NBA

[Johno6]

whats lin done?

[Grahaml]

James Harden at halftime v Pistons:

19 pts, 5 assists, 3 rebounds , 1 block....

Will want to be posting stats like this night after night to justify his $80 million contract!

If he does that over the whole season he'll be demanding a raise (and getting it) on his next extension.

[RoosterMarty]

whats lin done?

12 pts 8 assists so a pretty handy game.

Noah is dominating. 18 pts, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals, and 3 blocks. 5 offensive rebounds and has scored on most of them, plus he is 6/6 at the line.

[bd u15 09]

Hornets and Spurs tied 87-all 3:47 left in the last! Hornets look the better side. They got out to a 15 point lead in the second term before the Spurs took the lead in the third. Interesting finish coming up! Make that 89-87 Hornets way 3:10 to go

[blink]

Impressive Rockets debut by Harden:

37 pts, 12 ast, 6 reb, 4 stl, 1 blk

[Grahaml]

Sensational start for Harden. 37/12 on very good shooting. Lin solid too with 12/8.

[Johno6]

Nash injured?
Only played 16 minutes


Edit Olmert just heard was his ankle
**** hell

[saintal]

Nice start for Portland rookie Damian Lillard. 7/17 for 23 points and 11 assists. (6 TO though).

Who doesn't love beating the Lakers?

[blink]

Nash injured?
Only played 16 minutes


Edit Olmert just heard was his ankle
**** hell

From ESPN:

"The Lakers' troubles were compounded by the loss of guard Steve Nash to what appeared to be a left knee injury late in the first half."

[Johno6]

Cheers mate but ****!

[brod]

Nash injured?
Only played 16 minutes


Edit Olmert just heard was his ankle
**** hell

From ESPN:

"The Lakers' troubles were compounded by the loss of guard Steve Nash to what appeared to be a left knee injury late in the first half."

Lower leg contusions..he got kicked in the leg, maybe back for game against Clippers

[brod]

Good solid start to the season for Bogut (First time he has won season opening game since 2006/7)

18min, 4/6FG, 6reb, 8pts

[Grahaml]

The issue for the Lakers is they need time to get their 4 stars working together. Howard came over late-ish in the offseason, Kobe misses a week and now Nash will hardly train but might play under duress until the leg is better. It's not a serious knee, but just delays them from getting that time on court together they need.

Good for me though, with Harden moving and LA spluttering at the start there's more happening than I feared.

[RoosterMarty]

Parker just drained a big 3 to tie things up 84 each.

28.3 left.

[RoosterMarty]

Bad turnover at the end by OKC, Durant was pretty lazy.

Parker with the buzzer beater to win it, two big clutch shots by him.

[Swooper16]

horrible game by Westbrook. Made 3 bad plays in a row to end the third when OKC were on a run. Then 2 awful efforts on Parker 2 plays in a row. That loss was all on him

[Pup]

horrible game by Westbrook. Made 3 bad plays in a row to end the third when OKC were on a run. Then 2 awful efforts on Parker 2 plays in a row. That loss was all on him

This is why Harden is such a loss. When one of Durant or Westbrook are struggling Harden was the one who came up and did some damage. It's going to be really interesting to see how deep they go this year. No doubt they will win a lot of games but quality depth could be an issue.

[Gozu]

The Thunder gave up Harden (and a few others) for Kevin Martin? Jesus.

[Jim05]

Melo tearing up the Heat

[BZB27]

Thunder will have to be spewing now Harden drained 45 today. Seems to b out to prove a point