NBA Fights of the Year

After a tumultuous season - one in which we saw "Ben Wallace with Range" - a.k.a. Kevin Love and an NBA player (Blake Griffin) dunking on people (I'm looking at you, Timothy Mozgov), it's time for the NBA Playoffs. Before I get ahead of myself, I will do a recap of a certain sort. You've seen the top blocks/assists/steals/dunks/plays/WTF moments of the year before, so I'll do something different: the top NBA fights of the year. So, here we go!

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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NBA Dunks of the Year

We are not even through a third of the NBA season, yet we have seen some impressive dunks so far - from Blake Griffin's "Superman" dunk to the emotional throwdown by point guard Russell Westbrook. Here are my top seven dunks of the year:

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A Buzzer-Beater Wednesday

First came the Raymond Felton (point guard for the New York Knicks) shot right before the halftime buzzer:




Then, came the Paul Pierce (small forward for the Boston Celtics) step-back shot and the ensuing buzzer-beater by Amar'e Stoudemire (power forward for the Knicks):




If you saw the above highlight, the Stoudemire shot came after the buzzer - so, Celtics won their tenth straight game

And, finally, saving the best for last:




Yup, that was Manu Ginobili (small forward for the San Antonio Spurs) that shot the game-winning basket at the buzzer.

Fun Factoid: The Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers are the ONLY teams to use the same starting lineup every game this season.

Blake Griffin... A Man-Child!

Blake Griffin, a Power Forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, had an AMAZING performance last night - putting up a career-high 44 points AND 15 rebounds in a monstrous, losing effort against the New York Knicks. Enough cannot be said about one of the premier forwards in the NBA - I'll be VERY surprised if he's NOT in this year's or future all-star games. He's running away with this year's ROY (Rookie Of the Year) award so far.





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