Highlander
02-25-2008, 10:01 AM
Thought it was interesting that there were two games last night featuring Duke players on both sides of the court - Sacramento vs. Orlando, and Houston vs. Chicago.
I didn't watch either game but the Sacremento/Orlando game was a blowout in favor of the magic. Neither JJ or Shelden seemed to do much. Shelden did play for 7 minutes, and was the only Sacramento player with a positive +/- total while he was in the game. Meanwhile, JJ was one of only two Orlando players with a negative +/- ratio, and he played less than 3 minutes.
In the Houston/Chicago game, it looks like both Deng and Duhon are coming off the bench (well Deng anyway, Chris was a DNP). Although, Chicago did have 9 players who played between 21 and 28 minutes, so Deng's minutes weren't that far off from the starters to be honest. This one was also lopsided in favor of Houston. Battier had the best line of the bunch tonight, with a double double - 41 minutes, 11 points, 10 rebounds (5 offensive), 3 assists, and 1 block. He was also +11 for the night, while Deng was -11. From an offensive persp, they basically cancelled each other out it seems.
Houston's in a very tight division race so far. They've won 12 straight and are only 2 games out of first place, but that still puts them 4th out of 5 in their division.
Anyone watch either of these games see anything else of note?
I didn't watch either game but the Sacremento/Orlando game was a blowout in favor of the magic. Neither JJ or Shelden seemed to do much. Shelden did play for 7 minutes, and was the only Sacramento player with a positive +/- total while he was in the game. Meanwhile, JJ was one of only two Orlando players with a negative +/- ratio, and he played less than 3 minutes.
In the Houston/Chicago game, it looks like both Deng and Duhon are coming off the bench (well Deng anyway, Chris was a DNP). Although, Chicago did have 9 players who played between 21 and 28 minutes, so Deng's minutes weren't that far off from the starters to be honest. This one was also lopsided in favor of Houston. Battier had the best line of the bunch tonight, with a double double - 41 minutes, 11 points, 10 rebounds (5 offensive), 3 assists, and 1 block. He was also +11 for the night, while Deng was -11. From an offensive persp, they basically cancelled each other out it seems.
Houston's in a very tight division race so far. They've won 12 straight and are only 2 games out of first place, but that still puts them 4th out of 5 in their division.
Anyone watch either of these games see anything else of note?