General game-day thoughts/comments

Cleveland needs to become an inside oriented team, have Jamison and Hickson score inside. Nice game by Hickson defensively, 5 blocks, has to be a career high for him. Not to mention 5 blocks by Amari.

Hickson's five is a career high, but Amar'e's career high is 10 blocks.

The Baron can somewhat help The Leaveland Cavaliers.

How did they suddenly win three of their last five?

Also, I think the Bobcats' Gerald Henderson can step up for us. 21 points in the Bobcats' first post-Wallace game - a big win against SAC.

Gerald Henderson is underrated. He's a beast when G-Force isn't there.

He's been playing well ever since LB left. So have Augustin and Najera. Calling Henderson a beast might be a little premature, but if he can keep this up for at least the next 20 something games, I'll be very pleased with him. I'm still waiting for the big dunks he's capable of. I wonder if after a couple seasons he'll be able to replace what we lost in the Wallace trade.

Oh wait, Budinger, just after scoring a career-high 30 against the Cavs, he had 27 points in today's win over Deron's team!

And, Phil89's avatar annoys me. But it was a good dunk though, to say the least.

When did Channing Frye turn clutch?

Denver's rolling. 3-1 since the trade and 1 loss in a real close thriller OT. Today's win was also special since Gallinari was sitting out. The team is surprisingly playing well I must admit. On the other hand, NYK is not doing too bad either themselves. At least for now, it seems things worked out pretty well for both sides. However, long term wise, I still think the Knicks are in better shoes as they have a definite core in Melo and Amare. Denver will require shake up to become a serious contender though.

I think Denver actually got better. They weren't this good before the trade, although part of that is because they aren't uncertain about their futures on the team anymore with the Carmelo trade complete. Also, Chandler, Gallinari, and Felton are all very solid players, something people don't always give them credit for.

Denver is very deep right now. In the first game, their bench had Felton, Smith, Chandler, Harrington and Birdman. All could be starters given the opportunity.

Denver is deep for now but wait till each of them asks for big fat pay check along with more playing time. This team still isn't a contender, and probably won't be at least for awhile.

Denver's deep, but they'll miss a valuable piece for several weeks due to injury, and that's Danillo, they're gonna miss him.

What Danillo does, the rest of the Nuggets can easily make up for.

The Knicks/Magic game got pretty ugly at times. Clutch performances by Nelson and Q-Rich though.

Lol... Mike Miller hits a 3 from the other end of the court but after the shot clock ran out.

Bibby looks like a perfect fit for the Heat. He's been setting screens for Wade and James, which most of times led to easy baskets. The Heat already looks so fluent with Bibby on the court.

Only half time but Heat leading Magic by 18.

Magic have made it a ballgame in the fourth.

Richarson caught on fire and Arenas just hit a 3 to tie the game. Rofl...

The Heat were too laid back with what seemed to be a comfortable lead at one point.

R u serious? What a collapse. Props to Richardsons.

What a game. Nearly turned it off when the deficit turned 24. If it were any team but Orlando with that deficit in Miami, I probably would have.

I'm not bitter about Bosh leaving Toronto and don't hate him for it, but this is hilarious:

bosh u mad?

Guess he still thinks it's Toronto

rupaul postgame

I've got a feeling that outburst is going to lighten his wallet a little. Great game though, a much more exciting finish than I would've picked it to be once the Heat raced out to that 24 point lead. The Nuggets/Jazz game had a frantic finish too, shame Kirilenko missed that layup off the steal.