There will be a time to celebrate them, but theyve done things that
have not been done in Indiana in a long, long time, and they did it from
scratch, coach Tom Crean said."Yeah, it was embarrassing, said Pekka
Rinne, who was pulled after giving up three goals but returned when
Chris Mason surrendered three scores on nine shots.Cousins scored the
final 15 points in the first quarter starting at the 3:48 mark with a
3-pointer, three two-point jumpers, two dunks and two free throws."Our
starters started getting hot, and we kept the flow going.
With
this group, its more continuity, ball movement, a lot of pick and roll
action.Jose Calderon had 14 points and Greg Monroe chipped in 11 points
and 12 rebounds to top the Pistons 24-48, who ended a 10-game losing
streak at Charlotte on Saturday.NOTES: Columbus goal 10 seconds after
the opening faceoff was two seconds shy of the fastest goal against
Edmonton in franchise history.First, Metta World Peace jawed at Lee,
then awkwardly patted the All-Star forwards Insanity Workout
head once officials intervened.After going 115 games without a 20-point
game, Suns guard Wesley Johnson came in with back-to-back 20-point
efforts.NOTES: Lee was out early taking jump shots but was a scratch,
with Jordan Crawford making his first Celtics start.
23 as Colin
Greening scored with 24 seconds remaining to give Ottawa a 3-2 home
victory.Heat-Bulls PreviewThe puck somehow found its way through a pair
of Winnipeg defenders and by Montoya for Kunitzs 20th goal of the
season.The All-Star guard was not missed, however, as Mario Chalmers
chipped in with 17 points and Chris Bosh helped out with 12 points and
nine rebounds.Now Bylsma has to find a way to upgrade something that
hardly looks like it needs one."There was talks, there was negotiation;
they chose not to do it.The Warriors are 49 for 100 from long range over
the last five games, led by Curry and Thompson 19 for 34.
Louisville
is a very good basketball team and very talented.Anthony then converted
an alley-oop from Pablo Prigioni before Prigioni made a reverse layup
and Novak ended the run with another 3.Cousins and Thomas combined for
28 of Sacramentos 38 points in the first quarter and 23 of the final
25.Minnesota used its rare 3-point barrage in the third quarter to grow
its six-point halftime lead.Grizzlies embrace team concept without GayIt
was our fifth game in seven nights and we just didnt have it at the
end," Stotts said.Thats six points less than they averaged against
anyone else in that span, and 11 points shy of what they typically score
against the rest of the league.
