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TODAY AT BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS
1. An insightful review of Pro Basketball Prospectus 2010-11 from our friends at The Works.
2. Kevin reflects on Portland's season-opening win over the Suns in his latest "Five Thoughts".
CELTICS 88, HEAT 80
The Celtics stifled an out-of-sync Miami offense in the first half, then held off a LeBron James-led charge in the second. James had to take over, because Dwyane Wade looked very much like a player that didn't have a preseason.
HEAT PLY POSS +/- GR
james,lebron 78 31 +1 32.8
haslem,udonis 56 6 -4 17.7
anthony,joel 31 0 -12 11.9
house,eddie 48 7 0 10.6
bosh,chris 69 11 -17 9.8
jones,james 48 6 -2 5.1
arroyo,carlos 23 3 -5 2.8
wade,dwyane 67 22 -18 1.7
ilgauskas,zydrunas 19 2 +17 -1.3
chalmers,mario---DNP
howard,juwan---DNP
magloire,jamaal---DNP
heat,miami 88 88 -8 91.1
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CELTICS PLY POSS +/- GR
pierce,paul 74 12 +12 28.3
allen,ray 72 13 -2 22.0
davis,glen 54 7 +1 19.7
rondo,rajon 76 10 +4 14.7
o'neal,shaquille 33 11 +7 8.4
daniels,marquis 23 5 +3 8.1
garnett,kevin 64 18 +7 0.0
robinson,nate 19 7 +7 -0.2
o'neal,jermaine 23 4 +1 -0.8
erden,semih---DNP
wafer,von---DNP
west,delonte---DNP
celtics,boston 88 88 +8 100.2
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TRAIL BLAZERS 106, SUNS 92
Nicholas Batum scored 11 points in the fourth, leading Portland's 31-11 final period blitz against Phoenix, which went just 4-of-17 in the quarter. The Suns tried to hide Nash defensively on Batum early and the Blazers pounced on that. Batum's offensive game is getting better, and the Suns' Turkoglu-for-Stoudemire lineup really hurts Phoenix on the glass. Batum's three-point shot is looking nice.
SUNS PLY POSS +/- GR
richardson,jason 67 14 -7 35.6
nash,steve 67 29 -7 23.8
warrick,hakim 34 8 -2 11.8
lopez,robin 47 5 0 9.7
dragic,goran 24 5 -7 7.0
frye,channing 48 5 -19 4.6
turkoglu,hedo 52 7 -7 3.1
dudley,jared 35 8 -2 2.7
childress,josh 32 3 -11 2.3
hill,grant 49 7 -8 0.6
clark,earl---DNP
siler,garret---DNP
suns,phoenix 91 91 -15 101.1
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BLAZERS PLY POSS +/- GR
roy,brandon 75 19 +14 23.6
batum,nicolas 51 17 +10 19.6
camby,marcus 57 10 +5 19.3
miller,andre 51 10 +14 14.9
matthews,wesley 58 11 +22 13.5
aldridge,lamarcus 73 10 +5 8.1
fernandez,rudy 41 5 -3 7.8
cunningham,dante 26 4 -2 6.8
johnson,armon 18 5 +5 6.1
oberto,fabricio 6 2 +0 -3.2
babbitt,luke---DNP
mills,patrick---DNP
trailblazers,por. 91 91 +15 116.4
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LAKERS 112, ROCKETS 110
Steve Blake hit the go-ahead three-pointer with :18.8 remaining in his debut for the Lakers. Aaron Brooks had a reverse lay-up attempt blocked at the buzzer that could have sent the game into overtime for the Rockets. Brooks and Martin proved to be very difficult to guard for Houston. Brooks is more of the slasher, Martin the catch-and-shooter, but they can both fill those two roles capably. You have to make them work defensively, but Kobe was checked by Battier.
ROCKETS PLY POSS +/- GR
brooks,aaron 89 17 +7 30.0
martin,kevin 63 21 +4 21.4
scola,luis 71 20 +7 16.7
miller,brad 53 7 +4 13.3
budinger,chase 47 10 -1 11.2
ming,yao 50 13 -6 5.4
battier,shane 67 5 +9 5.0
lee,courtney 32 8 -14 3.5
hayes,chuck 32 1 -9 0.3
smith,ishmael 10 1 -11 0.0
hill,jordan---DNP
jeffries,jared---DNP
rockets,houston 103 103 -2 106.8
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LAKERS PLY POSS +/- GR
bryant,kobe 80 23 -8 30.8
gasol,pau 86 27 +1 28.4
brown,shannon 46 9 +8 16.4
blake,steve 46 4 +13 12.7
odom,lamar 71 12 +11 11.1
barnes,matt 34 6 +12 8.7
ratliff,theo 36 1 -4 1.9
artest,ron 63 14 -7 1.8
fisher,derek 49 5 -8 -1.5
caracter,derrick 5 1 -8 -1.6
ebanks,devin---DNP
vujacic,sasha---DNP
lakers,losangeles 103 103 +2 108.7
PLY is an estimate of how many possessions on which the player was on the court. POSS is an estimate of possessions a player used. Plus-Minus (+/-) data is from official box scores from NBA.com. Game Rating (GR) reflects a player's Points Created total, or the portion of his team's offense for which he gets credit based on his box score line. This number is then adjusted for estimated defensive performance based on box score counterpart productivity. GR is pace-adjusted so you can compare players from game to game.
NEWS & MOVES
Minutiae from press releases around the league
KINGS: The Kings exercised contract options on second-year point guard Tyreke Evans as well as third-year forwards Jason Thompson and Donte Greene, plus second-year forward Omri Casspi.
No surprises here. The Kings have a lot of young talent, which is cheap, and the team's cap situation is excellent as we wade into the murky waters of collective bargaining.
ON TAP
Tonight in the NBA
BOS @ CLE, 7:00 p.m. EST
DET @ NJN, 7:00 p.m. EST
MIA @ PHI, 7:00 p.m. EST
NYK @ TOR, 7:00 p.m. EST
ATL @ MEM, 8:00 p.m. EST
SAC @ MIN, 8:00 p.m. EST
MIL @ NWO, 8:00 p.m. EST
CHI @ OKC, 8:00 p.m. EST
CHA @ DAL, 8:30 p.m. EST
IND @ SAS, 8:30 p.m. EST
UTA @ DEN, 9:00 p.m. EST
HOU @ GSW, 10:30 p.m. EST
POR @ LAC, 10:30 p.m. EST
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