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NBA All-Stars Revealed - Western Edition

Tonight, on the TNT pregame show at 7 PM EST, the commentators will announce the starting lineups participating in the 60th NBA All-Star Game held on February 20, 2011 at the renowned Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. (The reserves are announced in a week)

Here are my picks for the Western Conference - both the starting lineup and the reserve players. Here, the only position that is a given is the starting SG (Kobe Bryant). For every other position, two+ players could take the starting slot.

Click Here for my predictions on the 2011 Eastern Conference Roster

I will present to you the starting lineup and my analysis of the starters and reserve selections:

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NBA All-Stars Revealed - Eastern Edition

Tonight, on the TNT pregame show at 7 PM EST, the commentators will announce the starting lineups participating in the 60th NBA All-Star Game held on February 20, 2011 at the renowned Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. (The reserves are announced in a week)

Here are my picks for the Eastern Conference - both the starting lineup and the reserve players. Most sports writers and I agree on the starting five - but the key difference is the selection of the players coming off the bench.

Click Here for my predictions on the 2011 Western Conference Roster

I will present to you the starting lineup and my analysis of the reserve selections:

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Most Half-Court Shots in a Minute

This record has now been broken. I remember that during one NBA All-Star weekend, the "stars" tried to break the record of four in a minute. I went to Guinness Book of World Records to see the actual record, and lo and behold:

Now, I visit Hot Clicks every weekday and today I find out that a college basketball player has been working hard on beating the record. University of Green Bay’s Eric Valentin, a reserve point guard (only 5' 4") for the team did just that:

Valentin used up every second of the clock to make these half-court shots. Amazing that at the half-way-point, he only made three shots.

I also liked the fact that he wanted Rocky music in the background.

When there's only a few seconds left in either half of a Green Bay game, I would send Valentin to the court. I presume he's their best chance at making a long shot to beat the buzzer.

What a Game by Blake Griffin!

I know I am a day late with this post - reason being I couldn't find a good video recapping every made basket by LA Clippers' Blake Griffin - who scored a career-and NBA-Season-high 47 points (28 before halftime) in the Clippers' 114-107 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday. Take a look at the runaway Rookie of the Year:

That's a First!

During yesterday's Australian Open first-round match between #12 seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and unranked Kimiko Date-Krum, this happened:



Radwanska's expression instantly after her racket head broke was priceless.
She ended up winning the third set 7-5, defeating Date Krum 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; She will face Petra Martic of Croatia in the second round.

Jets Crush Patriots

Unbelievable weekend of divisional playoff NFL games - every bird lost (Ravens, Falcons and Seahawks), all due to poor play by the team's offense (3 second-half turnovers for the Ravens, two costly first-half interceptions for the Falcons and a terrible all-around offensive performance by the Hawks)

But what was most shocking was the beat-down the Jets put on the New England Patriots today. Nearly every NFL fan (outside of the typical trash-talking Jets fan) and NFL writer had the Patriots going to the Super Bowl, including me, after their stellar run during the regular season. What was most shocking was the incapability of New England's passing game. Despite the trash talking by Jets' cornerback Antonio Cromartie and head coach Rex Ryan, the Jets prevailed - mainly through their shut-down pass defense.

This post-game interview by ESPN's San Paoantonio of Jets' linebacker Bart Scott sums up the Jets' emotional level after the game:




Next week should look like a great AFC Championship game - the physical, physical Pittsburgh Steeelers against the lots of bark and lots of bite New York Jets at 6:30 PM EST next Sunday!

Lakers-Clippers Brawl

Take a look:



Here's my analysis:

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A Staples Center Stampede

No, that is not a misprint. The Lakers dominated the Cleveland Cavaliers last night, 112-57. Seven Lakers were in double-figures in points, while only two Cavs did the same.

Here's some reaction by the Twitterfolk:

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Crazy Shot by Kemba Walker

If you do not know who Kemba Walker is, let me fill you in: he's one of the top players in the nation in college basketball, shoots lights-out, and is a one-man wrecking crew for the #9 Connecticut Huskies.

Today, he had one heck of a shot in overtime against the #12-ranked Texas Longhorns:



That was no ordinary shot with the shot clock expiring and the game tied at 77-all with two minutes left in the extra session.
That shot saved the game for the Huskies in a high-profile nonconference matchup - they ended up winning, 82-81.

A Saturday Seahawks Shocker

Such a dominant performance was made by the Seattle Seahawks in their stunning 41-36 victory over the defending champs, the New Orleans Saints. What really sealed the deal was this miraculous 67-yard run by veteran running back Marshawn Lynch, who showed a little AP in him with the brute strength on his way to the end zone.





All I can say is:

NBA Dunk Contest Participants Revealed!

The NBA Dunk Contest - a tradition held during every NBA All-Star weekend - has revealed it's participants. According to Los Angeles Times writer Broderick Turner, these are the four that will be coming to LA next month: 6-foot-10-inch Blake Griffin PF for LA Clippers), 6-1 Brandon Jennings (PG, now injured, for Milwaukee Bucks), 6-10 Serge Ibaka (PF for Oklahoma City Thunder) and 7-0 JaVale McGee (C for the Wash Wizards).

Find out more about my analysis and videos of the participants after the jump:

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