NBA Friday

US vs Canada in UK
In a special move to promote basketball in the UK, the Nets and Raptors started a 2-game series in London last night. The change of scenery really helped the Nets snap out of their losing streak. Almost every player on the team scored as Deron Williams played a solid 166 pt/11 ast game for his first win as a Net. Lopez lead the way with 25 and Humphries, who keeps getting better added 18 and 17 rebs!

Bulls
The Bulls had another strong performance against another top team, the Magic. They got off to a quick start, but let the Magic get back into it mid-4th quarter. It was the Bulls that had the clutch shots at the end, including Korver's dagger 3 to ice it. It's interesting how certain players can give the Bulls trouble and others almost help the Bulls win. Generally, the Bulls don't play well against Carter and whatever team he's on... hence the defeat by the Magic early in the season. The Bulls have always had Arenas' number. So now that they Magic picked him up and traded Carter...

Season Sweep
The Knicks looked like they were about to put away any questions about them matching up with the BA's worst team, the LeBron-less Cavs. They were blowing out Cleveland until the 4th quarter 12-3 run. That 119-115 loss gave the Cavs the season sweep of the Knicks... 3-0. It's mind boggling how that could happen and even more so that the Knicks had Melo for 2 of those games.

Finals Preview?
The Spurs blew out the Heat late last night, which again is going to raise questions about whether or not Miami can beat the top teams. The graphics are always on screen now how they only beat a top 5 team once this year... the Lakers. So could the Heat/Spurs match be a Finals preview? I'm thinking Bulls Spurs! With the Miami loss, the Bulls take the 2nd spot in the East.