 8 boards in 28 minutes.

Kelley with 8 points and 6 boards in 30 minutes. He shot 2 of 9.

Kirilenko with 6 points in just 13 minutes. Ditto for Murphy.

Speights got into foul trouble and only played 11 minutes.

Jefferson with 4 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 33 minutes.

Jamison with 6 minutes - 2 points and 3 boards.

Madsen with 8 minutes in his debut - 1 points, 4 boards, and a block.


Oct 29th -

We host Toronto. We win 114-103. Williams with 23 points and 2 assists to lead us.

Speights with 20 points, 10 boards, and 1 block.

Turner with 19 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and a block.

Holiday with 14 points and 7 assists.

Kelley with a career high 13 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 8.

Fuller with 7 points and 3 assists in 13 minutes.

Jefferson was in foul trouble and played 17 minutes.. 5 points and 5 boards.

Villanueva shot 1 of 8. 3 point, 5 boards, and a block in 20 minutes.

Madsen with 2 points and 2 boards in 8 minutes. Jamison played 4 minutes and didn't have any stats.


Our next game is at Chicago on the 2nd of November. They are 1-2 but have a very talented roster.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 22-20. Nice balanced scoring from my squad.

At halftime, we are up 51-44. Villanueva and Turner both had a big quarter.

Turner with 19 points. Villanueva with 15.


At the end of 3, we are up 74-65. Good balanced scoring this quarter.

Early in the 4th, Holiday fouls out. Williams will step up.

With 1:26 to go, Turner hurts his back while shooting a 3. We lead 100-89 as he makes the 3.

We win the game 100-91. But at what cost?

Turner is the player of the game with 34 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 13 of 19, 4 of 8, and 4 of 4.

Villanueva with 23 points and 4 boards.

Kelley with 12 points, 10 boards, and 1 block as he shot 6 of 11.

Speights with 10 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Holiday with 6 points and 10 assists. Williams with 6 and 6.

Jefferson with 5 points, 9 boards, and a block.


Turner just has a lower back strain. He will be out but only for 1-2 weeks.

Young is still hurt, but has been cleared to play. He will start for us at SG as we will go with a big lineup.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 3 -

The loss of Turner hurts us as we lose to the Pacers 105-104.

They are now 3-2 while we drop to 4-1.

Speights with 24 points, 9 boards, and 5 blocks.

Young with 19 points. Kelley with a career high 15 points on 7 of 16 shooting. Murphy with 12. Williams with 10. Holiday with 10 points, 10 assists, and 5 boards.

Jefferson with 7 points and 12 boards.


Nov 5th -

We host Cleveland who are 4-0!

They beat us 110-104. They got 30 points and 13 assists from Flynn, 21 points from Beaubois, and 18 points from Hickson.

Kelley with a career high 23 points and 8 boards led our team. He shot 7 of 9. Villanueva with 15 points and 10 boards. Speights with 15 points.

Young with 13. Williams with 9 points. Jefferson with 9 points and 8 boards.

Holiday with 9 points and 10 assists. Fuller with 7 points in 9 miutes.

We are now 4-2. Our next game is at 3-2 Portland.


In other news, Rose already has his 3,000th career assist. Trevor Ariza has told the Hornets he will test out FA.

[Eaglesfan27]

Midway through the 1st, Pope lands badly on a dunk attempt. He will miss the rest of the game.

We are up 29-17 at the end of 1. Jefferson with 12 points.

At halftime, we are up 51-43. Jefferson with his breakout game! 19 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks at the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 80-65.

We win the game 106-91.

Jefferson is the player of the game with 33 points, 15 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 16 of 19, and 1 of 3 from the line.

Kelley with 14 points, 8 assists, 6 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 15 but 6 of 8 from the line.

Speights with 13 points, 5 boards, and 1 steal.

Young with 12 points and 4 boards. Holiday with 10 points, 12 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals.

Villanueva with 7 points and 4 boards along with 1 block.

Williams with 6 points and 3 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

News around the League:

Kobe is complaining about wanting a new contract.

LeBron and Carmelo are players of the Week.

The Lakers just signed a washed up Artest to a 1 year deal for the minimum.


Nov 8th -

We play at San Antonio and lose 92-85. After the game, Turner is cleared to return. Speights led us with 18 points, 10 boards, and a block. Holiday with 10 assists and 10 points.


Nov 11th -

We travel to Orlando and beat them 103-94. They drop to a 1-8 which is a big surprise. Turner with a huge game - 32 points, 10 boards, 8 assists, 6 steals, and 4 blocks. He shot 11 of 13, 2 of 3, and 8 of 10.

Holiday with 18 points and 10 assists. Kelley with 17 points as he keeps his starting role. He shot 6 of 12. Speights with 13 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

Jefferson with 0 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks in 30 minutes.

Our next game will be a real clash of the top teams as we travel to play Memphis on the 13th.

The Grizzlies knocked us from #1 in the power rankings this past weekend. We are #2 now... They are 8-1...

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 26-16. Turner and Williams are our big scorers.

At halftime, we are up 60-32. Just incredible basketball on the road!

Turner with 10 points and 4 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 81-50. Jefferson with a big quarter.


We win the game 111-77. That was a very impressive road win!

Turner is the player of the game with 22 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 1 turnover. He shot 7 of 16, 4 of 8, and 4 of 5.

Williams with 18 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals.

Jefferson with 17 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 13.

Speights with 12 points, 5 boards, and 3 blocks.

Murphy and Villanueva with 9 points each. Kelley with 7 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Fuller with 7 points in 7 minutes.

Holiday with 6 points and 6 assists. Young with 4 points and 3 assists off the bench in 20 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

News around the league:

LeBron and Durant won players of the week.

The top 5 in Player Efficiency Rating:

1. Durant 33.1
2. Turner!!! :) 32.7
3. LeBron 32.3
4. Kevin Martin, Hou 32.1
5. Carmelo 31.1

Top 5 Pure Point Rating:

1. Conley, Memphis 12.7
2. Rondo, Boston 12.2
3. Kyle Lowry, Hou 11.8
4. Robin Flanders (3rd year PG), Lakers 9.5
5. Deron Williams, Utah 9.5

Holiday is 6th with a 8.6

Top 5 in Average Game Score (30 is extraordinary, 20 is outstanding, 10 is average):

1. Durant 29.1
2. LeBron 26.3
3. Carmelo 24.8
4. Westbrook, Okla 24.2
5. Turner 23.3

PPG:

1. Durant 34.9
2. Carmelo 34.8
3. Kobe 29.7
4. Martin 27.1
5. LeBron 26.8

(Turner doesn't have enough games to qualify yet.)


Nov 17, 2013 -

We host Washington. We beat them 101-97. We are now 8-3. They drop to 5-5. Turner led the way - 29 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 15, 3 of 4, and 4 of 4.

Young with 15 points, 4 boards, and a block in his first start since recovering from his injury.

Speights with 11 points and 5 boards. Villanueva, and Holiday with 11 points each. Holiday with 6 assists.

Jefferson only played 24 minutes but had 8 points and 5 boards. Kelley with 3 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals in 20 minutes off the bench.


Nov 19th -

We host Portland. We drop them to 6-6 with a 119-71 blowout! Turner led the way with 35 minutes, 37 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 12 of 19, 5 of 8, and 8 of 9.

Villanueva with 17 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks in 21 minutes.

Speights with 17 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks in 25 minutes.

Kelley with 14 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block in 29 minutes off the bench.

Williams with 11 points. Ditto for Young.

Holiday with 4 points and 13 assists.

Jefferson with 2 points, 8 boards, and a block in 25 minutes.

Our next game is on the 21st at NJ.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 27-23. Turner with 17 points in the quarter!

We are tied at 50. This Net team is talented. Turner with a few assists this quarter they constantly doubled him.

Turner with 21 points, 5 assists, and 2 boards.

Early in the 3rd, Young goes down with a leg injury :(

Kelley back into the game.

At the end of 3, we are up 77-70. Turner with another big quarter. Everyone pitching in too.

10 unanswered points all created by Turner or scored by Turner to give us a 12 point lead with 3 minutes to go..

They make a strong run in the final 3 minutes, but we win 100-98 as they miss a 3 at the buzzer.

Turner is the player of the game with a career high 47 points, 7 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 14 of 25, 4 of 7, and 15 of 20 from the line.

Jefferson with 17 points, 8 boards, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 8.

Kelley with 11 points and 5 boards. He shot 4 of 9.

Young with 7 points and 7 boards before he got hurt.

Speights with 6 points, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Murphy with 5 points and 4 boards.

Villanueva with 5 points, 3 boards, and a block.

Williams with 2 points and 6 assists in 19 minutes.

Holiday with 0 points, 5 assists, and 1 turnover in 30 minutes.


Thaddeus Young is diagnosed with a twisted ankle that is minor. He will play through it.

[Eaglesfan27]

After the game, The Lakers offer Pau Gasol for Holiday and Speights. I turn them down.


Nov 22nd -

We play at Atlanta the next night. They are VERY talented with a roster rating of 93, but they are 4-9. We beat them 119-100.

Turner led us with 20 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Villanueva with 20 points and 4 boards. Speights with 18 points, 9 boards, and a block.

Kelley with 17 points and 3 boards in 27 minutes off the bench.

Young with 13 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 33 minutes.

Holiday with 11 points and 8 assists. Jefferson with 10 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Nov 24th -

We host the 7-7 Knicks. We beat them 94-84. We are now 12-3.

Turner led us with 18 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 16.

Villanueva with 18 points and 10 boards in 20 minutes. Speights with 17 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Young with 12 points. Kelley with 9 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and a block.

Williams with 7 points and 6 assists in 20 minutes. Holiday with 5 points and 2 assists in 17 minutes.

Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 33 minutes.


Our next game is hosting the Nets.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news, Evan Turner has won player of the week the last 2 weeks in a row in the East. Durant won it both weeks in the West! :)

Turner has now won it 3 weeks this year while LeBron has won it the other 2 weeks in the East. Could Turner get his first MVP?

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 26-23. Nice balanced scoring this quarter.

At halftime, we are down 49-44. Turner with a rough shooting night. Lopez has 20 points for the Nets.

At the end of 3, we are down 77-72. Turner is having a terrible night, but everyone else on my team is stepping up to keep us in it.

We lose the game 105-88. Just a rough shooting night for our stars, although Kelley had a very nice game as did a few other players.

Lopez is the star of the game with 33 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Jefferson led us with 20 points, 7 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 8 of 11.

Kelley with 16 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 11.

Turner with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 20.

Villanueva with 12 points. Holiday with 9 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists.

Speights with 7 points and 3 boards. He shot 3 of 9.

Young shot 0 of 6.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

The Wolves suffer a blow as Michael Beasley tears his MCL. He is done for the year.

Nov 30th -

We face the Bucks who are talented but struggling. We win 109-86.

Turner bounced back nicely - 27 points, 8 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 15.

Young with 25 points and 5 boards. Speights with 16 points. Wow. Fuller with 12 points in 5 minutes.

Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.


Yes! Turner was named Player of the Month along with Durant in the West!

Wow. Kelley was named rookie of the month in the East! Marcel Micoud of Utah was named rookie of the month in the West.


Dec 1st -

We host Utah who are 5-12. They beat us 88-85 :(

Turner with 19 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 14 and had 6 turnovers too.

Young with 16 points. Williams with 12. Villanueva with 11.

Holiday with 8 points and 5 assists. Speights shot 3 of 13.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 5.


Our next game is hosting Cleveland.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 32-28. Turner has had an extraordinary quarter. 16 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in the quarter.

Turner with a more quiet 2nd quarter, but he still is playing great.

At halftime, we lead 55-46. 19 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists at the half for Turner.

Turner with a huge 3rd quarter. We lead 81-63.

I try emptying the bench including Madsen with 8 minutes and a 25 point lead, but they close within 15 with 3:59 to go so I bring back our starters..

They close it to 93-88 before Turner scores his first 2 points of the quarter. Then, he hits a 3. Then, he hits another 2.

We win the game 102-92.

Turner is the player of the game with 39 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and 1 turnover. He shot 14 of 26, 5 of 8, and 6 of 6.

Villanueva with 12 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks in 26 minutes.

Holiday with 12 points, 8 assists, 5 boards, and 3 turnovers.

Jefferson with 11 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.

Speights with 7 points, 5 boards, and 3 blocks.

Williams with 6 points and 3 assists. Kelley with 5 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 2 of 8.

Madsen with 3 points and 1 board in 5 minutes. Ditto for Fuller.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. Elton Brand made his way to the Heat at some point during this offseason. I missed that.

Ahh, he signed a 1 year min sal deal on November 19th.

Dec 5th -

We play at the Knicks and they beat us 103-83. They get 20 from Amar'e, 19 from Gallinari, and 18 from Chandler.

Turner shot 5 of 17 but led us with 17 points, 9 boards, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.

Speights with 18 points and 6 boards. Holiday with 9 points and 3 assists.


Dec 8th -

We host Oklahoma and they beat us 104-99. Kelley led us with 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting. Young with 17 points, Williams with 15 points. Turner with 15 points, 13 boards, and 4 assists.

Jefferson with 5 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.


We have dropped to 14-7. Next up is a game at a very disappointing Boston team which suddenly looks very old. They are 7-14.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 22-18. Everyone chipping in a bit.

Turner with a big 2nd quarter. We lead 49-41 at the half.

Turner with 19 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.


At the end of 3, we are up 80-60. Kelley, Murphy, Turner all with a nice quarter. Jefferson has done a bit every quarter and is putting together a very nice game.

We rest our starters the last 6 minutes of the game as we are up by 25.

We win the game 107-77. Allen and Garnett look OLD.

Turner is the player of the game with 32 points, 6 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 11 of 20, 1 of 6, and 9 of 10.

Kelley with 16 points, 7 boards, 2 steals, and 1 assist. He shot 7 of 11, 2 of 4 from the arc.

Jefferson with 13 points, 6 boards, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 8.

Young with 12 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Murphy with 11 points and 5 boards. He shot 4 of 7, 3 of 4 from the arc.

Holiday with 10 points, 10 assist, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 12.

Villanueva with 7 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists.

Speights with 4 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 1 of 4.

Fuller with 5 points and 4 boards in 6 minutes.

Williams with 2 assists and 1 steal in 15 minutes.

Pierce led the Celtics with 18 but he shot 6 of 21.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

The Heat are looking to move Mike Miller. Boston is rumored to be ready to move Arenas, GS wants to move Zach Randolph, The Knicks want to move Hedo Turkoglu, the Grizzlies want to move Josh Childress (interesting one), we are rumored to be moving Kirilenko.

Bernie Jefferson has told people he wants an extension. We have the team option on him.


Dec 11th -

We play at Miami who are 11-10 but very talented.

We crush them 115-90. LeBron was held to 3 of 14. Wade with 35 points and Bosh with 17.

Balanced scoring: Holiday with 21 points and 10 assists, Speights with 19 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks. Williams with 16 points and 4 assists. Young with 14 points and 10 boards. Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, 7 assists, and 2 blocks. Villanueva with 12 points and 9 boards. Kelley with 11 points, 6 boards, and 1 block. Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Dec 13th -

In practice today, Kelley broke his toe and will miss 4-6 weeks :(

Kirilenko will get some minutes as a result while Williams and Villanueva will get many more minutes.

Derrick Rose has won Player of the Week in the East the last 3 weeks. Carmelo has won it the last 2 weeks. Kobe won it the week before that.


Dec 15th -

We play at Toronto who are 15-11 with solid talent. They beat us on a last second shot, 105-103.

Also, Jefferson hurts his quad in the game, but he will play through it.

Bayless torched us for 32 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

Turner led our team with 29 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 11 of 16.

Williams with 16 points and 4 assists. Holiday with 7 points, 11 assists, and 4 steals.

Young with 13 points and 6 boards. Speights only played 12 minutes due to foul trouble. He had 7 points and 2 boards.

Jefferson with 6 points, 6 boards, and 1 block.

Ron Jamison played 9 minutes and had 5 boards and a block. Madsen played 7 minutes and had 4 points and 2 boards.

Villanueva only played 10 minutes to foul trouble. He had 2 points and 2 boards.

Our next game is hosting Atlanta on the 16th. They are 12-14 and are rated 87 in roster strength. We are 92 with the injuries.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are back to #1 in the power rankings and have the best record in the NBA as their is more parity this year.

At the end of 1 against Atlanta, we are down 21-18. Turner doing a great job of setting up teammates early.

With 8:25 to go in the 2nd, after he hit a jump shot and lands awkwardly, Thaddeus Young has to leave the game with a back injury. Kirilenko may get big minutes tonight.. We lead 34-27.

At halftime, we lead 42-41. Turner with 10 points and 7 assists at the half.

With 6:30 to go in the 3rd, Speights has picked up his 5th foul and will have to sit.

At the end of 3, we are up 64-60. Turner is setting up everyone tonight.

Early in the 4th, Turner with a hard foul on Joe Johnson. Johnson is hurt. This game is getting very chippy.

A few minutes later, they foul Speights hard and Speights is hurt. Will there be a brawl?

Tied at 76 with 4 minutes left as I bring a rested Turner back.

Turner has been trusting teammates all night long, and he drives and kicks it out to Holiday for a long 2 to give us a 84-82 lead with 29 seconds left.

Turner with a steal. They have to foul. Turner makes both FT's to make it a 4 point game.

They miss a 3. Murphy with a board and he is fouled. He makes both FT's.


We win the game 88-82.

Turner is the player of the game with 18 points, 15 assists (a new career high), 9 boards, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 6 of 12, 2 of 3, and 4 of 4.

Holiday with 13 points, 8 assists, and 5 boards. He also had 4 steals, 1 block and 4 turnovers. He shot 6 of 12.

Murphy with 12 points and 3 boards in just 18 minutes.

Jefferson with 10 points, 4 boards, and 1 block. Speights with 10 points, 1 board, and 1 block.

Kirilenko with 9 points and 2 boards. Young with 7 points and a board in just 12 minutes.

Villanueva with 6 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block in 30 minutes.


Post game injury report:

Joe Johnson has a sprained wrist and will be out 1-2 weeks.

Speights has a back strain and is out 1-2 weeks.

Ditto for Young. Ouch, down 3 guys now.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 19th -

We are at home against Detroit. They are 14-10. Wow. Our shorthanded status really shows as we put up a stinker. We lost 80-65.

Turner shot 4 of 15. He finished with 17 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 6 turnovers.

Villanueva shot 2 of 12 as he played major minutes out of position at SF. That isn't going to work. We'll start Kirilenko next game.


Dec 22nd -

We host Boston who are now 8-19. We beat them 123-99. Turner with 33 points, 10 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 12 of 18.

Villanueva with 20 points, 13 boards, and 1 block off the bench.

Kirilenko with 10 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks as he starts at SF.

Williams with 17 points and 5 assists. Fuller with 16 points in 18 minutes off the bench. Guy is a pure shooter.

Holiday with 9 points and 9 assists.

Jefferson only played 10 minutes due to Foul Trouble but he had 9 points.

Ramos with 6 points in 5 minutes.

Madsen with 5 boards and 2 blocks in 12 minutes.

Our next game is at Charlotte.

In other news:

Stribling with a career high 33 points for the Wizards in a win over the Cavs.

Derrick Rose won the Player of the Week in the East for the 4th straight week. Evans won it in the west.

Charlotte is more talented than us with our injuries. Can we win anyway?

[Eaglesfan27]

It's a Christmas Day matchup!

With 6 minutes to go, we bring in Myers to get a bit of PT. We lead 10-6. I also bring in Madsen.

At the end of 1, we are tied at 18.

At halftime, we are down 45-37. Wallace with a huge half for the Bobcats.

With 51 seconds left, Mo Williams with a 3 point play to give us a 92-90 lead.

Augustin ties it at the other end. We each miss a shot and we are going to OT.

Turner has a dominant OT.

We win 104-96.

Turner is the player of the game with 36 points, 11 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 14 of 24, 3 of 5, and 5 of 5.

Murphy with 17 points, 6 boards, and a block in the start. He played 36 minutes.

Jefferson with 14 points, 10 boards, and a block in 36 minutes.

Williams with 13 points and 3 assists.

Holiday played 46 minutes - 12 points, 8 assists, 6 boards, 6 steals, and 8 turnovers.

Villanueva with 7 points and 5 boards. Kirilenko with 4 points and 8 boards.

Myers with 2 assists. Madsen with 4 boards in 15 minutes.

Wallace led them with 28 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 27th -

We get Young back into the starting lineup as he is 100% again.

Dec 28th -

We travel to Detroit who are 18-10 and challenging us for the conference lead.

They beat us 109-104. 2nd year SF Raynardo Gomez with 25 points. The former #1 pick looks like the real deal. He is averaging 14.8 ppg this year. Andrew Bynum with 22. Ginobili with 20.

Turner led us with 27 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists. Young with 23. Williams with 19 and Holiday with 17 points and 10 assists.


Dec 29th -

We travel to Chicago to face the 18-13 Bulls.

We crush them 113-80. Rose led them with 28 and Deng had 26, but no one else in double digits for them.

Turner led us with 25 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 18, 4 of 9, and 7 of 9.

Villanueva with 22 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Fuller with 18 points in 11 minutes as he shot 7 of 12, 4 of 6 from the arc.

Young with 14 points. Murphy with 9 points, 9 boards, and a block.

Jefferson with 9 points, 12 boards, and a block. Holiday with 6 points and 8 assists.

Our next game is hosting the 19-13 Rockets who are rated 77. We are now 20-10. This is a New Year Eve game.

[Eaglesfan27]

A trade happened last week:

The Mavs traded Paul Millsap to the Suns for Jared Dudley and Kevin Seraphin.


Before the game, Speights is cleared to play/start. He will start.


At the end of 1, we are down 26-21. Balanced scoring by us. Yao is getting it done for Houston with 10 points.

At halftime, we are down 46-42. Yao with 15 points. Turner with 17 points and 4 boards.

At the end of 3, we are up 74-66. Turner with a monster quarter. He now has 29 points.

We had a 10 point lead, but we only lead 92-88 as Turner returns with 3:44 left. He had a 5 minute break.

We win the game 100-93.

Turner is the player of the game with 35 points, 9 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 12 of 22, 4 of 6, and 7 of 9.

Young with 16 points and 7 boards. He shot 7 of 17.

Holiday with 13 points, 13 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 5 of 15.

Villanueva with 11 points and 9 boards. Speights with 11 points and 8 boards. Jefferson with 10 points and 5 boards.

Williams with 3 assists.

Yao led them with 30. Patterson with 20.

[Eaglesfan27]

New Orleans has fired Jerry Sloan and hired Sean Stallworth.

Derrick Rose and Carmelo won Players of the Month for December. Marshall Samuel (Washington) and Marcel Micoud (UTA) won Rookie of the Month.

Jan 2nd, 2014 -

We travel to play the Nets who are 16-16. We win 103-94. Speights with 17 points, 10 boards, and 1 block. Young with 17 points. Williams and Turner with 14. Turner also had 7 boards and 7 assists.

Fuller and Villanueva with 10 each. Jefferson with 8 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. He is now 100%.

Jan 3 -

We host the Nuggets who are 13-21 and horrible with only Carmelo as their real asset. We win 105-90.

Carmelo with 32. Holiday with 20 points and 7 assists.

Turner with 16 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Fuller with 14 points in 14 minutes.

Villanueva with 11 points and 8 boards.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, and a block.


Our next game is hosting the Hornets on the 5th. They are 10-23 despite a talented roster. We are now 23-10.

Jan 4th -

Stan Van Gundy has been fired in Boston. They have hired Brandon Marsh. The Celtics have lost 10 straight.

I decide to look in on Iggy - he is doing very well. Near his career high with 18.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 6.9 apg. He also is at a career high 2.4 spg. Despite that, the Spurs are 10-23 and almost dead last in the Western Conference. Could I trade for him? Should I?

[Eaglesfan27]

I explore several trade options for Iggy, but they all include either Turner or a combo of Holiday and Jefferson. I'm not willing to do either one.


Onto the game vs the Hornets. It takes them 7 minutes to score from the field. We lead 17-4.

At the end of 1, we are up 26-13. Turner with a big quarter.

Speights with a tremendous quarter. This was the Turner and Speights show. We lead 48-36.

Turner with 18 points and 8 assists at the half. He ran great pick and rolls with Speights. Speights also has 18 points.


We are putting on a show for our home fans. We lead 74-50 at the end of 3.

I pull my starters with 6 minutes to go.

We win the game 95-73.

Turner is the player of the game with 32 points, 15 assists, 8 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He had 3 turnovers. He shot 12 of 19, 3 of 5, and 5 of 5.

Speights with 24 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 16.

Jefferson with 11 points, 9 boards, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 10.

Holiday with 8 points, 4 boards, 13 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 10.

Young with 6 points and 5 boards. He shot 3 of 10.

Villanueva with 6 points and 6 boards. He shot 3 of 6.

Kirilenko with 2 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist. Madsen with 2 points and 2 boards in garbage time. Williams with 2 points and 1 assist in 19 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

We take over 1st place in the power rankings from the Grizzlies.

We are now 24-10.

Jan 7th -

We host the 16-19 Nets.

They beat us 104-99. Speights led us with 28 points on 10 of 17 shooting. Turner with 19 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 11.

Holiday with 11 points and 9 assists. Villanueva with 10 points and 5 boards. Young with 10 points.

Jefferson with 2 points, 11 boards, and 4 blocks. He shot 1 of 2.


Jan 8th -

We travel to play Cleveland which has become a very good team. They are 22-13.

They beat us 120-90! Flynn with 41 points and 8 assists vs us! Beaubois with 32 points. Reggie Williams with 17 points.

Turner with an off night. He finished with 16 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 6 of 14. Young with 14 points. Villanueva and Williams with 13 points each.

Jefferson with 8 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 5. Holiday shot 1 of 10. He had 4 points and 9 assists.


We are now 24-12. Our next game is against a dreadful Dallas team that is 10-26.

The day before the game Kirilenko hurts his hammy in practice. He can play through it.


In other news:

Blake Griffin with his 8th straight double double in a row and the Clippers have won 8 in a row. Tonight he had 32 and 13 to lead the Clippers to a 110-107 win over the Nets.

A look at the Eastern Standings:

1. Pacers (surprising) 25-10
2. 76ers 24-12
3. Cavs 23-13
4. Bulls 22-14
5. Pistons 20-14
6. Bobcats 22-16
7. Wizards 20-15
8. Raptors 21-16
9. Heat 16-18! (why are they doing so bad? I'll take a closer look in a minute)
10. Knicks 17-20
11. Nets 17-20
12. Bucks 17-20
13. Hawks 15-24
14. Magic 12-27 (another surprise)
15. Celtics 10-27

Oh wow. The Heat lost LeBron for the year to a torn MCL! He only played 26 games this year. Will he come back to full strength in the future?

Chris Bosh has also been hurt this year and has missed several weeks.


No such injury concerns for the Magic. Harden isn't playing so well with Lawson and Howard which is a surprise. I thought that trio would blend very well.

The Celtics have been without Rondo for part of the year with a broken arm. Arenas is unhappy and is a cancer to the team. He is demanding a trade. Pierce is 36 and is averaging career lows in every category. Ditto for Garnett (who is 37) who has been relegated to a role off the bench and he is mad about it. He is demanding a trade too. Allen is accepting a role off the bench with class.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are down 21-18. Quiet quarter by Turner but Fuller with 5 points.

Terrible 1st half. Sloppy passes, terrible shooting, poor defense. We are lucky to only be down 45-35.

Holiday leads our team with 8 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Caron Butler with 11 for Dallas (but he has shot 3 of 12.)

We start off the 2nd half with a 11-2 run. We are down 47-46. Turner coming to life...

At the end of 3, we are down 60-59. Turner with a big quarter. He is now the leading scorer with 20.

Turner and Williams with a big 4th to give us a comfortable win.


We win the game 87-75.

Turner is the player of the game with 31 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 11 of 22, 3 of 7, and 6 of 10.

Young with 12 points and 6 boards. Holiday with 12 points, 10 assists, 9 boards, and 8 turnovers. He shot 4 of 6.

Williams with 9 points and 6 assists. Villanueva with 7 points and 8 boards.

Jefferson with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 9.

Fuller with 5 points in 6 minutes.

Speights with 5 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks.

[Eaglesfan27]

Kelley has been cleared to play again.

Jan 12th -

We host a talented Clippers team.

They beat us 88-86. Holiday led us with 18 points, 8 assists, and 4 boards. Turner with 16 points, 8 boards, and 8 assists but he shot 8 of 20.

Griffin led them with 23 points, 16 boards, and 3 blocks. Harper with 18 points and Bledsoe with 16 points.

Villanueva with 12 points, Williams with 11, and Young with 10. Kelley with 6 points on 1 of 6 shooting in his comeback.

Campbell is playing great and the Suns have won 10 straight thanks to his play.

Beaubois wants to be traded out of Cleveland.



Jan 14th -

We host the Heat who are 17-19. We beat them 106-100. Turner with 35 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 15 of 18.

Young with 21 points and 10 boards as he is now 100%.

Villanueva with 16 points. Holiday with 15 points, 12 assists, and 2 boards.

Madsen with 4 points. Kelley with 3 points and 4 boards in 24 minutes.

Our next game is hosting a 23-17 Charlotte team.

[Eaglesfan27]

We start off with a 9-0 run.

At the end of 1, we are up 25-23. They closed the gap when Turner rested.

At halftime, we are up 56-38. Turner with a great game. 12 points, 8 assists, and 5 boards.

We had a 24 point lead at one point, but they quickly close the gap over the last 5 minutes of the 3rd. We lead 72-67.

Wow. We were up 93-90 with 29 seconds left and we let them steal it and they got a 3 at the buzzer to send it to OT.

Wow. Brutal loss. We lose 101-100 in OT. Turner missed 2 key shots down the stretch.

Turner finishes with 28 points, 13 assists, 9 boards, 1 steal, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. He shot 9 of 15, 2 of 5, and 8 of 9.

Young with 17 points and 8 boards. Murphy with 12 points and 4 boards.

Holiday with 12 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Villanueva with 11 points and 5 boards.

Speights with 11 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Kelley with 3 points and 2 boards in 15 minutes. He shot 1 of 3.

Jefferson with a quiet night - 2 points and 6 boards. He shot 1 of 8.

Williams with 2 points and 5 assists.

D.J. Augustin led them with 34 points including the game tying 3.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 19, 2014 -

We host Chicago. They are 26-15 and we are 26-14.

We win 108-92 as Turner led the way with 29 points, 15 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 11 of 19.

Speights with 23 points and 8 boards. Kelley with 17 points. Young with 13.

Holiday with 11 points and 7 assists. Jefferson with a quiet 6 points, 4 boards, and a block.


Some stat leaders at the half way point:

PPG:

1. Rose 34.2
2. Anthony 30
3. Kobe 27.9
4. Evans 27.4
5. Durant 27.1
6. Wall 25.8
7. Wade 25.6
8. Turner 25.2
9. Mayo 24.7
10. Amar'e 24.7

RPG:

1. Pau Gasol 13.5
2. Love 12.2
3. Noah 12.1
4. Howard 10.8
5. Amar'e 10.7
6. Hickson 10.6
7. Crawford 10.5
8. Hodges 10.4
9. Gay 10.2
10 Al Jefferson 10

Assists:

1. Conley 9.6
2. Paul 9.3
3. Felton 8.7
4. Rose 8.6
5. Williams 8.4
6. Curry 8.4
7. Lawson 8.1
8. Wall 8.1
9. Westbrook 7.9
10. Holiday 7.8

SPG:

1. Iggy 2.6
2. Lawson 2.5
3. Curry 2.5
4. Paul 2.4
5. Kobe 2.3

Blocks:

1. Tyrus Thomas 2.5
2. Smith 2.2
3. Howard 2.2
4. Noah 2.2
5. Gasol 1.9


Player Efficiency Rating:

1. Turner 30.6
2. Rose 29.8
3. Wall 28.6
4. Anthony 28.5
5. Tyreke 28.4

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 21st -

We host Minnesota. They are 14-28.

We beat them 108-99. Turner led the way with 29 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 8 of 19.

Speights with 27 points, 4 boards, and 4 blocks. Villanueva with 21 points.

Jefferson with 0 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

We play the next night at Washington. They are 25-16 and coming together nicely mainly powered by Wall.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 29-17. Turner and Villanueva with a big quarter. We will push hard the entire game this time..

At halftime, we are up 52-34. Turner is dominating. He has 15 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Villanueva with 11 points.

Holiday lands awkwardly early in the 3rd and he is hurt. Looks like his ankle.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-60. Turner needs to finish strong. Holiday has been cleared to return, but he has a sprained ankle that will slow him.

Ramos is going to get a few minutes as Turner rests to start the 4th.

With 9:30 to go, they make it 71-70. I bring back all of our starters.

Back and forth game, until Turner with a few drives inside causing a collapsing defense before he kicks it out to Kelley for back to back jumpers. We lead 86-81.

With 2:36 to go, Williams fouls out. Holiday back in.

We had a 10 point lead with 90 seconds left, but 2 turnovers by Holiday, a block by Dalembert and they are back in it with 34 seconds to go. Turner misses a 12 footer. They have a shot to tie with 13 seconds left..

91-89...

Wall breaks down a gimpy Holiday and hits a floater in the lane. Tied at 91 with 6 seconds left.

Turner brings it up court quickly, he is doubled, he finds Young for an open corner jumper.. he shoots.. and misses!

We are going with Turner, Young, Kelley, Jefferson, and Speights in OT.

Other than missing one of his FT's, Turner did almost everything perfect in OT including shutting down Wall.

We win 103-95.

Turner is the player of the game with a triple double - 30 points, 10 boards, 12 assists, 1 block, and 2 turnovers. He shot 11 of 22, 4 of 5, and 4 of 5.

Villanueva with 16 points and 4 boards. Kelley with 14 points and 7 boards in 25 minutes.

Young with 12 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 1 block.

Speights with 10 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Holiday with 5 points, 5 assists, 2 boards, and 4 turnovers.

Murphy with 5 points and 5 boards in 20 minutes. Williams with 5 points and 6 assists in 27 minutes.

Jefferson with 5 points, 4 boards, and 3 blocks in 34 minutes. He shot 2 of 6.

Ramos with 1 points and 1 board in 3 minutes.


Blake led them with 25 points and 6 boards. Stribling with 19 points. Wall with 12 points and 13 assists. He shot 6 of 15.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 25th -

We host the Bucks who are 19-25. We beat them 107-100.

Turner led the way with 24 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 6 of 10.

Speights with 25 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 17 points. Williams with 12 points. Villanueva and Young with 10 each.

Jefferson with 5 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 8.

Iggy has won player of the week in the West the last 2 weeks! Meanwhile Rose is winning it every week in the East.

The Celtics, Hawks, Hornets, and Wolves are all rumored to be having firesales...

Jan 27th -

We are at Utah. They are 24-22. We beat them 107-88. Turner led the way with 24 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 10. I won't mess with this chemistry.

Williams with 18 points and 7 assists. Young with 17 points. Villanueva with 12. Holiday with 12 and 5 assists. He also had 4 steals.

Kelley with 8 points and 5 boards. Jefferson with 5 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Our next game is at Golden State. They are 21-23. We are now 31-14.

[Eaglesfan27]

Lost a post but the summary of the game is that it was a back and forth game, but Turner took over down the stretch and we beat Golden State 99-88.

Turner was the player of the game with 34 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 11 of 23, 2 of 5, and 10 of 11.

Holiday with 13 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 5 of 8.

Villanueva with 12 points and 3 boards. Young with 9 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists.

Jefferson with 9 points, 5 boards, and a block. Williams with 8 points and 4 assists.

Kelley with 8 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists in just 20 minutes.

Speights with 4 points and 5 boards. Murphy with 2 and 2.


After the game, the Pistons offer Anthony Randolph and their 1st round pick for Holiday and Jefferson. I turn them down.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Cav's chances take a blow as Beaubois breaks his jaw and is out for 2 months.

Durant with 40 points in a 114-82 win over the Bucks.


Jan 30th -

We travel to play a struggling Lakers team that has been decimated by time, injuries, and the loss of Bynum. They are 20-27 and there is talk they will let an aging Kobe leave as a FA after this year.

We lose 102-94 and we lose Mo Williams to a sprained knee. He will miss 2-4 weeks.

Kobe led them with 20 points. Torres with 20 and Gasol with 14 points and 13 boards.

Turner led us with 27 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 9 of 17. Young with 18 points. Speights with 11 points and 7 boards.

Holiday with 10 points and 7 assists. Villanueva with 7 points and 4 boards. Jefferson with 6 points, 7 boards, and a block.

Feb 1st -

Our trip to LA ends up in us being swept as the Clippers beat us 96-92. They rise to 23-23. We drop to 32-16.

Griffin led them with 18 points and 14 boards. Harper with 18 points and 5 assists. Bledsoe with 14 points.

Villanueva led us with 20 points and 9 boards. Turner with 18 points, 11 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 7 of 12. Young with 15 points. Kelley with 13. Holiday with 12. Jefferson with a disappointing night - 1 point, 3 boards, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 4th -

We host Iggy and the Spurs! They are 15-32. We are 32-16. Before the game, Jefferson hurts his knee in warm-ups but he will play through it.

We jump to a 20-5 lead with 4 minutes left in the 1st. Iggy has all 5 points, but he is shooting poorly.

After a time out they go on a 10-0 run.

After a great start, we are tied at 24 at the end of 1.

Back and forth 2nd quarter. We are down 44-42 at the end of the half. Iggy has 12 points but he has shot 3 of 15. Turner has 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting.

Back and forth 3rd. We are tied at 66.

In the 4th, Turner really steps it up. We win the game 97-83.

Turner with 39 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 14 of 20, 4 of 8, and 7 of 7.

Young also had a nice game - 16 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 14.

Holiday with 13 points, 12 assists, 5 boards, and 5 steals. He shot 6 of 12.

Speights with 9 points and 7 boards. Kellley with 8 points and 4 boards. Jefferson with 6 points and 5 boards.

Villanueva shot 0 of 7. He finished with 0 points and 6 boards.

Iggy was their only player in double digits. He shot 7 of 28 and finished with 21 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. Parker was 3 of 13 and finished with 9 points and 4 assists.

[Zinto]

Good stuff Eagle. I have been following along since the most recent draft. Every time I see you posted an update I go and play 2K11. I love seeing how much you have gotten Turner to grow since he was one of my favorite players to watch in college even though he played for my least favorite team.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Suns lose superstar PG Cam Campbell to a broken hand. He'll miss 4-6 weeks.


Feb 6th -

We host a 31-21 Charlotte team. We take care of them 107-90. Young led the way with 26 points and 7 boards.

Turner with 11 points, 8 boards, 14 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Holiday with 21 points and 8 assists.

Villanueva with 16 points, 10 boards, and a block. Murphy with 11 points and 5 boards.

Kelley with 10 points and 5 boards. Jefferson with 0 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Speights with 6 points, 4 boards, and a block in just 14 minutes.


Feb 7th -

The next night we travel to play 23-28 Miami. They beat us 109-90 as Bosh scores 30 and Wade puts up 29. Brand with 10 points and 5 boards against us.

Turner led our team with 20 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. Villanueva with 15 points. Holiday with 13 points and 13 assists. Kelley with 12 points. Ditto for Young. Speights with 10 points but he shot 5 of 15.

Our next game is on the 10th vs the Lakers.

Donnie Hodges wins player of the week. I'm sort of wishing I had traded for him when I had the chance in the past. Tyrus Thomas wins it in the East as the big guys dominate the week.

For the Month of January, Durant and Rose won it. Marshall Samuel of Washington edged out Kelley for Rookie of the month in the East while Marcel Micoud of Utah won it for the 3rd straight month in the West.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Magic approach me and offer me Dwight Howard for Holiday and Turner. We go back and forth on several counter offers, but they always insist on getting Turner which is a non-starter.

The same day the Celtics offer me Rondo straight up for Turner which I turn down.

Jefferson is back to 100% for this game against the Lakers.


Kobe and Turner going at it with each other early. We lead 26-24 at the end of 1. Turner with 12 points.

We are up 47-45 at half. Gasol is their leading scorer with 13. Turner has 18.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-69. Turner with 25 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

We open the 4th with a 11-0 run before they call time.

We turn that into a 15 point lead that we never give up.

We win the game 103-88.

Turner is the player of the game with 31 points, 14 assists, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He also had 4 turnovers. He shot 12 of 24, 4 of 7, and 3 of 5.

Young with 15 points and 5 boards. Speights with 14 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Jefferson with 13 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. Holiday with 11 points, 13 assists, and 4 boards.

Murphy led the bench with 8 points and 4 boards. Villanueva with 5 points and 4 boards. Kelley with 4 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and a block in 15 minutes. Ramos with 2 points.

Kobe ended up with 28 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 12 of 29.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Heat suffer another blow as they lose Wade to a broken bone in his foot for 4-6 weeks. Maybe they'll get a top draft pick..

The All-Stars have been announced:

East:

John Wall (1st appearance - does it mean as a starter?)

Evan Turner (1st appearance - I'm sure he was an All-star, must mean 1st as a starter.)

Josh Smith (4th appearance)

Amar'e (8th)

Dwight Howard (8th)

Bench:

Brandon Jennings (2nd), Owen Blake (1st), Danny Granger (3rd), Tyrus Thomas (2nd), Brook Lopez (3rd), Ty Lawson (1st), Gilbert Arenas (6th)

West:

Chris Paul (7th), Kobe (16th), Durant (5th), Carmelo (7th), and Al Jefferson (3rd.)

Bench:

Westbrook (4th), Tyreke Evans (3rd), Rudy Gay (1st), Donnie Hodges (2nd), Billy Crawford (1st), Andre Iguodala (2nd), and Deron Williams (5th.)


Holiday injures his ankle in practice and will miss 4-6 weeks :(

Turner will start at PG and Ramos will get a start at SG.

Feb 13th -

We play at home vs Orlando who are 17-36 despite having 2 All-Stars.

We beat them 105-102.

Turner with a great job at PG, 25 points, 10 assists, 7 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 9.

Young with 26 points and 8 boards. Speights with 18 points and 3 boards. Ramos with 10 points.

Jefferson with 7 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Kelley with 3 points and 5 boards.


Feb 16th -

Our last game before the All-Star break is against the Knicks at home. They are 27-29.

We beat them 113-95. Turner with 10 points, 10 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Young led the team with 25 points. Speights with 24 points, 9 boards, and a block.

Villanueva with 17 points. Ramos with 13 points. Kelley with 8 points. Madsen with 4 points and 4 boards in 8 minutes.


We are 37-17 and tied for 1st in the East at the All-Star break (tied with the Pacers.)

The Cavs are 3.5 back, Bobcats 4 back, Raptors and Bulls both 4.5 back, Pistons 5 back, Wizards 7 back, Nets 11 back.


The Clippers try taking advantage of our PG situation by offering Toney Doglas for Villanueva and Madsen. I turn them down.

The Rookies beat the Sophomores 93-87 behind 20 points from Kelley!

The East beats the West in the All-Star game and Turner is the MVP with 30 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists! :) Wall had 28 points and 8 assists.

Iggy had 12 points, 10 assists, and 4 boards. Gay led the West with 29 points.


Our next game is at Sacramento who are 29-26 with a roster rating of 89.

[Eaglesfan27]

A lot of movement at the All-Star break!

The Spurs pull the trigger in shipping Tony Parker to Sacramento. In return, they get C Andris Biedrins and my former PF Craig Brackins.

The Hornets trade an unhappy David West along with Jarrett Jack to Memphis for an unhappy Josh Childress and Sam Young. Seems like Memphis just got even better!

The Magic fire Jim O'Brien and hire Keith Smart.

Now, we get to play at Sacramento in Tony Parker's first game there. Turner will get the job of shutting him down.

[Eaglesfan27]

5 minutes into the game and Turner already has gotten a 2nd foul on Parker. We are up 15-2.

At the end of 1, we are up 28-13. Turner is completely dominating the game.

Turner with a quieter 2nd quarter. At halftime, we lead 50-40.

Turner with 20 points and 8 assists at the half. He has shut down Parker by getting him into foul trouble and just playing terrific defense.

Thaddeus Young hurts his arm or wrist early in the 3rd. He has to come out of the game.

At the end of 3, we are up 67-62. Turner has played every minute and is tiring. We'll rest him for 3 to 4 minutes to start the 4th.

With 8:30 to go, Turner returns. We lead 67-66.

Turner gave us a 5 point lead with 8 seconds left, but Parker hits a 2 and then they steal it and Tyreke Evans hits a 3 to tie it with 0.8 seconds left.

We are tied at 84 at the end of regulation.

Back and forth in OT.. oh my Tyreke Evans hits a 3 and draws a foul that he makes to give them a 97-95 win with 0.4 seconds left.

Evans ruins an amazing night from Turner. Evans with 24 points, 10 boards, and 5 assists.

Turner with 34 points, 19 assists (new career high), 7 boards, and 7 turnovers. He shot 13 of 19, 0 of 1, and 8 of 10.

Jefferson with 15 points, 11 boards, and 4 blocks. Signs of a breakout?

Villanueva with 15 points and 5 boards. Speights with 13 points and 7 boards.

Kelley with 7 points, 9 boards, and 2 assists. Young with 5 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 2 of 10.

Ramos with 4 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists.

Young just has a sore wrist and will be able to play through it.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are now 37-18. Next up, we play at Oklahoma. They are 39-19 despite injuries. Mo Williams has been cleared to return for this game, and he will play a huge part.

They win 115-99 behind 35 from Westbrook and 31 from Durant.

Turner led us with 24 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. Villanueva and Young with 16 each. Fuller with 12 points in 8 minutes as we work him back into the rotation. Speights with 12 points.

Williams with 10 points and 8 assists. Kelley with 4 points and 4 boards in 28 minutes.

Feb 26th -

We travel to play the Suns who are on a winning streak. They beat us 112-108. We drop to 37-20.

They got 24 points from Eric Gordon.

Turner led us with 29 points, 12 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Young with 15, Speights with 13. Fuller with 12 in 9 minutes. Murphy and Kelley with 9 points each.

Williams with 8 points and 3 assists in 35 minutes. Jefferson with 6 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.

Evan Turner wins Player of the Week while Tyreke Evans wins it in the West.

Our next game is at Minnesota. They are 20-40.

In other news, the Spurs have fired Lionel Hollins and hired Derrick Hart.

Kevin Garnett announced he will retire after the season is over.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 26-19. Turner with a very nice 1st quarter. Kelley providing a spark off the bench.

Turner with another great quarter and Kelley continues to sink open shots.

At halftime, we lead 52-36. Strong defense. Turner with 10 points and 6 asissts at the half.

We open the half with a 20-6 run to put this game away. We lead 86-58 at the end of 3. Everyone chipping in but Kelley with a career night.

With 6:30 to go, I pull my starters. We are up 100-66.


We win the game 112-72.

Kelley is the player of the game! The rookie just had a breakout performance. 23 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 12, 1 of 2, and 2 of 2.

Turner with 20 points, 10 assists, 4 boards, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 12.

Villanueva with 17 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks. Williams with 13 points and 8 assists.

Young with 12 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. Fuller with 10 points and 6 boards.

Jefferson with 7 points and 7 boards. Speights with 6 points and 9 boards. He shot 3 of 9.

Madsen with 2 boards in 6 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 2nd -

We host GS who are 28-30. We beat them 97-83. Turned with 15 points and 5 assists. Speights with 14 points and 15 boards.

Williams with 14 points and 4 assists. Kelley with 12 points, 7 boards, and 3 assists.

Young with 11 points and 4 boards. Villanueva with 12 points and 6 boards.

Jefferson with 5 points, 7 boards, and 3 blocks. Fuller with 9 points in 10 minutes. Murphy with 5 points and 7 boards.

In other news, Evan Turner is now atop the PER (Player Efficiency Rating) with a 30.27.

The top 5:

2. Evans 29.38
3. Durant 29.02
4. Rose 28.11
5. Anthony 27.72

The Spurs fired Lionel Hollins and hired Derrick Hart.


March 4th -

We host the Kings who are 33-27. We lose to them 111-106.

Evans with 33 points and Cousins with 23 against us.

Young with 23 points. Turner with 17 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 7 of 16.

Williams with 16 points and 6 assists. Speights with 14 points and 7 boards.

Villanueva with 13 points and 5 boards. Fuller with 8 points in 8 minutes.

Jefferson with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Kelley shot 1 of 8 and finished with 4 points and 4 boards.


Our next game is on the 6th at the Conference Leading Pacers with a record of 42-19 (but a weaker roster than us.)

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, Turner gets into foul trouble as he picks up his 3rd foul.

We are down 23-17.

The 2nd quarter without Turner is rough. We are down 49-37 at the half.

Turner on fire to start the 3rd! We are down 51-50 as they call time with 8:35 to go.

At the end of 3, we are down 61-59.

With 8:20 to go, Thaddeus Young with a non-contact ankle injury.

With 19 seconds left, Turner hits a pair of FT's to tie it at 88. He has been great down the stretch this game..

With 1.8 seconds left, Granger hits a 20 footer despite being covered.

We get Turner a look from just inside midcourt, but he misses the long 3.


We lose 90-88.

Their young player, Jamal Brooks, is the player of the game. The PF had 20 points and 7 boards. He was the #5 player taken in the 2012 draft. Hibbert with 17 and Granger with 16.

Turner led us with 31 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 10 of 18.

Speights with 16 points and 7 boards. Jefferson with 11 points, 5 boards, and a block.

Villanueva with 8 points and 3 boards. Williams with 8 points, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers.

Young with 4 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. Kelley with 4 points and 6 boards.

After the game, we find out Young has a grade 3 ankle sprain and will miss about a month :(

[Eaglesfan27]

For March, Evan Turner was the player of the Month. Tyreke Evans was the player of the month in the West. Rose and Turner are the only players to win it in 2 months this year.

Marshall Samuel (was) and Marcel Micoud won Rookies of the month again.


March 9th -

We host Phoenix. They are 37-27. We beat them 117-101.

Speights led the way with 27 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks.

Jefferson with 16 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks!

Williams with 16 points and 6 assists. Turner with 16 points and 7 assists.

Villanueva with 14 points and 4 boards. Kelley with 10 points and 8 boards.

Fuller with 8 points. Kirilenko with 5 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks in 12 minutes.

That was our 40th win of the year. We are 40-22. We are 3 games behind the Pacers.


March 11th -

We play in Boston. They beat us 102-99 behind 34 points from Arenas, a triple double from Rondo and 20 from Pierce. Rondo with 15 points, 11 boards, and 11 assists.

Kelley led our team with 20 points and 9 boards. I think the kid is destined to be a star and give us another great piece beside Turner.

Speights with 19 points and 10 boards. Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 15.

Villanueva with 12 points and 9 boards. Jefferson with 12 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.

Mo Williams with 9 points and 9 assists.

We get great news as Holiday has been cleared to return for our next game which is hosting the Pacers. We must win if we want to have any chance to catch the Pacers.

[Eaglesfan27]

In that game, Pierce got his 25,000th career point.



At the end of 1 against the Pacers, we are tied at 29.

At halftime, we are down 54-52. Turner with a great half. 20 points, 7 assists, and 3 boards.

Turner rests for a few in the 3rd quarter and they go on a 12-0 run. We are down 79-69 at the end of 3.

Granger hits a 3 with 1:55 to go to give them a 97-94 lead.

Turner finds Kelley for a wide open corner 3 to tie it.

Granger blows by Kelley for a dunk. Williams beats Collison using a pick and gets to the lane where he is fouled and makes the shot. He misses the FT and they go on the fast break where they find George for another 3. We are down 102-99.

Turner with a 3 off a screen to tie it at 102 with 45 seconds to go.

Granger misses a shot as Kelley bothers it. Turner is double teamed and finds Williams who misses a slightly contested shot.

With 6 seconds left, Hibbert draws a foul in the post.

Turner is double teamed.. he splits the double team.. shoots with a hand in his face.. and misses.

We lose 104-102.

Paul George is the player of the game. The young SG finished with 26 points and 5 boards. Granger with 19 and Hibbert with 18.

Turner led us with 36 points, 11 assists, 7 boards, and 3 steals. He also had 7 turnovers. He shot 15 of 27, 6 of 8, and 0 of 0.

Speights with 14 points and 7 boards. Williams with 13 points and 5 assists.

Jefferson with 12 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 8.

Holiday with 10 points and 7 assists. Villanueva with 9 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Kelley with 8 points, 13 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

That was the Pacers' 9th straight win and they have a virtually insurmountable lead for the #1 spot with only 16 games to go.

In other news, Nicolas Batum of the Bucks tore his hamstring and is done for the year.

We are now 40-24.

Our next game is the next night at NY.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 14th -

We crush the Knicks 121-90. Turner with 31 points, 11 boards, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 8 of 16.

Villanueva with 17 points and 11 boards. Fuller with 13 points in 14 minutes.

Speights with 10 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks. Kirilenko with 9 points and 5 boards.

Williams with 9 points and 6 assists. Holiday with 8 points and 4 assists.

Murphy with 8 points and 5 boards. Kelley with 6 points and 4 boards.


March 16th -

We host Detroit. They are 41-26. We are 41-24.

We crush them 134-104.

Turner with 26 points, 10 assists, 4 boards, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 10 of 15.

Villanueva with 25 points and 8 boards. Williams with 20 points and 6 assists.

Speights with 18 points, 7 boards, and a block. Jefferson with 10 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, and 1 block.

Kelley with 10 points and 10 boards. Holiday with 10 points and 12 assists.

Murphy with 8 points. Fuller with 5 points in 9 minutes.

Our next game is at Dallas on the 18th.

The Pacers' chances just took a blow as they lost SG Brandon Rush for the year with a torn hamstring. He provided quality minutes in both of their wins against us.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dallas is 18-51. This should be a blow out.

At the end of 1, we are up 25-17. At one point, we were up by 12. Turner with 7 points.

They start off with a 10-0 run while Turner is resting.

At halftime, we lead 44-38. We shut them down once Turner came back into the game. He has 15 points and 8 assists at the half.

Turner putting on a clinic. We lead 75-53 at the end of 3. Turner with 30 points and 9 assists.

With 8 minutes to go and a big lead, Turner hurts his ankle on a non-contact play :(

We lead 90-61 as I pull my starters.

We win the game 103-80.

Turner is the player of the game with 33 points, 12 assists, 9 boards, and 1 block. He convinced me to keep him in for the triple double. Now, how bad is he hurt? How long is he out?

Jefferson with 16 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. The big man is finally coming into his own.

Holiday with 14 points, 13 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 4 of 8.

Kelley with 13 points and 7 boards. Speights with 8 points, 9 boards, and a block.

Fuller with 5 points in 8 minutes. Villanueva with 4 points and 6 boards. Williams with 5 assists and 0 points. Madsen with 2 points and 3 boards in 20 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Turner is done for the regular season with a grade 3 ankle sprain and is questionable for the 1st round of the playoffs :(

Going to sim the regular season's last few weeks as his quest for the MVP was my main point of interest. We are locked into either the #2 or 3 seed at this point..

March 19th -

We play at Houston who are 40-30. Despite being short handed and on the 2nd game of back to back, we crush the Rockets 130-100!

Speights with 28 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. Villanueva with 21 points and 10 boards.

Fuller with 20 points in 15 minutes!

Holiday with 16 points and 9 assists. Williams with 14 points and 9 assists.

Kelley with 12 points, 5 boards, and a block. Jefferson with 9 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists.

Kirilenko with 5 points in 10 minutes. Murphy with 3.


March 21st -

We play at Toronto. They are 40-30. We are 44-24.

They beat us 101-93. Wesley Johnson led them with 30 points. Bargnani with 20.

Williams led us with 29 points and 7 assists. Speights with 16 points. Kelley with 14 points, 9 boards, and a block. Holiday with 11 points and 4 assists.


3/23/14 -

We host the Grizzlies who are 47-24.

We beat them 126-117. Mo Williams and Holiday are playing brilliantly together! Villanueva with 26 points and 6 boards. Speights with 22 points, 9 boards and 1 block. Holiday with 18 points and 10 assists.

Jefferson with 14 points, 10 boards, and a block. He shot 6 of 9. Kelley with 13 points. Fuller with 10 points in 16 minutes.


March 25th -

We host the Heat. They are 27-43.

We beat them 88-86. Villanueva with 21 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Speights with 15 and 5 boards. Williams with 13 points and 3 assists. Holiday with 12 points and 6 assists.

Kelley with 7 points. Jefferson with 6 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

27th -

We travel to play Denver. They are 32-41. Before the game, Young is cleared to return. He will come off the bench.

We beat the Nuggets 96-89. Speights with 18 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Villanueva with 14 points and 9 boards. Young with 13 points. Williams with 11 points. Holiday with 10 points, 9 boards, and 9 assists.

Fuller with 9 points in 12 minutes. Jefferson with 8 points, 7 boards, and a block. Kelley with 7 points and 3 boards.


28th -

We play at 44-30 Detroit who are challenging us for the #2 slot..

They beat us 92-82. They got 21 from Ginobili and 20 from Stuckey.

Holiday led us with 15 points and 8 assists. Fuller with 15. Williams with 13. Young with 11.

Jefferson had a career high 22 boards.

31st -

We play at New Orleans. They are 30-44.

They beat us 106-104 behind 32 from Paul.

Villanueva with 19 points and 9 boards. Young with 19 points. Holiday with 16 points and 6 assists. Speights with 11 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks.

Kelley with 11 points, 5 boards, and a block. Williams with 10 points and 4 assists. Jefferson with 6 points and 12 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Players of the Month:

Wade (1st time this year) and Kobe Bryant (also 1st time.)

Marshall Samuel (Washington) edges out Kelley again. Ben Pope of Portland wins it for the first time this year in the West.


April 1st -

We travel to play at the Hawks. They are 30-45.

We beat them 95-94.

Speights led us with 25 points. Young with 16 points and 5 boards.

Villanueva with 15 points. Fuller with 7. Kelley with 6. Holiday with 6.


3rd -

We host the Bulls who are challenging us for the #2 seed. They are 46-29. We are 48-27...

Despite no Turner, we crush them 123-99!!

Speights with 25 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks. Villanueva with 19 points and 7 boards.

Williams with 19 points and 7 assists. Kelley with 17 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Young with 16 points and 6 boards. Holiday with 11 points and 8 assists. Fuller with 10 points in 12 minutes.

April 5th -

We host the 28-49 Celtics. We beat them 114-84.

Fuller with 20 points in just 15 minutes! He shot 7 of 10, 6 of 8 from the arc.

Speights with 20 points and 6 boards. Williams with 20 points and 10 assists.

Young with 19 points and 5 boards. Kelley with 8 points. Jefferson with 8 points and 13 boards.

Holiday with 8 points, 14 assists, and 6 steals.

We are now 50-27 and almost certainly locked into the #2 seed behind the Pacers.

April 7th -

We travel to Cleveland. They are 44-33.

They beat us 128-120 behind 34 from Flynn along with 14 assists.

Speights led us with a career high 34 points and 10 boards. Young with 20 points. Holiday with 17 points and 10 assists.

Fuller with 10 points. Kelley with 8 points and 7 boards. Jefferson with 6 points and 7 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Speights had his 5,000 career point in that last game.

The Rockets lost Patrick Patterson for the year to a torn achilles.


April 8th -

We beat the Wizards 116-111. Speights with a career high 38 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. Young with 22 points. Holiday with 13 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, and 3 steals.

Williams with 13 points and 8 assists. Villanueva with 10 points and 5 boards. Kelley with 9 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Jefferson with 4 points, 6 boards, and a block. He shot 2 of 6.

We are now 51-28. We've won the Division.

10th -

We lose at Orlando 106-91. Howard led them with 22 points and 16 boards.

Young led us with 22 points. Spiehgts with 14, Kelley with 14. Fuller with 11. Villanueva with 10 points and 10 boards.

Holiday with 8 points and 12 assists. Williams with 8 points and 5 assists. Jefferson with 4 points, 8 boards, and 1 block.


April 11th -

We lose at Washington 106-104. They now are 39-42. We are 51-30.

Wall led them with 22 points, 10 assists, and 7 boards.

Holiday with 17 points and 7 assists. Young with 16 points and 9 boards. Speights with 15 points. Kelley with 13 points and 2 boards. Jefferson with 9 points and 6 boards.



We end the season with the Raptors who are 45-36. We crush them 123-80.

Speights with 21 points, 8 boards, and a block. Kelley with 20 points and 7 boards.

Williams with 19 points and 6 assists. Villanueva with 18 points and 5 boards.

Holiday with 14 points and 9 assists. Young with 13 points. Jefferson with 7 points, 12 boards, and a block.

We finish the year 52-30.

A look at the Standings in the East and the West:


1. Pacers 55-27
2. 76ers 52-30
3. Pistons 51-31
4. Bulls 49-33
5. Bobcats 48-34
6. Cavs 47-35
7. Raptors 45-37
8. Nets 44-38

9. Wizards 39-43
10. Bucks 38-44
11. Knicks 34-48
12. Hawks 34-48
13. Magic 31-51
14. Heat 31-51
15. Celtics 30-52


1. Thunder 56-26
2. Grizzlies 54-28
3. Jazz 49-33
4. Rockets 45-37
5. Suns 44-38
6. Warriors 44-38
7. TrailBlazers 43-39
8. Kings 41-41

9. Clippers 39-43
10. Nuggets 37-45
11. Hornets 34-48
12. Lakers 34-48
13. Spurs 31-51
14. Wolves 28-54
15. Mavs 23-59

[Eaglesfan27]

We jumped to an early lead against the Raptors, but we are tied at 25 at the end of 1. Bargnani with a big first quarter.

At halftime, we are down 46-45.

Bargnani with 18 points at the half. Turner with 17 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards at the half.

Turner with a big 3rd quarter but we are down 76-73. Could Toronto steal one on our court?

Turner with a rough first 6 minutes of the quarter to dig us a 12 point deficit. But, in the final 2 minutes, Turner is incredible. He makes everything.

Down 98-96 with 6 seconds to go. Turner drives.. they collapse.. he kicks it out to Holiday for an open 3.. he shoots.. and misses. We lose game 1.

Bargnani is the player of the game (although Turner still should have gotten it.): 29 points, 12 boards, and a block.

Turner with 40 points, 10 assists, 8 boards, 5 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 13 of 28, 2 of 10, and 12 of 13.

Jefferson with 12 points and 12 boards. Villanueva with 14 points.

Speights with 10 points and 8 boards. Holiday with 9 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 9.

Young with 5 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. Kelley with 2 points and a board. Williams with 4 points and 2 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. Toronto steals game 2 as well. They win 118-115. We are in trouble.

Bargnani with 32 points. Wesley Johnson with 25 points.

Speights led us with 26 points. Turner with a rough night - 19 points, 9 boards, and 8 assists but he shot 6 of 17.

Holiday with 19 points. Villanueva with 18, Jefferson with 13.

Young with 10 points. Kelley with 6.

Can we come back from the deficit?

[Eaglesfan27]

In this must win game 3 in Toronto, we are tied at 20 after 1. Turner is having a bad shooting night so far, but he is doing everything else. Jefferson had our first 6 points of the 1st quarter including a monster putback dunk to get us started. Will he have a big night?

We go to Jefferson time and time again to start the 2nd and he has a huge quarter.

At halftime, we are up 53-39. Jefferson with 20 points and 5 boards at the half!

At the end of 3, we are up 76-66. Jefferson continues to play great. He was compared to Dirk when he came into the league by my scouts, and I saw glimpses, but today he is hitting almost all of his midrange shots and he is showing explosive dunking.

With 2:30 left, they undercut Young and he is hurt.. it looks bad :(

We lead 95-80.

We win the game 101-85.

Turner is the player of the game despite his poor shooting. He finished with 21 points, 14 assists, 11 boards, 4 steals, 2 blocks, and 3 turnovers for his first career playoff triple double! He shot 5 of 17, 0 of 4, and 11 of 11.

Jefferson with 29 points, 10 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 13 of 20.

Holiday with 16 points, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. He shot 6 of 11.

Villanueva with 11 points and 7 boards. Speights with 10 points and 7 boards.

Murphy with 7 points in 9 minutes. Young with 7 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals.

Kelley with a zero stat line in 20 minutes.

Williams with 5 assists and 1 steal in 22 minutes.

Young broke his ankle. He is done for the playoffs :(

[Eaglesfan27]

In other playoff news:

#1 Oklahoma leads Sacramento 2-0, #2 Memphis is tied with Portland 1-1, #3 Utah is tied with #6 GS 1-1, and #4 Phoenix is up 2-0 over #5 Houston.

#1 Indiana leads #8 NJ 2-0, #3 Detroit is tied 1-1 with Cleveland, #4 Charlotte is tied with #5 Bulls 1-1.


We win game 4 in Toronto 113-109! They were led by Bargnani's 29 points, but we got 28 from Turner who shot 10 of 13. Williams with 12, Villanueva with 12, Speights with 12, Holiday with 11, Fuller with 9 (in 10 minutes), Jefferson with 8, and Kelley with 7.

We are now tied 2-2. Best of 3 down the stretch!

Indiana swept NJ who lost Favors in game 1 for the series.

Charlotte and Chicago and Detroit-Cleveland are also tied 2-2.

Oklahoma-Sac are tied 2-2 as is Mem-Portland. Phoenix is up 3-1 on Houston and GS is also up 3-1 on #3 Utah.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are down 24-20. Jefferson with another big early start.

At halftime, we are up 48-46. Turner with 14 points. Jefferson with 16 points.

At the end of 3, we are down 76-70. Turner with a nice quarter but Wesley Johnson has been on fire for them..

We were down by 6 for most of the quarter, but with 4 minutes left, we are tied at 88. Everyone chipping in but Turner doing most of the damage.

Turner and Holiday come up huge down the stretch and our defense is good enough.

We win the game 101-94! 3-2 lead in the series. :)


Turner is the player of the game with 29 points, 13 assists, 8 boards, 1 steal, and 6 turnovers. He shot 11 of 22, 1 of 4, and 6 of 9.

Jefferson with 22 points, 12 boards, 3 assists, and a block. He shot 7 of 14, 1 of 1, and 7 of 11.

Holiday with 20 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, and 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 12, 4 of 6, and 2 of 2.

Speights with 16 points, 9 boards, and 2 assists.

Villanueva with 10 points. Kelley with 4 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Williams with 3 assists and a steal.

Bargnani and Wesley Johnson each had 24 to lead them.

[Eaglesfan27]

In game 6 in Toronto, they stay alive with a 104-102 win over us.

Bargnani with 27 points and Johnson with 26.

Turner led us with 26 points, 10 boards, 8 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, and 3 turnovers. He shot 9 of 14, 2 of 5, and 6 of 7.

Speights with 15 points and 5 boards. Jefferson with 15 points and 10 boards. He shot 3 of 7 and 9 of 11 from the line.

Holiday with 11 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Williams with 11 points. Villanueva with 10 points. Kelley with 10 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.

It will all come down to game 7...


In other news:

Cleveland beat Detroit for the upset in 6 games. Chicago-Charlotte is going to game 7.

In the West:

Oklahoma-Sacramento is surprisingly going to game 7. Phoenix beat Houston in 5, GS beat Utah in 5, and Memphis beat Portland in 6.

[Eaglesfan27]

Neither Speights nor Turner scores in the first 5 minutes but our defense is solid. We are tied at 5.

3 minutes left in the quarter and neither of my biggest stars have scored. Yet, we lead 15-14. Jefferson, Villanueva, and Fuller scoring for us.

2:21 to go, Turner on the fastbreak with his first basket of the night. We lead 19-14.

At the end of 1, we are up 26-18. Jefferson is our leading scorer.

I rest Turner for 4 minutes to start the 2nd and Kelley keeps us scoring. We lead 34-22.

At halftime, we are up 47-36. Jefferson with 12 points and 9 boards to lead the way. Wesley Johnson leads them with 9 points and 2 boards.


Everyone chipping in the 3rd. Turner only had 4 in the 1st half but 8 in the 3rd quarter. Kelley is having a very good game as is Holiday. At the end of 3, we lead 76-62 despite resting Turner for 4 minutes.

With 4 minutes to go, we lead 91-75. Total team effort.

After a quiet 3 quarters, Speights lights it up in the 4th. We lead 99-75 with 2:40 to go as I pull my starters.


We win the game 103-85. We are moving on to face Cleveland!

Speights was the player of the game with 18 points, 14 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 5 of 12.

Jefferson with 17 points, 15 boards, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 13.

Kelley with 15 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. He shot 6 of 11.

Turner with 14 points, 9 assists, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 14.

Holiday with 13 points, 7 assists, 3 boards, and only 1 turnover. He shot 5 of 10.

Fuller led the bench with 13 points in 16 minutes. He shot 5 of 9.

Murphy with 6, Villanueva with 5, Williams with 2 points and 2 assists.

Johnson led them with 24 on 10 of 28 shooting. Bargnani with 7 of 18 shooting for 20 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

Oklahoma beats Sacramento 112-96 to survive the scare and advance to play the Suns.

Memphis and Golden State will match up in the other playoff series out west.

In the East, Charlotte beat the Bulls 119-99 in Game 7 to advance. They will face the #1 seed Pacers who swept their first round foe, NJ.

We will face a Cleveland team that beat Detroit in 6.

A look at the Cavs:

PG Jonny Flynn is 6'0 185, 25, and rated 85 overall which is their highest rating. He has a great shot and is very fast.

PF J.J. Hickson is 25, 6'9 242 and is rated 79 overall. Tough rebounder and a decent interior scorer.

PG Rodrigue Beaubois has become a cancer and is playing poorly, but he is talented. He is 6'0 170 and is rated 77 overall.

3rd year SG Mack Alexander is 6'4 223 and is rated 74 overall. He has a nice jumpshot and is averaging 9 per game.

SG Elliott Williams is 6'5 180 and is rated 72 overall. A nice bench player.

SF Reggie Williams is 6'6 210 and is 27. He is their starting SF with a rating of 71. He is a good shooter and is averaging 13 ppg.

C Anderson Varejao is 6'11 260 and is rated 66 overall. A good rebounder and defender. He is averaging just 2.7 ppg as they often go small.

He is their only true big man who plays any minutes.

I like our interior advantage and plan on pounding them this series.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 26-20. Jefferson, Holiday, and Turner are our leading scorers.

Turner with a HUGE 2nd quarter. We lead 49-37. Turner with 18 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Reggie Williams leads them with 20 points.


At the end of 3, we are up 70-62. Turner with a quiet 3rd, but everyone is chipping in, especially Speights.

We win the game 101-84.

Turner is the player of the game with 29 points, 9 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 11 of 19, 0 of 4, and 7 of 9.

Jefferson with 28 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. The kid is finally becoming a star! He shot 13 of 22, 0 of 1, and 2 of 3.

Speights with 16 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12.

Holiday with 13 points, 6 boards, 7 assists, and 2 stelas.

Villanueva with 8 points and 5 boards. Williams with 7 points and 7 assists.

Kelley with 2 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Reggie Williams finished with 36 points to lead them.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

Memphis takes a 1-0 lead over the Warriors with a 114-104 win. Mayo led the team with 36 points.

Durant with 39 points as the Thunder beat the Suns 106-102 to take a 1-0 lead.

Granger with 23 points to give the Pacers a 1-0 lead over the Bobcats with a 100-88 win.


In game 2, we win at home again, 122-88!

Fuller with 24 points in 12 minutes!!! :O He shot 7 of 11 and 6 of 8 from the arc. Best midseason FA signing ever?

Williams with 16, Kelley with 15, Holiday with 15 (and 10 assists), Villanueva with 14, Turner with 14, Murphy, Speights, and Jefferson with 8 points each.


In other news:

Phoenix beat Oklahoma 106-104 to tie the series at 1-1. Good road win for Phoenix who was led by 25 points and 9 assists from Campbell, their young PG.

Memphis won 110-87 to take a 2-0 lead over GS. Gay with 51 points and 18 boards!

Indiana with a 103-99 win to take a 2-0 lead over the Bobcats. Hibbert led them with 18 points, 15 boards, and 5 blocks. Granger with 16 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 19-18. Turner and Jefferson lead the team with 6 points each.

At halftime, we lead 37-35. Holiday is our leading scorer with 13 points. He also has 3 assists.

Holiday, Turner, and Speights with a big quarter. We lead 65-58 at the end of 3.

We had a 10 point lead, but with Turner resting for a few it evaporates. 74-74 with 5:30 to go...

Fuller with a basket and then a block. We have a 4 point lead.

Turner returns with 2:48 to go, well rested, and we have a 83-79 lead.

Turner draws a foul and hits both FT's. He has done most of his damage from the line today.

Jefferson with a pair of big shots down the stretch, including a 3 point play with the foul in the paint. We lead 88-81.

Turner with a basket and the foul to give us a 91-83 lead.

They close to 91-87 with 17 seconds left...

Jefferson blocks a 3 point attempt and gets a breakaway dunk as a result.

We win the game 93-87! 3-0 lead!


Holiday is named player of the game - 16 points, 6 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, and 3 turnovers. He shot 6 of 17.

Turner with 22 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. He shot 5 of 20, 1 of 2, and 11 of 15.

Jefferson with 20 points, 11 boards, 1 assist, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 15.

Speights with 15 points, 10 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 7.

Williams with 12 points and 4 assists. Villanueva with 4 points and 6 boards.

Kelley with 2 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Fuller with 2 points and a block.

Reggie Williams led them with 24 points on 8 of 25 shooting. Flynn had 25 points on 9 of 24 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

Charlotte beat Indiana 94-93 to make it a 2-1 series.

Oklahoma won 105-100 to take a 2-1 lead over Phoenix.

GS won 105-91 to make it 2-1 vs Memphis.



Can we sweep?

We win 104-90! We were led by 28 points, 14 boards, and 6 assists from Turner who shot 8 of 16 from the field and 11 of 12 from the line.

Holiday with 18 points and 6 assists. Speights with 14 points and 7 boards. Villanueva with 13 and 10. Jefferson with 7 and 7.

Kelley with 7 points and 4 boards. Williams with 5 points and 5 assists.

Who will our opponent be in the Eastern Conference Finals?


It will be Indiana who wins in 5.

Both West Series are tied at 2-2.


Phoenix wins game 5, 95-92, on the road to set themselves up for the upset of the Thunder...

Memphis wins 132-99 to take a 3-2 lead over GS...


Phoenix wins game 6 at home, 126-100 to advance to the Western Conference Finals. Young phenom, Cam Campbell put up 34 points and 12 assists.

Luke Babbitt with 29 points and Eric Gordon with 24.

GS beats Memphis 124-68 to tie the series and take it to game 7....

Memphis wins game 7, 120-90 behind 49 points from Rudy Gay! He also had 16 boards and 3 blocks. Mayo added 28.


So, we have #2 Memphis vs #4 Phoenix in the West and #1 Indiana vs #2 Philly in the East. A look at Indiana:

PG Darren Collison, 26 years old, 6'0 160 is their best player with a rating of 86. He is athletic, smart, and is a great shooter. He is averaging 16 ppg and 7.2 apg.

SF Danny Granger, 31, 6'8 228, is a very good shooter and still an above average athlete. He is averaging 21.9 ppg. Rated 85 overall.

C Roy Hibbert, 27, 7'2 255, is an excellent post player and a strong rebounder. He is averaging 11.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg, and 1.6 bpg. Rated 82 overall.

SF/SG Paul George, 24, 6'8, 210 is a superior athlete who is a good shooter. He is averaging 15.8 ppg and 5.6 rpg but is unhappy with his role as 3rd or 4th option.. He is rated 81 overall.

PF Jamal Brooks, 24, 6'8 227 is a bit undersized but he is a tough rebounder and good defender. He is averaging 11.4 ppg and 8.2 rpg. Rated 76 overall.

PF Archie Glover, 26, 6'10 231 provides credible backup minutes at the 4 and 5. Averaging 5.4 ppg and 4.4 rpg. Rating of 72.

PG Willie Warren, 6'4 203, 24, is a solid shooter and ball handler. Averaging 4.5 ppg and 2.1 apg. Rating of 69.

SG Lance Stephenson, 6'5 210, 23, is a solid defender at the wing positons. He is averaging 3.6 ppg. He is rated 68.

PF Tyler Hansbrough, 6'9 250, 28 has been pouting about reduced minutes this year. He is demanding a trade. He is averaging 5 ppg. He is rated 69 overall.

C Spencer Hawes is also demanding a trade and is playing very poor as he pouts. He is 26 now and is a good shooter when he is playing right.. He is rated 75 overall.

Should be a fun series!

[Eaglesfan27]

Defense is the story of the first 6 minutes with us tied at 10. But, the Pacers explode in the last 6 minutes of the quarter. We are down 26-21 at the end of 1.

At halftime, we are tied at 41. Turner leads us with 16. Granger leads them with 11.

A strong 3rd quarter has up 62-58. Turner, Speights, and Holiday all played extremely well.

A back and forth 4th features 6 straight points by Speights to give us a 81-75 lead with 4 minutes to go.

They close to within 2 before Turner finds Williams for an open 3. We lead 84-79 with 2:30 to go.

They make it 84-82 before Turner drives hard to the lane to get a foul. He makes both FT's. 86-82.

50 seconds left and Hibbert with a putback dunk. 2 point game.

Turner finds Holiday for an open 3... and he misses. We steal it at the other end and they foul. Turner makes both FT's. 88-84 with 24 seconds to go.

They miss a quick 3. Jefferson with the board and he is fouled. He makes 1 of 2.

We win game 1, 89-84! A great road win to start the series! :)

Turner is the player of the game. He finished with 27 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 10 of 22.

Speights with 16 points, 12 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 9.

Jefferson with 10 points, 16 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 12.

Holiday with 12 points, 7 assists, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 9.

Kelley with 9 points and 6 boards. He shot 3 of 10.

Williams with 7 points, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Villanueva with 3 points and 2 boards. Fuller with 5 points in 6 minutes.

Hibbert led them with 19 points, 10 boards, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 12. Granger with 16 points on 6 of 25 shooting :)

Rush with 15 points. We held Collison to 8 points and 4 assists. He shot 3 of 16.

[Eaglesfan27]

Memphis takes a 1-0 lead over Phoenix with a 92-80 win. Mayo led them with 31 points. Gay with 19 points and 14 boards.


Indiana evens the series at 1-1 with a 90-69 win. :(

Turner with 22 points on 7 of 15 shooting but no one else broke double digits. Holiday shot 2 of 8, Villanueva 2 of 6, Speights 4 of 6 for 8 points, Kelley 2 of 12, and Jefferson 2 of 7.


Memphis won 109-84 to take a 2-0 lead at home. Gay led them with 38 points and 15 boards.

Good start, we split at their place. Now, we need to take care of business at our place.

[Eaglesfan27]

We had a very rough first 5 minutes, but we are only down by 7 at the end of 1, 30-23. Turner had 6 straight points to get us going after we fell to a 15-4 deficit to start the quarter.

Jefferson showing he is the championship compliment? He has 8 straight points to start the 2nd as we lead 31-30 including a big dunk on the fast break and 3 nice mid range jumpers.

An excellent 2nd quarter in which our defense smothered them.

At halftime, we are tied at 41.

Turner with 11 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Granger with 15 points and 4 boards.

A poor 3rd quarter has us in a bit of a hole - down 70-63. Turner with a rough quarter.

Jefferson with a 3 to make it a 87-81 game with 3:30 to go...

Turner misses 3 shots down the stretch while Granger makes them.

We lose 96-86.

Granger is the player of the game with 31 points, 10 boards, and 4 assists.

George also had 28 points for them.

Turner led us with 23 points, 7 boards, and 7 assists. He had 3 steals and 4 turnovers. He shot 6 of 16, 0 of 3, and 11 of 13.

Jefferson with 23 points and 10 boards. Speights with 12 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams with 9 points and 3 assists. Villanueva with 8 points and 4 boards. Holiday with 7 points and 8 assists. He shot 2 of 11.

Kelley with 6 points and 10 boards.

Can we win game 4 or will we fall into a 3-1 hole?

[Eaglesfan27]

We win game 4 behind an unexpected hero, rookie J.P Kelley with 28 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks! He shot 12 of 16, 2 of 2, and 2 of 2.

Turner added 20 points, 8 boards, 7 assists, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 13. Jefferson with 18 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks.

Holiday with 11 points and 7 assists. Villanueva with 10 points and 6 boards. Speights only had 4 points as he was in foul trouble.

Granger and George each led them with 27 points.

It will all come down to best of 3 now..


Meanwhile, Memphis takes a 3-1 lead over Phoenix as Mayo leads them with 45 points and Gay adds 35 in a 112-102 win over the Suns.

[Eaglesfan27]

We have a horrible start as they jump to a 10-2 lead. We battle back behind Turner dishing out assists and are only down 29-27 at the end of 1.

Slower paced 2nd half, finds us down 50-46. Turner with 15 points, 5 boards, and 9 assists at the half! Collison with 11 points and 8 assists.


In the 3rd quarter, George lights us up. We are down 72-68.

Turner with 4 3's in the 4th! We lead 83-82 with 4 minutes to go in Indiana...

They build a 6 point lead on a 3 by Granger then Collison. Turner with a 3 to make it 92-89. 1:40 to go...

Turner with a steal that leads to a Holliday fast break lay-up.

Turner with a steal, he shoots.. and misses a 3.

Granger with a 3 at the other end.

Turner shoots a 3 and misses. They get a fast break dunk.


We lose 100-94 :(

Collison is the player of the game with 29 points and 10 assists. He shot 10 of 11.

Granger with 18 points and George with 20.


Turner finished with 37 points, 9 boards, and 11 assists. He also had 5 steals and 1 block. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 15 of 31, 6 of 11, and 1 of 2.

Jefferson with 14 points, 8 boards, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 13.

Kelley with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 10.

Speights with 12 points and 5 boards.

Holiday with 9 points, 9 assists, 4 boards, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. He shot 4 of 13.

Villanueva with 6 points and 4 boards.

Can we win our simulated game at home in game 6 to force a game 7?

[Eaglesfan27]

Memphis beats the Suns in 5, 120-118. Gay with 34 points and 11 boards to lead the team to the win. Xavier Henry with 24 points. Conley with 22 points and 14 assists.


The Pacers win 96-93 in game 6 to stop us yet again from reaching our ultimate goal. I feel like we are so close...

Turner led us with 22 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. Speights with 22 points and 8 boards.

Granger led them with 37 points and 8 boards. Hibbert added 10 and 10.



Indiana wins game 1 of the Finals 112-103. 28 from Collison, 26 from Granger, and 18 from George.


Memphis wins game 2, 112-102. 24 from Conley, 22 from Mayo, and 21 from Gay.

Memphis wins game 3, 120-84 35 from Gay, 20 from Conley, and 19 from Mayo.

Memphis wins game 4, 128-89. 33 from Henry, 30 from Mayo, 26 from Gay.

Indiana wins game 5, 112-106. 36 points from George, 32 from collison.

Indiana wins game 6, 100-92. 21 from Granger, 20 from George, and Collison.


The Grizzlies win game 7 113-102. Granger had 38, but no one else hit double figures. Gay had 38 points, 14 boards. Mayo had 34. Conley with 22 points and 16 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Rudy Gay was the Finals MVP. He averaged 26 ppg and 12.3 rpg in the playoffs.

The following players retired:

Troy Murphy, 76ers; Tim Duncan, Bucks; Kevin Garnett, Celtics; Ray Allen, Celtics; Hedo Turkoglu, Knicks; Chauncey Billups, Nuggets; Shane Battier, Rockets;

Coach Nate McMillian retired after he failed to revive the Clippers.


Garnett and Duncan are both inducted into the Hall of Fame.


The #1 task off the offseason is re-signing Turner. He wants to be a 76er. He wants a max 6 year deal. We make the offer and get it done.

We also extend the option of Bernie Jefferson and Hal Myers. We let big man Ron Jamison go.

Dallas gets the 1st pick in the Draft! Miami has the 7th pick with their bad season without LeBron...


There are several players that my scouts are convinced are absolute superstars at the top of this draft....

1. Dallas takes the player my scouts were in love with. 6'8 209 pound 20 year SF Lenny Mayo of Wake Forest is a true shooter with athleticism.

2. The Bucks offer me Bogut and this pick for Turner. I turn them down. Anyone else, I would have probably pulled the trigger. I almost pull the trade for the #2 pick but it involved Speights and Jefferson. I turn them down and they take SF Wilson Rooks, a 6'8 235 pound 21 who I thought was 3rd best player on the board...

With the 3rd pick, the Celtics take the player who I almost traded for, 6'5 230 pound SG Alton Keller who I think is a superstar. I wonder if I will regret not trading for him?

4. The Wolves get PG Stephen Stafford a very good 6'5 PG from Uconn.

5. The Magic get 6'7 235 pound SF

6. The Spurs make me an offer that I just can't pass up. They want Lloyd Madsen, who does have a nice roof but is at least 3-4 years away from being a contributor and my #1 pick next year for the 6th overall pick this year!

With the 6th pick, I take Rich Tiggs, a 6'3 212 pound SG/PG who is from Australia and is 20 years old. He has A+ ratings in athleticism, outside shooting, and man defense. He has a B+ for playmaking and potential. He was projected to go in the top 5.

7th - The Heat try to trade the pick for Bernie Jefferson and Ramon Ramos. I turn them down. There are some intriguing big men, but none better than Jefferson I suspect.

The Heat select Clyde Carpenter, the player I almost selected. He is a 6'7 210 pound SG with a nice shooting touch but not as much athleticism as Tiggs.

The Hawks pull a big move trading the 9th pick and Joe Johnson to get Jonas Jerebko and Quincy Pondexter from the Hornets.

With that pick, the Hornets have 3 picks in the top 10. Interesting.

With the 11th pick in the draft, the Lakers got the best big man of this class.

The Clippers traded the 14th pick and Deandre Jordan to the Cavs for Rodrigue Beaubois.

The Cavs then used the 14th pick to get the 2nd best big man in the class.

The Kings try to trade the 15th pick for Jefferson straight up. I pass.

The Nets offer the 17th pick and SG Ian Clayton who they took in the 1st last year for Rich Tiggs. I turn them down.

The Bulls offer me the 25th pick and PG C.J. Watson for Tiggs. I turn them down.

With the 27th pick, we take a defensive C since we traded away our other one for the 6th pick. I take Donnie Page, a 7'1 275 defender from UNC-Charlotte who is a top notch rebounder and interior defender but doesn't do much else.

I forgot - I have the Wizards 1st round pick next year - everyone is trying to get it from me :)


Post Draft Expert's Analysis:

They believe we got the 2nd best player as far as current rating.

They all agree that Lenny Mayo is an absolute stud and that Dallas should build something special around him.

Wilson Rooks of the Bucks also looks special.

In the 2nd round, we got an athletic SF in Herman Fordham from USC. He is 6'6 220 and is a good athlete who can shoot a bit.

Our C is a project but should be able to play a bit for us this year.


Now, to FA. Can we get a good MLE?

John Wall is the superstar of this class, where will he go? Please leave Washington as their 1st round pick will be much more valuable!

Will Kobe leave LA? Will Gasol also leave? Very intriguing FA!

[Eaglesfan27]

Other notable FA's:

Granger, Derrick Favors, Paul George, Xavier Henry, DeMarcus Cousins, Ed Davis, Eric Bledsoe, and many others...

I almost forgot, Dirk is a big time FA? Will he leave Dallas?


I decide to offer Dirk out MLE to attempt to get him to come here and win a ring with us...

Dirk rejected us and signed a 2 year deal to go with the Nuggets for their MLE.

The Hawks traded Allen Jefferson and their 2nd round pick to the Knicks for their 2nd round pick and Ronny Turiaf.


DeMarcus Cousins signed with the Wizards! :( 5 years and 86 million.

Kobe signs with the Lakers for 1 year at 16 million.

The Nuggets trade Nene to the Thunder for Sergei Kasparov and Brandan Haywood.

The Lakers sign Jordan Crawford for 5 years and 62 million.

The Wizards sign Greg Monroe for 5 years and 80 million.

The Nets sign Derrick Favors for 4 years and 66 million.

WOW. The Lakers sign Xavier Henry to a 5 year 83 million dollar deal, then 1 day later re-sign Gasol to 4 years and 53 million. Lakers re-loading?

The Mavs sign Elliot Williams for 4 years and 44 million.

The Jazz sign Eric Bledsoe to a 5 year 86 million dollar deal.

The Wolves get Alonzo Gee for 4 years and 45 million.

The Clippers get Trevor Ariza for 4 years and 36 million after he turned down my offer of the MLE.

The Spurs sign Gordon Hayward for 4 years and 52 million.

The Jazz sign Daniel Orton to a 5 year 80 million dollar deal.

The Bobcats sign Shannon Brown to a 3 year 25 million dollar deal.

WOW. Where do they get the cap room? The Lakers sign Paul George who is just killing it from outside to a 5 year 86 million dollar deal.

The Wolves sign Ed Davis to a 5 year 75 million dollar deal.

The Clippers sign Kyle Lowry to a 4 year 40 deal.

The Celtics overpay my former player, Craig Brackins and sign him for 4 years and 38 million.

Wall, finally decides..... to leave Washington! He is going to Detroit for a 5 year 86 million deal.


A brief look at our roster now:

Holiday is our #1 PG period, Turner #1 SG, Young #1 SF, Jefferson #1 PF, and Speights #1 C.

Tiggs is already our next best player and makes Mo Williams expendable. Tiggs is the real deal. He is electric with the ball and can shoot. He is our most athletic guard.

Mo Williams is now trade bait.

Kelley is our #1 bench option at the 3, 4, and 5.

Villanueva is a very good option at 4 or 5.

Fuller is a flat out scorer who can come in for a bit of instant offense.

Donnie Page is a servicable defender who can rebound and provide size.

Ramos, Myers, and Fordham are all projects.

With the overload of talent, I would consider packaging a few guards to get a true superstar PG or SF. Can I do it?


Wow. It might be a slight step back, but I find an offer too exciting not to do! I trade Holiday who I love, but he isn't an elite PG and Thaddeus Young who is a very good SF but not elite to Dallas for PG Guy Ball who can be a solid backup PG and SF Lenny Mayo, the #1 pick!

[Eaglesfan27]

So, a look at our new roster:

PG/SG Rich Tiggs will start at PG. 6'3 212 with quickness that we haven't had at the position ever. Good shooter. Not as good a defender as Holiday.

Turner - The #1 rated SG in the league now.

Lenny Mayo - A 6'8 210 pound SF with unlimited potential.

PF Jefferson - A strong rebounder who is becoming a good shooter.

C - Speights - A streaky but good shooter.

Mo Williams becomes the #1 bench option again at PG.

Villanueva will be our #1 option for offense at 4 or 5 off the bench.

Kelley will be #1 option for offense at #3 off the bench and #2 at 4.

Fuller will be primary backup SG.

Ball backup PG if needed.

Page for size/defense. Anyone else as needed.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our first pre-season game is against the Hawks.

We win 101-93. Tiggs with 16 points and 8 assists in his debut. Turner and Speights with 20 each. Mayo with 12 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Jefferson with 10 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.

The new look Detroit team with Wall and Bynum pounds us the next game. Tiggs led us with 25 points and 0 assists! :O Turner with 22 points and 9 assists. Mayo with 11 points, 7 boards, and 2 assists.

In our next game against the Wizards, Turner with 28, Mayo with 25, and Tiggs with 23. Jefferson adds 15 and Speights 13. Nice!!

Wow. Tiggs might be shoot first, shoot second, shoot 3rd, and ask questions later. He goes 6 of 20 in his next game. We still win behind 25 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists from Turner.


The Preseason ends with us going 4-3 and Tiggs showing that he can score but might not like to pass the ball. We'll work on that. Mayo is showing he can do it all and averages 18 ppg in the pre-season. We have an exciting nucleus here...

We are #2 in the Pre-season power ranking with the Bulls at #1 behind Rose who is now rated the best player in the game.

[Groundhog]

Might be interesting to run Evans at PG. My backup PG was out for a month and Evans was playing about 8 mins a game at the position for me. His handle is good enough I think, without knowing the exact rating.

Question, how much time do you spend evaluating prospects prior to the draft? Do you use up all the pre-draft workout days, and actually play them out?

Prior to the latest patch I never ran workouts myself because it was fairly easy to draft a good player if you were picking in the top-10 IMO because the talent level was so high. But I've found that now you need to be more careful - the draft I just completed I had the #1 pick and grabbed a 72 rated PF/C, who is the highest rated guy in his class. No one else is above 69. Using him in the workouts gave me a pretty good feel of how he plays, while the two guards I was high on I really struggled playing one-on-one against a 68OVR rated FA SG (Terrico White), which turned out to be pretty fair considering they were a 68 and 69 rating.

[Eaglesfan27]

I've found the workouts give me a false sense of their abilities at times. I use them, but sparingly. I've hired 3 full time good scouts now and put them to work and then rely on their reports. I'm having bit of guilt about getting the #1 pick. Holiday and Young are very good players and Holiday is up to an 85 and may go higher, but this #1 pick has A+ ratings in every area including potential and is already a 79 and should be a 99 before his career is done. Him and Turner should win some serious titles, especially if Tiggs can develop and Speights and Jefferson don't decline too young.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola -

With as much as Tiggs likes to shoot, I may run Turner at the PG and let Tiggs play the #2. I just think Tiggs is a bit undersized the guard some SG's.

[Eaglesfan27]

We start off our season against the #1 tem in the league, The Heat. We are the #2 rated roster. The Heat added a SF in the offseason and are starting LeBron at PF and Bosh at C. Their starting lineup is: Chalmers (77), Wade (95; 1 point below Turner), Al-Farouq Aminu (rated 83), LeBron (97), and Bosh (83.)

Mayo's first basket was spectacular, a fake out on Aminu and he took it the rim so fast. He has amazing athleticism. His first assist was incredible too.. he drove inside, drew the defense and kicked it out to Tiggs who hit a VERY deep 3.

6 minutes left in the quarter as I bring in Kelley and Villanueva. We lead 12-8.

We are tied at 19 with 1:13 to go as I rest Tiggs and Turner. Mayo coming in at SG...

At the end of 1, we are tied at 21.

9 minutes left, Mayo with a steal and takes it coast to coast for a powerful acrobatic dunk. He is magic on the fastbreak! We are tied at 25.

6 minutes: A well rested Turner returns. We are tied at 29.


At halftime, we are up 44-40. Turner is turning it up defensively as we aren't asking him to do as much offensively. I'm very impressed with Tiggs and Mayo although Tiggs is going to turn it over some..

Turner leads our team at the half with 10 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

We had an 8 point lead, but I rested most of my starters in the last 4 minutes of the 3rd. Mayo did a bunch of scoring, but they close the gap to 4. At the end of 3, we are up 70-66.

We hiold the Heat scoreless for the first 6 minutes of the 4th with suffocating defense. With a 84-66 lead, we empty our bench.

We win the game 93-82. A great start to what I think is the beginning of a special season.

Mayo is the player of the game! Nice debut for the #1 pick! 21 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. He had 2 turnovers. He shot 6 of 12, 0 of 1, and 9 of 9.

Turner with 18 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 12, 0 of 0, and 4 of 5.

Tiggs with 16 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 5 turnovers. He shot 4 of 8, 4 of 4, and 4 of 6.

Jefferson with 13 points, 10 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 8.

Speights with 10 points nd 1 board. He shot 5 of 14.


Villanueva with 5 points and 7 boards. Kelley with 4 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Williams with 4 points, 2 assists, and 5 turnovers.

Page played 8 minutes but didn't have any stats.

Jefferson held LeBron to 8 of 19. Turner held Wade to 4 of 15. Aminu was their leading scorer with 18 as he worked Mayo a bit.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oct 29, 2014 -

Our next game is hosting another of the top teams, the new look Atlanta Hawks.

We beat them 110-98.

Mayo led the team with 24 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 15, 1 of 3, and 4 of 4.

Turner with 21 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 0 blocks. He shot 7 of 13, 3 o 6, and 4 of 4.

Tiggs with 12 points, 6 boards, 5 assist, and 3 turnovers. He shot 4 of 10.

Kelley led the bench with 15 points, 4 boards, and a block in 19 minutes.

Villanueva with 9 points and 9 boards. Speights with 9 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Jefferson with 9 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 6. Fuller with 6 points in 8 minutes. Williams with 5 points and 5 assists in 25 minutes.



Oct 30, 2014 -

We travel to play another top team, the new look Pistons. They are also 2-0. Despite being tired, we beat them 101-97.

Wall had 32 points and 8 assists and Bynum had 15 and 11.

Mayo led us with 26 points, 14 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals 1 block, and 3 turnovers. He shot 12 of 18, 2 of 5, and 0 of 0.

Turner with 12 points, 10 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He shot 3 of 9 and 6 of 8 from the line.

Fuller with 12 points in 9 minutes.

Tiggs with 12 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 12, 2 of 2, and 0 of 4.

Kelley with 9 points and 5 boards. Villanueva with 8 points and 8 boards.

Jefferson with 7 points, 8 boards, and a block. Williams with 6 points and 5 assists. Speights with 3 points, 1 board, and 1 block. Page with his first 2 points. He also had 2 boards and a block.

In other news:

The Clippers bad luck continues. Blake Griffin will miss about 2 months with a back injury.


November 2nd -

Our next game is at Washington. They are 0-3. Imagine if their pick is the #1 and we get it? Wow. We could have all of the makings of a true dynasty that gets us our 7 or more rings..

[Eaglesfan27]

Jefferson and Mayo with a big 1st quarter as Turner was 1 of 5. We lead 26-23 at the end of 1.

This quarter we showed the true potential of our team. EXPLOSIVE quarter with all of our weapons scoring at will. At halftime, we lead 71-42!

Turner, Jefferson, and Mayo each have 16 points.


Sloppy 3rd quarter. We lead 90-67 at the end of 3. Balanced scoring between all 5 starters.

I pull my starters with 6 minutes to go and a 35 point lead.


We win the game 118-83.

Mayo is the player of the game: 24 points, 11 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals. He shot 8 of 14, 0 of 1, and 8 of 9.

Turner with 24 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 1 turnover. He shot 8 of 20, 2 of 5, and 6 of 6.

Tiggs with 22 points, 8 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 11, 1 of 3, and 5 of 8.

Jefferson with 18 points, 8 boards, and a block. He shot 7 of 11.

Speights with 14 points, 8 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 8.

Villanueva with 9 points and 4 boards. Kelley with 4 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals.

Fuller with 3 points and 2 boards. Page with 2 blocks in just garbage time.

Williams with 0 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals, in 20 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 3, 2014 -

We host Detroit who are rated 90 overall with their new signings. They are 3-1. We beat them 100-98 to raise our record to 5-0! Mayo led the way with 24 points, 8 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 13, 1 of 1, and 9 of 11.

Turner with 20 points, 9 boards, 7 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 13.

Tiggs with 19 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12.

Speights with 14 points and 7 board. Jefferson with 5 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Kelley led the bench with 8 points and 2 boards. Villanueva with 4 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams with 3 points and 4 assists. Fuller with 2 points and 2 assists.


Nov 5th -

We face the Bulls who are 4-1 with a roster rating of 93 which is just below our 94.

They beat us 108-96. Mayo was held to 5 of 15 shooting by Deng. He finished with 15 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. Turner with 9 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, and steals. He shot 3 of 10.

Williams led us with 16 points and 5 assists. Tiggs with 11 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 3 blocks.

Villanueva with 10 poins, 10 boards, and 1 block. Jefferson with 10 points and 8 boards.

Fuller with 8 points in 10 minutes. Kelley with 6 points and 3 boards.

Page had a block in 6 minutes.

We are now 5-1. Our next opponent is a weakened NY Knicks at their place. They are 2-4 with a roster rating of 82.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our shooting was ice cold the 1st 6 minutes, but we are only down 27-25 at the end of 1. Tiggs is completely dominating their PG.

Halftime: We need to play much better defensively. We are down 57-53. Turner with 17 points. Gallinari with 19 points.

An explosive 3rd quarter. We are up 88-80. Jefferson and Mayo had big quarters.

We had a 18 point lead, but it is 105-100 with 3 minutes to go. I get my starters back in to finish it out...

Tiggs fouls out on the next play. Williams will finish it out. Speights draws a foul and hits 1 of 2.

They close within 106-104 before Mayo with a strong move to draw a foul. He hits both FT's.

Gallinari with a 3. 1:30 left.

Turner misses a 16 footer. Gallinari misses a 3 but Amar'e with a putback dunk. They lead 109-108.

Mayo with a strong move to draw a foul. He hits 1 of 2.

Gallinari with another 3! Turner with a quick 2 at the other end. Down 112-11 with 27 seconds to go...

Freak. Gallinari with yet another 3!

Turner hits a quick 3 with 4 seconds left. We can't get the foul! They run out the clock.

We lose 115-114 at MSG.

Gallinari is the player of the game with 40 points and 5 boards. He shot 14 of 23, 8 of 10, and 4 of 4.

Amar'e with 23 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. Snow with 14 points. Raymond Felton with 12 points and 10 assists.

Turner led us with 29 points, 10 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 11 of 22, 2 of 5, and 5 of 5.

Mayo with 26 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 22.

Jefferson with 19 points, 7 boards, and a block.

Tiggs with a career high 12 assists. He also had 14 points, 5 boards, and 4 steals. He shot 7 of 15.

Kelley with 10 points and 4 boards. Speights with 9 points and 4 boards. Page with 1 points, 3 boards, and a block in just 8 minutes.

Williams with 7 assists and 2 steals.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 10 -

We travel to Denver who are 5-2. They beat us 96-86. Carmelo had 44 points.

Turner led us with 17 points, 11 boards, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 16.

Speights with 20 points. Villanueva with 18. Mayo shot 3 of 12 and finished with 7 points, 5 boards, 2 steals, and a block.

Tiggs with 9 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists.



Nov 12th -

We play at a horrible Rockets team that is 2-6.

Despite that they beat us 97-95. Growing pains with the rookies?

Yao led them with 17 points and 12 boards.

Tiggs shot 5 of 17 and led us with 15 points and 3 assists.

Williams with 14 points and 6 assists. Speights with 12 points and 12 boards.

Mayo shot 3 of 13 and finished with 14 points and 5 boards.

Kelley with 9 points and 7 boards. Turner with 8 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 4 of 16.

Our next game is the next night at San Antonio. They are bad and are 2-5..

[Eaglesfan27]

Within 5 minutes, we jump to a 16-8 lead. Turner and Mayo are both on fire.

However, we slow down the rest of the quarter. At the end of 1, we are up 25-24.

Iggy posterizes Mayo with 7:59 to go in the half. I call time to settle the crowd. We are up 36-31.

At halftime, we are up 57-49. Turner with a great half. 19 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards.

At the end of 3, we are up 79-71. Turner with a quieter quarter as they doubled him quite a bit.

We win the game 101-90. Great balanced play from all of our starters.

Turner is the player of the game with 23 points, 8 assists, 7 boards, and 5 steals. He also had 1 block and 3 turnovers. He shot 7 of 18, 1 of 7, and 8 of 8.

Jefferson with 23 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 11 of 15.

Mayo with a triple double! 17 points, 11 boards, and 10 assists. He also had 2 steals, 1 block, and 3 turnovers. He shot 7 of 15, 0 of 5, and 3 of 4.

Kelley with 12 points and 2 boards. Tiggs with 12 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, and a block.

Speights with 7 points and 9 boards.

Iggy led them with 17 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. But he only shot 7 of 24.

Hayward also had 17 points for them. Anderson and Biedrins with 16 each.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

Wade got his 20,000 career poing in a 102-83 win over the Celtics. LeBron had 34 points and Bosh had 22. The Heat are cruising now.


Nov 16th -

We are at Chicago. They are 7-3 and highly talented. We are 6-4...


We lose 118-100. Deng with 25 points, Rose with 24, and Boozer with 20.

Mayo led us with 20 points and 10 boards. He shot 8 of 13. Turner with 12 points, 10 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 4 of 11.

Villanueva with 18 points and 10 boards. Fuller with 12 points. Tiggs with 11 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Jefferson got into foul trouble and played limited minutes.


Nov 17th -

We host a Boston team that is 4-7 and only rated 82...

We win 102-88 as Tiggs schools Rondo! 24 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 9 of 19.

Speights with 16 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks. Turner with 14 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists.

Mayo with a quiet game - 7 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 6. Jefferson with 10 points, 6 boards, and 1 block.

Rondo led them with 26 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. Arenas with 22 points.

We are now 7-5. Our next game is hosting 5-7 Cleveland. Their roster rating is 84.


In other news:

Brandon Roy of the Trail Blazers tore his MCL and is done for the year.

Dirk suffered a back injury in Denver and is out for 2 months or so.

Mayo and Tiggs are #1 and #2 in rookie scoring. Looks like we have a good shot at Mayo getting rookie of the year if he continues his current averages of 18.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg, and 2.5 apg.

[Eaglesfan27]

Turner with a huge 1st quarter as he scored almost all of our points. We are tied at 20.

At halftime, we are up 55-40. Turner and Mayo had a huge quarter playing off each other. Turner also set up Page for a few easy baskets, and our backup center already has a career high in points this game.

At the end of 3, we are up 78-73.

We had a 12 point lead in the 4th, but we got sloppy down the stretch and they tie it at 101 with 5 seconds left. Mayo takes our last shot and just misses a bit short. We are going to OT and Jefferson just fouled out at the end of regulation.


Turner finishes the game in grand style with a huge OT.

We win 116-103.

Turner with 35 points, 6 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 12 of 24, 0 of 3, and 11 of 13.

Mayo with 20 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 7 of 18, 2 of 4, and 4 of 6.

Speights with 14 points and 8 boards. Kelley with 10 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists.

Jefferson with 10 points and 7 boards. Page with 8 points and 2 boards in 8 minutes.

Tiggs with his first triple double! 10 points, 12 boards, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 2 of 15 :(

Villanueva with 6 points and 4 boards.

Fuller with 5 points.

Hickson led them with 21 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 23rd -

We play at Washington who are 3-10. We are 8-5. Their #1 pick looks so good to us and their is a big man who is dominating college and looks worthy of the pick. Imagine if we got a dominant big man to go with all of our other talent? All-time great team?

We beat Washington 116-90. Mayo led the way with 27 points, 7 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He shot 12 of 14.

Turner with 23 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 12.

Speights with 19 points and 5 boards. Tiggs with 14 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 1 block.

Fuller with 12 points in 12 minutes. Villanueva with 9 points and 11 boards.

Mo Williams with 4 points and 8 assists. Jefferson with 2 points, 9 boards, and a block.


The next night we play in Boston. They are 4-10..

They upset us 86-77 :(

Arenas led them with 26 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Rondo with 18 points, 9 boards, and 10 assists.

Villanueva led us with 20 points. Turner with 17 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 6 of 15.

Mayo shot 3 of 10 and finished with 9 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals.

Tiggs with 8 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 4 of 13.

Speights with 13 points and 5 boards.


We are 9-6. Our next game is on the 26th at the first place Miami Heat...

[Izulde]

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o395/Izulde08/tiggerhoops.jpg
Rich "Tigger" Tiggs driving for a shot

Yeah, this is what I always picture when I see Tiggs' name. :D

[Eaglesfan27]

I love it. Tiggs has great hops and usually gets at least one breakaway dunk per game. We are much more athletic than we have been in the past.

[Eaglesfan27]

Mayo starts off the game with a steal off LeBron that leads to a breakaway dunk. Turner scores our next 11. We are up 13-5.

However, they shrink our lead quickly. At the end of 1, we are up 30-28. Turner with 18 points in the quarter.

With 3:09, Jefferson gets a 3rd foul on LeBron. We are up 50-40.

At halftime, we lead 53-47.

Turner with 28 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists at the half.


At the end of 3, we are up 81-73. Turner with 30 points. Mayo with 20.


Turner and Mayo both had a huge 4th quarter to finish off the Heat!

LeBron played PF all game long so he didn't guard Mayo, but Aminu is no slouch as a defender and Mayo had one of his best games..

Turner is the player of the game with 45 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 16 of 25, 4 of 7, and 9 of 10.

Mayo with 29 points, 11 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 12 of 23, 2 of 5, and 3 of 4.

Jefferson with 13 points and 10 boards. Tiggs with 12 points, 8 assists, 4 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 4 of 12.

Speights with 7 points, 5 boards, and a block. Villanueva with 5 points and 5 boards.

Kelley with 6 boards but 0 points.

LeBron led them with 21 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 16.

Bosh with 16 points and 9 boards. He shhot 8 of 13. Wade was held to 3 of 18 shooting by Turner. :)

[Eaglesfan27]

The next night we host 7-8 New Jersey with a roster rating of 88. Can we avoid the let down?

We do with a 107-99 win! Turner with 27 points, 9 boards, 10 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 14.

Fuller with a career high 25 points in just 15 minutes! He shot 8 of 8 from the arc! Mayo with 21 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 20.

Speights with 14 points, 5 boards, and a block. Jefferson only played 14 minutes due to foul trouble and finished with 4 points, 3 boards, and a block.


Our next game is on the 30th, 3 nights later, as we host the 6-10 Portland Trailblazers who have a roster rating of 74.

We beat them 95-87 despite Turner getting into foul trouble and finishing with only 4 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.

Mayo led the team with 22 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 15.

Tiggs with 18 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Jefferson with 6 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.


We are 12-6 at the end of November.

Brandon Jennings and Kevin Durant won Players of the Month for November.

Lenny Mayo and Clifford Lucas of the Lakers won Rookie of the Month for November.

Our 12-6 record has us 1 game behind the 1st place Heat.

The Wizards are worst in the league with a 4-12 record :)

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are leading the Hawks 23-15. Turner with 11 points.

At the end of the half, we are up 42-31. Mayo had a big 2nd quarter.

Turner still with 11 points.

At the end of 3, we are up 68-56. Tiggs abused Jordan Farmar this quarter. Tiggs with 21 points.

Speights fouls out with 11 minutes to go. He was limited by foul trouble all game long. Page comes in to try to slow down Horford.

We are up 91-68 with 4 minutes left and we pull our starters.


We win 95-74.

Mayo is the player of the game with 21 points, 19 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 15, 1 of 2, and 2 of 2.

Tiggs with 28 points, 6 assist, 2 boards, and 7 turnovers. He shot 11 of 15.

Turner with 16 points, 7 boards, 9 assists, and 6 steals. He shot 5 of 13.

Jefferson with 14 points and 12 boards. Speights with 6 points.

Smith led them with 14 points and 15 boards. Horford with 14 points as well.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 4, 2014 -

We host the Charlotte Bobcats who are 7-12 with a roster rating of 87..

We win 95-93. Speights led us with 20 points and 12 boards. Turner with 19 points, 8 boards, and 13 assists.

Tiggs with 15 points and 3 assists. Mayo with 10 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, and 4 blocks.

Thomas led them with 29 and 12 boards.


Dec 7th -

We host the Bulls who are 11-9 with a rating of 91....

We lose 92-90. Speights with 24 points and 8 boards. Turner with 13 points, 10 boards, 7 assists ,3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Mayo shot 5 of 16 and finished with 11 points, 2 boards, and 4 turnovers.

Tiggs with 11 points and 4 assists. Jefferso with 10 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks.


Our next game is on the 9th hosting Toronto. They are 12-8 with a rating of 88.

[Eaglesfan27]

A rough 1st quarter for everyone but Turner and Jefferson. We are down 26-21. Danny Granger leads them with 11.

Midway through the 2nd, Derozan hurts his side and it looks like he is out for the rest of today. We are down 38-31.

At halftime, we are down 51-47. Granger leads all scorers with 18. Turner with 13.

At the end of 3, we are tied at 74. Mayo had a huge quarter and now has 21 points.

Tiggs fouls out with 1:20 to go. We are tied at 96.

We are tied at 98 and going to OT!

With 43 seconds left, Turner with a great drive into the lane, hits a tough leaner and gets fouled. 3 point play to give us a 109-106 lead. Mayo had hit the shot before for us to tie it at 106.

With 11 seconds left, Mayo beats his man off the dribble and dunks it to give us a 111-106 lead...

We win the game 112-106. Whew. Big win tonight.

Turner is the player of the game with 30 points, 12 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and 1 turnover. He shot 9 of 19, 1 of 5, and 11 of 13.

Mayo had 31 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 12 of 21, 1 of 1, and 6 of 9. The dynamic duo are going to be tough to stop once Mayo hits his peak..

Jefferson with 19 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Speights with 13 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Tiggs with 8 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers.

Fuller with 5 points in 5 minutes. Kelley with 2 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 blocks.


Granger led them with 22 points. We held him to 9 of 24. Bargnani with 20 and Johnson with 20.

[Eaglesfan27]

DeRozan is going to miss about a month with a strained oblique.

Kobe is demanding an extension from the Lakers. Will they give it to him the age of 36 and in obvious decline? His PPG have dropped every year for the last 4 and are now down to 21.1 PPG...


Dec 12th -

We host the 6-12 Hornets who have a rating of 82.

They make it a close game, but we win 94-92. Turner led us with 16 points, 4 boards, and 5 assists.

Villanueva with 15 points and 7 boards. Williams with 12 points and 5 assists.

Fuller, Speights, and Jefferson each had 8 points. Jefferson also had 9 boards and 2 blocks.

Tiggs with 8 points and 7 assists. Mayo shot 2 of 15 and had 6 points, 10 boards, and 3 assists.

Dec 14th -

We play in NJ. They are 8-16 with a rating of 83.


We win 100-88. Favors led them with 24 points and 8 boards.

Turner had a triple double to lead us to victory - 21 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists. He also had 3 steals and 3 blocks. He shot 8 of 14, 3 of 3, and 2 of 2.

Speights with 17 points and 5 boards. Villanueva with 15 and 5.

Tiggs with 14 points, 4 boards, and 5 assists. Mayo with 12 points, 10 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 5 of 15.

Jefferson with 4 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks.


We are now 17-7. Our next game is hosting 12-13 GS. They have a roster rating of 82.

[Eaglesfan27]

In the biggest announcement of the season, LeBron says he is testing FA after the season. At 29, he is still one of the biggest stars in the game.

Speaking of which, a look at the top 5 in PER:

1. Jennings, MIL 31.4
2. Carmelo, Den 30.0
3. Derrick Rose, Chi 29.2
4. LeBron, MIA 28.9
5. Tyreke Evans, Sac 28.8

Turner is our top player at #14 on the list with a 25.0

Mayo is 50th with a 19.0 rating, very respectable for the rookie.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are up 30-27 at the end of 1. Mayo has 15.

At halftime, we are tied at 55. Mayo with 27 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists as he is putting up a career night. He is dominating offensively in every way possible.

At the end of 3, our defense has taken control. We lead 74-64.

We win the game 102-88. Mayo is the player of the game with 31 points, 15 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks, and 2 turnovers. He shot 13 of 21, 2 of 4, and 3 of 6.

Jefferson with 18 points, 11 boards, 2 blocks, and 2 assists. He shot 6 of 8.

Tiggs with 15 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers.

Turner with 11 points, 9 assists, 6 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 15.

Speights with 14 points, 7 boards, and 1 assist.

Williams led the bench with 7 points and 2 assists. Villanueva with 4 points and 1 block.

Kelley with 2 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist.

Ellis led them with 32 points. Curry with 21 points.