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.