NBA

[RoosterMarty]

Only a day to day injury for the Booze.

Scans didn't show anything serious which is great news. We haven't had much luck with Boozer and Noah injured so much this season.

In better news the Bulls have sealed a playoff berth and the division title. Hooray.

[RoosterMarty]

Miami lead the Lakers 55-53 at the half. Entertaining game so far. Bosh is getting the ball a bit more and doing well.

[Pup]

Might be the day for Miami to hit a game winner i reckon.

[RoosterMarty]

Kobe with a huge 3 to tie it but then turns it over.

Miami by 2.

I have the same feeling Pup, today could be the day they stand up in the clutch.

[RoosterMarty]

Shocking air ball by Kobe, he had a full shot clock then.

[Grahaml]

Lakers get a break and get the ball back with 1m to go, 2 down with 24 on the shot clock. Kobe decides to take a DISGUSTING low percentage shot 3 seconds in!

Heat taking some control now.

[RoosterMarty]

Miami win, they finally close a game out and Kobe doesn't.

Lakers are the only decent team Miami can beat it seems.

[Grahaml]

Kobe another poor 3 point attempt. He really blew it in that last minute. Heat stop the streak, seemed to get better use of Bosh tonight, would like to see that continue actually.

Dallas NY now, promises to be a very interesting game. Two of the most effective offensive players in the comp with questions over their defense. On the surface they appear to be evenly matched, but Dallas been together all year and have Kidd to steer them right. Should see Dallas win.

[Freo HeaveHo]

Much needed win after a terrible fortnight. Hopefully get us back on track. Not gonna knock the bloke cause he is a dead set superstar but probably the only kink in his armor . Yea everyone says he is a freak when he knocks down the shot but you would rather see him hit the open man rather try win the game with Shots that aren't there

[no_remorse28]

Dallas up by ten at end of 1st 31-21 over New York

[no_remorse28]

Lets not forget that while the Heat have copped a shilacking in the media with there poor run, today completed a sweep of the lakers this year

[Grahaml]

The Heat have almost completely overhauled their whole team, totally rewrote the playbook and asked 3 guys to play differently to what they had their whole careers so far. Everyone expected them to struggle, just most thought that it would be earlier. I suspect the mid season run when they just beat teams based on their superior talent hid a few issues that are now being exposed while they are playing some better teams.

Today's game I thought was a great step forward. They finally got something inside from Bosh and lost that predictability about their play they had when it was James, James and then James handling pressure situations. Even Jordan didn't always take that shot.

Mavs did a number on New York as expected. Love some of those shots Dirk hits. Mavs are probably the most fun team to watch with Dirk shooting high difficulty shots, Kidd taking risks with his passing, Marion and Chandler's athleticism. Wouldn't be the least deserving team if they got up this year. Kidd and Dirk deserve to be remembered as championship winners instead of just perennial contenders.

[RoosterMarty]

Easy win for the Bulls coming out, nice to get revenge after our capitulation last time vs Atlanta.

Boston lost to Philly as well so they only have one less loss than us now.

[Freo HeaveHo]

Miami absolutely mauling the grizzlies. The last five minutes of the 3rd there offence was just appauling . Joel anthony swatting everything and stealing the ball like they are playing a a high school team

[RoosterMarty]

Miami won by 33 pts.

Shocking effort by Memphis, the Heat are not that much better than them!

[no_remorse28]

Miami won by 33 pts.

Shocking effort by Memphis, the Heat are not that much better than them!

Bibby hit 5 of 5 down town charlie browns, that will please them

On another note, i think the heat are way better then the Grizzlies. maybe not 33 points better but a fair bit ahead. Its always to tough to write a team off because come playoffs everything changes. The Heat may not be the favorites but they can still be one of the teams to get there.

[no_remorse28]

Blake Griffin so far has a 16 point 1st quarter with 2 minutes to go.

[no_remorse28]

Blake Griffin so far has a 16 point 1st quarter with 2 minutes to go.

Its now 26 with 3 minutes till the half

[RoosterMarty]

Bulls by 20 at quarter time.

Rose 5/6 from 3.

20th Anniversary of the Bulls first Championship so the boys are up for it today.

[Grahaml]

Bucks scored only 56 points against Boston. Bogut 4/6. Given Boston's weakness now that Perkins is gone and the O'Neal's are injured is the centre position if anywhere, one of your strengths is your centre and he's 66% from the field with the rest of the team at 28% why would you only give him 6 shots? Bogut should have taken more like 20 shots. Even more intersting, Bucks were 60% from the line with Bogut not taking a single free throw. Allowed Rondo to have a terrible night, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 points. Boston were able to rest every main player, nobody played more than 30 minutes for the game for them.

Kevin love hit only 1 field goal for Minnesota so the streak ends.

Otherwise, a fairly ordinary day in the NBA with the other results being fairly predictable.