Westbrook beats CP3 in OKC; LeBron and Miami show some fight
(photo. Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Dallas got another typically productive game from Dirk Nowitzki (20 pts, 10 rebs) and used a huge second half to wear down the visiting Rockets. After the lead traded hands throughout the first half, the Mavs went on a 17-6 third-quarter run and extended that into the fourth, where they stretched the lead to as many as 22 … Rick Adelman has said Ish Smith is the best passer on the Rockets, and from what we saw last night, Chase Budinger is definitely 2nd. Brad Miller and Yao Ming can drop some dimes, too. So is it bad when your starting PG (Aaron Brooks) is, at best, the 3rd-best passer on your team, and maybe only the 5th-best? … During a timeout, a Mavs fan hit a contest-wining halfcourt shot. Dude looked like a chubby J.J. Barea in the face but with Dirk’s facial hair, and he was wearing a Mavs baseball jersey with Nowitzki’s number on the back. After hitting the shot, he ran up to the Mavs’ huddle and high-fived DeShawn Stevenson and Jason Kidd before team employees pushed him away … “If AK-47 can put up these kinds of numbers, I like our chances against any team in the League. It doesn’t matter if it is the Lakers or any team in the East.” Those words came from one of Utah’s announcers as they wrapped up a blowout win over Milwaukee. Never mind that Kirilenko’s numbers (13 pts, 8 rebs, 4 blks) weren’t exactly Oscar Robertson-level, or that he did it against a Bucks team missing Andrew Bogut and Drew Gooden. The Jazz destroyed the Bucks on the boards and Milwaukee’s offense was limited to a lot of Brandon Jennings jumpers … The Kings knew they were taking a risk by drafting DeMarcus Cousins, but should they have predicted issues this soon? The Sacramento Bee reported that Cousins was kicked out of practice after a shouting match with coach Paul Westphal. “They always fight,” an unnamed source was quoted. “They can’t get along.” Well, that’s good to know 15 games into DMC’s career … We’re out like Cousins …
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November 30th, 2010 at 2:28 am
porkpiehat says:
The Heat have played 18 games. They would have to go 50 and 4 the rest of the way for Spo to get to 150 this season. Not gonna happen.
Cousins is a knucklehead but Westphal and/or Petrie gotta go. A tiny front office (staff-wise). A lot of questionable signings. Trying to fit square pegs in round holes by playing Thompson at the three and Evans at the one. Different lineups and rotations every game. These are the hallmarks of over-matched coaches and GM’s. The sadder thing is that the Kings are likely headed out of town, so all the suffering fans don’t have a lot of positive news on the horizon.
November 30th, 2010 at 2:31 am
jay says:
@porkpiehat, correct me if I’m wrong but don’t you mean 50 and 14, since there’s 82 games in a season?
It’s a lot more attainable than 50-4.
Deuces
November 30th, 2010 at 2:33 am
Young Gunner says:
Shame on Armstrong to try and save face by IMMEDIATELY trying to help Anthony up but if he hadnt push him to the groun, Anthony wouldve proly missed that dunk anyways
November 30th, 2010 at 3:33 am
spit hot fiyah says:
proof read
November 30th, 2010 at 3:43 am
ab40 says:
he made one of the best defensive players we’ve seen all year
haha you guys are stupid
yeah the heat but the beatdown on another bad team. They must be back on track. Dumb folks at nba dot com
November 30th, 2010 at 3:43 am
BRUCE says:
I told you monkeys Cousins is a bust! Dude ain’t nothing but a huge body and the brain of a Homosapien. Where are the Derrick Coleman comparisons now?
November 30th, 2010 at 3:45 am
J-Lod says:
Cousins will have a forgotten career in the NBA..he will be known mostly for boneheaded situations he get himself into like the one mentioned above..
November 30th, 2010 at 3:48 am
john says:
@ post 1 by porkpiehat :
Get your math right, 54 + 18 = 72 . They will play 82 games. So the Heat must go for a 50 – 14 record for Spo 150 victory. That could happen if they play like a team.
November 30th, 2010 at 3:49 am
rob g says:
Top 5 M.V.P candidates up to this point:Rose, Deron Williams, CP3, Dirk Diggler and Dwight Howard. Honorable mention Rondo and Westbrook, man thats 5 point guards in the top 7, good luck with the all star voting for the pg spot.
November 30th, 2010 at 4:04 am
neoy says:
lol @ post 1… IDIOT
November 30th, 2010 at 4:21 am
ManilaFTW says:
@BRUCE: uhm. aren’t we all Homo Sapiens? unless I’m talking to someone that has a higher species classification.
November 30th, 2010 at 4:53 am
Soopa says:
The Thunder are gonna be gooooood when Durant finally breaks out of his shooting slump. Ive seen all Thunder games this season and he hasnt had a good shooting night yet!
Durants shooting 41% from 2 and (yikes) 27% from 3. Other then his shooting numbers all other stats are up – but not by much.
I dont know but i dont think anyone predicted this many struggles from Durant.
Maybe teams are focusing so much on Durant that Westbrook has the room to put up numbers. If Russ keeps this up, maybe that’ll change during the season.
November 30th, 2010 at 4:56 am
Soopa says:
Durant has had “good” shooting games vs Boston and Portland but thats only 50% vs Boston and slightly higher vs Portland. I stand corrected
November 30th, 2010 at 5:59 am
rob g says:
@Soopa I agree thats exactly what teams are gameplanning, crowding Durant and forcing Westbrook to beat them off the dribble in the half court. I’ve seen CP3 struggle against two top tier point guards this week in Deron Williams and Westbrook so that wide margin that people proclaim that Chris Paul has as the best pg in the game is not so big.His offensive game has to increase so that his counterparts have to worry about stopping him from scoring
November 30th, 2010 at 6:04 am
nola says:
some dumbass posts today huh? first a fail at simple math and the other using words he doesnt know the definition of… dime’s lack of proofreading brings out the best in us.
November 30th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Chicagorilla says:
As much as i would like to brag about being right about DMC im gonna pass. I actually feel bad for the kid and hope he gets it together and proves me wrong.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Borgs says:
I viewed Fox Wisconsin’s coverage in Utah, so I’ve no idea to whom you refer. My best guess is Matt Harpring – now the Jazz’s color guy – whom has quickly settled in to the role of the type of delusional, myopic home-town commentator made famous by Sean Elliot in San Antonio. (Do these networks really believe people will switch off unless they’re hearing the biased view of the local guy, rather than impartial expertise and description?) Nonetheless, “whomever” has a point, though poorly made, about the continuance and importance of Kirilenko’s efficacy, regardless of the standard of opposition.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Patrick says:
I’m not much of a jazz fan, but if your 4th or 5th best player is putting up 13 and 8 and helping protect the rim you probably have a shot.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Stunnaboy2K11 says:
Nice to see AK you know, try to justify his contract size. Its a good looks for the guy.
The Heat are always going to beat up on shit teams and lose to good ones. That’s the trademark of a good bad team. Now if they can start beating some +0.500 teams…
I’m out like Derek Anderson.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Craig says:
no one is talking about the dunk of the night!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqqooHcKZ-8
November 30th, 2010 at 8:23 am
Sabas Hibachi says:
@Craig, you doing it wrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
November 30th, 2010 at 8:26 am
JAY says:
No way in fuckin hell the Heat can give Spoelstra 150 wins this season. I read someone post “they can if they play like a team”… you might want to add “…and if they play sub 500 teams for the rest of the season” to that sentence.
They play a bunch of very, very good teams so there’s no chance.
My preseason prediction was that they’d win 58 games. I’d like to drop that to 49. I think their final record will be 49-33.
November 30th, 2010 at 9:13 am
retards says:
You guys are leaving out playoff victories as well. 4 rounds of playoffs = 16 more possible wins if they win the championship. (12 if they make the finals, 8 if they make conference finals, etc. ) So assuming they at least make the conference finals they only need 42 more wins in the regular season, which translates to a record of 42-22 (about .66 winning percentage)
November 30th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Craig says:
@ Sabas
Yeah i was following that trend, that vid is of my brother, and i want to embarass him and get the vid up to 1000 views by christmas. if you clicked on it, that sucks. it sucks a little less around the 1:54 mark
November 30th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Sho-Nuff says:
Lol @ BRUCE for making the wrong point, and #11 for correcting his simpleton self…
November 30th, 2010 at 10:09 am
JAY says:
@BRUCE: “Where are the Derrick Coleman comparisons now?”
Right here–> Cousins is like Derrick Coleman. There, I said it. What’s so different between them that you have to point it out? They’re both supremely talented and both are supreme knuckleheads. Coleman was consistantly late for practice, he was fined a $1000 everytime. He got so fed at being fined, instead of making an effort to get to practice on time, he gave them $5000 and said, “Don’t bother me for the next 4 times I’m late.”
I can’t help you if you don’t see the comparison.
Signing off,
your neighborhood homo sapien.
JAY
November 30th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Ian says:
Why is it that everytime someone makes a mistake and is corrected some other dude always comes up and posts the same thing?? (Post 8 lookin at you)comon man funk dat!!!
November 30th, 2010 at 10:28 am
nizzio says:
@retards Miami to the conference finals? Really? I doubt they’ll get past the second round
November 30th, 2010 at 10:32 am
the truth says:
“cousins has the intelligence of a homo sapien” probably a top 5 fav comment i’ve ever seen on dime lol
November 30th, 2010 at 10:36 am
MattO says:
@nizzio
getting past the 2nd round = conference finals.
you’re making it sound like they’re different things.
November 30th, 2010 at 10:42 am
RikkJames says:
lmao…….we’re out like @BRUCE
November 30th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Claw says:
I like how the Heat beat the Wiz and they are now alright and “dominated” the Wizards. Its the Wizards, enough.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:06 am
top_gun says:
Point Guards are taking over the league. Rondo, Westbrook, Rose, Wall, D-Will, and Chris Paul. All their teams are succesfull except for Wall, but then again he’s a rookie.
I’ve always liked Chris Paul, but in my opinion, Deron will always be better. Westbrook is better than Rondo offensively and defensively, but Rondo has the edge on passing. Rose > Tyreke, simply because Reke can’t hold Rose down.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
Although I’m on the side that believes DMC will not have anything better than an average career, I do think it’s too soon to write him off. I also thought the same thing about Beasley but he seems to have found his niche. A good player on a terrible team. Someday DMC will have his chance to be a good player on a terrible team as well.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:16 am
S.A.C. says:
I’m sure N.Orleans fans are not happy with this game and how The way they lost it. They went stone cold in the 4th quarter and David West was finally human (or you can say that OKC finally decided to play some good D).
I the game from beginning to end. I love Russell Westbrook. And though Westbrook had scored those point in the 4th quarter(and got the headlines), I was still more impressed with CP3′s overall floor game. If you watch the game closely, you can tell that CP3 is the real/traditional point guard and Westbrook was the converted one.
CP3′s command, control, trickery, fakes, subtleties, etc.of the point guard position are just so far a head of Westbrook at this point (which probably has something to do with Westbrook’s 8 turnovers), though OKC won and Westbrook had more points. If you actually watched the game, you were still impressed with CP3. But hail to Westbrook and the outcome, who’s having a excellent year.
Unfortunately (for NO), the Hornets and David West went totally cold down the stretch. It happens.
Real talk, Monty Williams let Cp3 rest too long when OKC was coming back, or took him out too early when N.Orleans had a 6 point lead in the 4th quarter. He should of know OKC was gonna finally play defense.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Ian says:
Top guns there’s a pg in san antonio that’s kinda ok also.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:23 am
S.A.C. says:
PS
Great game from Lebron, Wade and the Heat, but it was against Washington, so let’s see.
If I was Spoelstra, I’d try to find a way to implement and offense that speeds up the tempo, increases the spacing and gets Wade, Bosh and Lebron the most efficient shops (though they lack a true point guard and low post threat).
I guess I just said the obvious, huh? Lol.
But more importantly, he needs to worry about his offense first, before his defense. I mean, this was the guy that couldn’t find a way to get Michael Beasley more than 14 points a game. If they’re gonna play great defense, they better get turnovers and speed up the tempo and score more. Cause if I’m Wade, Lebron and Bosh, and I’m losing, then the least I should be able to do is get my damn average!!!!!
I hope Coach Spo figues that out?
November 30th, 2010 at 11:33 am
QQ says:
Westbrook taking over at the offensive end to seal the game.
Then. Durant goes on to be a defensive force, sealing David West in the final minutes. I completely enjoyed how a superstar could play defense to help his team, not just an ego thing where it’s ‘I can guard your ass’. No, it’s I will guard you cause I want my team to win. I LOVE THAT.
That’s what you want in your superstars.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Spur-Antonio says:
@Topgun
I think there’s a good guard in San Antonio to.
I agree.
I love Tony, Rondo, CP3, Deron and Rose
And I certainly don’t think Westbrook is better than Rondo defensively, certainly not passing wise (maybe even offensively, though you can give him that if you want) and overall point guard skill level. He’s not!
Westbrook just has the green light. But he makes a lot of dumb plays and shoots OKC out of many games. We only go crazy when he has the good ones.
His control of the game and point guard sensibilities go in and out and are not always consistent (like his shot).
Enough of the point guards, we know who’s the best team in the West now, don’t we?
November 30th, 2010 at 11:43 am
Miami Maven says:
To be fair to the Heat DIME, keep in mind that the Lakers (Yes it’s true) only have one win vs a 500+ team.
So let’s kool it on the Heat. They know they need to improve and get better. Give them time.
Let’s see how the Lakers perform in Memphis tonight and see how Pau likes going up against Zach Randolf?
Memphis is similar to Indiana, except that Mark Gasol is a athletic stiff compared to Roy Hibbert.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:52 am
JAY says:
@Miami Maven: “To be fair to the Heat DIME, keep in mind that the Lakers (Yes it’s true) only have one win vs a 500+ team.”
That’s true if you look at the standings TODAY. But not at the time of the wins. Nobody’s worried about the Lakers anyway. We all know they’ll be fine. The Heat, on the other hand, are going through some shit right now. Lol.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:57 am
That's What's Up says:
fuck CP3 – his whiny bitch ass will either be acquired by another team by the end of this week or he will start whining again and be moved by the all-star break.
November 30th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
M says:
It’s annoying watching biased commentators who look at things blindly. Kirk obviously only got angry once Jones snuck in a right hand backhanded punch to Kirk’s Stomach.
Jones is in fact the one who couldn’t keep his cool from when Kirk was able to get the ball out of his sideline defense.
November 30th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Miami Maven says:
@Jay
Funny. Yeah. Miami is going through some stuff indeed. Lol
@That’s what’s up
Yeah. CP3 is a dirty, whiny competitive mofo!
November 30th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Miami Maven says:
@M Says
Didn’t the League Pass feed have the local and Road team Broadcast?
November 30th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
QQ says:
Just read the ‘homo sapiens’ comment, and DAAAAMN, I’m pissing AND shitting myself right now. THAT WAS GOLD.
For get top 5 dime all time.
That comment may be top 5 unintentionally moronic comments… EVER, IN ANY BOARD/FORUM IN THE NET.
November 30th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
control says:
QQ
Yeah, wasn’t that funny man.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
S.A.C. says:
@QQ
I didn’t see what was so funny in the first place either.
I was thinking he was trying to say “Homo Sapien Sapien”, which is what we are and anthropologically correct.
But if he meant “Homo Sapien” (the species before Sapien Sapien, yeah that’s not funny either). It’s too close to “Sapien Sapien”.
How about “Homo Erectus or Habilis” instead? Just saying?
Maybe we just get off the “homo” moniker period, and get into Cro-Magnum, etc. instead? Yes it all corny and gay!
Bottom line bad choice of words for DeMarcus and not funny or creative either.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
nola says:
@S.A.C
(awkward silence)
November 30th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I am a bitch says:
@S.A.C.
*crickets*
November 30th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
LakeShow84 says:
@ Miami Haven
You reachin bruh..
we the 2 time defending CHAMPIONS..
U ni$$as cant even hold our jock strap at this point.. and i mean that in the full sense of the phrase..
November 30th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
QQ says:
Seriously yall don’t get it?
He was trying to say Cousins is a dumbass and tried to use a taxonomic classification indicating a less advanced species, but actually used “Homo Sapiens”, which is technically the classification of EVERYONE.
@ SAC:
He should’ve used ‘Homo Erectus’?
THAT’S WHY IT’S FUNNY MAN! COME ON NOW!!!!
That’s why I said ‘unintentional’, the fact the he DIDN’T used Homo Erectus IS the unintentional funny moment. COME ON CATS! HUSTLE!
DAMN.
December 1st, 2010 at 6:44 am
s says:
*tumbleweeds*….