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Only two games were on the menu in the NBA last night in a very light night around the league.
The Knicks continued their downward spiral with their entire front court on the mend in another uninspiring effort in Portland, while the Spurs clinched a playoff berth for the 16th straight season in their win over Dallas.
Here is Thursday night’s version of Five Fast Facts.
With just 19 games remaining in the regular season, can things get any worse for the New York Knicks?
After Thursday night’s 105-90 loss at the Portland Trailblazers, the Knicks are 0-3 on their current West Coast swing and have lost those three games by an average of 22.3 points.
They will face the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday and the Utah Jazz the following night before returning to Gotham, perhaps looking up at the Brooklyn Nets in the standings.
It’s not often that Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins sings the praise of anyone who isn’t his teammate, so it’s worth noting when he does acknowledge someone on a different team.
That player on Thursday night was Kenyon Martin, who started for the injured Carmelo Anthony and had his best game of the season since becoming a member of the New York Knicks, with 12 points on six-of-10 shooting and four rebounds. Unfortunately for Martin and the Knicks, the night ended prematurely for him after suffering a shin contusion, joining the long list of injured players already on the roster.
Half way into the contest, Perkins believed a good finish to the contest between the Knicks and the Portland Trail Blazers would unfold:
Not quite, as the Blazers soundly defeated the Knicks 105-90. Perkins is evidently no fortune teller, but gets our Tweet of the Night for the positive attitude.
Tweet of the Day: LeBron James
It was a very busy night in the NBA last night as 11 games were on the schedule. For those of you who enjoy choices, you had your share of stars in NBA sky last night, as nine of the top 10 scorers and seven of the top 10 rebounders were in action.
The Heat make any argument about them going undefeated for the rest of the season more and more legitimate with their 20th straight victory last night in Philadelphia, the Knicks – and I don’t use this term lightly – quit on their fans, coaches and teammates for he second straight game, the Lakers not only lost to the Hawks but also could lose Kobe Bryant for a stretch after he – in his own words – had a “Jalen Rose” pulled on him and the Kings dominated the Bulls, who like the Knicks seem to be falling apart down the stretch.
Impress your friends with our latest edition of Five Fast Facts.
Five games made up the NBA schedule on the second Monday of March 2013.
The Knicks forgot how to shoot the ball in a California nightmare, the Spurs showed the Thunder who the best team in the West is and the Nuggets extended their winning streak in Phoenix.
Welcome to a Championship Week edition of Five Fast Facts.
