Lebron James Against Indiana Pacers (2012)

Lebron James' statistics so far in the Eastern Semifinals against Indiana Pacers:

1st game: 32 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists (won)

2nd game: 28 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists (lost)

3rd game: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists (lost)

4th game:  40 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists (won)

5th game:  30 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists (won)

He is a great player. In the games where Lebron passed 30 points line Miami Heat won the game if he couldn't pass the 30 points line Miami Heat lost the game. We will see what will happen in the end of the series.

NBA Playoffs Fifth Games

Let me give you a statistics.

In NBA plsyoffs -speaking for the seven game series- when the series tied 2-2 the team who won the fifth game also won the series %83,3.

Last night Boston Celtics won the fifth game of the series against Philadelphia 76ers and advanced 3-2. So they gıot also a statistical advantage with that win.

NBA 2011-12 Regular Season Statistics

2011-12 regular season in NBA is over. Below you can see some player statistics about the regular season:

Highest Point Average

1. Kevin Durant (OKC)               28,0     (3rd consecutive season) 2. Kobe Bryant (LAL)               27,9    3. LeBron James (MIA)               27,1

Most Points Made

1.	Kevin Durant (OKC)	1.850
2.	Lebron James (MIA)	1.683
3.	Kobe Bryant (LAL)	1.616

Highest Assist Average

1.	Rajon Rondo (BOS)	11,7
2.	Steve Nash (PHX)	10,7
3.	Chris Paul (LAC)	9,1

Most Assits Made

1. Steve Nash (PHX)                664       (Whole career 9916) 2. Rajon Rondo (BOS)                620     3. Chris Paul (LAC)                543

Highest Rebound Average

1.	Dwight Howard (ORL)	14,5
2.	Kevin Love (MIN)	13,3
3.	Andrew Bynum (LAL)	11,8

 Most Rebounds Grabbed

1.	Dwight Howard (ORL)	785
2.	Kevin Love (MIN)	734
3.	Blake Griffin (LAC)	717

Free Throw Percentage (More than 50 attempts)

1. Anthony Morrow (NJN)  97 / 104  0,933 2. Jamal Crawford (POR)  191 / 206  0,927 3. Ray Allen (BOS)  97 / 106  0,915

Efficiency

1.	LeBron James (MIA)	29,9
2.	Kevin Love (MIN)	28,3
3.	Kevin Durant (MIN)	27,3

NBA Playoffs 2012 (Eastern Conference)

Regular season in NBA is over. 2012 playoff matchups are as follows. Below are also the results of the regular season games between the teams which will play in the playoffs against. First games will be played on 28th April.


(1) Chicago Bulls (50-16)  - (8) Philadelphia 76ers (35-31)

Philadelphia 76ers	98	Chicago Bulls	82	01.02.2012
Philadelphia 76ers	91	Chicago Bulls	96	04.03.2012
Chicago Bulls	89	Philadelphia 76ers	80	17.03.2012
CHI: 2 PHI: 1 (2) Miami Heat (46-20) - (7) New York Knicks (36-30) Miami Heat 99 New York Knicks 89 20.01.2012 Miami Heat 102 New York Knicks 88 23.02.2012 New York Knicks 85 Miami Heat 93 15.04.2012 MIA: 3 NYK: 0 (3) Indiana Pacers (42-24) - (6) Orlando Magic (37-29) Indiana Pacers 83 Orlando Magic 102 24.01.2012 Orlando Magic 85 Indiana Pacers 106 29.01.2012 Indiana Pacers 81 Orlando Magic 85 04.02.2012 Orlando Magic 107 Indiana Pacers 94 11.03.2012 ORL: 3 IND: 1 (4) Boston Celtics (39-27) - (5) Atlanta Hawks (40-26) Atlanta Hawks 76 Boston Celtics 79 19.03.2012 Boston Celtics 88 Atlanta Hawks 86 11.04.2012 Atlanta Hawks 97 Boston Celtics 92 20.04.2012 BOS: 2 ATL: 1

NBA Playoffs 2012 (Western Conference)

Regular season in NBA is over. 2012 playoff matchups are as follows. Below are also the results of the regular season games between the teams which will play in the playoffs against. First games will be played on 28th April.

(1) San Antonio Spurs (50-16) - (8) Utah Jazz (36-30)

San Antonio Spurs	104	Utah Jazz	89	31.01.2011
Utah Jazz	102	San Antonio Spurs	106	20.02.2012
San Antonio Spurs	114	Utah Jazz	104	08.04.2012
Utah Jazz	91	San Antonio Spurs	84	09.04.2012
SA: 3 UTAH: 1

(2) Oklahoma City Thunder (47-19) - (7) Dallas Mavericks (36-30) Oklahoma City Thunder 104 Dallas Mavericks 102 29.12.2011 Dallas Mavericks 100 Oklahoma City Thunder 87 02.01.2012 Dallas Mavericks 86 Oklahoma City Thunder 95 01.02.2012 Oklahoma City Thunder 95 Dallas Mavericks 91 05.03.2012 OKC: 3 DAL: 1 (3) Los Angeles Lakers (41-25) - (6) Denver Nuggets (38-28) Los Angeles Lakers 92 Denver Nuggets 89 31.12.2011 Denver Nuggets 99 Los Angeles Lakers 90 01.01.2012 Denver Nuggets 89 Los Angeles Lakers 93 03.02.2012 Los Angeles Lakers 103 Denver Nuggets 97 13.04.2012 LAL: 3 DEN: 1 (4) Memphis Grizzlies (41-25) - (5) Los Angeles Clippers (40-26) Los Angeles Clippers 98 Memphis Grizzlies 91 26.01.2012 Los Angeles Clippers 101 Memphis Grizzlies 85 24.03.2012 Memphis Grizzlies 94 Los Angeles Clipeprs 85 09.04.2012 LAC: 2 MEM: 1

Wild Animals Seen Around LA

We knew that there was an animal which is playing for Los Angeles Lakers but today we learnt that they were two. See the video below to see the foul of animal#1 of Lakers, Andrew Bynum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWSKssJP2E&feature=related

Today old Ron Artest new Metta World-Peace (better name it as World-War) hit the head of James Harden of Oklahoma City Thunder with his elbow so beastly just before the end of the first half. James Harden couldn't finish the game. If you do this to somebody on the street you will directly go to the jail. Metta World-War has to go to the court for this meanly act.

These meanly fouls are named as a fIagrant fouls in NBA. But I am offering to the NBA board to name such fouls as ANIMAL fouls.

Two animals for a team? Well I think that this is too much for a team. I think the climate of the city Los Angeles is too good for animals. And I think that Lakers fans love animals.

Rajon Rondo (Triple-Double Addict)

Rajon Rondo made another triple-double last night (11.04.2012) against Atlanta Hawks in Boston. His 6th triple-doubles this season. 10 points, 10 rebounds and 20 assists. He is becoming a triple-double addict. There are 8 games left for the regular season. We will see if another triple-double will come from Rajon Rondo.

The game had another importance for Boston Celtics. They equalized the win-loss percentage with Atlanta Hawks and passed them with this win. Boston Celtics stepped up to the 4th place in the Eastern Conference and Atlanta Hawks stepped down to the 5th place.

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs took the Western Conference leadership from Oklahoma City Thunder at 6th April 2012 after the game against New Orleans Hornets. Well Oklahoma City Thunder's 3 surprising consecutive losses helped them to achieve the leadership of the Western Conference.

San Antonio Spurs was the only favorite team last season (2010-11) till April 2011. They began to fall down since then and they lost the series aganist Memphis Grizzles in the first round and disappointed their fans. San Antonio Spurs was in the 1st row and Memphis Grizzlies was in the 8th row.

Well another April but this time San Antoino Spurs is showing a great performance and they are in the first place of the Western Conference. They got their 11th straight win last night against Utah Jazz in San Antonio with the score 114-104. It seems that they geared up in the last two months. I don't know untill which game this will go on. But we can say that San Antoino Spurs is the fittest and the hottest team in the league today.

Let's examine San Antonio Spurs' form with some numbers:
December 2011: 4 wins 1 loss
January 2012:  10 wins 8 losses
February 2012: 11 wins 2 losses
March 2012: 12 wins 3 losses
09 April 2012: 4 wins 1 loss

Their performance in the last two months was brilliant. We'll see if they will carry this performance to the playoffs and we'll also see if they will do a similar surprise they did last season.

Rajon Rondo (Triple-Doubles)

NBA teams have completed their 50 games so far and only and only one player could achive more than "one" triple-doubles so far. That guy is Boston Celtics' guard Rajon Rondo who achieved his "5th" triple-double last night (01.04.2012) against Miami Heat in Boston. There are 9 other players who could achieve triple-doubles. And all of them have only 1 triple-doubles so far.

Boston Celtics played its 52nd game last night in this season and won the game with the score 91-72. Miami Heat continues and seems that it will continue to disappoint its fans before the end of the playoffs.

Quadruple Overtime

An incredible game was played last Sunday (25th March 2012) in Atlanta which ended after four overtimes. Atlanta Hawks won the game against Utah Jazz with the score 139-133. Each team had opportunities to win the game with last seconds shots but only Atlanta Hawks could do it in the end of the 4th overtime. This game was the 9th game in NBA which went to four overtimes.

Last quadruple overtime in NBA has happened on 14th November 1997 season where Phoenix Suns has beaten Portland Trail Blazers with the score 140-139.

The game was really amazing. Oh yeah! NBA, where amazing happens...

Ray Allen

Well he keeps making 3-point shots and increases his all time record to a level so that no one can surpass his record. His only rival is himself in this field.

Ray Allen named as the NBA all time 3-point leader in regular season at 11th February 2011. His 3-point made number was 2559 at 7th February 2011 at the end of the game against Charlotte Bobcats. Three days after this game (11th February 2012) Boston Celtics played against Los Angeles Lakers in Boston and Ray Allen surpassed Reggie Miller who was the owner of the all time 3-points made record until this game. Ray Allen scored three 3-point shots during this game and increased his 3-point made number to 2562. So he buried the record of Reggie Miller in history.

You can watch the game where he broke he record from the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p10Oez_jBhs

So far OK but aren't you curious about his 3-point made number today (23rd March 2012)? Let me tell you if you're ready: His 3-point made number today is 2706. (WOW! This is an insane number.)

Ray Allen is in the first rank with 2706, Reggie Miller is second with 2559 and Jason Kidd of Dallas Mavericks is third with 1748. There is a huge gap with the second and third player as you can see.

Enes Kanter

The rookie Enes Kanter who is also a Turkish Naational Team member was number 3rd pick for the 2011-12 NBA season of Utah Jazz. Although he is number 3rd pick somehow the coach didn't give him much chance during the games so far.

Last night (18.03.2012) Utah Jazz beat Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles. And Enes Kanter played with 17 points, 8 rebounds. He played 22:52m. We hope that he will have much time during the games and will have better statistics.

2012 Trades and Dwight Howard

Finally he made a decision. He couldn't make a decision since the start of trades until the last day of trades. In the final day he announced to stay in Orlando Magic. Who are we talking about? Oh yeah! About our big kid Dwight Howard. He decided to stay in Orlando Magic until the end of the season but in my opinion he won't be in Orlando for the new season.

Well the trade ended on 15th March 2012 in NBA. The most emotional trade in NBA was Derek Fisher who is sent to Houston Rockets from Los Angeles Lakers. Los Angeles Lakers board didn't behave emotional and sent the Lakers' 37 years old idol Fisher from the team. It was a right decision from the Lakers' point of view but a bit brutal from a human being's point of view. Los Angeles Lakers traded Ramon Sessions from Cleveland Cavaliers as the guard. Los Angeles Lakers was playing without a guard for years. So we will see if Ramon Sessions movement will work for Lakers.

Very long time injury Mehmet Okur, a member of Turkish National Team, is traded to Portland Trail Blazers from New Jersey Nets. He will sit in the Portland's bench instead of New Jersey's anyway.

There is now a  new look of NBA after the trades but I don't think these trades will effect the results of the play offs much. There  seems to be four leading role players in the play offs: Oklahoma City Thunder, Chciago Bulls, Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. (maybe five with Orlando Magic or Dallas Mavericks) None of these teams is effected from the last trade winds.

Trade Between Milwaukee and Golden State

Milwaukee Bucks traded their center Andrew Bogut and their guard Stephen Jackson with the guard Monta Ellis, forward Ekpe Udoh and the center Kwame Brown of Golden State Warriors.

Andrew Bogut isn't playing for Milwaukee Bucks since January 25th. He could appear played only in 12 games this season for Milwakuee Bucks. He played this season with 11,3 points, 8,3 rebounds, 2,6 assists and 2 blocks average. Bogut's absence is obviously a disadvantage for Milwakuee Bucks but also not the end of the world.

On the other side Monta Ellis is a very big win for Milwakuee Bucks. He played 37 games for Golden State Warriors this season with 21,9 points, 6,0 assists and 1,5 steals average.

We don't know why but it seems that nowadays Milwauke Bucks' disappointment Drew Gooden decided to "play". Last night (14.03.2012) he acquired his carreer's second triple-double with 15 points, 13 asssists and 10 rebounds against Cleveland Cavaliers in Milwakuee. (Milwaukee Bucks won the game with 115-105. Ersan Ilyasova played with team high 22 points, 8 rebounds.) With a good Drew Gooden and Brandon Jennings and fit Ersan Ilyasova with Monta Ellis added, Milwaukee Bucks can have some realistic hopes for the future.

On the Golden State side I don't think that things are gonna better for them. Only Adrew Bogut can't make much difference in the team. Besides Monta Ellis is a big loss for them.

Ersan Ilyasova

This guy who is a member of Turkish national team dazzles the fans with his performance for about one month. He began to explode his performance with the game against Phoenix Suns on 7th Februaru 2012. His point average since then is 18,4 and rebounds average is 10,7. (Quite perfect.)

On February 19th 2012 he exaggerated his performance and grabbed  25 rebounds at New Jersey which is still this season's (2011-12) record which is shared with Dwight Howard.

Well Ersan Ilyasova plays well but Milwaukee Bucks doesn't. The team's performance is below average. They are now 9th in the Eastern Conference with 17-24. Just one win behind New York Knicks (18-23). If Brandon Jennings and Drew Gooden decide to "play" then maybe Milwaukee Bucks will have a chance to appear in the 2012 play-offs.

Huh? After they join the play-offs? Oh, this has an easy answer: They will face with Miami Heat or Chicago Bulls. This means that they won't be able to pass the first round I think. They will be swept most probably. One win in the play offs against one of these teams will be a success story for Milwaukee Bucks.

Andrew Bogut's absence is really a huge disadvantage for Milwaukee Bucks. He missed the games since January 25th 2012.

Well we hope that Ersan continues to play like that for his team. So we will be proud of.

Rajon Rondo

Easy man easy!!! Calm down a little bit! OK man! You scored 18 points. Fine. But how did you grab 17 rebounds (career high) with the height of 1,85? And what does 20 assists mean in a single game? And well all of these mean a triple double. Third in this season. Nobody in NBA could make even two triple doubles yet in this season.

Who am I talking about? The guard guy there who is playing for Boston Celtics. Yes Rajon Rondo. He achieved this season's third triple-double. But his statistics last night (04.03.2012) against New York Knicks were superb. 18 points, 20 assists and 17 rebounds. Let me remind you his height: 1,85m.

In NBA generally the team of the triple-double guy wins the game. No surprises seen last night. Boston Celtics won the game 115-111 after an overtime.

He is an excellent player but in a wrong team. Boston Celtics looks like a veteran team. Next year or the year after we can see them in the bottom line of the East Conference standings.

Metta World Peace

"WOW!" I said. "This rookie guy looks too much like Ron Artest." while I was watching the game between Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat last night (04.03.2012). Then the guy on TV said: "Former Ron Artest new Metta World Peace." "Gosh! He is Ron,huh? WOW man! Thank God! They aren't twins at least." I thought.

I was seeing the name "World Peace" when I was checking the detailed results of the games of Los Angeles Lakers. I was thinking "Whoa! What an interesting name does this young rookie have." Well the truth was "a bit" different than I was thinking.

The long term NBA player Ron Artest (his 12th season in NBA) has changed his name legally to Metta and his lastname to World Peace. He has chosen Budhism as the religion and a proper name for his religion. And the last name World Peace was chosen to emphasize the peace between the youth as he said. Well to much philosopy for an NBA player,huh?

The game? Oh yeah! Los Angeles Lakers won the game against languid Miami Heat with the score 93-83 in Staples Center. It was also Kobe's third consecutive over 30 points game. And Ron Artest, oops our new Metta showed this season's best performance during the game.

Ersan Ilyasova

Milwaukee Bucks won the game last night (28.02.2012) against Washington Wizards with the last second tip of Turkish national team player Ersan Ilyasova.

http://www.nba.com/games/20120228/WASMIL/gameinfo.html?ls=gt2hp0021100507#nbaGIboxscore

Milwaukee Bucks has been losing six consecutive games at their home court since this game. (What a pitable performance at home.) Well Washington Wizards' performance so far is not better than Milwaukee Bucks. It was a game between two bad teams. The worse one lost it.

NBA All-Star 2012

NBA All-Star game in 2012 is played last Sunday in Orlando. West team won the game with the score 152-149. And Kevin Durant is chosen as All-Star MVP with 36 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

With an incredible performance of 14-time consecutive all-star Kobe Bryant buried a record in the history. He is written as the all time scorer leader in all-star games after this game with 271 points. And so he passed Michael Jordan with it. (Passing MJ? Remarkable.)

NBA All-Star game have been playing since 1951. So far it has been played 61 all-star games. East won 36 times and West won 25 times. In the last two decades West leads 10-9. Only in year 1999 the all-star game isn't played because of the league's lockout.

Me? Nah! I really don't like all-star games. Because there is to much "show" in these games. But "teams" cannot be seen in the field. There is also no fever, no contest in these games. Also no defense. (Check the results.) Nah, no! Such types of games don't fit my sport philosphy.

Good news is that the all-star show is over and we're back to the heat of the NBA. I like only one side of the all-star games: The end of them.

Los Angeles Domination in NBA

There are four out of five starters from the city Los Angeles in Western All-Star team. Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum from Los Angeles Lakers, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin from Los Angeles Clippers. Quite interesing, huh? Los Angeles means WEST in NBA nowadays.

Then arises a question in my mind which is: Why don't they combine these two teams and make up a stronger team in LA? Who will give the answer?

Joakim Noah

Joakim Noah achieved his career's first triple double yesterday in Chicago with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists against Milwaukee Bucks. Cool performance, huh? Joakim Noah is the first Bull's center player who achieved a triple double since Artis Gilmore in 1977.

NBA 2012 Mid Season Report

Classical NBA Mid Season Report is announced in NBA web site:
http://www.nba.com/reportcard/midseason/2012/

Below is the rankings according to the NBA's grades in Eastern and Western Conferences and also the ranking of best teams so far.

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

And below is the best of the 30 teams in the middle of the 2012 season.

What I think is that one of these six teams will win the title this year. My favorites are Oklahoma City Thunder from the Western Conference and Miami Heat from the Eastern Conference. You are curious about the champ? Well ok. Oklahoma City Thunder wins 4-3. =)