The Celtics (7-1) rebounded from their first loss of the year, by beating the hapless New Jersey Nets (0-7) 86-76. As predicted, Josh Boone’s recent good play has been rewarded with more minutes. Boone played 37 minutes, scoring 8 points, and getting a team high 12 rebounds. Ray Allen scored 12 points for the Celts, but was 0-3 from deep…still yet to find his groove….
The Grizzlies (1-6) fell to the Clippers (3-4), 110-113. In case you haven’t heard, Allen Iverson has left the team for personal reasons (yawn)…this is very good news for Marcus Williams…who was about to be relegated to mop-up duty (played a total of 5 minutes in the previous 3 games). Williams played well, scoring 7 points, and adding 6 assists in 16 minutes….he did turn it over 3 times, however. Rudy Gay continues to shine…he led all scorers with 33 points. Hasheem Thabeet played 11 minutes, scoring 2 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 blocked shots…progress!
On tap for Sunday :
Philadelphia (3-2) @ Detroit (2-4) 1PM - Charlie Villanueva is coming off a season high 28 point performance Friday night in Orlando. Gordon is playing very well, averaging 24.2 points per game as a Piston. The team misses Richard Hamilton, who hasn’t played since the season opener. The team is 1-4 in Hamilton’s absence…Rip has not been ruled out of Sunday’s game yet…and is listed as day to day.
Phoenix (5-1) @ Washington (2-4) 1PM – Caron Butler and the Wizards have a tough draw this afternoon…Phoenix is off to a good start, and is coming off an impressive win at the Garden over the Celtics. Butler scored a season high 24 points in Friday night’s loss to the Pacers.
Orlando (5-1) @ Oklahoma City (2-3) 7PM – The Thunder host Dwight Howard and the Magic Sunday night at the Ford Center. Kevin Ollie has contributed in each of the first 5 games..averaging 2.8 points and 1.2 assists, in just over 15 minutes
New Orleans (2-4) @ Los Angeles Lakers (5-1) 9:30PM – Kobe and his league leading 34.2 points per game host Emeka Okafor and the Hornets tonight in LA. Okafor is averaging 12.5 ppg, 10.2 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks. Hilton Armstrong is coming off his best game of the year, scoring 7 points and posting 6 rebounds in Friday night’s loss to the Raptors…
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