Game 63: Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls: Four losses in a row!!!

Miami Heat Team cannot hold on to its early lead and has blown its chances four straight times already with the latest 86-87 to the chicago bulls.

Is there something in having the Miami Heat as opponent which brings out the best in other teams? Yes, the early hype build-up since the big 3 coalesce in Miami to form a "super" team, and the focus of the TV cameras, the Miami Heat is fun to watch! They exemplify human nature. This only makes the Spurs, who play scientifically, a boring "alien" perfect NBA team.

We will still root for the Miami Heat, even with bruised egos and hurts. It is an emotionally charged situation whenever our "whipping boy" team, the Miami Heat plays. But we hope they will still be in the playoffs, then the pressure to be selflesss, to be at their best will somehow rub off on the Heat, and we dont have to wait for many years for the Heat to repeat its 2006 glory year.

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The Heat now owns a win-loss record of 43-20.

Game 34: Miami Heat vs Houston Rockets: Wade scores 45 points with bloody lips!

We have moved the Miami Heat NBA reporting from Digital Explorations to this blog.


Data from sports.yahoo.com/nba.

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Wade again scored 45 points against the Houston Rockets (125-119), a night after he scored 40 points against the New York Knicks.
Wade lips were bloodied by hard foul, but shook it off to give one of his best performances this season.


Here is statistics for the Miami superstars:

Player	FG	3Pt	FT	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Pts
D. Wade	17-24	1-3	10-10	7	1	6	2	45
L. James	8-15	0-4	4-4	6	9	3	1	20
C. Bosh	8-14	0-1	5-6	4	2	5	0	21

Final Scoreboard:

Team	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Total
Miami Heat	35/td>	24	29	37	125
Houston Rockets	28	34	22	35	119

History of Miami Heat Games

Game	Opponent	Score	Win-Loss
1	Boston Celtics	lost 80-88	0-1
2	Philadelphia 76érs	won 97-98	1-1
3	Orlando Magic	won 96-70	2-1
4	New Jersey Nets	won 101-78	3-1
5	Minnesota Timberwolves	Won 129-97	4-1
6	New Jersey Nets	won 101-89	5-1
7	New Orleans Hornets	lost 93-96	5-2
8	Utah Jazz	lost 116-114	5-3
9	Boston Celtics	lost 112-107	5-4
10	Toronto Raptors	won 109-100	6-4
11	Phoenix Suns	won 123-96	7-4
12	Charlotte Bobcats	won 95-87	8-4
13	Memphis Grizzlies	lost 95-97	8-5
14	Indiana Pacers	lost 77-93	8-6
15	Orlando Magic	lost 95-104	8-7
16	Philadelphia 76ers	won 99-90	9-7
17	Dallas Mavericks	lost 90-99	9-8
18	Washington Wizards	won 105-94	10-8
19	Detroit Pistons	won 97-72	11-8
20	Cleveland Cavaliers	won 118-90	12-8
21	Atlanta Hawks	won 89-77	13-8
22	Milwaukee Bucks	won 88-78	14-8
23	Utah Jazz	won 111-98	15-8
24	Goden State Warriors	won 106-84	16-8
25	Sacramento Kings	won 104-83	17-8
26	New Orleans Hornets	won 96-84	18-8
27	Cleveland Cavaliers	won 101-95	19-8
28	New York Knicks	won 113-91	20-8
29	Washington Wizards	won 95-93	21-8
30	Dallas Mavericks	lost 96-98	21-9
31	Phoenix Suns	won 95-83	22-9
32	Los Angeles Lakers	won 95-83	23-9
33	New York Knicks	won 106-98	24-9
34	Houston Rockets	won 125-119	25-9

Next opponent: Game 35 Golden State, 7:00PM EST Jan 3(Jan 4, 8:30 AM PT)

Game 33: Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks, Wade sizzles with 40 points!

We have moved the Miami Heat NBA reporting from Digital Explorations to this blog.


Data from sports.yahoo.com/nba.

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Wade has a spectacular 40 point game against the New York Knicks. While both Lebron and Bosh added 18 points each.


Here is statistics for the Miami superstars:

Player	FG	3Pt	FT	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Pts
D. Wade	13-28	1-7	13-16	9	2	0	2	40
L. James	8-17	1-2	1-3	10	8	3	0	18
C. Bosh	6-12	2-0	6-7	10	4	2	0	18

Final Scoreboard:

Team	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Total
Miami Heat	34/td>	19	27	26	106
New York Knicks	18	22	25	33	98

History of Miami Heat Games

Game	Opponent	Score	Win-Loss
1	Boston Celtics	lost 80-88	0-1
2	Philadelphia 76érs	won 97-98	1-1
3	Orlando Magic	won 96-70	2-1
4	New Jersey Nets	won 101-78	3-1
5	Minnesota Timberwolves	Won 129-97	4-1
6	New Jersey Nets	won 101-89	5-1
7	New Orleans Hornets	lost 93-96	5-2
8	Utah Jazz	lost 116-114	5-3
9	Boston Celtics	lost 112-107	5-4
10	Toronto Raptors	won 109-100	6-4
11	Phoenix Suns	won 123-96	7-4
12	Charlotte Bobcats	won 95-87	8-4
13	Memphis Grizzlies	lost 95-97	8-5
14	Indiana Pacers	lost 77-93	8-6
15	Orlando Magic	lost 95-104	8-7
16	Philadelphia 76ers	won 99-90	9-7
17	Dallas Mavericks	lost 90-99	9-8
18	Washington Wizards	won 105-94	10-8
19	Detroit Pistons	won 97-72	11-8
20	Cleveland Cavaliers	won 118-90	12-8
21	Atlanta Hawks	won 89-77	13-8
22	Milwaukee Bucks	won 88-78	14-8
23	Utah Jazz	won 111-98	15-8
24	Goden State Warriors	won 106-84	16-8
25	Sacramento Kings	won 104-83	17-8
26	New Orleans Hornets	won 96-84	18-8
27	Cleveland Cavaliers	won 101-95	19-8
28	New York Knicks	won 113-91	20-8
29	Washington Wizards	won 95-93	21-8
30	Dallas Mavericks	lost 96-98	21-9
31	Phoenix Suns	won 95-83	22-9
32	Los Angeles Lakers	won 95-83	23-9
33	New York Knicks	won 106-98	24-9

Next opponent: Game 34 Houston Rockets, 8:30PM EST Dec 29(Dec. 30, 9:00 AM PT)


Further reading:

Unlike Filipinos, Indians are not basketball mad. View male-pole-gymnastics!

Fantastic movements with come contortions, the most amazing is the big, somewhat fat man able to do some fancy moves! (from a forwarded email)

Lebron and Bosh want an NBA title with Wade!

This entry is mirrored in our Digital Explorations blog


The wait and suspense is over! Now we know that Lebron James simply wants a title to go with his basketball accomplishments. Perhaps he felt jinked in Cleveland, even if they have achieved the highest wins in the regular season. The Cavaliers simply fall flat when the playoffs come!

These superstarts should have no problem with chemistry. They are good friends during the Olympics and have already met with each other once the free agency period started. It would be nice if they can get Dwight Howard(ha ha) or another big man or a bruiser or a wrestler into the super dream team in Miami. They should not worry about their bench. The ever humble and selfless Udonis Haslem is still around, who was part of the 2006 championship. But they may have to part with the young, talented but still growing Michael Beasley to be under the salary cap.

The Los Angeles Lakers has only two superstars, Kobe and Paul Gasol and a dangerous and worthy big center Andrew Bynum. But the three, repeat THREE superstars Wade, James and Bosh may herald a new era of Miami heat dominancy, and so we hope!

We are glad money and advertising income were not only the factors in James decision. All that matters was he ever an NBA champion? and that goes for Bosh, who does not have much have experience support in the court.

All in all, the winners are the people who follow the NBA. We will be happy to follow up the regular and the playoffs 2010-2011 Kobe must be wondering about the future too.

It's the second round of the tougher, more intense, more physical NBA semifinals! Updated May 3,4,5,6

We start a new post which will cover the second round of the NBA games.
The second round saw complete sweeps in the Western Conference! We will watch the third round of the eliminations and start a new series on Monday.

Eastern Conference

Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
Cleveland Cavaliers	101	86	124	87	88	85
Boston Celtics	93	104	95	97	120	94

Celtics leads Cavaliers 3-2.

Game 1. May 1. Cleveland wins first game, with the following memorable events:
Mo Williams (6'-1") dunking over Paul Pierce(6'-7")
Shaq the 300+ pound gorilla cutting K. Perkins lips requiring 5 stitches!

Game2. Lebron MVP award did not inspire Lebron to put on a show! Celtins steal one on the road evening the series. The cavaliers will be in trouble if they continue this ladi-back careless style.

Game 3. The Cavaliers turned to be an animal awakened, with Lebron pouring on 21 points in First period quarter alone! Click on for Game 3 recap. This promises to be a physical affair if only the Cavaliers are dead serious.!

Game 4. May 10(PT) Are the Cavaliers subject to intermittent boredom? They seem listless again and lost! Fine for them for the series to go seven games. Rajon Rondo of Celtics shine in this game. For a recap, click on
Game
4 recap

Game 5. What an embarrassing game for the Cavaliers. Did not watch the whole cable show. It only shows the supporting cast of Lebron is not up to par with the Celtics. But then there are so many stars(most of them aging) in the Boston Celtics.

Game 6. The Cavaliers almost displayed a laid back cavaliery attitude towards this series and will say goodbye to the playoffs. Click on Game 6 recap. There is no other superstar that helps James in the lineup, whereas the Celtics have three: Pierce, Garnett and Allen. Add Rasheed and you can see that James has to fight them almost single handedly.

Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
Orlando Magic	114	112	105	98
Atlanta Hawks	71	98	75	84

Magic sweeps Hawks, 4-0

Game 1. May 5PT. With Dwight Howard finally playing out of foul trouble, the Magic delivered a crushing blow to Atlanta. This may be a mismatch.This does not look like a game! This is a massacre. Visit recap of Game 1


Game 2. May 7PT. The magic shook off the early lead by Atlanta and bloomed in the fourth round with fantastic outside shooting. Visit 2nd game recap. Hopefully the Hawks will bounce back to get some wins.

Game3. May 9 PT. The Magic is a well balanced team and the cohesion contributed to another trouncing for the Hawks who lost at home. The next game hopefully will be more a game of pride (no none got out of a 3-0 hole). Click on Game 3 recap


Game 4. It is a clean sweep for the Magic which never lost a game in the Eastern Conference so far!

Western Conference

Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
LOs Angeles Lakers	104	111	111	111
Utah Jazz	99	103	110	96

Lakers sweeps Jazz: 4-0

Game 1. May 2. Lakers draw first blood (figuratively!) with Kobe and Odum performing at their best.


Game 2. May 5(PT). Utah is showing signs it can fight back though it fell short of catching up with the Lakers. It should not be shutout for the Jazz. click on
game 2 recap.\

Game 3. May 9 (PT). Lady Luck smiles on the Lakers as they eke out a win by one point!.
See Game 3 recap

Game 4. Its a clean sweep for the Lakers in the second round. It will meet Los Suns in the semifinals!

Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
San Antonio Spurs	102	102	96	101
Phoenix Suns	111	112	110	107

Suns wins Series over Spurs by a shutout!!! , 4-0

Game 1. History is made in the first win in the first game of a playoff series between these two teams. The Suns finally got one on Nash spectacular performance. The game was fast with plenty of running. Pure basketball entertainment. Visit recap of Game 1

Game 2. Rebounding and outside shooting helped in the Los Suns win over the Spurs. Click on for Game2 recap.

Game 3. It is thrilling to watch on cable the run and shoot fast paced series between the Suns and Spurs! Perhaps this is the year of the Phoenix Suns. The hex of losing four consecutive playoff series to the Spurs may be broken with the Suns deep bench with the brilliant Dragic, and reliable Barbosa. Visit 3rd game recap

Game 4. The improbable has happened! Suns winning over it nemesis near a decade( seven playoff years actually) of embarassing losses to the Spurs! What's nice is that the games between these two teams are never boring to watch over cable!

It's the super intense, physical NBA Playoff Season!! Updated April 20,26,27,29

Updated April 26 6:47AM PT

April 25: Only the Orlando Magic is doing justice to a higher seeding in the Finals.

• Eastern Conference

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  Cleveland Cavaliers	96	112	106	121	96
  Chicago Bulls	83	102	108	98	94

  
  Cavaliers won series over Bulls, 4-1
  Game 1. With the big Diesel Oneal around, the Cavaliers are expected to steamroll over the Chicago Bulls.
  
  Game 2. James put on a spectacular performance, even J. Noah can only shakes his head in disbelief.
  
  Game 3. The Bulls are fighting back!
  Game 4. Despite the poor showing of the Diesel after the first game, the Cavaliers still won and is now on the way to win the series.
  
  Game 5. Series is over! King James and Antawn Jamison contributed much to the loss of the Bulls.
  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  Miami Heat	76	77	98	101	86
  Boston Celtics	85	106	100	92	96

  Celtics wins series over the Heat, 4-1
  Game 1. The Celtics may have won, but Garnett has been suspended for Game 2! for elbowing Q. Richardson.
  Game 2. Heat lost by a large margin to a Celtics team without Garnett! The Heat is in danger of
  being wiped out in the series.
  Game 3. The Heat lost by two points on a final shoot by Pierce. And Wade hurt his left leg by landing on Allens foot. The Celtics can close out the Heat on the next game.
  Game 4. The Heat is hanging on! with a spectacular (as usual) performance from Dwyane Wade, sizzling hot at 46 points!
  Game 5. But the hex that the no team EVER has surmounted a 0-3 hole might to win a playoff series
  means the Heat has to improve it play or roster next year. Q. Richardson is one Heat player contributing well.
  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  Atlanta Hawks	102	96	89	104	87	83	95
  Milwaukee Bucks	92	86	107	111	91	69	74

  
  Atlanta wins series 4-3 to meet the Orland Magic in the second round.
  
  
  Game 1. Without the big Australian A. Bogut, the Bucks may not be able to beat the Hawks in any of the games.
  Game 2. Another predictable game for the Atlanta Hawks.
  Game 3. Surprising Bucks. Unlike the Heat, they won one. (April 27) The Heat just did!
  Game 4. The Hawks were surprisingly beaten by the Boguesless Bucks team, thanks to Delfino star perfromance.
  Game 5. With Bogues in the sidelines cheering, the Bucks get another win! with rookie Jennings on a hot shooting hand and Tim Thomas sealing the win.
  Game 6. Atlanta managed to survive with Jamal Crawford regaining his shooting touch.
  Game 7. Atlanta wins series in the only NBA first round series which went the full distance of seven games!
  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  Orlando Magic	98	92	90	99
  Charlotte Bobcats	89	77	86	90

  Magic wins the Series against the Bobcats, 4-0
  
  Game 1. As expected, the Magic beats the Bobcats who are on their first playoffs.
  Game 2. The Bobcats has no answer to Dwight Howard.
  Game 3. This looks like a shutout already!
  Game 4. A shutout indeed, and the Orland Magic players may have a good rest while waiting for the other series games to end. Their next opponent will be the winner of the Atlanta vs Milwaukee games.
  






• Western Conference

  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  Utah Jazz	113	114	105	117	112	112
  Denver Nuggets	126	111	93	106	116	104

  
  Jazz wins series over the Nuggets 4-2
  
  Game 1. C. Anthony is so inspired to lead his team in scoring in beating the Jazz.
  Game 2. Deron Williams played well and played the hero even without their injured big men Kirelenko and Mehmet Okur. The Jazz stymied C. Anthony this time.
  Game 4. The Jazz built up a lead which withstood the 4th quarter performance of C. Anthony.
  Game 5.Nuggets came back with a solid win.
  Game 6. The Jazz simply played better defense.
  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  Los Angeles Lakers	87	95	96	89	111	95
  Oklahoma City Thunder	79	92	101	110	87	94

  Lakers eliminates Thunder to win their series,at 4-2
  
  Game 1. With big bodied, 7 footer A. Bynum and the versatile 7footer Spaniard P.Gasol present,
  The Lakers beat the surprising Oklahoma Thunder since transferring from Seattle.
  Game 2. Bryant scored 39 in a surprising game where the Lakers won by 3 pts.
  Game 3. Durant dominated in Game 3, leading his team to their first playoff games win..
  Game 4. Durant and company is teaching the Lakers the danger of not taking them seriously.
  Game 5. Pau Gasol contributed 25 points, Bynum added 21 and Artest, yes Ron, added 14 while Kobe only had 13 points in a rout of the surprising Thunder. This time, the Lakers built up a comfortable lead which the Thunder could not surmount. The series shifts back to Oklahoma, where the Thunder won two games.
  Game 6. Pau Gasols tip-in of a Bryant's shot in the last seconds is the game saver and series winner for the Lakers.
  
  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  San Antonio Spurs	94	102	94	92	81	97
  Dallas Mavericks	100	88	90	89	103	87

  
  Spurs beats Mavericks 4-2 to win series.
  
  Game 1. It is high time the Spurs should pick young athletic "players. Manu can only do so much.
  Game 2. The Spurs are suprising !
  Game 3. Tony Parker in the bench made jumpshots fall in.
  Game 4. The 'dogs' players as their Coach describes them, with George Hill making a major contribution of 29 points.
  Game 5. Caron Butler 35 points helped the Mavs win one at home. But the next game is at San Antonio.
  Game 6. Four fouls for Nowitzki in just the first quarter was a bad sign that Mavericks may lose.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game6	Game 7
  Portland Trailblazers	105	90	89	96	88	90
  Phoenix Suns	100	119	108	87	107	99

  
  Suns wins series over the Trailblazers 4-2
  
  Game 1. The Trailblazers suprised the Suns by stealing Game 1!This without B.Roy and without G. Oden. This promises to be an interesting series.
  
  Game 2. Suns come back energized. Outshines the Trailblazers with their normal fast tempo.
  
  Game 3. Jason Richardson is blazing hot with 42 total points, most of them 3 pointers.
  
  Game 4. Guess what? B. Roy is back! and his presence inspired the Trailblazers to beat the Suns 96-87
  
  Game 5. Jared Dudley and Channing Frye of the Suns bench pulled off excellent performances to help the Suns beat the Trailblazers.
  
  Game 6. The Suns won the game on their own preferred fast tempo.
  
  

Is Mayweather a closet racist? Belittling Pacquiao

Src://www.gmanews.tv/story/186294/one-dimensional-pacman-bores-mayweather-jr:


The collapse of the fight [between Mayweather and Pacquiao] led the Filipino ring icon to take on Clottey instead, a showdown that lacks the excitement and drama of a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout, but attracted a big crowd of 50,994 nonetheless at the $1.2 billion stadium owned by billionaire and Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones.

Mayweather frowned upon the figures, reminding people that he still holds the record number of the top pay-per-view fight of all-time.


"Let’s not forget who generated a revenue of $2.5 million dollars in one fight alone," asked Mayweather, whose 2007 bout with Oscar De La Hoya is still considered the biggest boxing money maker ever as far as pay-per-view sales are concerned.

"The only reason why he's popular is because he's an ethnic minority and from the Philippines, so it's something special. If he was from Africa he would be just another boxer."


It is high time that Mayweather does not run away from fighting Pacquiao. He is too proud nay sounds arrogant. But that will simply make the fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather so much more exciting!