Game of the night: Phoenix Suns 110 VS Utah Jazz 94
Hard to give out a game of the night award when there was only two games and both were one sided the whole game. However, I am going to have to give it the Phoenix Suns VS the Utah Jazz. Only for the fact that these are two playoff contending teams each year in the Western conference. Like I had said, this game (and the Orlando game) were one sided from the very beginning. Phoenix took control and never looked back. Steve Nash was his usual self and guided his Amar'e-less Suns throughout the game. Except Nash wasn't dropping dimes like he usually does. Sure he had 5 (One to Hakim Warrick for a disgusting jam on Paul Millsap) but last year he averaged 11. Anyways, the Suns spread out their offense with everyone that played chipping in. Hakim posted a double double off the bench with 18 points and 11 rebounds. He also added an assist and a steal. New additions Hedo Turkoglu and Josh Childress added 13 points, 3 three's, a rebound, assist and steal and 2 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals respectively.
The Jazz fall to an 0-2 start. New acquisition Al Jefferson came to work for his new team. After a disappointing opening night against the Nuggets, big Al showed that he could fill Boozer's old spot. He posted 20 points and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams was pretty quiet on this night putting up 13 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Deron, you are supposed to be the best point guard in the league. You can't be putting out numbers like that if you want to remain at number one. Especially against good teams. Step it up brother. Andrei Kirilenko and Paul Millsap both had 19 points in the game as well. Hold on a second though. Andrei, get a haircut! This guy is out there looking like Keith Urban. (See picture)
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It's terrible. Just terrible
Game Highs:
Points: S.Nash & H.Warrick PHO- 18, A.Jefferson UTA- 20
Rebounds: G.Hill PHO- 12, P.Millsap UTA- 13
Assists: S.Nash PHO- 5, D.Williams UTA- 6
Steals: S.Nash & J.Childress PHO- 2, A.Kirilenko & D.Williams UTA- 2
Blocks: R.Lopez & C.Frye PHO- 2, G.Hayward UTA- 3
Washington Wizards 83 VS Orlando Magic 112
What a way to start your career huh John. Your team got blown out. No one other than you, Kirk Hinrich and Cartier Martin, no one could score in the double digits. Sure you played Orlando but wow. Now can you see why Gilbert turned out to be so crazy? There is nothing really I can say about this team. They player terrible, got spanked at every position and the final score showed. John Wall had a decent debut but if his team around him isn't going to show up, well then his ROY chances are looking slim. He had 14 points on 6 of 19 shooting, 9 assists which was surprising and 3 steals. He still had 9 assists when his team had 23 field goals in the entire game. Wow.
Orlando as team looked like they wanted to come out and make a statement in their first game of the year and well, even though they were playing the Wizards, they definitely showed it. Dwight proved that he has been working on his game. Hitting running hooks, banking in jumpers. He is already scary and now he is developing a mid range game. Uh oh. Now only thing he has to do is work on his free throws. He poured out 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, an assist and a steal. The rest of the magic team contributed with an even scoring balance and everyone scored except Jason Williams who played almost 8 minutes before getting ejected for complaining and arguing with the officials. It's going to be a long season, isn't it Jason?
Team Highs
Points: C.Martin WAS- 17, D.Howard ORL- 23
Rebounds: A.Thornton WAS- 7, D.Howard ORL- 10
Assists: J.Wall WAS- 9, J.Nelson ORL- 6
Steals: J.Wall WAS- 3, J.Nelson ORL- 2
Blocks: 3 tied WAS- 1, D.Howard ORL- 3
Fantasy Lines of the Night
PG: Deron Willaims- 13 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals
SG: Vince Carter- 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
SF: Hakim Warrick- 18 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal
PF: Paul Millsap- 19 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist and 1 steal
C: Dwight Howard- 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 assist and 1 steal
Special Shout-outs
Cartier Martin (WAS)- For blocking Dwight Howard straight up. It was fun to watch.
Another Epi Down. PEACE!
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