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Top player performance: New Jersey Nets guard Deron Williams's 29 points and eight assists in the Nets victory over Chicago on Saturday. The Bulls were without Derrick Rose in the loss.
Best win: Minnesota defeating Philadelphia, 92-91 on Saturday. Rickey Rubio led the Timberwolves to the big win over the 76ers with 22 points and five assists.
Worst loss: San Antonio losing by forty points to Portland, 137-97 on Tuesday. The Spurs were resting their three top players in the game, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginoboli all sat on the bench during the bad loss to the Blazers.
Best game of week: Sunday's game between Dallas and New York was quite entertaining. The Knicks rallied to defeat Dallas, 104-97. Dirk Nowitzki scored 34 points in the loss, Jeremy Lin led the Knicks with 25 points and 14 assists.
Look ahead: The all-star weekend takes place on Friday night through Sunday afternoon's encounter between the West and East. All the novelty events take place, the 3-point contest, slam dunk contest, etc. Action starts back up on Tuesday of next week. Next Wednesday, the schedule brings along a couple of interesting games. Oklahoma City travels to Philadelphia, Portland at Denver, and San Antonio hosting Chicago.
The San Antonio Spurs came back in dramatic fashion to force overtime on Saturday night versus the Los Angeles Clippers. The team went onto win the game, 103-100. During the game, the Spurs however lost two players to injury.
Shooting guard Manu Ginobili and center Tiago Splitter were both injured in the victory, San Antonio's 10th straight on the season. Ginobili was in his 4th game back after missing 22 games earlier this season after breaking his hand. Ginobili was averaging 13 points per game this season.
Clippers guard Chris Paul threw the ball away, leading to a Gary Neal three-pointer and the overtime. Paul trying not to turn the ball over on a bad inbounds pass, tossed the ball into the waiting hands of Neal who calmly drained a three-pointer with five seconds remaining. The play took mere seconds to unfold.
San Antonio commanded the action in the overtime, keyed by another Neal triple. Tony Parker led the way for the Spurs, with 30 points and 10 assists. Blake Griffin had 22 points and 20 rebounds for the Clippers in the loss.
The New Orleans Hornets upended the New York Knicks, 89-85, ending the team from the big apple's winning streak. The Hornets improved to 7-23 with the surprising victory. Jeremy Lin finished with 26 points and five assists in the loss.
New York fell to 15-16 this year.
Lin also committed nine costly turnovers, aiding the Hornets cause. Amare Stoudemire returned from his absence, him and Lin worked well off and on, though you could tell Lin was forcing things. The Knicks also struggled from the three point line, connecting on four of 24 attempts. The Hornets were just the opposite, connecting on seven of 12 attempts from behind the three-point line.
Trevor Ariza led the Hornets with 25 points, and guard Marco Belinelli added 17 points.
New York plays Dallas tomorrow, in a game that will be featured on ABC.
6th-ranked Ohio State at 19th-ranked Michigan: Ohio State (22-4) beat Michigan in the teams first meeting this season, don't expect anything else here as the Buckeyes are superior to the Wolverines in every aspect. Michigan (19-7) has a talented squad, led by Tim Hardaway Jr., they just struggle with dominating big men in the middle. Jared Sullinger will have his way for Ohio State.
11th-ranked UNLV at New Mexico: UNLV (22-5) and New Mexico (21-4) in a huge Mountain West encounter. New Mexico is first in the Mountain West with a 7-2 mark, while UNLV is right behind at 6-3. The Runnin' Rebels are led by Mike Moser who is hard to stop down low. New Mexico is keyed by guard Kendall Williams who averages 12.5 points per game. I like the Lobos in a minor upset to win
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Top player performance: Jeremy Lin's 38 points against Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. The Knicks kept their winning ways alive with Lin as the starter.
Best win of the week: Boston beating Chicago, 95-91 on Sunday. The win was huge for the Celtics who are coming alive as of late. Chicago continues to lead the Eastern Conference though Miami is hot on their trails
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One day after the New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin scored 20 points, and had eight assists and six rebounds, one has to wonder will his fiery stretch continue?
In his first four starting appearances, the guard has totaled 109 points. This is the most in NBA history, topping Allen Iverson by eight points. Shaquille O'Neal scored just 100 points in his first four starts, Michael Jordan: 99 points. Lin triumphs over them all. Will this continue
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12th-ranked Michigan State at 3rd-ranked Ohio State: A plethora of good games on Saturday, headed by this Big Ten showdown. Michigan State(19-5) are up and down on the season, while Ohio State(21-3) has been consistently around the top of the rankings. I like the Buckeyes to prevail as they have too much strength down low with Jared Sullinger in the middle.
6th-ranked Baylor at 4th-ranked Missouri: Huge Big 12-game, both teams just had a classic game on Jan. 21st that saw Missouri beating the previously unbeaten Bears. Baylor is 21-3 and Missouri has a 22-2 mark on the season. Missouri is led by forward Marcus Denmon who averages 18 points per outing. Perry Jones is the man for Baylor. Will be a great game again, though I like Baylor to find a way to win
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Portland Trailblazers leader LaMarcus Aldridge was named to the western conference all-star team as a reserve on Thursday. This will be Aldridge's first all-star game appearance.
Joining Aldridge as a reserve on the Western Conference team is Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Love, Marc Gasol, Tony Parker, Steve Nash, and Russell Westbrook. Making the Eastern Conference as reserves are Luol Deng, Roy Hibbert, Chris Bosh, Andre Iguodala, Paul Pierce, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams
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The final unbeaten team in men's college basketball fell to defeat on Thursday night. Murray State out of the Ohio Valley Conference, lost 72-68 to Tennessee State, ending their 23 straight game winning streak.
Robert Covington led Tennessee State with 17 points and eight rebounds in the win. Tennessee State improved to 16-10 on the season, and 9-4 in conference. Isiahah Caanan led the Racers of Murray State with 31 points. Mistakes down the stretch cost the Racers the game, that including a great game from Tennessee State's bench. Murray State's bench was outscored 30-10
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