Tip-In Points: Stretch Markus
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Marcus Thornton, NO It needs to be pointed out. This kid was chosen in the middle of the second round. A second rounder spent Tuesday night schooling the best team in the Eastern Conference. So there. It’s been said. Thornton scored 23 points in the second quarter alone on his way to 37 total. He would have gotten to 50 but Delonte West didn’t guard him much in the second half.
None of the these mugs were chosen in the second round and scored 37 last night. But go ahead and read on anyway.
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Sergio Rodriguez, NY Eighteen points and six assists. Sergio is here to sleep with your women.
Danilo Gallinari, NY He’s shooting a nasty 32 percent from the floor in his last six games. That’s a lot like … like … well, like T-Mac lately. A fine example. Fine example.
Marcus Camby, POR Sprained ankle halfway through the first quarter. That’s the third starter-quality center Portland has lost this season. Time to Google “Trailblazers”+”ancient Indian burial ground”+”curses.”
Courtney Lee, NJ Lee won the battle of girly-named-Nets Tuesday night scoring 28 points. Devin, Yi and Brook should untuck their manhood next time.
Marquis Daniels, BOS Startin’ in place of Paul Pierce. Fourteen points in 28 minutes (and climbing). You were warned this might happen.
Nate Robinson, BOS Four points on 2-for-8 shooting for Sugar Nate. Meh.
Darren Collison, NO He sank 22 points, distributed 10 assists and lost the ball six friggin’ times. For comparison’s sake, Tyreke Evans had 28 / 13/ 2 later in the night. Step off, D.C.
Antawn Jamison, CLE Eighteen points off 7-for-14 shooting in his first game as a Cleveland starter. You feel that tingling? That’s ‘Tawn wooing you all over again. Don’t fight it. Feel it.
Mo Williams, CLE Williams is one of this league’s ebb / flow shooters. Why should you care about this? Because he hasn’t scored more than 12 points in any of his last four games. So take a guess where he’s at?
Louis Williams, PHI With Iverson gone, Looey’s back in the starting lineup and handing out 26/10/7. Also, with the Sixers just now realizing they’re lottery-bound, look for Williams (and Holiday and Speights and Young) to get a hearty amount of burn from here on out. Don’t do anything rash, just look. Listen. Pay attention.
Andris Biedrins, GSW He played nine minutes. No one knows why. And by “knows” I mean “cares.”
Al Jefferson, MIN Jefferson is scoring five fewer points this season than his previous two as a T-Wolf (timber, not teen). He’s also grabbing 1.5 fewer boards and 0.6 fewer blocks. Yet no one is talking about it. Besides me, but I don’t count. And Minnesotans. They’re probably talking about it. They don’t count either.
Kevin Love, MIN Led the Wolves in both points (17) and rebounds (12) despite coming off the bench. It’s the fourth time this year he’s led the squad in both categories from the bench. Coach Rambis must see a lot of himself in Love … how else can you explain why this dude’s pullin’ down fewer minutes than Ryan Gomes?
Dorell Wright, MIA He dropped 26 of Dwyane Wade’s points. When he gets healthy, he’ll want them back.
Steve Nash, PHO Back pains. Still, miraculously managed to feed Amar’e off three different pick-and-rolls.
Kevin Durant, OKC 37 points on Tuesday. That’s 29 games in a row he’s scored at least 25 points. Seriously, for every shot Durant sinks, somewhere a puppy is born and its family can’t help but name it Kevin.
Richard Hamilton, DET Rip dropped 30 over in the West Coast. Other than that? nothing. A rebound, couple assists. This is the line they’ll chisel on his headstone.
L I N E O F T H E N I G H T
40 min / 68% FG / 100% FT / 3 3ptm / 32 pts / 7 rbd / 6 ast / 3 stl / 2 blk / 2 to
Kobe Bryant, LAL So, um, he’s back. He seems to be okay. I’d go ahead and plug him on back into your lineup. Just go and … plug him right back in.
Quickly.
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