New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[JackD201]

how many games left for LA?

 

[WLVCA]

6 games left for the Lakers and 6 left for the Clippers, too.

 

[steve williams]

Melo and the Knicks are on fire with their 11 straight win and Melo grabs 40 and trails KD by 0.1 ppg for the scoring title

 

[jadis]

Melo and the Knicks are on fire with their 11 straight win and Melo grabs 40 and trails KD by 0.1 ppg for the scoring title

it's a welcome sight to see the knicks back in their winning ways. after all, they have a solid line up with melo the black hole shooting at will. they are practicing consistency and good sign so far.

 

[JackD201]

How has Melo fared with King James guarding him?

 

[jadis]

How has Melo fared with King James guarding him?

most likely melo's not going to score 60 points. but on nov.2, 2012, opening night of the knicks at madison square garden, melo poured in 30 against james' 23 and james in lots of occasion was on melo. melo has the height so he can shoot his quick pop shots over james and i feel that he and KD are among the few players who could give james a big challenge on his defensive game.

 

[steve williams]

Anyone watching KnicKs vs OKC. Knicks and Melo are for real as they are beating up the Thunder 65-56 at half

 

[WLVCA]

Clippers up by 7 over the Lakers at the half.

Dwight Howard has 16 points for the Lakers so big game for him. Jamal Crawford has 14 for the Clippers.

Kobe has 9 assists thus far, only 4 points. Chris Paul with 8 assists, 9 ponts.

 

[WLVCA]

Clippers sweep the season series with the Lakers!

 

[steve williams]

Sad but true verge Clipps totally outran them. I don't know how Dantoni runs only a 7 man rotation and expect to keep up with the faster Clipps and their very deep bench.

 

[JackD201]

I'm not even sure Duncetoni thought about that at all.

 

[steve williams]

so Lakers once again find themselves 1/2 game out of 8th. It's becoming unwatchable..

But here is my question of the day, as an aside and totally unrelated......

I have wondered for years what those little black boxes the refs wear on their belts in the back of their pants which they alway do something to with the onset of play. Are these some form of time clock as I have wondered about the accuracy if each ref is controlling their own

 

[WLVCA]

Steve,

You are correct, the black box controls the clock. The ref's whistle stops the clock automatically and they push a button to restart the clock.

http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=NBA_Officiating_and_Technology

Here's some more info.

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/26/sports/nba-referees-timekeepers-get-help.html

I had to Google to find it as I didn't know either.

Mike

 

[steve williams]

I couldn't load the page link but this raises another question. How does the ref's whistle stop the clock automatically

 

[WLVCA]

I added a second link above but you were too quick to post!. I don't know the details of its operation.

 

[steve williams]

Very interesting and thanks for the link

 

[steve williams]

Looking at the remaining 3 games for the Jazz and 4 remaining for the Lakers, the schedule seems to favor the Jazz. Lakers have the 2nd of a back to back tonight vs Portland and they have yet to complete back to back wins this season

 

[MylesBAstor]

Anyone watching KnicKs vs OKC. Knicks and Melo are for real as they are beating up the Thunder 65-56 at half

Not getting too excited about the Knicks yet. Woodson still has to prove he can win a first round series. And it's looking more and more like the Knicks will play the Celtics in the first round. Don't think they'll beat the Heat but could give them a tough series.

 

[jadis]

Not getting too excited about the Knicks yet. Woodson still has to prove he can win a first round series. And it's looking more and more like the Knicks will play the Celtics in the first round. Don't think they'll beat the Heat but could give them a tough series.

too bad the knicks has to be paired with the c's. i was hoping the c's to take on atlanta so the heat can still meet the c's, the knicks or the pacers somewhere down the line. c 's can get out of the 1st round and the knicks with better personnel can hopefully give the heat a good series. just when amare was getting into the flow, he gets injured. tough luck.

 

[steve williams]

Lakers live for another day. They control their own destiny as the Jazz won as well. Kobe goes out with a huge injury which looked like an achilles injury as well as right and left knee injuries that preceded the ankle by only a few plays

Steph Curry. How great is this kid with 45 points. Gasol also plays his old self and has a triple double
Lakers 118-Warriors 116