As yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday, there were only two games. The first was a Raptors/Kings game that virtually nobody cared about. In that game, only Stud or Dud of the Day Stud Chris Bosh ripped the Kings up. My favorite part of the game? A tweet from Jonah Keri saying that a guy near him screamed encouragement to Bosh while he was being guarded by Spencer Hawes. It’s the content that counted. He told Bosh that he could take Hawes because Hawes was white. I agree with this statement. The second game was the pre-Super Bowl big TV game on ABC. That was the Magic at the Celts. The game was pretty close until the third quarter when the Celts played a bunch of bad guys at the same time and the good players they did play weren’t good this time. The Magic didn’t look back. Anyway, check out the Weekly and Seasonly Studs and Duds below. I should point out that LeBron’s skull-smashing of the Knicks came up short of the Seasonly by the smallest of margins. The five turnovers did not help. Enjoy.
Weekly Studs
1. LeBron James (2/6 vs. Knicks) – 17/31 FG, 6/12 3PT, 7/7 FT, 8 REB, 8 AST, 5 STL, 47 PTS
2. Chris Bosh (2/7 vs. Kings) – 14/18 FG, 8/11 FT, 11 REB, 5 AST, 36 PTS
3. David Lee (2/5 vs. Bucks) – 12/18 FG, 8/8 FT, 15 REB (6 OFF), 3 AST, 32 PTS
4. Chris Bosh (2/2 at Pacers) – 13/22 FG, 9/12 FT, 15 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK, 35 PTS
5. Chauncey Billups (2/5 at Lakers) – 12/20 FG, 9/13 3PT, 6/8 TF, 4 REB, 8 ASTS, 39 PTS
Weekly Duds
1. Quentin Richardson (2/4 at Cavaliers) – 0/7 FG, 0/3 3PT, 0/0FT, 2 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 PF, 0 PTS, 28 MIN
2. D.J. Augustin (2/1 at Blazers) – 0/5 FG, 0/4 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0 REB, 2 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 3 PF, 0 PTS, 17 MIN
3. Sonny Weems (2/2 at Pacers) – 0/3 FG, 0/0 FT, 2 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 3 PF, 0 PTS, 24 MIN
4. Ryan Anderson (2/5 vs. Wizards) – 0/4 FG, 0/3 3PT, 0/0 FT, 1 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 2 PF, 0 PTS, 13 MIN
5. Yi Jianlian (2/2 at Pistons) – 1/12 FG, 0/3 3PT, 5 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 1 PF, 3 PTS, 32 MIN
Seasonly Studs
1. LeBron James (12/30 vs. Hawks) – 15/23 FG, 4/6 3PT, 14/16 FT, 10 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK, 48 PTS
2. Dirk Nowitzki (11/3 vs. Jazz) – 12/22 FG, 1/3 3PT, 15/16 FT, 11 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, 5 BLK, 40 PTS
3. Kevin Durant (1/31 vs. Warriors) – 16/21 FG, 2/3 3PT, 11/11 FT, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 45 PTS
4. Zach Randolph (12/20 vs. Nuggets) – 13/21 FG, 1/1 3PT, 5/5 FT, 24 REB (9 OFF), 3 AST, 32 PTS
Seasonly Duds
1. Ben Gordon (11/15 vs. Mavericks) – 1/16 FG, 0/6 3PT, 3/6 FT, 1 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TO, 2 PF, 5 PTS, 41 MIN
2. Trevor Ariza (12/13 at Raptors) – 0/9 FG, 0/3 3PT, 1/2 FT, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TO, 2 PF, 1 PT, 26 MIN
3. Will Bynum (11/25 vs. Cavaliers) – 1/13 FG, 0/2 3PT, 2/4 FT, 0 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 3 PF, 4 PTS, 31 MIN
Stud
1. Chris Bosh – 14/18 FG, 8/11 FT, 11 REB, 5 AST, 36 PTS
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I know…I know it is so hard for you to say the Magic MIGHT be better than the Celtics. But do you have to sound like a ‘tard trying to get around it?
Let me translate for the masses:
The Celtics are old. The Magic shut them down. Magic > Celtics.
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really?
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Trade Ray Allen!
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What the Hell is wrong with you?
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No one wants him.
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…but someone wants his $20 mil expiring contract.
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but there lies your problem. gotta make the money work. that’s a ridiculously large contract.
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Exactly.
Not only that, it would help if Garnett still had to backup his shit talking.
The Celts can still take anyone in a 7 game series, but they’re OLD.
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Kirk Hinrich and Tyrus Thomas are on the way.
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That’s just what the Celts need. And unathletic whit guy (simply because he’s white) and a guy who doesn’t know what he’s doing on teh court.
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Those are the two ideal bench players the C’s need, but now they have no one to start at the 2.
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For the record, I was kidding about the whole Bosh is better than Hawes because Bosh is black and Hawes is white. I thought that was pretty obvious, but whatever.
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backpedal backpedal backpedal…
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The “record” states:
I agree with that statement.
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