(63-19) First Round Wraps Up [4-0]

[Axel The Great]

Beasley! K-Mart is still heating though. Keep the streak alive!

If it reaches 20 games, I'll be happy.

Deceptively tough game against the Wolves. Gotta watch out for Beasley!

That game was so frustrating. It was extremely difficult to stop Beasley (although we did keep him somewhat quiet in the second half), and in the fourth quarter, they (or Luke Ridnour) were flopping their way to the foul line! I think we were pretty fortunate that K-Love got injured in the first quarter.

Bud has the hops.

Sir Charles' comment is funny, but he speaks the truth. And, at Kobe #24 4-ever again.

I agree partially with his comment, but there have been D-League players who have gotten somewhere in the NBA. Still glad to see the weak comments are getting lulz.

Wow, Beasley outscored K-Mart? I love Bud picture, finally Blake got posterized
Nice D-League report. D-League have some talents, I signed Evan Oliver and he is a beast in my association

D-League players can turn out to be beastley. And yes, Blake Griffin deserved to be posterized, wonder when it will happen in real life, though.

YOU POSTERIZED BLAKE GRIFFIN!!!!!!!

Bud for the dunk contest anyone?

I've got the second part of a pretty interesting Week 14 against the other two-thirds of the Tenacious Texas Triangle. Did the Rockets survive against their division rivals?

[Bucket]

Blake Griffin deserved to be posterized, wonder when it will happen in real life, though.

When I will join NBA
About Texas-Triangle, beat them all

[Axel The Great]

Part II

[33-14] Houston Rockets 110-89 Dallas Mavericks [24-21]


AB has had ups and downs this season, but this was an up game. | Caron Butler helped Dirk with the scoring load.

What was thought to be a close game, the Rockets came out to steamroll the Mavericks in this game. They started the game 21-8, and finished the quarter 28-14. When things were looking bad in the first quarter, they got worse. Jason Kidd was running the break, with a clear path to the basket. Kevin Martin, in an attempt to deny an easy basket, fouled Kidd, but he accidentally went a little overboard with it. Kidd strained a muscle in his abdomen when he landed, and is likely to miss 4-6 weeks of action. A flagrant foul was issued to Martin, who looked as shocked as if he had just ran over someone with a car.

"I guess this is where a tough defensive mentality takes you. I feel bad for Jason, I hope he recovers soon," Martin said, not pleased with himself at the moment. He, however, continued to play basketball and did not let it affect him. He scored a game high 32 points, and again, on an efficient 14/23 from the field.

With no sharp passes to receive, the rest of the Mavericks team stood around waiting for Dirk Nowitzki and Caron Butler to bail them out. They delivered, but unfortunately for Dallas, nobody else did. "Injuries happen. They're a part of the game; you can't dwell on it, you just gotta move on and continue playing," Butler said.

"I don't blame Kevin (Martin). He did the right thing in not allowing the easy layup, but went way too far. Unfortunately, I did my part in landing awkwardly. The strain is pretty painful, and I'm just hoping I can get back as soon as possible," the star point guard, Jason Kidd said.

Player of the Game-

Kevin Martin
32 points | 7 rebounds | 4 assists | 1 steal | 14/23 FG

Key Performers:
Rockets:
Luis Scola - 18 points, 5 rebounds, 8/10 FG
Aaron Brooks - 17 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 7/16 FG
Yao Ming - 14 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 6/10 FG
Shane Battier - 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 3/6 FG, 2/2 3P

Mavericks:
Dirk Nowitzki - 30 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 15/25 FG
Caron Butler - 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 7/14 FG
Jason Terry - 10 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 5/19 FG
DeShawn Stevenson - 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 3/5 FG

28 26 30 26 110
14 23 30 22 89

[34-14] Houston Rockets 104-105 San Antonio Spurs [28-18]


Martin again went for 30+, but was unimpressed with his team's effort early on. | Tony Parker's 15 assists helped the Spurs scrape by.

Manu Ginobili's off-game made the margin closer than what it should've been. | Duncan beats Yao on the up-and-under.

The Rockets' frontcourt continues to be solid.

After coming out of the gates strong, the Rockets relinquished the lead late in the first quarter. They allowed the Spurs get a firm grip on the game, allowing easy baskets from Tim Duncan, and penetration from Tony Parker. The Spurs eventually pushed to a nine-point lead at halftime.

"We were shooting 40% in the first half. We weren't playing defense at all, and we coughed up the ball way too much," Kevin Martin said. The Spurs had 12 steals compared to seven by the Rockets, and those steals played a crucial part in this game. Martin was not happy with the effort his team gave, and routed the Spurs' defense with a game high 34 points on 15/24 shooting, disregarding any kind of defense being played on him.

Meanwhile, Aaron Brooks' struggles in the second half were also key. He shot a putrid 4/16 from the field, after a 3/6 first half.

Despite Brooks' struggles, the Rockets' field goal percentage went from 40% in the first half, to 50% for the game. The Spurs would hold a 13-point lead at one point in the third quarter. In the final period, the Rockets chipped slowly away at the lead, and managed to regain it with about two minutes left in the game.

With the score at 100 apiece, Manu Ginobili split a pair of free throws to give the Spurs the lead. San Antonio struggled with free throws, shooting 15/22 (68%) compared to 20/24 (83%) from the Rockets. Kevin Martin got a steal and an easy fast break dunk to put the Rockets up 102-101. Tony Parker answered back with a tough layup. On the other end, the Rockets coughed up the ball, and were forced to foul with 10 seconds left in the game. Parker was sent to the foul line, and calmly knocked down both free throws.

The Rockets called a timeout, and after struggling to get a good look, Aaron Brooks turned down a decent three-point look and instead passed to Martin. He took a three-point jumper with his feet just barely on the line (only counted for two points), it went in, but with 0.5 remaining, there was nothing the Rockets could do as they just lose by the slimmest of margins.

Player of the Game-

Tim Duncan
29 points | 9 rebounds | 1 assist | 2 steals | 1 block | 13/19 FG

Key Performers:
Rockets:
Kevin Martin - 34 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 15/24 FG
Luis Scola - 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 8/14 FG
Yao Ming - 12 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3 blocks, 6/8 FG
Aaron Brooks - 10 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 4/16 FG
Kyle Lowry - 8 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 block

Spurs:
Manu Ginobili - 20 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, 8/23 FG
Tony Parker - 19 points, 15 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 5 TO, 8/13 FG
George Hill - 17 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, 3 steals, 6/12 FG
Richard Jefferson - 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 5/8 FG

28 24 25 27 104
30 31 25 19 105

[Houndy]

That sucks, I would be screaming at the TV if that happened to me

[rise]

No kidding, I'd be yelling "Yeah! Overtime!" and then actually look at the scoreboard and go break something.

[kibaxx7]

Should have taken the AB trey, man...

FUCK YEA GO SPURS!!!!11!!!1

[shadowgrin]

Martin. He took a three-point jumper with his feet just barely on the line (only counted for two points), it went in, but with 0.5 remaining, there was nothing the Rockets could do as they just lose by the slimmest of margins.

Damn 2K. I thought they fixed that shite (players shooting 3's but put their foot on the line)?

[Bucket]

Shit, this sucks, next time you will blow out Spurs
Martin's streak is alive? AB with a two blocked shots?

[Nutellar]

You are doing very well against all the strong Western teams, much better than the real Rockets

Nice to see Patrick Ewing as the headcoach of the Milwaukee Bucks? didnt know that this could happen i always thought coaches were replaced by generated dudes.

[Axel The Great]

That sucks, I would be screaming at the TV if that happened to me

It's not at all that bad, I was frustrated at the fact that the Spurs were scoring at will. Just glad to know the effort was there.

Not gonna complain about Jason Kidd's injury, Houndy?

No kidding, I'd be yelling "Yeah! Overtime!" and then actually look at the scoreboard and go break something.

Well, Kevin Harlan actually said "That's a two-pointer" after I attempted the shot, so I knew I was screwed.

Should have taken the AB trey, man...

FUCK YEA GO SPURS!!!!11!!!1

AB was struggling all game, though. I wasn't too confident with AB taking it, so I let Martin take the shot.

Martin. He took a three-point jumper with his feet just barely on the line (only counted for two points), it went in, but with 0.5 remaining, there was nothing the Rockets could do as they just lose by the slimmest of margins.

Damn 2K. I thought they fixed that shite (players shooting 3's but put their foot on the line)?

Just a baby step further out and it would've been a three. Didn't know that was a problem before with 2K, but I can definitely say that the vast majority of three-pointers I attempt to attempt are successful three-point attempts.

Shit, this sucks, next time you will blow out Spurs
Martin's streak is alive? AB with a two blocked shots?

Hopefully I'll blow them out when we play them at home. What AB is bricking on offense he's making up for on defense. He too, has joined K-Mart in playing defense.

You are doing very well against all the strong Western teams, much better than the real Rockets

Nice to see Patrick Ewing as the headcoach of the Milwaukee Bucks? didnt know that this could happen i always thought coaches were replaced by generated dudes.

Well, the game has it down that it's a generated coach, but in-game, they put Ewing's cyberface. What totally kills it is that Ewing is still with the Magic when I play against them. Kills the realism, but it's not like I face those two teams enough for it to bother me. Or it could be that Ewing's working two jobs.

[Axel The Great]

Chapter 8 - Poisonous Suspicion

"Martin shoots the threeee.... oh my goodness, he hit it, we could be going to overtime here," Spurs play-by-play Bill Land said in shock. "No, no, I think his feet were on the line," color commentator Sean Elliott said.

"Well, the Spurs will call a full timeout, and the referees will review it," Land said. "They can review it, but it's obvious that Martin had his foot on the line. I know the Spurs are gonna get the win," Elliott replied, with a very obvious bias.

"Let's see the replay...... and it looks like.. yep... the very tip-toe of his shoe is just barely on the line, therefore, it only counts for two. With five-tenths of a second left in the game, there's not much the Rockets can do as they'll have to foul and get off a shot. 0.5 is a pretty long time in basketball, but not long enough to do all that," Land continued, sounding almost as confident as Elliott that the Spurs would get the win.

"They inbound it to Ginobili and the buzzer sounds. The Spurs pick up a hard-fought win, and they clearly showed their pure dominance over this weak Houston Rockets team," Land concluded the game. "Yep, their second win of the season here in San Antonio against these Rockets, and now they are 29-18 and third in the West," Elliott said.

Kevin Martin walked past the commentators just as they said that, and laughed so hard, he almost bumped into a towel boy. "Weak Rockets team? My half-white, half-black ass," he thought to himself.

He made his way back into the locker room, and saw that Jared Jeffries, who was on the inactive list and in his street clothes, already there, rummaging through his belongings, searching for something. "Hey, you seen my headphones?" he asked.

"Nah, I haven't. How do you lose your headphones, if you don't even gotta worry 'bout playin'?" Martin replied. "I don't know man, can't remember where I last left them," Jeffries replied.

Martin went over to his bags, opened his sports sack, searching for his clothes to change into. He pulled out a t-shirt, and felt something unusual on his right arm. A weird, heavy and crawly feeling he felt there, and he looked at his arm. His heart stopped, and he was on the verge of screaming at the top of his lungs.

There on his arm, was a scorpion, coal black, tail standing on end, five inches in length, and looking ready to pounce. "WHAT THE FUCK!!!" Martin screamed at the top of his lungs, just as he thought he would. He shook off the scorpion, and grabbed the closest thing he could find, which was Yao's surprisingly but conveniently heavy sports bag, and dumped it on the creature.

He took the bag off, and saw that it was trying to make a run for it, so Martin picked up Yao's bag again, and planted it right over the scorpion's tail, making it immobile. It flailed about, trying to break free, and Jeffries said, "Pour some alcohol on that bitch!"

Martin really did not believe in that myth (the one in which if you pour alcohol on a scorpion it'll sting itself to death), so he grabbed a chair and slammed it all over the scorpion. He applied pressure onto the chair, and when he felt that it probably died, he lifted up the chair, and saw that indeed, it was dead. Squished flat, legs contorted in odd ways, but not making a single movement.

Martin took a moment to recollect himself; he was gasping and sweating heavily. He looked out the locker room door, and saw how much of an uproar he had had.

The whole team was standing outside the door, and also ball boys, floor sweepers, and many other people. When he looked at them, some started leaving, but the team entered the locker room, and stood around the scorpion to get a look at it. "Man, that's a pretty big scorpion," Courtney Lee said.

"Lil' fucker must've been hard to smash," Aaron Brooks said. Martin was a bit suspicious at Brooks; he knew a scorpion just doesn't end up in your bag by coincidence. As the team analyzed the dead scorpion for a few moments longer, Jared Jeffries out of nowhere said, "Ah. Here are my head phones," and laughed.

••••••••

Later on the team bus, Kevin Martin asked around in suspicion on who put that scorpion in his bag. Everyone thought the idea was blasphemy; nobody in their right minds would do such a thing, or so they thought. Martin had a big suspicion that it was Aaron Brooks, the pieces just seemed to fit together so well.

He questioned Brooks when they got to the Hilton, Palacio Del Rio hotel. "Foo', I ain't never even touched no scorpion in my life! I tremble at the sight of those things. Sure glad I don't live in Arizona, I heard they're common there. What makes you fuckin' think I'd play something like that on you?" Brooks responded.

"Well, a scorpion just doesn't coincidentally end up in someone's bag, especially in a professional player's. You're the only one I can't get along with on this team, so I'm guessing it was you," Martin replied.

"It wasn't me! I dislike you, but not enough to put a scorpion on you!" said Brooks.

"Says the one who handed me the ball when he had a good three-point look," replied Martin, unconvinced. "Coach Adelman didn't want me to take dat shot, I was strugglin' wit my shot!" Brooks exclaimed in defense.

"Oh yeah, that's right. You couldn't hit on a stripper even if she was dancing naked right in front of you this game," Martin said. Someone behind them laughed; it was Courtney Lee. "Nice one," he said, giving Martin a fist bump. Lee and Martin walked away from Brooks, leaving him alone.

Brooks sat down on the edge of the sidewalk, clueless at the fact that he was blamed for the incident. "Who could possibly dislike Kevin more than I, to set a scorpion on him?" Brooks asked himself in his mind. He stood staring out at the streets of San Antonio, then got the urge to take a stroll in the Riverwalk, possibly ride a water taxi to get his mind off of the suspcions.

In the Riverwalk, Aaron Brooks was taking a look around a gift shop, when he overheard a conversation. It was between a teenage kid dressed in baggy jeans and a Spurs jersey, and a man dressed in khaki shorts and a plain t-shirt. "My scorpion died. It didn't sting anyone, and he was squished flat," he heard the teenager say.

"That's pretty unfortunate, we'll have to come up with something else. Boss will be extremely pissed at me," said the man. Brooks tried to get a comfortable position to hear the conversation a little clearer, but in the process, he accidentally hit a souvenir Spurs mug, and it fell to the floor. It didn't break, as the floor was carpet, but the teenager saw him, alerted the other man, and both made a run for it.

Brooks followed them, passing a few isles of shelves. When he saw an empty isle, he went through it, and saw both heading towards the exit. He made his way through a maze of tourists and shoppers, and by the time he got out of the store, they were out of sight.

"Fuck. This is some bullshit!" Brooks muttered under his breath. "Uhm, excuse me?" a blond woman next to him said. He ignored her, and headed back to the hotel to tell Kevin Martin what he had just heard...

[|)e8*]

Wow, Brooks is not that much of an asshole after all

[Stress Fracture]

AB still respects K-Mart.

[shadowgrin]

Brooks not an asshole? What the hell is this shite?!

[Axel The Great]

Wow, Brooks is not that much of an asshole after all

Yep, just the fact that he didn't get a contract extension and is bitching about it makes him an asshole.

AB still respects K-Mart.

Respects, but dislikes.

Brooks not an asshole? What the hell is this shite?!

Be thankful I didn't use a cheesy thread title. But yeah, I'm planning to introduce another asshole character sometime soon, or, have Brooks continue being an asshole. We'll see.

January Recap is next. All I can say is, I'm proud to have players in the league leaders.

[Axel The Great]

Compared to November and December, the Houston Rockets had a sub-par month. They went 10-7, when in the prior months they went 13-4, and 11-4 respectively. Their superb home record really stands out, as they are currently 20-3 at the Toyota Center, good for the best home record in the league. However, as good as that sounds, they have a barely above .500 record on the road, at 14-12. They've struggled a bit on the road, but thanks to the wonderful home record, they are second in the West. That's right, the Oklahoma City Thunder have passed up the Rockets for best record in the West.

The biggest story of the month however, was Kevin Martin's dominance. He currently has an active streak of 19 consecutive games with 30 or more points scored. He has also moved up in the league leaders to fifth in scoring, and is tops in three-point percentage. He is having a career season, and things seem to be clicking for the Rockets for the first time since 2008-09.

Players of the Week, January -

Week	East Player	West Player
January 2-8	Danny Granger	Kevin Martin
January 9-15	Derrick Rose	Kevin Durant
January 16-22	Danny Granger	Kevin Durant
January 23-29	LeBron James	Kevin Durant

Players of the Month, January -

Conference	Player	Stats
East Player	LeBron James	28.6 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 6.2 apg, 2.4 spg, 49.6% FG
East Rookie	John Wall	17.9 ppg, 8.1 apg, 3.9 rpg, 2.4 spg, 44.9% FG
West Player	Kevin Durant	33.3 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.2 bpg, 51.7% FG
West Rooke	Blake Griffin	16.5 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.1 spg, 52.5% FG

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Last time I'll say it, but props to Martti. for the tables. If there's anything you'd like for me to fix/make better for next monthly recap, just let me know.

[Axel The Great]

Chapter 9 - Failed Corruption

"What the hell are you talkin' about?" asked Kevin Martin. After Aaron Brooks had told Martin that he overheard two people at the Riverwalk conversing about a scorpion, Martin did not believe him. "First you do a cruel thing by setting a scorpion on me and then you go and blame others, whom you completely made up out of your head? You're an asshole," Martin told him.

"Nah, really, tho. They talked about a dead scorpion, and talked about how it didn't sting nobody. You gotta believe me, mane!" Brooks begged Martin. "It just doesn't sound believable, at all. Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta speak with my wife over the phone, real talk" Martin said, and slammed his hotel room door on Aaron Brooks' face. Brooks sighed, and went down the hall to his hotel room. He could not believe what was happening. "So much could happen in one night. Someone nearly gets stung by a scorpion, and I'm the one stressing over it," he thought to himself.

Brooks did not even get dressed into sleeping clothes, he just threw himself upon the hotel room bed, and stared at the ceiling. It was pretty difficult for him to drift off to sleep; it felt like an eternity to him that he stared at the ceiling. Slowly, slowly, he closed his eyes, and went back to the 2007 NBA Draft.

"With the 26th pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets select, Aaron Brooks, out of Oregon," he remembered the words David Stern had said. Then, all of a sudden, the world shifted to his first NBA game, but he was not facing humans. He was facing scorpions, six feet tall, but dribbling basketballs with their pincers.

He tried to cross a scorpion over, but it trapped him with its pincers, and squeezed hard. "Foul!" he called, looked around, and saw that the referee was Kevin Martin. Martin laughed, in a cruel, cold-hearted way, just as the scorpion was about to pounce with it's club-like tail.

Aaron Brooks awoke and sat up, sweating and gasping for air. He saw that he was still in his hotel room, in his street clothes. He was relieved to not be near death, and figured that six-foot scorpions do not exist, and that he didn't even know Martin back in '07.

He looked over at the clock on the counter, and saw it was four o'clock in the morning. "Nightmare," Brooks muttered under his breath, and went back to sleep.

••••••••

"The three officials are Tony Brothers, Mike Callahan, and Dan Crawford," a commentator said from David Stern's TV. "What? Where is Joey Crawford? I thought I appointed him as an official to ensure that the Lakers win?" Stern asked the TV. "What's going on?"

"Lakers win the tipoff, and we begin the game!" the same commentator said. Stern phoned Joey Crawford, thinking he went wrong somewhere. "Come on, come on, pick up the phone!" Stern exclaimed. After a while, a voice answered, but it was not Crawford. It was a deep, mysterious, and serious voice. "Joey Crawford can't talk right now, he's being punished for the bad he would've done to the NBA world today."

"Who are you?" asked Stern. "I'm afraid I can't tell you that, but trust me, Stern, you will be brought down. Enjoy your last few weeks as commissioner, because the end is near!" the voice said and hung up.

Stern sat down at his desk, and watched the game. He was very frustrated. The Rockets started 14-4, then the score was 21-9, with the first quarter ending 27-19. He saw the Rockets' lead balloon to 15, but began to get into the game in the third quarter.

"Kobe with the and-one over Aaron Brooks!" the commentator said. "It looks like they have a few words to exchange," said the commentator.

Aaron Brooks had accidentally poked Kobe Bryant in the eye during the foul, and while Bryant was holding his eye in pain, Brooks went over to see if he was ok. When Kobe looked up, he pushed Brooks, and said, "Was that necessary contact you asshole?"

Kevin Martin came to the rescue and pushed Kobe back. "Pick on someone your own size, you fuckin' arrogant piece of shit!" Martin replied, pushing Kobe to the floor. Martin was held back by other Lakers, and saw an intimidated look in Kobe's eyes; the efficient game he was having and the fact that he had the surprising strength to push him to the floor made Bryant back off.

The crowd was booing, and the referees issued double-technicals to Bryant and Martin.

The game was nearing conclusion, and the game had gotten out of hand in Stern's eyes. After the score was 84-81, a few minutes later, the score was 111-91 in favor of Houston, and Stern turned off the TV in anger. "What bullshit!" he exclaimed. He did not get the game to go his way, as the Rockets completely manhandled the Lakers late in the fourth quarter.

"Hey, thanks for stickin' up for me out there, man. Appreciate it," Aaron Brooks told Kevin Martin in the locker room. "No problem, just don't put another scorpion in my bag," Martin told him, and they both laughed. Martin checked to see that his bag was scorpion-free, and when he was reassured, began to organize his belongings.

••••••••

"FUCK YEAH!!! TAKE THAT FAKERS!" Axel Gomez, in his office at Rockets headquarters watching the game said, or better yet, yelled. "Kobe ain't got nothin' on K-Mart, and neither do the Lakers! 3-0 baby!" Gomez turned off the TV, and resumed his assisstant general manager duties, which at that point, was studying a mock draft from DraftExpress. "So, we could end up snatching Brad Halstead," he began.

[Bucket]

KD and Thunder
You have a realistic standings

FUCK YEAH!!! TAKE THAT FAKERS!''
Very nice article I like it

[shadowgrin]

THE BRIGHT BRIGHT RED! IT BURNS MY EYES! IT BURNS!

[Stress Fracture]

Damn it Kobe, twas just an accident!

[George7]

Nice too see the K-Mart - AB situation cooling off.
Does the last chapter means that we're going to have revelations about Stern soon???

[hova-]

Wow @ the Thunder kicking you from the top spot, KD's numbers are sick, almost a double-double.

[Axel The Great]

KD and Thunder
You have a realistic standings

FUCK YEAH!!! TAKE THAT FAKERS!''
Very nice article I like it

Thanks, glad you liked the story.

THE BRIGHT BRIGHT RED! IT BURNS MY EYES! IT BURNS!

All about that red up in this thread. But yeah, if you really mean that it burns your eyes and not being your usual, shadowgrin self, I'll try to mix some things up for the next monthly recap, that is, if I burned other people's eyes as well.

Damn it Kobe, twas just an accident!

You think Kobe cares if it was an accident? He thinks he's untouchable!

Nice too see the K-Mart - AB situation cooling off.
Does the last chapter means that we're going to have revelations about Stern soon???

Yes. The end of Stern is near!

Wow @ the Thunder kicking you from the top spot, KD's numbers are sick, almost a double-double.

Yeah, I was pretty surprised too. What's even more amazing for the Thunder is that Westbrook is averaging 21 ppg, so that is a dangerous Thunder team. LeBron's the leading candidate for MVP ahead of KD, according to 2K.

Well, now you guys know the outcome of the first game of Week 15, will play the Jazz and the Grizzlies today and post the recap, but not before the prediction game results.

[Axel The Great]

January Prediction Game Results

Here are the standings for January's edition of the prediction game:

Thierry - 33 pts
Valdis - 33 pts
z02 - 31 pts
Houndy - 31 pts
Stress Fracture - 27 pts
George7 - 25 pts
Justine. - 21 pts
Badger - 15 pts

Here are the total amount of Dream Points that everyone has. Note that those who have 0 dream points have spent them all, and I've upgraded their requested ratings.

Houndy - 81 + 12 from NLSC Tournament + 34 for January = 127 points
Justine. - 47 + 7 from NLSC Tournament + 21 for January = 75 points
z02 - 0 + 7 from NLSC Tournament + 31 for January = 38 points
Valdis - 36 + 2 from NLSC Tournament + 33 for January = 71 points
Stress Fracture - 53 + 27 for January = 80 points
osaki - 23 points
Thierry - 37 + 2 from NLSC Tournament + 33 for January = 72 points
George7 - 54 + 2 from NLSC Tournament + 25 for January = 81 points
Lamrock - 38 + 2 from NLSC Tournament = 40 points
Mark. - 23 points
|)e8* - 43 + 7 from NLSC Tournament = 50 points
King Dee - 29 points
Psychedelic™ - 15 points
Badger - 0 + 15 for January = 15 points
puttincomputers - yet to earn points

I'm changing the cost of the attributes to make it easier on everyone. Physical attributes (vertical, stamina, durability, speed, etc.) will now cost 4 points. Offense attributes (mid-range, close-range, 3-pt, offensive rebound, ball handle, ball security, etc.) will cost 3 points. Defensive attributes (block, steal, defensive awareness, etc.) will cost two points. Anything else that doesn't really fall into those categories (hustle, offensive/defensive clutch, emotion, etc.) will cost 1 point. Here's a list (scroll down a bit) of all the attributes. Disregard the point values seen there, and if you have a question on what category a certain attribute falls into, just ask me.

So, here is how the prediction game went. You can refer back to your prediction to make sure all the point values were calculated right. If I made a mistake in calculating your points, just let me know, and I'll fix it.

Scoring Leader: Kevin Martin
Rebounding Leader: Luis Scola
Assists Leader: Aaron Brooks

@ Portland: L
@ Denver: L
Portland: W
@ Orlando: L
Utah: W
@ Boston W
Thunder: L
New Orleans: W
@ Atlanta: L
Milwaukee: W
Knicks: W
@ Grizzlies: W
Magic: L
@ Minnesota: W
LA Clippers: W
@ Dallas: W
@ San Antonio: L

Overall Record for the Month: 10-7

[Axel The Great]

February Prediction Game

So, here's February's edition of the prediction game. Remember, underlined games are key games, get those right, and you get three points. One point is awarded for the normal games. You also get three points for predicting the stats leaders correctly, and three extra points for guessing them all correct. Remember that you don't have to predict the averages as well.

Until I start posting updates, you have a choice of PM'ing me your predictions or posting them here. Once I post the Week 15 recap, all predictions should be sent to me via PM then.

Also, everyone's gonna get three extra points for the first game since they know the outcome of it.

Code: Select all

[b]Points leader for February:[/b]
[b]Rebounds leader for February:[/b]
[b]Assists leader for February:[/b]

[u]@ Lakers:[/u]
[u]@ Jazz:[/u]
[u]vs. Grizzlies:[/u]
@ Nuggets
vs. T-Wolves:
[u]vs. Mavericks:[/u]
[u]vs. Nuggets:[/u]
vs. 76ers:
@ Pistons:
@ Cavaliers:
vs. Nets:
[u]@ Hornets:[/u]
[u]All-Star Game winner:[/u] (East/West)
[u]Rookie Challenge winner:[/u] (Rookies/Sophomores)

[b]Overall Record for February:[/b] (12 games in total)