Denver shook off their previous losses and came out with all guns blazing in a shootout with the Kansas City Chiefs in Denver, CO. The Broncos came out on the winning end by a score of 49-29. Passing was the name of the game today and both sides of the ball threw for over 750 yards combined.
Denver got on the score board quick in the first quarter when Kyle Orton completed a pass to Knowshon Moreno, who ran in for a 17 yard touchdown. Orton then hit Brandon Lloyd for a 6 yard TD pass. Kyle Orton wasn't done yet in the first quarter as he threw his 3rd touchdown of the day to Jabar Gaffney, who hauled in the 40 yard touchdown to put the Broncos, after the extra point kick, the early 21-0 lead.
The second quarter didn't fare any better for the Chiefs, although they did get on the board. Tim Tebow came in and went in for a 1 yard touchdown, then that was followed up by a Jason Hunter 75 yard fumble return to put the Broncos up 35-0. The Chiefs finally scored with a minute and a half remaining in the half when Jamaal Charles hauled in a 5 yard TD pass from Matt Cassel. With 1 second on the clock before halftime, Ryan Succop hit a 40 yard field goal for the Chiefs.
Denver continued bleeding the Chiefs in the 3rd quarter when Spencer Larsen caught a 3 yard TD pass From Tim Tebow to make it a 42-10 ball game. Matt Cassel then threw his 2nd TD pass of the game to Dwayne Bowe.
In the 4th quarter, it was Denver who struck again when Brandon Lloyd caught a 15 yard TD pass From Kyle Orton - his 4th TD of the game. Chris Chambers then caught an 11 yard TD pass From Matt Cassel. The Chiefs went for the 2 point conversion and missed leaving the score at 49-23 in favor of the Broncos. It was the Chiefs who would score again late in the game when Matt Cassel found Dwayne Bowe for a 22 yard touchdown pass. They once again went for the 2 point conversion and missed. It was too little, too late for the Chiefs.
Kyle Orton completed 22 of 34 for 296 yards and 4 Tds in the winning effort. Knowshon Moreno ran the ball 22 times for 106 yards. He also caught 3 passes for 50 yards and 1 TD. Tim Tebow completed his only pass of the game for a 3 yard touchdown and he also ran the ball 2 times for 2 yards and a TD. Brandon Lloyd caught 6 passes for 90 yards and 2 TDs. Jabar Gaffney caught 3 passes for 57 yards and 1 TD.
Matt Cassel had a heck of a game throwing the ball for Kansas City. He scored some fantasy football points today for whomever had him on their starting roster. He completed 33 of 53 passes for 469 yards and 4 TDs. Dwayne Bowe had a nice day catching the ball for the Chiefs - he caught 13 passes for 186 yards and 2 TDs. Jamaal Charles caught 5 passes for 80 yards a TD. Chris Chambers caught 4 passes for 36 yards and 1 TD.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
NFL 2010 Week 10 Game Recaps: Detroit Lions vs Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills picked up their first win of the season, when they beat the Detroit Lions for a final score of 14-12. The 2-6 Detroit Lions were coming off a tough loss and were heading in to Buffalo to take on the winless Bills. This was a battle of the basement teams on the southern shore of Lake Erie. Both teams were looking for signs of life. The Lions were riding a 24 consecutive game winless streak on the road and their loss against the Bills matches their own record of 25 consecutive winless games on the road.
Fred Jackson started the scoring in the second quarter when he ran in for a 1 yard touchdown for Buffalo. Detroit got on the board when Dave Rayner kicked a 25 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter, it was Fred Jackson again when he caught a 16 yard TD pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick.
In the 4th quarter things got interesting as Dave Rayner kicked a 45 yard field goal to make the score 14-6 in favor of Buffalo. Detroit came back and almost had a chance to tie the game when Calvin Johnson caught a 20 yard TD pass From Shaun Hill to make it a 14-12 game. The Lions failed to convert the 2 point conversion and the Bills survived the scare to walk away with their first win of the season.
Key Statistics for the game:
Buffalo Bills
Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 12 of 24 passes for 146 yards and 1 TD
Fred Jackson ran 25 times for 133 yards and 1 TD
Fred Jackson caught 6 passes for 37 yards and 1 TD
Detroit Lions
Shaun Hill completed 29 of 50 passes for 323 yards and 1 TD & 1 INT
Jahvid Best ran 17 times for 35 yards
Calvin Johnson caught 10 passes for 128 yards and 1 TD
Fred Jackson started the scoring in the second quarter when he ran in for a 1 yard touchdown for Buffalo. Detroit got on the board when Dave Rayner kicked a 25 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter, it was Fred Jackson again when he caught a 16 yard TD pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick.
In the 4th quarter things got interesting as Dave Rayner kicked a 45 yard field goal to make the score 14-6 in favor of Buffalo. Detroit came back and almost had a chance to tie the game when Calvin Johnson caught a 20 yard TD pass From Shaun Hill to make it a 14-12 game. The Lions failed to convert the 2 point conversion and the Bills survived the scare to walk away with their first win of the season.
Key Statistics for the game:
Buffalo Bills
Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 12 of 24 passes for 146 yards and 1 TD
Fred Jackson ran 25 times for 133 yards and 1 TD
Fred Jackson caught 6 passes for 37 yards and 1 TD
Detroit Lions
Shaun Hill completed 29 of 50 passes for 323 yards and 1 TD & 1 INT
Jahvid Best ran 17 times for 35 yards
Calvin Johnson caught 10 passes for 128 yards and 1 TD
NBA Scores and Recaps for Deb 6, 2010
There were 8 games on the NBA schedule for Sunday December 6th
Boston Celtics 100 New Jersey Nets 75 FINAL SCORE
Nate Robinson scored 21 points for the Celtics. Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett also added 13 points each for Boston in the win.
New York Knicks 116 Toronto Raptors 99 FINAL SCORE
Amare Stoudemire scored 31 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Knicks.
Detroit Pistons 102 Cleveland Cavaliers 92 FINAL SCORE
Cleveland loses yet again, but this time it's not as dismal. Richard Hamilton tossed in 27 points for the Pistons.
San Antonio Spurs 109 New Orleans Hornets 84 FINAL SCORE
It was a team effort for the Spurs who had 7 players hit double digits in scoring. Tony Parker led in scoring for the Spurs with 19 points scored.
Oklahoma City Thunder 114 Golden State Warriors 109 FINAL SCORE
Kevin Durant scored 28 points for the Thunder win and Stephen Curry poured in 39 points for the Warriors in the losing effort.
Memphis Grizzlies @ Denver Nuggets 8 PM ET Tipoff
Washington Wizards @ Phoenix Suns 8 PM ET Tipoff
Los Angeles Clippers @ Portland Trail Blazers 9 PM ET Tipoff
Here are the scores and recaps from the Sat. Dec 4th games.
There were six games on the NBA schedule for Sat. Dec 4. After their dominating performance against Cleveland Thursday night, the Heat were back at home to take on Atlanta. The Cavs meanwhile headed on out to blustery Minnesota to try to pick up the pieces after Miami dismantled them. The 76ers are at home to take on Charlotte. Houston was in Chicago. Orlando, who had 15 wins on the season were in Milwaukee and suffered a loss to the Bucks. The Magic were playing without 4 players who were out with a stomach virus. Dwight Howard, J.J. Redick,Mickael Pietrus, and Jameer Nelson were are all back in Orlando recovering from the virus.
Miami Heat 89 Atlanta Hawks 77 FINAL SCORE
The Heat picked up right where they left off in Cleveland to start the first quarter by outpacing Atlanta. With the exception of a 3 pointer by Mario Chalmers, the rest of the points were scored by the big 3 for the Heat. Dwayne Wade had 6 points. LeBron James scored 9 and Chris Bosh added 8 points to give Miami a 26-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter pretty much played out just like the first quarter. The big 3 scoring the bulk of the points. Wade added another 6, James added 7, and Bosh added another 6 points in the second quarter to their scoring totals for the half. Atlanta was led in the half by Josh Smith, who scored 8 points. The Heat hit the locker room for halftime with a decisive 50-36 lead over the Hawks.
Atlanta came out gunning in the second quarter and made the game interesting. They fought back to pull within 2 points of the Heat at the end of the quarter. Miami still had the edge 63-61. It was looking like the Hawks were going to make it a close game...but after getting close a few times Atlanta watched as Miami extended the lead to run out the game.
Chris Bosh ended up leading the Heat in scoring with 27 points. Dwyane Wade scored 26 points and LeBron James ended up with 22 points scored. In total the Big 3 accounted for 75 of the Heat's 89 points. Al Horford led Atlanta with 22 points scored.
Philadelphia 76ers 109 Charlotte Bobcats 91 FINAL SCORE
Philadelphia got off to a fast start and had a huge first quarter fueled by guard Jodie Meeks, who tossed in 20 points. Meeks hit 6 3-point shots in the first quarter. The 76ers had the lead at the end of the first quarter by a 32-16 lead over the Bobcats.
Charlotte chipped away at the 76ers lead to finish the half trailing Philly 56-45. Stephen Jackson led the half in scoring for the Bobcats with 12 points. Jodie Meeks failed to score any points in the second quarter by still finished the half leading the 76ers in scoring with 20 points.
Philly extended their lead in the third quarter as they ended the quarter with an 85-67 lead. The game was never really close for Charlotte as the 4th quarter was no different from the rest of the game and the final score was 109 to 91 in favor of the 76ers.
Jodie Meeks cooled way off after the first quarter but still finished the game leading Philadelphia with 26 points scored. Boris Diaw led Charlotte with 19 points scored.
Chicago Bulls 119 Houston Rockets 116 FINAL SCORE
As expected the Houston and Chicago game was the best competitive game on the schedule - at least in the first quarter when the score was 25-23 in favor of the Bulls. In the second quarter Chicago pulled away from the Rockets and finished the half with a 56-44 lead. Houston fought back in the second half, but fell just short as the Bulls came away with a 3 point 119-116 win.
Minnesota Timberwolves 129 Cleveland Cavaliers 95 FINAL SCORE
The Cavs started this game just like they finished the Heat game - getting outscored nearly 2-1 early in the first quarter. Cleveland seemed to be lost and needed someone to step up to lead the team. They whittled back to finish the quarter trailing the Timberwolves by a score of 37-24. Antawn Jamison scored 10 points for the Cavs in the first quarter.
Things got worse for the Cavs in the second quarter as Minnesota went into halftime with a 73-54 lead over Cleveland. Their play is a carbon copy of their previous defeat to the Miami Heat. I don't know if that game deflated the emotional tires of the Cavs or what, but they just are playing terrible fundamental basketball right now. Chalk up 2 ugly games in a row for the Cavs. Kevin Love led the T-Wolves in scoring in the first half with 20 points through the net.
The Cavs just kept cumbling as the game progressed as Minnesota poured it on in the second half. The final score was a big 34 point victory for the TWolves. The final score was 129-95.
Milwaukee Bucks 96 Orlando Magic 85 FINAL SCORE
Dallas Mavericks 105 Sacramento Kings 103
Boston Celtics 100 New Jersey Nets 75 FINAL SCORE
Nate Robinson scored 21 points for the Celtics. Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett also added 13 points each for Boston in the win.
New York Knicks 116 Toronto Raptors 99 FINAL SCORE
Amare Stoudemire scored 31 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Knicks.
Detroit Pistons 102 Cleveland Cavaliers 92 FINAL SCORE
Cleveland loses yet again, but this time it's not as dismal. Richard Hamilton tossed in 27 points for the Pistons.
San Antonio Spurs 109 New Orleans Hornets 84 FINAL SCORE
It was a team effort for the Spurs who had 7 players hit double digits in scoring. Tony Parker led in scoring for the Spurs with 19 points scored.
Oklahoma City Thunder 114 Golden State Warriors 109 FINAL SCORE
Kevin Durant scored 28 points for the Thunder win and Stephen Curry poured in 39 points for the Warriors in the losing effort.
Memphis Grizzlies @ Denver Nuggets 8 PM ET Tipoff
Washington Wizards @ Phoenix Suns 8 PM ET Tipoff
Los Angeles Clippers @ Portland Trail Blazers 9 PM ET Tipoff
Here are the scores and recaps from the Sat. Dec 4th games.
There were six games on the NBA schedule for Sat. Dec 4. After their dominating performance against Cleveland Thursday night, the Heat were back at home to take on Atlanta. The Cavs meanwhile headed on out to blustery Minnesota to try to pick up the pieces after Miami dismantled them. The 76ers are at home to take on Charlotte. Houston was in Chicago. Orlando, who had 15 wins on the season were in Milwaukee and suffered a loss to the Bucks. The Magic were playing without 4 players who were out with a stomach virus. Dwight Howard, J.J. Redick,Mickael Pietrus, and Jameer Nelson were are all back in Orlando recovering from the virus.
Miami Heat 89 Atlanta Hawks 77 FINAL SCORE
The Heat picked up right where they left off in Cleveland to start the first quarter by outpacing Atlanta. With the exception of a 3 pointer by Mario Chalmers, the rest of the points were scored by the big 3 for the Heat. Dwayne Wade had 6 points. LeBron James scored 9 and Chris Bosh added 8 points to give Miami a 26-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter pretty much played out just like the first quarter. The big 3 scoring the bulk of the points. Wade added another 6, James added 7, and Bosh added another 6 points in the second quarter to their scoring totals for the half. Atlanta was led in the half by Josh Smith, who scored 8 points. The Heat hit the locker room for halftime with a decisive 50-36 lead over the Hawks.
Atlanta came out gunning in the second quarter and made the game interesting. They fought back to pull within 2 points of the Heat at the end of the quarter. Miami still had the edge 63-61. It was looking like the Hawks were going to make it a close game...but after getting close a few times Atlanta watched as Miami extended the lead to run out the game.
Chris Bosh ended up leading the Heat in scoring with 27 points. Dwyane Wade scored 26 points and LeBron James ended up with 22 points scored. In total the Big 3 accounted for 75 of the Heat's 89 points. Al Horford led Atlanta with 22 points scored.
Philadelphia 76ers 109 Charlotte Bobcats 91 FINAL SCORE
Philadelphia got off to a fast start and had a huge first quarter fueled by guard Jodie Meeks, who tossed in 20 points. Meeks hit 6 3-point shots in the first quarter. The 76ers had the lead at the end of the first quarter by a 32-16 lead over the Bobcats.
Charlotte chipped away at the 76ers lead to finish the half trailing Philly 56-45. Stephen Jackson led the half in scoring for the Bobcats with 12 points. Jodie Meeks failed to score any points in the second quarter by still finished the half leading the 76ers in scoring with 20 points.
Philly extended their lead in the third quarter as they ended the quarter with an 85-67 lead. The game was never really close for Charlotte as the 4th quarter was no different from the rest of the game and the final score was 109 to 91 in favor of the 76ers.
Jodie Meeks cooled way off after the first quarter but still finished the game leading Philadelphia with 26 points scored. Boris Diaw led Charlotte with 19 points scored.
Chicago Bulls 119 Houston Rockets 116 FINAL SCORE
As expected the Houston and Chicago game was the best competitive game on the schedule - at least in the first quarter when the score was 25-23 in favor of the Bulls. In the second quarter Chicago pulled away from the Rockets and finished the half with a 56-44 lead. Houston fought back in the second half, but fell just short as the Bulls came away with a 3 point 119-116 win.
Minnesota Timberwolves 129 Cleveland Cavaliers 95 FINAL SCORE
The Cavs started this game just like they finished the Heat game - getting outscored nearly 2-1 early in the first quarter. Cleveland seemed to be lost and needed someone to step up to lead the team. They whittled back to finish the quarter trailing the Timberwolves by a score of 37-24. Antawn Jamison scored 10 points for the Cavs in the first quarter.
Things got worse for the Cavs in the second quarter as Minnesota went into halftime with a 73-54 lead over Cleveland. Their play is a carbon copy of their previous defeat to the Miami Heat. I don't know if that game deflated the emotional tires of the Cavs or what, but they just are playing terrible fundamental basketball right now. Chalk up 2 ugly games in a row for the Cavs. Kevin Love led the T-Wolves in scoring in the first half with 20 points through the net.
The Cavs just kept cumbling as the game progressed as Minnesota poured it on in the second half. The final score was a big 34 point victory for the TWolves. The final score was 129-95.
Milwaukee Bucks 96 Orlando Magic 85 FINAL SCORE
Dallas Mavericks 105 Sacramento Kings 103
NBA Scores and Recaps December 8, 2010
Here are the NBA games for Wed. December 8. There are 11 games total on the schedule. Coverage was limited last night. Sorry about that.
You can check out the results from the Dec. 7 games here.
Boston Celtics 105 Denver Nuggets 89 FINAL SCORE
Boston was 16-4 coming into the game and Denver was sitting at 13-7. Boston had been hot lately and their game against the Nuggets was no different as Boston comes out on the winning side of a 105-89 victory over Denver. From the opening tipoff Boston got the best of Denver in the first half and the Celtics went into the locker room at halftime with a 59-52 lead. Boston continued their solid play in the second half to secure the win.
Ray Allen led the Celtics with 28 points scored and Ty Lawson led Denver with 24 points scored.
Chicago Bulls 88 Cleveland Cavaliers 83 FINAL SCORE
Surprisingly the Cleveland Cavaliers actually hung with a team beyond the first quarter. But it wasn't enough as the Cavs lost their sixth straight game by a final score of 88-83 to the Chicago Bulls, who improved their record to 12-8 as they stay in first place in the Eastern Conference Central Division. They Bulls had a 21-15 lead after the first quarter. Cleveland nibbled away at the Bulls in the second quarter to come back and actually take the lead at 35-33. However the lead was short lived for the Cavs. With about 1:30 left on the clock before halftime, Chicago rattled off 8 straight points to retake the lead and head into halftime with a 41-35 lead.
Cleveland came out gunning in the second half and outscored Chicago 33-19 in the 3rd quarter to take a 68-60 lead. The Bulls got the best of the Cavs in the fourth quarter outscoring the wine and gold by a score of 28-15. The Cavs were still in it though in the closing minute of the game. With 26 seconds left in the game the Cavs were barely holding on to a 1 point lead. Derrick Rose then put in a basket with 19 seconds left. He was fouled on the play and converted the free throw to make it an 85-83 Bulls lead. The Cavs brought the ball down and had 2 shots at the basket. Mo Williams missed and then Daniel Gibson grabbed the rebound and missed his shot from under the basket. The Cavs were forced to foul the rest of the way. Joakim Noah hit 2 free throws and Ronnie Brewer made 1 of 2 free throws to make it an 88-83 Chicago Bulls win over the Cavs.
Derrick Rose led the Bulls in scoring with 29 points abd Joakim Noah grabbed 14 rebounds in the winning effort. Antawn Jamison led the Cavs in scoring with 21 points.
New York Knicks 113 Toronto Raptors 110 FINAL SCORE
This was a fairly even game until late in the first quarter when the Raptors got ahead of the Knicks. The score was tied at 26-26 with just over a minute left in the first quarter. That's when Toronto started a scoring run and pulled away from the Knicks in the to take a 12 point lead in the second quarter. However, that lead dwindled as the Knicks battled back. After consecutive 3 pointers by Wilson Chandler and Raymond Felton and a basket by Amare Stoudemire for New York, Andrea Bargnani hit a 3 pointer for Toronto to make it a 56-52 Raptors lead. From that point on for the rest of the first half New York outscored Toronto 7-1. Heading into halftime New York fought back to take a 59-57 lead over the Raptors.
New Orleans Hornets 93 Detroit Piston 74 FINAL SCORE
The Hornets had a halftime lead of 44-34 over the Pistons and put in an equally impressive second half to get the win over Indiana. David West led the Hornets with 25 points scored and Ben Gordon led Detroit with 19 points scored.
Milwaukee Bucks 97 Indiana Pacers 95 FINAL SCORE
Milwaukee led the Pacers 56-48 at halftime and was able to hold off Indiana in the second half to get the win. Bradon Jennings scored 22 points for Milwaukee and Danny Granger scored 26 points for the Pacers.
Oklahoma City Thunder 111 Minnesota Timberwolves 103 FINAL SCORE
Minnesota is led 64-53 at halftime over the Thunder, but Oklahoma City came back to get the win. Kevin Durant had a solid night for Oklahoma City scoring 30 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and getting 6 assists. Michael Beasley scored 26 points for the TWolves.
San Antonio Spurs 111 Golden State Warriors 94 FINAL SCORE
The Spurs beat Golden State to get the win and with a record of 18-3 have the best start in franchise history. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 19 points scored and Reggie Williams led the Warriors with 34 points scored.
Memphis Grizzlies 104 Phoenix Suns 98 FINAL SCORE
The Memphis Grizzlies came out of Phonenix with an overtime win fueled by Zach Robinson, who tossed in 34 points and grabbed 17 rebounds for Memphis.
Miami Heat 111 Utah Jazz 98 FINAL SCOR E
Miami beat Utah for their 6th straight win and are looking like they are starting to hit their stride and gel as a team after a shaky start to the season. Utah had the better record of the two teams coming into the game. LeBron James led the Heat in scoring with 33 points scored. Dwyane Wade had 26 points, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 16 points, and Chris Bosh had 16 points. Al Jefferson scored 25 points for the Jazz.
Sacramento Kings 116 Washington Wizards 91 FINAL SCORE
Beno Udrih had 23 points scored and was 1 of 6 players to hit double digits in scoring for the Kings in their win over the Wizards, who were led in scoring by Al Thornton with 20 points in the losing effort.
Los Angeles Lakers 87 Los Angeles Clippers 86 FINAL SCORE
Kobe Bryant scored 24 points for the Lakers as their barely knocked off the Clippers by a point to get the win. Eric Gordon scored 24 points for the Clippers. This game came down to the wire. The Clippers had a 5 point lead in the 4th quarter but watched it slip away as the Lakers "clipped" away at the lead. The Clippers were holding on by a score of 86-85 with 15 seconds left in the game and it came down to the final play of the game when Derek Fisher hit a layup at the buzzer to give the Lakers the win.
You can check out the results from the Dec. 7 games here.
Boston Celtics 105 Denver Nuggets 89 FINAL SCORE
Boston was 16-4 coming into the game and Denver was sitting at 13-7. Boston had been hot lately and their game against the Nuggets was no different as Boston comes out on the winning side of a 105-89 victory over Denver. From the opening tipoff Boston got the best of Denver in the first half and the Celtics went into the locker room at halftime with a 59-52 lead. Boston continued their solid play in the second half to secure the win.
Ray Allen led the Celtics with 28 points scored and Ty Lawson led Denver with 24 points scored.
Chicago Bulls 88 Cleveland Cavaliers 83 FINAL SCORE
Surprisingly the Cleveland Cavaliers actually hung with a team beyond the first quarter. But it wasn't enough as the Cavs lost their sixth straight game by a final score of 88-83 to the Chicago Bulls, who improved their record to 12-8 as they stay in first place in the Eastern Conference Central Division. They Bulls had a 21-15 lead after the first quarter. Cleveland nibbled away at the Bulls in the second quarter to come back and actually take the lead at 35-33. However the lead was short lived for the Cavs. With about 1:30 left on the clock before halftime, Chicago rattled off 8 straight points to retake the lead and head into halftime with a 41-35 lead.
Cleveland came out gunning in the second half and outscored Chicago 33-19 in the 3rd quarter to take a 68-60 lead. The Bulls got the best of the Cavs in the fourth quarter outscoring the wine and gold by a score of 28-15. The Cavs were still in it though in the closing minute of the game. With 26 seconds left in the game the Cavs were barely holding on to a 1 point lead. Derrick Rose then put in a basket with 19 seconds left. He was fouled on the play and converted the free throw to make it an 85-83 Bulls lead. The Cavs brought the ball down and had 2 shots at the basket. Mo Williams missed and then Daniel Gibson grabbed the rebound and missed his shot from under the basket. The Cavs were forced to foul the rest of the way. Joakim Noah hit 2 free throws and Ronnie Brewer made 1 of 2 free throws to make it an 88-83 Chicago Bulls win over the Cavs.
Derrick Rose led the Bulls in scoring with 29 points abd Joakim Noah grabbed 14 rebounds in the winning effort. Antawn Jamison led the Cavs in scoring with 21 points.
New York Knicks 113 Toronto Raptors 110 FINAL SCORE
This was a fairly even game until late in the first quarter when the Raptors got ahead of the Knicks. The score was tied at 26-26 with just over a minute left in the first quarter. That's when Toronto started a scoring run and pulled away from the Knicks in the to take a 12 point lead in the second quarter. However, that lead dwindled as the Knicks battled back. After consecutive 3 pointers by Wilson Chandler and Raymond Felton and a basket by Amare Stoudemire for New York, Andrea Bargnani hit a 3 pointer for Toronto to make it a 56-52 Raptors lead. From that point on for the rest of the first half New York outscored Toronto 7-1. Heading into halftime New York fought back to take a 59-57 lead over the Raptors.
New Orleans Hornets 93 Detroit Piston 74 FINAL SCORE
The Hornets had a halftime lead of 44-34 over the Pistons and put in an equally impressive second half to get the win over Indiana. David West led the Hornets with 25 points scored and Ben Gordon led Detroit with 19 points scored.
Milwaukee Bucks 97 Indiana Pacers 95 FINAL SCORE
Milwaukee led the Pacers 56-48 at halftime and was able to hold off Indiana in the second half to get the win. Bradon Jennings scored 22 points for Milwaukee and Danny Granger scored 26 points for the Pacers.
Oklahoma City Thunder 111 Minnesota Timberwolves 103 FINAL SCORE
Minnesota is led 64-53 at halftime over the Thunder, but Oklahoma City came back to get the win. Kevin Durant had a solid night for Oklahoma City scoring 30 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and getting 6 assists. Michael Beasley scored 26 points for the TWolves.
San Antonio Spurs 111 Golden State Warriors 94 FINAL SCORE
The Spurs beat Golden State to get the win and with a record of 18-3 have the best start in franchise history. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 19 points scored and Reggie Williams led the Warriors with 34 points scored.
Memphis Grizzlies 104 Phoenix Suns 98 FINAL SCORE
The Memphis Grizzlies came out of Phonenix with an overtime win fueled by Zach Robinson, who tossed in 34 points and grabbed 17 rebounds for Memphis.
Miami Heat 111 Utah Jazz 98 FINAL SCOR E
Miami beat Utah for their 6th straight win and are looking like they are starting to hit their stride and gel as a team after a shaky start to the season. Utah had the better record of the two teams coming into the game. LeBron James led the Heat in scoring with 33 points scored. Dwyane Wade had 26 points, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 16 points, and Chris Bosh had 16 points. Al Jefferson scored 25 points for the Jazz.
Sacramento Kings 116 Washington Wizards 91 FINAL SCORE
Beno Udrih had 23 points scored and was 1 of 6 players to hit double digits in scoring for the Kings in their win over the Wizards, who were led in scoring by Al Thornton with 20 points in the losing effort.
Los Angeles Lakers 87 Los Angeles Clippers 86 FINAL SCORE
Kobe Bryant scored 24 points for the Lakers as their barely knocked off the Clippers by a point to get the win. Eric Gordon scored 24 points for the Clippers. This game came down to the wire. The Clippers had a 5 point lead in the 4th quarter but watched it slip away as the Lakers "clipped" away at the lead. The Clippers were holding on by a score of 86-85 with 15 seconds left in the game and it came down to the final play of the game when Derek Fisher hit a layup at the buzzer to give the Lakers the win.
MLB Offseason Winter News Recap for 2010/11
Here are some of the hot Major League baseball topics. This was originally a post about the hot stories surrounding the winter meetings so you will find those archinved down below. Just remember that some of that information from the winter meetings is outdated. I'll put the most recent newsworthy events at the top and this will serve as a short story news blog and some random musings.
Albert Pujols to end talks with the St. Louis Cardinals
Sources are saying that St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has rejected the Cardinals latest contract offer and that he will end talks with the team Tuesday. Pujols is in the last year of his contract, which expires after the World Series. Reports are saying that Pujols is seeking a contract in the neighborhood of 10 years and worth $30 Million a year. Good luck Albert. That's a lot of bling bling.
RIP Chuck Tanner
Who could forget the "We are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates, who went on to win the 1979 World Series? The man who guided that team to victory head coach Chuck Tanner passed away today at his home in New Castle, PA. Tanner, who was 82 years old, also coached for the Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox and the Oakland A's. Check out Pittsburgh's Post Gazette article on him here .
Michael Young of the Texas Rangers is in the news again for demanding a trade. In his own words "I want to be traded because I've been misled and manipulated and I'm sick of it". You can check out the story here . It would be nice to know how and/or why the Rangers have misled and manipulated him. Otherwise on paper, Young comes off sounding like sour grapes.
A lot of action happens around the annual MLB winter meetings and this year has been no exception. We've already had some free agents sign on the dotted line and we have a few big fish swimming in the free agent market.
Bob Feller
On a sad note, Hall of fame Cleveland Indians pitching great Bob Feller, who is 92 years old, has been moved to hospice care in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is a detailed story on his condition by Paul "Ask Hoynsie" Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Initally, a story ran in the The Morning Journal by a long time Indians beat writer who wrote that Feller had passed away sparking RIP tweets to come streaming across Twitter. The rumours of his passing were false. The story was removed by the paper and they apologized for the confusion.
Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee is expected to land a large deal. He is looking for some financial security in the form of a longer deal because Cliff's peak demand for him at this point in his career as a player is probably the highest it will get. Now is the time for him to cash in. ....and he will. He is looking for a longer term contract with guaranteed money and he will get it. He's already talked to a few teams, but it's no secret the Yankees want him. 9 times out of 10 what the Yankees want is what the Yankees get. His former teammate C.C. Sabathia has even been enlisted to try to recruit Lee to the big apple. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cliff in pinstripes come the end of the winter meetings. But, on the flipside having been around Cliff for years while he was a Cleveland Indian something tells me that he might shy away from the big apple. That's just a gut feeling though.
On Tuesday it was being reported that Cliff was offered a couple of 7 year deals by two unknown teams. The Texas Rangers are believed to be in the running to bring Lee back. In other Texas news, Nolan Ryan has gone on record saying that the team is not actively shopping Michael Young, but they will listen to any inquiries made on all players. The Angels have also joined in the race to sign Lee.
As for Lee, they listened to offers and on Wed. his agent Darek Braunecker left the winter meetings and said that he may or may not be back. When asked about where Lee would end up all Darek would say was "We're going somewhere". The meetings end Thurs. so it remains to be seen if Lee will have a new team by the end of the week. It is believed that the Yankees offered Lee a 6 year contract worth $140 million to wear the pinstripes. The Red Sox also were being thrown around as one of the teams that may have been one of the teams to offer a 7 year deal. After the Yankees caught wind of the Crawford signing in Boston, they upped their bid to Cliff Lee. They increased their offer to 7 years and for $160 Million Dollars! Lee is expected to make an announcement this weekend.
The closest report I can find out of Texas is this here .
As the waiting on Sat. goes into the night hours Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington has gone on record saying that "That he'll be here" "I think everything that needs to be done has been done. ... We just have to wait". Whatever the offer is on the table from Texas, Washington seems to be confident he will have Cliff Lee back. The Rangers traveled to Arkansas Friday and presented multiple offers to Lee for his consideration.
Carl Crawford
Heading into the last day of the winter meetings, the Red Sox signed Carl Crawford to a big 7-year deal worth $142 million.
Paul Konerko
Paul Konerko re-signed with the Chicago White Sox on Weds. He signed a 3 year deal worth $37.5 million. That was the second biggest deal of the day. The first was First baseman Carlos Pena, who had been the target of numerous teams in the free agent market and late Tuesday night the Chicago Cubs met with his agent to discuss the possiblities of becoming a Cub. The Cubs walked away agreeing to a 1 year deal with Pena reportedly worth $10 million.
Yankees
The Yankees have been busy this offseason with their own free agent players as they resigned Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera to new deals to keep them in New York. I think these 2 deals were a priority for the Yankees to get done so that would free them up to focus on making their free agent pitch to Cliff Lee. However, it has come to light that negotiations were not easy with Jeter and he is not happy about how the negotiations went. The Yankees all time leader in hits with 2,926 was reportedly told to test the free agent market. Jeter said "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry how some of this went" when he was announcing the 3 year deal worth $51 million on Tuesday Dec. 7th.
Jayson Werth
Ex-Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth signed on a huge contract with the Washington Nationals that created a buzz amongst other MLB teams. The reports have said that many of the teams aren't happy with the length and amount of the contract he signed as it will be a benchmark for which other free agent players will now use when they are negotiating their own deals. The contract he signed was for 7 years and an astonishing 126 million dollars guaranteed. Werth is good, but not that good. What makes the deal even more interesting is that the Nationals don't seem to be a contending team any time soon so why did they waste all that money on a veteran like Werth when they could have used that money to develop their minor league system? The deal just doesn't make sense.
This blog will be an ongoing blog throughout the winter meetings and throughout the offseason as well so check back frequently for updates.
Albert Pujols to end talks with the St. Louis Cardinals
Sources are saying that St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has rejected the Cardinals latest contract offer and that he will end talks with the team Tuesday. Pujols is in the last year of his contract, which expires after the World Series. Reports are saying that Pujols is seeking a contract in the neighborhood of 10 years and worth $30 Million a year. Good luck Albert. That's a lot of bling bling.
RIP Chuck Tanner
Who could forget the "We are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates, who went on to win the 1979 World Series? The man who guided that team to victory head coach Chuck Tanner passed away today at his home in New Castle, PA. Tanner, who was 82 years old, also coached for the Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox and the Oakland A's. Check out Pittsburgh's Post Gazette article on him here .
Michael Young of the Texas Rangers is in the news again for demanding a trade. In his own words "I want to be traded because I've been misled and manipulated and I'm sick of it". You can check out the story here . It would be nice to know how and/or why the Rangers have misled and manipulated him. Otherwise on paper, Young comes off sounding like sour grapes.
A lot of action happens around the annual MLB winter meetings and this year has been no exception. We've already had some free agents sign on the dotted line and we have a few big fish swimming in the free agent market.
Bob Feller
On a sad note, Hall of fame Cleveland Indians pitching great Bob Feller, who is 92 years old, has been moved to hospice care in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is a detailed story on his condition by Paul "Ask Hoynsie" Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Initally, a story ran in the The Morning Journal by a long time Indians beat writer who wrote that Feller had passed away sparking RIP tweets to come streaming across Twitter. The rumours of his passing were false. The story was removed by the paper and they apologized for the confusion.
Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee is expected to land a large deal. He is looking for some financial security in the form of a longer deal because Cliff's peak demand for him at this point in his career as a player is probably the highest it will get. Now is the time for him to cash in. ....and he will. He is looking for a longer term contract with guaranteed money and he will get it. He's already talked to a few teams, but it's no secret the Yankees want him. 9 times out of 10 what the Yankees want is what the Yankees get. His former teammate C.C. Sabathia has even been enlisted to try to recruit Lee to the big apple. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cliff in pinstripes come the end of the winter meetings. But, on the flipside having been around Cliff for years while he was a Cleveland Indian something tells me that he might shy away from the big apple. That's just a gut feeling though.
On Tuesday it was being reported that Cliff was offered a couple of 7 year deals by two unknown teams. The Texas Rangers are believed to be in the running to bring Lee back. In other Texas news, Nolan Ryan has gone on record saying that the team is not actively shopping Michael Young, but they will listen to any inquiries made on all players. The Angels have also joined in the race to sign Lee.
As for Lee, they listened to offers and on Wed. his agent Darek Braunecker left the winter meetings and said that he may or may not be back. When asked about where Lee would end up all Darek would say was "We're going somewhere". The meetings end Thurs. so it remains to be seen if Lee will have a new team by the end of the week. It is believed that the Yankees offered Lee a 6 year contract worth $140 million to wear the pinstripes. The Red Sox also were being thrown around as one of the teams that may have been one of the teams to offer a 7 year deal. After the Yankees caught wind of the Crawford signing in Boston, they upped their bid to Cliff Lee. They increased their offer to 7 years and for $160 Million Dollars! Lee is expected to make an announcement this weekend.
The closest report I can find out of Texas is this here .
As the waiting on Sat. goes into the night hours Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington has gone on record saying that "That he'll be here" "I think everything that needs to be done has been done. ... We just have to wait". Whatever the offer is on the table from Texas, Washington seems to be confident he will have Cliff Lee back. The Rangers traveled to Arkansas Friday and presented multiple offers to Lee for his consideration.
Carl Crawford
Heading into the last day of the winter meetings, the Red Sox signed Carl Crawford to a big 7-year deal worth $142 million.
Paul Konerko
Paul Konerko re-signed with the Chicago White Sox on Weds. He signed a 3 year deal worth $37.5 million. That was the second biggest deal of the day. The first was First baseman Carlos Pena, who had been the target of numerous teams in the free agent market and late Tuesday night the Chicago Cubs met with his agent to discuss the possiblities of becoming a Cub. The Cubs walked away agreeing to a 1 year deal with Pena reportedly worth $10 million.
Yankees
The Yankees have been busy this offseason with their own free agent players as they resigned Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera to new deals to keep them in New York. I think these 2 deals were a priority for the Yankees to get done so that would free them up to focus on making their free agent pitch to Cliff Lee. However, it has come to light that negotiations were not easy with Jeter and he is not happy about how the negotiations went. The Yankees all time leader in hits with 2,926 was reportedly told to test the free agent market. Jeter said "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry how some of this went" when he was announcing the 3 year deal worth $51 million on Tuesday Dec. 7th.
Jayson Werth
Ex-Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth signed on a huge contract with the Washington Nationals that created a buzz amongst other MLB teams. The reports have said that many of the teams aren't happy with the length and amount of the contract he signed as it will be a benchmark for which other free agent players will now use when they are negotiating their own deals. The contract he signed was for 7 years and an astonishing 126 million dollars guaranteed. Werth is good, but not that good. What makes the deal even more interesting is that the Nationals don't seem to be a contending team any time soon so why did they waste all that money on a veteran like Werth when they could have used that money to develop their minor league system? The deal just doesn't make sense.
This blog will be an ongoing blog throughout the winter meetings and throughout the offseason as well so check back frequently for updates.
NBA Scores and Recaps for Dec 16, 2010
After a full NBA schedule last night, there are only 3 games on the schedule for tonight Thurs. Dec. 16. Below is the complete schedule and game coverage.
New Jersey Nets 97 Washington Wizards 89 FINAL SCORE
Rookie John Wall the 1st overall draft pick in the 2010 draft for the Wizards was inactive for the game tonight due to some normal wear and tear/minor injuries.
In the early minutes of the game, the Nets were looking good as they ran out to a nice lead. Washington only hit 1 of their first 10 shots to put them in the hole. Kevin Seraphin finally hit a basket with about 5 minutes left in the first quarter for Washington. Meanwhile the Nets ran out to a big lead on the strength of a 13-0 point run over the Wizards and finished the first quarter with a big 32-17 lead over the Wizards.
Washington battled back in the second half to make it a ballgame that almost went down to the wire. The Wizards got as close as 3 points with under a minute left in the game but New York was able to keep the Wizards in check and win the game by a final score of 97-89.
Devin Harris scored 29 points and Kris Humphries pulled down 17 rebounds for the Nets and Nick Young led the Wizards in scoring with 22 points.
Boston Celtics 102 Atlanta Hawks 90 FINAL SCORE
San Antonio Spurs 113 Denver Nuggets 112 FINAL SCO
New Jersey Nets 97 Washington Wizards 89 FINAL SCORE
Rookie John Wall the 1st overall draft pick in the 2010 draft for the Wizards was inactive for the game tonight due to some normal wear and tear/minor injuries.
In the early minutes of the game, the Nets were looking good as they ran out to a nice lead. Washington only hit 1 of their first 10 shots to put them in the hole. Kevin Seraphin finally hit a basket with about 5 minutes left in the first quarter for Washington. Meanwhile the Nets ran out to a big lead on the strength of a 13-0 point run over the Wizards and finished the first quarter with a big 32-17 lead over the Wizards.
Washington battled back in the second half to make it a ballgame that almost went down to the wire. The Wizards got as close as 3 points with under a minute left in the game but New York was able to keep the Wizards in check and win the game by a final score of 97-89.
Devin Harris scored 29 points and Kris Humphries pulled down 17 rebounds for the Nets and Nick Young led the Wizards in scoring with 22 points.
Boston Celtics 102 Atlanta Hawks 90 FINAL SCORE
San Antonio Spurs 113 Denver Nuggets 112 FINAL SCO
NBA Scores and Recaps for Dec 18, 2010
There are 8 games on the NBA schedule tonight for Dec 18. Check back later on in the evening for live blogging coverage of the games.
Philadelphia 76ers 97 Orlando Magic 89 Orlando is sitting behind the Miami Heat in 2nd place in the Southeast. Orlando might be a wild card contender if they keep up their steady playing. The 76ers meanwhile are mediocre at best this year. Might be hard for Orlando to stay focused in this game after a big trading day in which they traded Rashard Lewis to the Washington Wizards for Gilbert Arenas and traded Vince Carter to the Phoenix Suns as part of a 6 player swap - head on over to ESPN to get the latest on that trade.
This was a tight game in the first quarter as the Magic only had a one point edge over the 76ers leading 21-20 heading into the 2nd quarter.
Miami Heat 95 Washington Wizards 94 The Heat now have won 13 games in a row and Washington is sitting in last place in the Southeast Div. while Miami sits in First place in the same division. The Washington Wizards traded Gilbert Arenas to the Orlando Magic for Rashard Lewis yesterday and John Wall missed his 3rd game in a row against the Heat last night.
Washington had Miami's number at the beginning of the game as they wrapped up leading after the first quarter by a score of 25-19 over the Heat. Nick Young had a hot hand for the Wizards hitting for 11 points in the 1st quarter.
Cleveland Cavaliers 109 New York Knicks 92 Coming in to the game, Cleveland was in the middle of a 10 game losing streak. It seems like all the air was let out of them after their first loss to the Miami Heat and LeBron James at the beginning of Dec. The Cavs have been downright terrible since that game, but last night they were able to crack that losing streak with a win over the Knicks.
LA Clippers 100 Chicago Bulls 99
Utah Jazz 95 Milwaukee Bucks 86
San Antonio Spurs 112 Memphis Grizzlies 106
Denver Nuggets 115 Minnesota Timberwolves 113
Portland Trail Blazers 96 Golden State Warriors 95
Philadelphia 76ers 97 Orlando Magic 89 Orlando is sitting behind the Miami Heat in 2nd place in the Southeast. Orlando might be a wild card contender if they keep up their steady playing. The 76ers meanwhile are mediocre at best this year. Might be hard for Orlando to stay focused in this game after a big trading day in which they traded Rashard Lewis to the Washington Wizards for Gilbert Arenas and traded Vince Carter to the Phoenix Suns as part of a 6 player swap - head on over to ESPN to get the latest on that trade.
This was a tight game in the first quarter as the Magic only had a one point edge over the 76ers leading 21-20 heading into the 2nd quarter.
Miami Heat 95 Washington Wizards 94 The Heat now have won 13 games in a row and Washington is sitting in last place in the Southeast Div. while Miami sits in First place in the same division. The Washington Wizards traded Gilbert Arenas to the Orlando Magic for Rashard Lewis yesterday and John Wall missed his 3rd game in a row against the Heat last night.
Washington had Miami's number at the beginning of the game as they wrapped up leading after the first quarter by a score of 25-19 over the Heat. Nick Young had a hot hand for the Wizards hitting for 11 points in the 1st quarter.
Cleveland Cavaliers 109 New York Knicks 92 Coming in to the game, Cleveland was in the middle of a 10 game losing streak. It seems like all the air was let out of them after their first loss to the Miami Heat and LeBron James at the beginning of Dec. The Cavs have been downright terrible since that game, but last night they were able to crack that losing streak with a win over the Knicks.
LA Clippers 100 Chicago Bulls 99
Utah Jazz 95 Milwaukee Bucks 86
San Antonio Spurs 112 Memphis Grizzlies 106
Denver Nuggets 115 Minnesota Timberwolves 113
Portland Trail Blazers 96 Golden State Warriors 95
NBA Scores and Recaps for Dec 10, 2010
Here are the complete final scores and recaps for the NBA games that were on the schedule for Fri. December 10.
Here is the NBA schedule for Sat. Dec. 11
Indiana Pacers 100 Charlotte Bobcats 92 FINAL SCORE
Indiana really spread the ball around in the first half with 6 players contributing at least 5 points. The Pacers were leading 57-50 at halftime and were able to hold off the Bobcats in the 2nd half. The team effort of spreading the ball around by the Pacers continued in the second half and 6 players hit double digits in scoring for the night. Danny Granger was the leading scorer for Indiana with 18 points scored.
New York Knicks 101 Washington Wizards 95 FINAL SCORE
The Wizards had a solid first half and had the lead going into half time even though Amare Stoudemire and Wilson Chandler were both having a good night for the Knicks. Stoudemire scored 15 and Chandler added 14 points for New York in the first half. Chandler was the only thing that cooled off for the Knicks in the second half as he only scored 2 points the rest of the game to finish with 16. New York turned on the heat and the Wizards couldn't hold them off in the second half. For the game, Stoudemire lit up the scoreboard with 36 points scored for the night to lead the Knicks in the win over Washington. It was his 7th game in a row with 30 or more points scored. In total, 5 players hit double digits in scoring for New York on the night. Even though the season is still youg Stoudemire keeps putting up big numbers and he might be an early candidate for MVP - especially if New York keeps winning and can catch Boston.
Denver Nuggets 123 Toronto Raptors 116 FINAL SCORE
Denver and Toronto both got off to fast starts offensively as both teams combined to score 72 points in the first quarter. They carried the high scoring into the second quarter and finished the half with a combined 139 points scored. The Raptors were down 6 points at the end of the first quarter. Toronto, while sometimes appearing to be winded, was able to hang with Denver throughout the second quarter but still ended the quarter being outscored by the Nuggets. Heading into halftime the score was Denver 74-65 over the Raptors.
The scoring settled down to a normal pace in the second half. Toronto outscored Denver in the 4th quarter but it wasn't enough to overcome the lead the Nuggets had built up through the first 3 quarters and the Raptors came out on the losing end. Al Harrington led the Nuggets in Scoring with 31 points. On the other side, the Wizards had 4 players reach the 20 point plateau and Linas Kleiza led those players with 26 points through the basket. The win was a milestone for Denver coach George Karl. The win marked his 1,000 victory as a head coach in the NBA and he becomes only the 7th coach in the history of the NBA to do so.
Oklahoma City Thunder 97 New Orleans Hornets 92 FINAL SCORE
Russell Westbrook scored 29 points and 10 assists to lead the Thunder to victory over the Hornets.
Chicago Bulls 88 LA Lakers 84 FINAL SCORE
Derrick Rose scored 29 points and 9 assists to lead the Chicago Bulls over the LA Lakers.
Minnesota 109 Detroit 99 FINAL SCORE
Detroit got off to a fast start in the first quater. At one point, the Pistons were up 13 points at 17-4 before the TWolves showed some signs of life and started dropping in some baskets. Minnesota kicked and clawed their way back to take the lead over the Pistons in the second quarter and went into halftime leading with a 50-48 lead.
The Timberwolves turned on the heat in the second quarter and pulled away from Detroit for a solid win. 6 players hit double digits in scoring for the TWolves and Kevin Love led the way for Minnesota with 27 points scored.
Milwaukee Bucks 97 Houston Rockets 91 FINAL SCORE
San Antonio Spurs 108 Atlanta Hawks 92 FINAL SCORE
Portland Trail Blazers 101 Phoenix Suns 94 FINAL SCORE
Brandon Roy scored 26 points and Marcus Camby added 16 points plus pulled down 18 rebounds to lead the Trail Blazers to a win over the Phoenix Suns.
Utah Jazz 117 Orlando Magic 105 FINAL SCORE
Deron Williams scored 32 points for Utah as the Jazz outplayed the Orlando Magic. This was the 4th loss in a row for Orlando, who could possibly lose first place pending the outcome of the Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors game.
Miami Heat 106 Golden State Warriors 84 FINAL SCORE
Dwayne Wade took an elbow to the right temple which left him sprawled out on the floor and forced him to leave the court just a minute into the game. He returned a few minutes later after being checked out on the sidelines. The Heat got off to a slow start but went on a run where they outscored the Warriors 16-5 to finish the first quarter leading by a score of 26-20. The Warriors battled hard and managed to hang with the Heat throughout the second quarter. With 30 secons left in the half Dorell Wright hit a 3 pointer, his 4th of the night up to that point, to tie the game at 45 a piece. However, the last score of the half belonged to Miami and James Jones responded with a 3 pointer of his own to put Miami up 48-45 over Golden State heading into halftime.
In the 3rd quarter, the Heat got busy and poured it on the Warriors to finish the quarter leading by a score of 84-65 over the Warriors. LeBron James capped off the scoring run by hitting three consecutive 3 pointers to end the 3rd quarter to put the Heat up by 19 points going into the 4th quarter.
The 4th quarter was more of the same - the Heat continued their assault on the net running up the score. The Golden State Warriors first round #6 draft pick of the 2010 draft - Ekpe Udoh made his 2010 NBA career debut late in the fourth quarter and scored his first basket just soon after entering the game.
It was a lopsided win for the Heat after the first half. It was their 7th consecutive win and they are looking like they are getting tougher with each game played. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 59 points. Wade, even after sitting out with the head injury for a few minutes earlier in the game, still logged 35 minutes on the hardwood and wound up leading Miami in scoring as he tossed in 34 points. He also added 7 assists to the winning cause. LeBron James scored 25 points and added 9 assists as well. LeBron sat out the 4th quarter. Chris Bosh quietly tossed in 16 points. The Heat play again tomorrow night against Sacremento as they will try to extend their current winning streak.
Here is the NBA schedule for Sat. Dec. 11
Indiana Pacers 100 Charlotte Bobcats 92 FINAL SCORE
Indiana really spread the ball around in the first half with 6 players contributing at least 5 points. The Pacers were leading 57-50 at halftime and were able to hold off the Bobcats in the 2nd half. The team effort of spreading the ball around by the Pacers continued in the second half and 6 players hit double digits in scoring for the night. Danny Granger was the leading scorer for Indiana with 18 points scored.
New York Knicks 101 Washington Wizards 95 FINAL SCORE
The Wizards had a solid first half and had the lead going into half time even though Amare Stoudemire and Wilson Chandler were both having a good night for the Knicks. Stoudemire scored 15 and Chandler added 14 points for New York in the first half. Chandler was the only thing that cooled off for the Knicks in the second half as he only scored 2 points the rest of the game to finish with 16. New York turned on the heat and the Wizards couldn't hold them off in the second half. For the game, Stoudemire lit up the scoreboard with 36 points scored for the night to lead the Knicks in the win over Washington. It was his 7th game in a row with 30 or more points scored. In total, 5 players hit double digits in scoring for New York on the night. Even though the season is still youg Stoudemire keeps putting up big numbers and he might be an early candidate for MVP - especially if New York keeps winning and can catch Boston.
Denver Nuggets 123 Toronto Raptors 116 FINAL SCORE
Denver and Toronto both got off to fast starts offensively as both teams combined to score 72 points in the first quarter. They carried the high scoring into the second quarter and finished the half with a combined 139 points scored. The Raptors were down 6 points at the end of the first quarter. Toronto, while sometimes appearing to be winded, was able to hang with Denver throughout the second quarter but still ended the quarter being outscored by the Nuggets. Heading into halftime the score was Denver 74-65 over the Raptors.
The scoring settled down to a normal pace in the second half. Toronto outscored Denver in the 4th quarter but it wasn't enough to overcome the lead the Nuggets had built up through the first 3 quarters and the Raptors came out on the losing end. Al Harrington led the Nuggets in Scoring with 31 points. On the other side, the Wizards had 4 players reach the 20 point plateau and Linas Kleiza led those players with 26 points through the basket. The win was a milestone for Denver coach George Karl. The win marked his 1,000 victory as a head coach in the NBA and he becomes only the 7th coach in the history of the NBA to do so.
Oklahoma City Thunder 97 New Orleans Hornets 92 FINAL SCORE
Russell Westbrook scored 29 points and 10 assists to lead the Thunder to victory over the Hornets.
Chicago Bulls 88 LA Lakers 84 FINAL SCORE
Derrick Rose scored 29 points and 9 assists to lead the Chicago Bulls over the LA Lakers.
Minnesota 109 Detroit 99 FINAL SCORE
Detroit got off to a fast start in the first quater. At one point, the Pistons were up 13 points at 17-4 before the TWolves showed some signs of life and started dropping in some baskets. Minnesota kicked and clawed their way back to take the lead over the Pistons in the second quarter and went into halftime leading with a 50-48 lead.
The Timberwolves turned on the heat in the second quarter and pulled away from Detroit for a solid win. 6 players hit double digits in scoring for the TWolves and Kevin Love led the way for Minnesota with 27 points scored.
Milwaukee Bucks 97 Houston Rockets 91 FINAL SCORE
San Antonio Spurs 108 Atlanta Hawks 92 FINAL SCORE
Portland Trail Blazers 101 Phoenix Suns 94 FINAL SCORE
Brandon Roy scored 26 points and Marcus Camby added 16 points plus pulled down 18 rebounds to lead the Trail Blazers to a win over the Phoenix Suns.
Utah Jazz 117 Orlando Magic 105 FINAL SCORE
Deron Williams scored 32 points for Utah as the Jazz outplayed the Orlando Magic. This was the 4th loss in a row for Orlando, who could possibly lose first place pending the outcome of the Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors game.
Miami Heat 106 Golden State Warriors 84 FINAL SCORE
Dwayne Wade took an elbow to the right temple which left him sprawled out on the floor and forced him to leave the court just a minute into the game. He returned a few minutes later after being checked out on the sidelines. The Heat got off to a slow start but went on a run where they outscored the Warriors 16-5 to finish the first quarter leading by a score of 26-20. The Warriors battled hard and managed to hang with the Heat throughout the second quarter. With 30 secons left in the half Dorell Wright hit a 3 pointer, his 4th of the night up to that point, to tie the game at 45 a piece. However, the last score of the half belonged to Miami and James Jones responded with a 3 pointer of his own to put Miami up 48-45 over Golden State heading into halftime.
In the 3rd quarter, the Heat got busy and poured it on the Warriors to finish the quarter leading by a score of 84-65 over the Warriors. LeBron James capped off the scoring run by hitting three consecutive 3 pointers to end the 3rd quarter to put the Heat up by 19 points going into the 4th quarter.
The 4th quarter was more of the same - the Heat continued their assault on the net running up the score. The Golden State Warriors first round #6 draft pick of the 2010 draft - Ekpe Udoh made his 2010 NBA career debut late in the fourth quarter and scored his first basket just soon after entering the game.
It was a lopsided win for the Heat after the first half. It was their 7th consecutive win and they are looking like they are getting tougher with each game played. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 59 points. Wade, even after sitting out with the head injury for a few minutes earlier in the game, still logged 35 minutes on the hardwood and wound up leading Miami in scoring as he tossed in 34 points. He also added 7 assists to the winning cause. LeBron James scored 25 points and added 9 assists as well. LeBron sat out the 4th quarter. Chris Bosh quietly tossed in 16 points. The Heat play again tomorrow night against Sacremento as they will try to extend their current winning streak.
NBA Scores and Recaps for Dec 11, 2010
Here are the NBA games on the schedule for Sat. December 11. There are 8 games on the schedule and live blogging will be done for the games.
Here are the final scores and game notes/recaps from Friday night Dec. 10th games
Memphis Grizzlies 84 LA Clippers 83 FINAL SCORE
The Clippers got the best of the Grizzlies in the first half leading by a 47-41 score over Memphis. Eric Gordon, Blake Griffin, and Brain Cook each tossed in 10 points for LA in the half. Zach Randolph led Grizzlies for the game in scoring with 18 points scored. Eric Gordon led the Clippers in scoring with 25 points scored. Memphis chipped away at the Clippers to take the lead in the second half and they just escaped out of LA with a win. The Clippers had a chance to win the game, but Baron Davis missed the shot to give Memphis the victory.
Indiana Pacers @ Atlanta Hawks Live Stream 2nd Quarter
It was a close first quarter as Indiana was down by 2 at the end of the quarter. But, Atlanta started to pick the Pacers apart in the second quarter and went on a big scoring run. In fact, picking apart doesn't do their scoring run justice as they dismantled Indiana on the hardwood. At one point, Atlanta more than doubled Indiana's scoring output for the game in the 2nd quarter. At one point the score reached 43-21 - a 23 point lead for the Hawks, who were only leading by 2 at the start of the second quarter. Not bad either considering Atlanta missed 11 of their first 12 shots in the game and the Hawks were down 8-3 at that point in the first quarter. The Hawks were up 48-35 heading into halftime.
Boston Celtics @ Charlotte Bobcats 2nd Quarter
Surprisingly, the Bobcats were able to hang tight with the Celtics in the first half so far.
Toronto Raptors @ Detroit Pistons Live Stream
Minnesota Timberwolves @ Chicago Bulls 8 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
Utah Jazz @ Dallas Mavericks 8:30 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Houston Rockets 8:30 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
Miami Heat @ Sacramento Kings 10 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
Here are the final scores and game notes/recaps from Friday night Dec. 10th games
Memphis Grizzlies 84 LA Clippers 83 FINAL SCORE
The Clippers got the best of the Grizzlies in the first half leading by a 47-41 score over Memphis. Eric Gordon, Blake Griffin, and Brain Cook each tossed in 10 points for LA in the half. Zach Randolph led Grizzlies for the game in scoring with 18 points scored. Eric Gordon led the Clippers in scoring with 25 points scored. Memphis chipped away at the Clippers to take the lead in the second half and they just escaped out of LA with a win. The Clippers had a chance to win the game, but Baron Davis missed the shot to give Memphis the victory.
Indiana Pacers @ Atlanta Hawks Live Stream 2nd Quarter
It was a close first quarter as Indiana was down by 2 at the end of the quarter. But, Atlanta started to pick the Pacers apart in the second quarter and went on a big scoring run. In fact, picking apart doesn't do their scoring run justice as they dismantled Indiana on the hardwood. At one point, Atlanta more than doubled Indiana's scoring output for the game in the 2nd quarter. At one point the score reached 43-21 - a 23 point lead for the Hawks, who were only leading by 2 at the start of the second quarter. Not bad either considering Atlanta missed 11 of their first 12 shots in the game and the Hawks were down 8-3 at that point in the first quarter. The Hawks were up 48-35 heading into halftime.
Boston Celtics @ Charlotte Bobcats 2nd Quarter
Surprisingly, the Bobcats were able to hang tight with the Celtics in the first half so far.
Toronto Raptors @ Detroit Pistons Live Stream
Minnesota Timberwolves @ Chicago Bulls 8 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
Utah Jazz @ Dallas Mavericks 8:30 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Houston Rockets 8:30 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
Miami Heat @ Sacramento Kings 10 PM ET Tipoff Live Stream
UFC 124 Results
UFC 124 is wrapped up at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Georges St-Pierre was going up against Josh Koscheck defending his UFC Weleterweight Championship belt. Results from that fight as well as the other fights are below.
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Georges St-Pierre beat Josh Koscheck via Unanimous Decision
This fight was a great fight right from the beginning when Georges St-Pierre bloodied Josh Koscheck's right eye. Josh Koscheck was bloodied, teary eyed and weary. It was surprising that Koscheck didn't go down in the second round. Third round belonged to GSP as Koscheck was in a defensive mode. GSP won the first 3 rounds unanimously. There was a moment before the 4th round when the medical team was checking out Koscheck possibly ending the fight there, but Koscheck checked out ok and said he could fight. GSP lit up Koscheck in the 4th round. Still was surprised Koscheck was still in the fight as he couldn't see out of his eye. His depth perception is off and his eye was swollen something fierce - possibly a fractured orbital. As the fifth round wound down it looked like Koscheck's eye started bleeding good. At times it looked like he was trying to protect it. At the 2 minute mark GSP took Koscheck down. With a minute left in the fight, they tied up and held on to each other. 30 seconds left all Koscheck could do was throw a couple of kicks. There were alot of punches thrown and GSP used his boxing skills to attack Koscheck. GSP controlled the fight from beginning to end. It was a unanimous decision for Georges St-Pierre, who gave props to Koscheck for hanging in there and putting up a good fight.
Stefan Struve bea. Sean McCorkle via TKO in the first round
Jim Miller beat Charles Oliveira via submission
Mac Danzig knocked out Joe Stevenson.
Thiago Alves beat John Howard via unanimous decision
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Mark Bocek beat Dustin Hazelett via submission
Rafael Natal and Jesse Bongfeldt majority draw
John Makdessi beat Pat Audinwood via unanimous decision
Ricardo Almeida beat TJ Grant via unanimous decision
Sean Pierson beat Matt Riddle via unanimous decision
Dan Miller beat Joe Doerksen via split decision
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Georges St-Pierre beat Josh Koscheck via Unanimous Decision
This fight was a great fight right from the beginning when Georges St-Pierre bloodied Josh Koscheck's right eye. Josh Koscheck was bloodied, teary eyed and weary. It was surprising that Koscheck didn't go down in the second round. Third round belonged to GSP as Koscheck was in a defensive mode. GSP won the first 3 rounds unanimously. There was a moment before the 4th round when the medical team was checking out Koscheck possibly ending the fight there, but Koscheck checked out ok and said he could fight. GSP lit up Koscheck in the 4th round. Still was surprised Koscheck was still in the fight as he couldn't see out of his eye. His depth perception is off and his eye was swollen something fierce - possibly a fractured orbital. As the fifth round wound down it looked like Koscheck's eye started bleeding good. At times it looked like he was trying to protect it. At the 2 minute mark GSP took Koscheck down. With a minute left in the fight, they tied up and held on to each other. 30 seconds left all Koscheck could do was throw a couple of kicks. There were alot of punches thrown and GSP used his boxing skills to attack Koscheck. GSP controlled the fight from beginning to end. It was a unanimous decision for Georges St-Pierre, who gave props to Koscheck for hanging in there and putting up a good fight.
Stefan Struve bea. Sean McCorkle via TKO in the first round
Jim Miller beat Charles Oliveira via submission
Mac Danzig knocked out Joe Stevenson.
Thiago Alves beat John Howard via unanimous decision
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Mark Bocek beat Dustin Hazelett via submission
Rafael Natal and Jesse Bongfeldt majority draw
John Makdessi beat Pat Audinwood via unanimous decision
Ricardo Almeida beat TJ Grant via unanimous decision
Sean Pierson beat Matt Riddle via unanimous decision
Dan Miller beat Joe Doerksen via split decision
College Football Dec. 18, 2010 Scores and Recaps
Below is the college football schedule for sat. Dec 18 and marks the start of the college football bowl season. there is 33 bowl games on the schedule this year. Live blogging coverage will be available for the games today. Games are listed in order from earliest to latest games.
Minnesota-Duluth 20 Delta State 17 Division II Championship FINAL SCORE
Delta State tied the game up in the final minutes and on the following kickoff got lucky when a long return was called back. Minnesota-Deluth took over at their own 11 yard line and was able to drive down the field to kick a winning 32 yard field goal in the final seconds of the game to give Minnesota-Duluth their 2nd National Div. II Championship.
Delaware 27 Georgia Southern 10 NCAA Division I Championships Semifinals FINAL SCORE
New Mexico Bowl BYU 52 UTEP 24 FINAL SCORE
BYU got off to a great start in the first quarter. They scored first when Bryan Kariya rushed in from 4 yards for the TD and then capped off a 12 play 78 yard drive with a Jake Heaps to Luke Ashworth 9 yard TD pass to give BYU the early lead at 14-0. On the following kickoff, Marlon McClure took it back 72 yards to give UTEP the ball at the BYU 22 yard line. The Miners however, went backwards 13 yards on their set of downs and had to settle for a 52 yard field goal by Dakota Warren to give UTEP their first score of the game. Mitch Payne added a 38 yard field goal for BYU to round out the scoring in the first quarter.
BYU wasted no time getting on the scoreboard in the 2nd quarter. They struck fast when BYU's Brandon Ogletree intercepted a Trevor Vittatoe pass at the UTEP 31. On the first offensive play after the interception for BYU QB Jake Heaps hit Cody Hoffman for a 31 yard touchdown. BYU kept pouring it on as on their next offensive series they hit for another touchdown. Once again Cody Hoffman was on the receiving end of a Jake Heaps touchdown pass - this time for 3 yards capped off a 64 yard scoring drive. Midway through the 2nd QT UTEP hit on a big 67 yard pass play from Trevor Vittatoe to Kris Adams to make it a 31-10 ballgame.
Halfway through the 3rd Quarter BYU scored again when JJ Di Luigi rushed in from 2 yards out for the touchdown. UTEP would answer that TD with a TD of their own when Trevor Vittatoe found Kris Adams for a 37 yard touchdown - his 2nd TD catch of the day. BYU then answered that TD just before the end of the 3rd quarter when Cody Hoffman caught his 3rd touchdown catch of the day - a 29 yard pass from Cody Hoffman.
Joshua Quezada added an 8 yard rushing touchdown a few minutes into the 4th QT for BYU to give them a 52-17 lead over UTEP. Just a few minutes later Trevor Vittatoe hit Kris Adams for a 49 yard touchdown for UTEP. The TD gave Kris Adams 3 touchdown catches on the day.
Wisc. Whitewater 31 Mount Union 21 NCAA Division III Championship FINAL SCORE
UDrove Humanitarian Bowl Northern Illinois 23 Fresno State 10 Halftime Live Stream Video
R L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Ohio vs Troy 9 PM ET Kicko
Minnesota-Duluth 20 Delta State 17 Division II Championship FINAL SCORE
Delta State tied the game up in the final minutes and on the following kickoff got lucky when a long return was called back. Minnesota-Deluth took over at their own 11 yard line and was able to drive down the field to kick a winning 32 yard field goal in the final seconds of the game to give Minnesota-Duluth their 2nd National Div. II Championship.
Delaware 27 Georgia Southern 10 NCAA Division I Championships Semifinals FINAL SCORE
New Mexico Bowl BYU 52 UTEP 24 FINAL SCORE
BYU got off to a great start in the first quarter. They scored first when Bryan Kariya rushed in from 4 yards for the TD and then capped off a 12 play 78 yard drive with a Jake Heaps to Luke Ashworth 9 yard TD pass to give BYU the early lead at 14-0. On the following kickoff, Marlon McClure took it back 72 yards to give UTEP the ball at the BYU 22 yard line. The Miners however, went backwards 13 yards on their set of downs and had to settle for a 52 yard field goal by Dakota Warren to give UTEP their first score of the game. Mitch Payne added a 38 yard field goal for BYU to round out the scoring in the first quarter.
BYU wasted no time getting on the scoreboard in the 2nd quarter. They struck fast when BYU's Brandon Ogletree intercepted a Trevor Vittatoe pass at the UTEP 31. On the first offensive play after the interception for BYU QB Jake Heaps hit Cody Hoffman for a 31 yard touchdown. BYU kept pouring it on as on their next offensive series they hit for another touchdown. Once again Cody Hoffman was on the receiving end of a Jake Heaps touchdown pass - this time for 3 yards capped off a 64 yard scoring drive. Midway through the 2nd QT UTEP hit on a big 67 yard pass play from Trevor Vittatoe to Kris Adams to make it a 31-10 ballgame.
Halfway through the 3rd Quarter BYU scored again when JJ Di Luigi rushed in from 2 yards out for the touchdown. UTEP would answer that TD with a TD of their own when Trevor Vittatoe found Kris Adams for a 37 yard touchdown - his 2nd TD catch of the day. BYU then answered that TD just before the end of the 3rd quarter when Cody Hoffman caught his 3rd touchdown catch of the day - a 29 yard pass from Cody Hoffman.
Joshua Quezada added an 8 yard rushing touchdown a few minutes into the 4th QT for BYU to give them a 52-17 lead over UTEP. Just a few minutes later Trevor Vittatoe hit Kris Adams for a 49 yard touchdown for UTEP. The TD gave Kris Adams 3 touchdown catches on the day.
Wisc. Whitewater 31 Mount Union 21 NCAA Division III Championship FINAL SCORE
UDrove Humanitarian Bowl Northern Illinois 23 Fresno State 10 Halftime Live Stream Video
R L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Ohio vs Troy 9 PM ET Kicko
Charlotte beats Boston - Final Score: Charlotte Bobcats 94 Boston Celtics 89
The Boston Celtics were in Charlotte to take on the Bobcats in the first NBA game of the night and the Bobcats were able to get the best of Boston and won by a final score of 94-89. It was a close first quarter at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC. Both teams played pretty evenly making for a good game so far as both teams matched each other basket for basket. Boston held a 29-25 lead at the end of the 1st. Rajon Rando tossed in 10 points for Boston while Stephen Jackson ended the 1st quarter with 11 points for Charlotte. Charlotte was able to chip away and grind out a 1 point lead heading into halftime with a 51-50 edge over the Celtics.
The 2nd quarter saw Charlotte's Stephen Jackson get ejected from the game for receiving consecutive technical fouls after complaining to the referees about the foul he made on Kevin Garnett.
Surprisingly, Charlotte was able to hang with Boston through the first 3 quarters of the game and then make a run for the win in the 4th quarter. The Celtics got the lead back and finished off the 3rd with a lead of 69-65.
It was all Charlotte in the 4th quarter as the Bobcats outscored the Celtics by 9 points in the quarter and were able to regain the lead. As the final minutes wound down, they did a good job of holding on to get the upset win over Boston.
Gerald Wallace had a solid game to pace the Bobcats. He finished with 19 points scored and 16 rebounds.
Ray Allen scored 25 points and Paul Pierce added another 22 points in Boston's losing effort. Rajon Rondo, after leading the team in scoring in the first quarter, was held scoreless in the 2nd and 3rd quarters for the Celtics.
The 2nd quarter saw Charlotte's Stephen Jackson get ejected from the game for receiving consecutive technical fouls after complaining to the referees about the foul he made on Kevin Garnett.
Surprisingly, Charlotte was able to hang with Boston through the first 3 quarters of the game and then make a run for the win in the 4th quarter. The Celtics got the lead back and finished off the 3rd with a lead of 69-65.
It was all Charlotte in the 4th quarter as the Bobcats outscored the Celtics by 9 points in the quarter and were able to regain the lead. As the final minutes wound down, they did a good job of holding on to get the upset win over Boston.
Gerald Wallace had a solid game to pace the Bobcats. He finished with 19 points scored and 16 rebounds.
Ray Allen scored 25 points and Paul Pierce added another 22 points in Boston's losing effort. Rajon Rondo, after leading the team in scoring in the first quarter, was held scoreless in the 2nd and 3rd quarters for the Celtics.
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