weekend that was
friday's standouts
25 pts
10-18 fg
5-8 3pt
5 reb
2 ast
1 stl
42 min
15 pts
6-14 fg
2-4 3pt
4-4 ft
3 reb
10 ast
4 t/o
Saturday's notes
Sunday scribbles
notes from Raptors / Cavs game
5-13 fg
6-7 ft
4-9 reb
2 stl
2-2 3pt (needs to improve on 23% pre-season 3pt shooting)
6-7 ft
3 reb
3 ast
3 blk
Larry Hughes has his best game of the pre-season
14 pts
5-10 fg
1-3 3pt
3-3 ft
1-7 reb
8 ast
2 stl
1 blk
notes from Denver / Pistons game
4-7 fg
6-8 ft
3-12 reb
1 ast
1 stl
5-11 fg
3-7 3pt
2-2 ft
1 reb
7-12 fg
7-10 ft (60%ft pre-season)
4-8 reb
3 ast
2 stl
7-11 fg
2-4 ft
3-12 reb
1 ast
1 stl
2 blk
Lakers and Suns squared off on Sunday too:
Steve Nash played 26 minutes:
10 pts
11 ast
2-3 3pt
Barbosa had 5 steals to go with his 19 pts:
Andrew Bynum one board short of a dbl/dbl: 16 pts 9 reb 25 min
after missing a triple double by one assist in his last game Lamar Odom was one board short of a dbl/dbl in 33 min of work:
18 pts
6-13 fg
2-2 3pt
4-5 ft
1-9 reb
4 ast
3 stl
1 blk
On a night that Maggette goes 1-10 from the floor, Yaroslav Korolev finally has his breakout game with 37 min of playing time in a losing cause for the Clippers against the Warriors:
25 pts
10-18 fg
5-8 3pt
5 reb
2 ast
1 stl
across the floor it was Monta Ellis who basked in the spotlight for Golden State posting a double- double:
42 min
15 pts
6-14 fg
2-4 3pt
4-4 ft
3 reb
10 ast
4 t/o
Saturday's notes
- J.J. Reddick was a non-factor in his first game back (12 min)
- overtime was needed to decide the game between the Cavs and the Hawks dble/dbl for Josh Smith and Joe Johnson for Atlanta while the Cavs dbl/dbl came from Big Z and Gooden
- Garnett and Stephen Jackson showed their pickpocketing skills with 5 and 4 steals respectively
- Jarvis Hayes had his best game of the pre-season
- Celtics blow-out the Knicks 113-89 and had 6 players in double figures in scoring (Wally - Perk - Bassie - Pierce - Al Jeff - Powe) but it was Leon Powe who was best in 22 minutes:16pts 4-4fg 8-12ft 3or-9tr 3stl 3blk
- Michael Redd might have been the high man of the game (28pts) against the Nuggets but it was Linas Kleiza who continued his strong play:
- 36 min
- 23 pts
- 7-20 fg
- 2-8 3pt
- 7-11 ft
- 6or-8tr
- 3 ast
- 1 blk
Sunday scribbles
notes from Raptors / Cavs game
Kris Humphries falls one rebound short of his 2nd double/double of the pre-season (10/15/06 vs. NJ) in only 17 min of work versus Cavs:
16 pts5-13 fg
6-7 ft
4-9 reb
2 stl
Fred Jones continues to impress as he leads the Raptors in mpg in the pre-season
22 pts
7-14 fg 22 pts
2-2 3pt (needs to improve on 23% pre-season 3pt shooting)
6-7 ft
3 reb
3 ast
3 blk
Larry Hughes has his best game of the pre-season
14 pts
5-10 fg
1-3 3pt
3-3 ft
1-7 reb
8 ast
2 stl
1 blk
notes from Denver / Pistons game
Nene played his 3rd game of the year and in 25 min of work collected his first double double of the pre-season:
13 pts4-7 fg
6-8 ft
3-12 reb
1 ast
1 stl
J.R. (Earl) Smith continues to show signs that he may be the answer to the Nuggets need for some output at the SG positon since Melo's arrival in Denver is now 7-15 (46%) from 3pt land after a decent showing versus the Pistons:
15 pts5-11 fg
3-7 3pt
2-2 ft
1 reb
Jason Maxiell leads Detroit thus far in ppg / rpg / and bpg in the pre-season and on Sunday played 30 minutes for:
21 pts7-12 fg
7-10 ft (60%ft pre-season)
4-8 reb
3 ast
2 stl
Nazr Mohammed will be fine as Ben Wallace's replacement if he keeps doing what he's done so far and Sunday had his first double/double in 25 min:
16 pts7-11 fg
2-4 ft
3-12 reb
1 ast
1 stl
2 blk
Lakers and Suns squared off on Sunday too:
Steve Nash played 26 minutes:
10 pts
11 ast
2-3 3pt
Barbosa had 5 steals to go with his 19 pts:
Andrew Bynum one board short of a dbl/dbl: 16 pts 9 reb 25 min
after missing a triple double by one assist in his last game Lamar Odom was one board short of a dbl/dbl in 33 min of work:
18 pts
6-13 fg
2-2 3pt
4-5 ft
1-9 reb
4 ast
3 stl
1 blk
