Regular Season - Sim 31

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Beat Indiana 100-83.

Tyreke had 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists and Glen Davis had a monster game with 17-11 in the iwn against the Lebron-led Pacers.

The one big negative form this game: right after coming back Patrick Patterson is now out AGAIN, this time with a broken nose. Ugh.

Everyone is underestimating us. Since the trade, we've gotten really good. We're a legitimately good team now and we're playing everyone tough. Keep taking us easy, because us being 6-4 in our last 10 proves we're no pushover anymore.

No games for us.

Toronto up next.

Wow! Back to back games against the Utah Jazz and OKC Thunder on the road and we pull out wins against both! Very nice.

DeMar DeRozan could not be stopped during this game. He led the game with 32 points 5 STEALS, and 4 assists on 13-22 shooting...only taking 1 three point shot. Then it was David West with an efficient game, 16 points, 6 rebounds. Gasol stuggled shooting, who doesn't against Dwight Howard, but he chipped in 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists, and 2 steals while holding Dwight to just 13 points. Nic Vuc off the bench with 10 points, 4 BLOCKED SHOTS (with 5 fouls).

I'm liking this style of play we've been going at lately...DeMar is stepping up greatly right now.

Bad game vs clippers lost 111-89 kemba 40 poinst. A lot of fauls and turnovers. Now seconds in tbe west. Good game rhoxxy.

Bad game. Tried to play both Howard and Jefferson through injuries and they were not at their best, not even close. Clearly it didn't work out.

We really respect the Mavs and their GM is one of the most polite and respectful of the sim, but we cannot afford to drop games to non-playoff teams. Injuries played a great role in this one, but that's still unacceptable.

Gotta give them credit though, 2 though wins in a row, showing they also have talent. Good game bestnamez!

Paul gave way for the new guys on this one. Kemba and Josh simply dominates, 34 FTs combined. Kemba showered Rudy with 40 points while Josh filled the stat sheets with his 21 pts, 10 rebs, 5 asts, 2 stls, and 3 blks. It was a defensive struggle but we were able to maximize our strength to get the win.

Thanks dapralbe.

Terrible loss versus Sacramento. Lebron (35 points, 10 rebounds) and Tony Parker (12 points on 6-20 shooting) were the only double-digit scorers for us. Shot 37% from the field and only managed 1 three-pointer.

Meanwhile, Sacramento beat us 100-83, with Evans, Davis, Saric, Carson, Lawson, and Shelden Williams all getting double-digits.

Sacramento beat us pretty good, but we'll bounce back.

Dennis and his Celtics smacked us down big time…

31.5% FG%…enough said.

W vs. MIL

Barnes continues to put up big numbers, this time with 29/4/2 and 4-8 from 3. Cousins had a good game too, 19/17/3 w/ 3 stls and Hibbert has been pretty consistent defensively so it's nice to see him putting up solid numbers on the other end (20/9/1 w/ 2 stls & 1 blk). We need to find a way to get Rudy Gay involved more long term though.

The next 6 games will be a good test for us... starting with Rubio and company.

1/9	New York @ Atlanta	-	-		-		-
1/10	Atlanta @ Chicago	-	-		-		-
1/12	Atlanta @ Brooklyn	-	-		-		-
1/13	Atlanta @ Washington	-	-		-		-
1/16	Atlanta @ Indiana	-	-		-		-
1/20	Utah @ Atlanta	-	-		-		-
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Well, I expected that loss. Pistons are too good to beat at home but it's nice to see we kept it tight. Those 2nd and 3rd quarters are what killed us.

Rockets 106 Heat 85


Andre Iguodala pulls up for the jumper


James Harden shoots over Heat G Monta Ellis

We get the bittersweet 21pt victory over the GM-less Heat in a rematch of last yrs Finals with Andre Iguodala getting 14pts, 8rebs, 3asts, and 1stl while James Harden poured in 44pts, 7rebs, 4asts and 2stls to match reigning CSL MVP Kevin Durant who had 41pts, 7rebs, 2asts, 1stl, and 3blks in a battle of potential MVP candidates.

Uh, I don't wanna get all into that, it wasn't about proving I could score like KD or who's the better scorer, we just wanted to come in and get the win and thankfully we did. Next up we have to go to Brooklyn I believe so we have to focus on that game but it was a fun night... Kevin is a great scorer and player in this League and hopefully we can do it again soon.

Win at CLE – 135-80
Solid win on the road. Lillard dominated with 35/6/6 on 14-21 shooting. LMA had 25/7. Everybody played in double figure minutes so a lot of garbage time in this one. We only committed 6 TOs and forced 18 which is great to see. Henson and Leonard continue their steady play with a combined 14 points, 16 boards and 3 blocks. Tony Mitchell led Cleveland with 18/10 while Kyrie struggled with foul trouble the whole game

Beat the Warriors in a close battle on our court. Sanders still playing injured as well as Knight now, but Dre and Melo did what they had to to get us the win.

W: New York Knicks 127 @ 88 Toronto Raptors
Ricky Rubio: 31 points, 11 asists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals
Courtney Lee: 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 asists, 3 steals

Another high scoring game, as we establish as the 3rd scoring team in the league at 113.5 ppg just behind Portland and New Orleans (strange they were both my personal bets to shine in the west this pre-season?).

The 44-16 third quarter was key, as the Raptors just couldn't follow the high scoring peace Rubio imposed in the game.

Funny thing, Babbitt played one of his best games this season, going for 15 points off the bench on 4/7 shooting from the 3PT line, and he got injured with tendinitis! I guess he's not used to shooting that much (even though he's just a great shooter), and that's what happens when you overexercise   
We'll give the kid a break next sim