[Izulde]

I should be sleeping, but I just *have* to see how this team does.

As fate would have it, our first game of the year is in New York against the D-Wade and Bron Nets. Instant national game of the week... and we get hammered 103-80. LeBron James scores 21 and holds Paul Pierce to 1 of 8 shooting. It was the key matchup of the game and the difference right there. How demoralizing.

23 points, 8 assists, just 1 TO from Steve Nash the next game to go with Amare Stoudamire's 20 points and 11 rebounds... and we lose 105-87 to the 76ers.

119-105 the next night and we finally win on the back end of the doubleheader in Atlanta. Steve Nash dazzles with 22 points and 14 assists, Amare Stoudamire with 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks, and Josh Howard with the great 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists off the bench. Oh, Ben Wallace scored 11 benchside too.

I've notice in the early games that we do much better when Danilo Gallinari limits his shots. I'm considering trading him.

To .500 we go after a 115-106 trackmeet over the Warriors. Amare Stoudamire electrifies with 26 points and 10 rebounds and somehow Ben Wallace scores 20 bench points with 8 rebounds.

21 points from Amare Stoudemire and Ben Wallace's 15 points and 8 rebounds off the bench can't hide that we suck in a 102-81 drubbing by the Bobcats.

Paul Pierce finally breaks out for 25 points and Danilo Gallinari scores 27. Ben Wallace with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks off the bench. Steve Nash 13 points and 15 assists, and Chris Duhon 11 bench points. Result? 121-109 loss to Orlando. Dwight Howard triple-doubles with 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 blocks.

28 points from Amare Stoudamire, a cool 12 point, 12 assist double double from Steve Nash, and 12 and 10 bench points from Ben Wallace and Chris Duhon pilot us to a 110-85 squash of the T-Wolves.

But it's another back end game, this time in New Jersey. 107-94 loss not quite as bad, so maybe we just need to gel. 21 points, 9 rebounds Amare Stoudemire, whose name I never spell right, and 12 points, 10 assists for Steve Nash.

Paul Pierce's 23 points and 11 rebounds, Amare Stoudemire's 15 points and 16 rebounds, Steve Nash's 19 points and 11 assists and Josh Howard's 11 bench points all ensure we keep Detroit winless to the tune of 106-94.

Really? Another back-to-back? But it's okay because we smash the Thunder 103-86 on defense, Steve Nash's 25 points, and Ben Wallace's 10 bench boards.

****! 124-122 heartbreaker in Utah to drop us below .500. Don't want to talk about it.

Harrowing 95-93 win over Clippers next. Very gunky game with no standouts.

100-85 loss to the Lakers because of course we can't be over .500. Forget Paul Pierce's 25 points when we're shooting 37.8% as a team.

Grrr!!!!!!!! 100-97 loss to a shitass 2 win Heat team, now 3. Way to waste Steve Nash's 30 points and 8 assists. Oh, they also got Chris Bosh in FA, so they're underachieving relative to the talent level.

Upsetting the Magic 98-81 helps a bit. 21 points, 13 rebounds enables Amare Stoudemire to hold Howard to a draw, the spaces filled in by Steve Nash's 17 points and 13 assists and Josh Howard's 13 bench points.

We're 7-8 at the end of the month, tied with the Bobcats and 76ers for the #8 seed in the East. Indiana Pacers somehow went 12-2 to tie the Nets for NBA's best record.

Our defense sucks and it really shouldn't. Then again, Harris doesn't like to play tough defense or hit the boards. Maybe I should fire his ass.

...No, I'll give him time to legitimately take this team to a playoff spot.