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. =)