Indiana 99 vs. Chicago 104
Indiana dominated in this game. All the way. Until there was a minute left. At that point, Derrick Rose said no, making several out of this world catches and delivering the ball to a wide open Kyle Korver to take the lead. Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert made it a habit to exploit Carlos "Saloon Door" Boozer, even though Hansbrough was almost knocked out by a stray elbow at one point. There is blood in the water for Chicago, however, as this is a game they should win at home with no trouble. We will have to see if D-Rose really has the goods to carry an offense in the days to come.
Philadelphia 89 at Miami 97
Another game that should have been won much more handily than it was. Philly should not be able to hang with Miami at all. But if you've watched the Heat, you know that they have a tendency to blow opponents out in the second and third quarters, and then let them try to come back and win in the fourth. This should stop. We shall see. At the end of the day, when the Heatles' Big three combine to score 63 points, the Boshtritch scores 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Wade realizes that he is the real closer on the team, the Heat are tough to beat, even if they do check out mentally for a while.
Atlanta 103 at Orlando 93
If you were told on Friday that Dwight Howard would have 30 at halftime, would you have thought for a moment that the Magic would lose? Well they did. Dwight showed everyone for the millionth time why is the reigning king NBA centers in the first half, before Atlanta finally were able to slow him down in the second, only to give up 20+ points to Jameer Nelson instead. The Hawks still coasted to an easy win by playing like something resembling a basketball team. Maybe the Magic will wake up and realize they went to the Finals a couple years ago, but if they don't, that suits Joe Johnson just fine.
Portland 81 at Dallas 89
In my game of the night, Dallas won a hard fought game, taking back a lead in the fourth after a ten minute lull. In short, Dirk did Dirk things.
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