wednesday's loose balls
- in the Grizzlies win over Sacramento, Mike Miller had his first triple double; 21pts 10ast 10reb while going 4-9 from beyond the arc but what I found most interesting in Memphis' convincing 14 point victory is the fact that Lorenzen Wright played only 9 minutes giving a chance to rookie Hakim Warrick to show what he can do and he responded in turn with 16pts and 8 rebounds
- Cleveland lost to the Knicks Tuesday night as they both shot just over 20% from three point land but the Cavaliers (6-28 3pt shooting) were highlighted by the struggling Damon Jones who is aware of his troubles:
"Cavs guard Damon Jones went 1-for-5 on 3-pointers,
and is just 6-for-37 on 3s in his last seven games.
"I'm officially in a slump," Jones said"
- Charlotte had a hard team beating the Rockets who were without 5 of their players (T-Mac, Yao Ming, Derek Anderson, Jon Barry, Stromile Swift) and when they took them to double overtime Juwan Howard and Rafer Alston fouled out as well:
but the more we dwell on that,
we lose focus on what the healthy
guys have to do," Houston's David Wesley said. "
- gotta love overtime as Denver squeaked by Phoenix in triple OT without Marcus Camby or Kenyon Martin as both Eddie House and Shawn Marion failed to tie it up at the end for an undermanned squad who played only seven players while losing Diaw and Nash who fouled out
- the Elton Brand versus Dwight Howard showdown never materialized as the Clippers' candidate for MVP didn't play for the first time this season because of a bruised hip. Chris Wilcox started in his place and combined with Chris Kaman to shut down the Magic frontcourt. While Jameer Nelson outplayed the struggling Steve Francis yet again.
