Don't Ever Give Up
Sunday, November 8, 2009 @
Last week of the block.
Assignment due thursday.
Phew... hopefully I can get pass all these.
Alright.
Damn. I'm trying to find time to watch "The Last Samurai" too.
But it's 2.5 hours long and i can't afford to find time out to watch.
Damn it -.-

NBA 2009-2010 Season - Los Angeles Lakers Game 6 VS Memphis Grizzlies (06/11/09)

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As you can see from the pic... The lakers schooled the Grizzlies 114-98.
Watching the highlights, i saw the good teamwork in Lakers.
Imagine a good team effort with Kobe on your team, adding another 4o+ point game.
Gasol and Bynum sat out but the back-ups played well.
Center replacement, DJ Mbenga came in with 13 boards and 4 blocks.
Now, that's a very strong team.

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Iverson in new grizzlies jersey. Woooh... Nice. I mean the jersey. At first look, i almost thought they were the Jazz.

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Derek Fisher was quite impressive in this one, ending with 11 points and 7 assists.
Spotting up treys so easily the moment the ball got in his hand.

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The one
I am more impressed with is Ron Artest.
I used to find him irritating, always picking fights... [with Kobe when he was a Rocket] BUT... he is showing through his contribution. Artest finishes with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.
He is a great defender with a great physique, plays well in the paint and most impressively
he can actually pass pretty well and shoot treys - He was 3-5 from the 3-point line.
Now ain't that impressive?



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Once again, Kobe dominated the game with his 41 points.
And hold on... I'm not done.
He
dominated the paint.
He
didn't shoot any treys at all.
He was just abusing OJ Mayo. Apparently, everyone had issues defending him because Kobe's turnaround jumper is very good.
He was just turning around, hanging and shooting.

On several occasions, he just back-up against Mayo, spun around him and dunked the ball. Mayo is a great scorer but he needs to improve his defensive game, he is still sophomore anyway.

Solid performance from Lakers as they beat the Grizzlies with overall team effort. Next up, they are facing the New Orlean Hornets and Chris Paul.

\(Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)/

Results: Lakers 5-1

NBA 2009-2010 Season - Miami Heat Game 6 VS Denver Nuggets (06/11/09)
Red hot Denver Nuggets visited the Heat with an unbeaten record.
Once again, we expected a showdown between the early MVP candidate
Carmelo Anthony [who already had three 40+point game so far] and reigning scoring champion Dwyane Wade.

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However, we got the unexpected. The Nuggets struggled and Heat took over with balanced team effot to beat the Nuggets 96-88, giving them their first loss of the season.

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Carmelo came out fierce as we feared, 13 points in the 1st quarter as he seems nearly impossible to defend.
However, the Heat would soon find their tempo and give the Nuggets a hard time with their good defense.
Carmelo Anthony finishes with 30 points and 8 rebounds.

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Balanced team effot gives Wade an easy time as he finishes with just 22 points and 10 of them from the free-throw line.
The more consistency the team shows to Wade, the more chances of us resigning Wade before the end of this season. Come on Heat.

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Beasley finishes with only 7 points and 3 rebounds.
He may be the starting PF but Haslem is always the finishing one.
Beasley is good but there is just something lacking. He's got potential and the organization believes in him. He need to be more consistent.
He had a nice steal from an inbound pass to Kenyon Martin. On the run, he spun around Martin and then layed it in with his left hand with Nene chasing him down.
Unfortunately, Martin could be out for 1-2 weeks with a leg contusion.

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Once again, Haslem came out strong with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
He is scoring more and playing better after coming off the bench.
Quentin richardson proving himself once again with 13 points and 9 rebounds.
He is a solid defender and is slowly blending with the Heat playing style.
He will also be our key guy to guard opposing team's star players.

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O'neal also came out strong with 18 points and 7 boards. His jumpers are pretty solid as most of his points came from there. Most impressively, he had 3 blocks in this one. Including a nice block on Carmelo's driving dunk that happened so fast I didn't really see how it happened. All I saw was the ball smacked away darn hard from the board's direction.

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Another solid performer was Mario Chalmers, arguably the steal of the pick last season.
Chalmers finishes with 16 points, including 4 for 5 from the arc.
He definitely can shoot treys and found his touch in this game.
He also had a nice reverse lay-up in the game.

Next up, the Heat will face off with the Wizards again as they visit us this time.
If the Heat continues with this balanced effort, they can control the next game.
But the Wizards are not as weak as we think they are.
They have good post players like Brendan Haywood and Andray Blatche who can dominate us on rebounds if Beasley and O'neal doesn't play well.
Another issue is Arena's ability to draw fouls and again like the previous game, creating foul trouble for the PGs.
That problem will force us to use Wade as the PG and limiting his chances of scoring because he has to distribute the ball more.
Let's continue our balanced team effot and get this next one at home.

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Results: Miami Heat 5-1

Chung Yong Xi
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