White of the Night: Jose Calderon

Beautiful night in Indiana, as the Pacers start three American Whites, and win a big one over the Rockets!

Interesting stat from NY: New York has outscored opponents by 53 points when Gallinari has been on the court during the four games since he returned from injury. Gallinari made our list of top performers again tonight, scoring a smooth 11 on 5, in only 17 min.

Sean Marks thrust into the starting C spot in N.O., and good to see him do well.

But, oh, J.C. Superstar! Jose Calderon, in his return from injury game, proves his worth, leading the Raptors to victory, and earning our White of the Night.


Top White Performers:

Nowitzki: 26p - 7 reb -- 36 min
Scola: 25p - 7 reb -- 38 min
Calderon: 23p (10 shots) - 10a -- 29 min
Bargnani: 22p (13 shots) - 5 reb -- 30 min
Turkoglu: 22p - 3 reb - 2a -- 38 min
Lee: 19p (11 shots) - 14 reb -- 34 min
P Gasol: 18p (12 shots) - 6 reb -- 28 min
Hinrich: 17p (11 shots) - 5 reb - 7a -- 32 min
Stojakovic: 17p -- 39 min
B Lopez: 15p - 8 reb -- 35 min
Nocioni: 15p (10 shots) - 6 reb - 3a -- 33 min
Murphy: 14p (10 reb) - 16 reb -- 33 min
Dunleavy: 13p - 4 reb -- 27 min
Vujacic: 13p (7 shots) - 2 reb - 3a -- 25 min
M Miller: 12p - 9 reb - 5a -- 29 min
Gallinari: 11p (5 shots) -- 17 min
Love: 11p (6 shots) - 5 reb -- 22 min
Marks: 10p - 7 reb -- 29 min
Novak: 10p -- 22 min
Szczerbiak: 10p (5 shots) -- 14 min
Radmanovic: 10p (5 shots) -- 13 min
Nesterovic: 9p (5 shots) -- 15 min
Pachulia: 9p (3 shots) - 6 reb -- 22 min
Najera: 9p (4 shots) - 6 reb -- 25 min
Foster: 8p - 7 reb -- 30 min
Barry: 8p - 8 reb -- 21 min
Ridnour: 7p - 4a - 5 stl -- 26 min
Gray: 7p - team high 7 reb -- 22 min
Biedrins: 6p - 13 reb - 4 blk -- 34 min

White of the Night: David Lee

Fantastic shooting nights for Dirk (30 on 16), Udrih (24 on 11), Scola (19 on 10), and Novak (14 on 7), but how can we not give the White of the Night to David Lee, for a monster 25p-16r game, leading Dantoni's squad in a vindication win over the sinking Suns!

David is having a banner year, and is currently second in the league for double-doubles. He is a sure lock on attaining All-Star status, and congratulations for him for bringing it strong every night, turning the Knicks around.





Nowitzki: 30p (16 shots) - 5 reb -- 36 min
Lee: 25p - 16 reb -- 35 min
Udrih: 24p (11 shots) - 3 reb - 3a -- 39 min
Stojakovic: 20p - 10 reb -- 39 min
Scola: 19p (10 shots) - 9 reb -- 34 min
Bargnani: 16p - 6 reb - 3a -- 40 min
Novak: 14p (7 shots) -- 24 min
Varejao: 12p - 8 reb -- 38 min
Walton: 11p - 2 stl - 2 blk -- 20 min
M Gasol: 11p - team high 6 reb - 3a -- 25 min
Collison: 11p - 7 reb -- 26 min
P Gasol: 10p - 6 reb - 3a -- 31 min
Gallinari: 10p (6 shots) -- 18 min
Alexander: 9p - 3 reb -- 11 min
Nash: 9p - 6 reb - 19a -- 38 min
Barry: 9p (4 shots) -- 23 min
Krstic: 9p - 5 reb -- 21 min
Fernandez: 9p -- 23 min
Szczerbiak: 8p - team high 10 reb -- 23 min
Przybilla: 6p - game high 15 reb -- 21 min
Anderson: 4p - team high 10 reb -- 16 min

Whites of the Night: Turkoglu & Nowitzki

Scalabrine starting at C seems to be just the thing the Celtics needed to get back on the winning track. Great for Brian, and great to seem him get more comfortable in his starting role, as his points are trending up!

The Italian rookie Gallinari (Knicks) finally gets back from injury. Can't wait to see him in regular action.

The co-Whites of the Night are Nowitzki and Turkoglu, for their equally spectacular offensive nights. Kleiza was also fantastic, and deserves recognition as well. Kleiza is a superb athlete and scorer, and deserves to be getting major minutes.


Nowitzki: 39p (20 shots) - 8 reb -- 39 min
Turkoglu: 31p (16 shots) - 4 reb - 5a -- 30 min
B Lopez: 28p (17 shots) - 10 reb -- 41 min
Kleiza: 26p (13 shots) - 5 reb -- 36 min
Okur: 23p (15 shots) - 11 reb -- 39 min
Ginobili: 21p (11 shots) -6 reb - 4a -- 31 min
Nocioni: 17p (8 shots) - 15 reb -- 31 min
Lee: 15p (9 shots) - 11 reb -- 39 min
Fernandez: 15p (11 shots) - 4 reb -- 33 min
Bonner: 12p - 11 reb -- 29 min
Kirilenko: 12p - 3 reb - 4a -- 34 min
Scalabrine: 11p (8 shots) - 4 reb -- 29 min
Rodriguez: 10p (7 shots) - 5a -- 21 min
Stojakovic: 10p - 6 reb -- 37 min
Alexander: 9p (6 shots) -- 9 min
Scola: 9p (5 shots) - 5 reb -- 26 min
Andersen: 5p (2 shots) - team high 9 reb -- 27 min
Przybilla: 2p (1 shot) - team high 10 reb -- 28 min

White of the Night: Steve Nash

Shocker in Cleveland: Pavlovic starts, and sees the most PT of any Cav tonight. Weird how erratic minutes can be in the NBA. But he performs spectacularly, scoring 19 on 10, in a solid all-around game. Wally Szczerbiak puts together a magnificent game at the same time, scoring 14 on 6 shots! Good work guys. As usual, our White athletes perform well when given the starting nod because of an injury ahead of them, making you wonder why they aren't getting more time to begin with...

White of the Night honors tonight to Steve Nash, for a very solid 20p-7r-14a game. Way to go MVSteve! The old man still gots it.

David Lee, 21 rebounds, wow. Perfect shooting game too, 6-6 for 15 points.

Dunleavy and Hinrich look to be coming on strong after their injury hiatus, great to see for us fans of the White America ballplayers.


Dunleavy: 22p (15 shots) - 3a - 2 blk -- 28 min
Nash: 20p (10 shots) - 7 reb - 14a -- 45 min
Bargnani: 20p (14 shots) - 5 reb -- 40 min
B Miller: 20p (7 shots) - 9 reb - 3a -- 31 min
Pavlovic: 19p (10 shots) - 6 reb - 2 stl -- 43 min
Kleiza: 18p (11 shots) - 4 reb - 3a -- 30 min
B Lopez: 17p (10 shots) - 6a - 2blk -- 32 min
Ridnour: 17p (11 shots) - 10a - 3 stl -- 37 min
Murphy: 15p (9 shots) - 15 reb - 3a - 2 stl -- 41 min
Lee: 15p (6 shots) - 21 reb - 4a -- 42 min
Stojakovic: 15p - 6 reb -- 39 min
Radmanovic: 15p (9 shots) -- 15 min
Pachulia: 14p (8 shots) - team high 8 reb - 2 blk -- 30 min
Udrih: 14p (10 shots) - 2a -- 38 min
Szczerbiak: 14p (6 shots) - 4 reb -- 29 min
Bonner: 13p (8 shots) - 3 reb -- 20 min
Love: 13p - 14 reb (7 off) - 2 stl -- 25 min
Okur: 13p - 8 reb -- 30 min
Kirilenko: 13p (7 shots) - 6 reb - 4a - 3 stl -- 31 min
Turkoglu: 13p - 5 reb - 3a - 2 blk
P Gasol: 13p - 9 reb -- 20 min
Hinrich: 12p (6 shots) - 3 reb - 5a - 2 stl -- 30 min
Harpring: 12p (8 shots) - 2a -- 15 min
M Gasol: 12p (8 shots) - 10 reb - 3a -- 34 min
Nocioni: 11p - 6 reb - 2 stl -- 37 min
Biedrins: 10p - 9 reb - 2a -- 33 min
Przybilla: 4p - 11 reb (6 off) -- 21 min

White of the Night: Brad Miller

Overall, great night to be a White basketball fan! Seven of our guys scored 20 or more just tonight, topped off by Bargnani, who continues to impress in his starting role. But how can we not give the White of the Night to Brad Miller, for a monster 30p-22r game, leading his team to victory in triple overtime! Good work, Brad.

Newsflash: The Pacers start three White Americans! That is sweet enough, but then they go on to beat the Detroit Piston black-sketball team in a thriller! How sweet it is.

--Utah is fighting them for White Basketball standard-bearer right now, playing Whites for a full 63% of the minutes tonight.

--Ryan Anderson starting for the Nets, with Yi's injury. Man, this is his big chance, play like you belong big man!

--Breakout game for Joe Alexander too! Very nice. Play the man, coach!

Bargnani: 31p (14 shots) - team high 10 reb -- 39 min
B Miller: 30p (20 shots) - 22 reb - 2 stl -- 51 min
Lee: 30p (21 shots) - team high 10 reb - 6a - 2 stl -- 41 min
Ginobili: 27p (15 shots) - 3 reb - 2a - 3 stl -- 30 min
Ridnour: 25p - 9 reb - 4a -- 42 min
P Gasol: 21p (14 shots) - 5 reb -- 31 min
Nowitzki: 20p - 13 reb -- 38 min
Murphy: 18p (9 shots) - 13 reb -- 45 min
Udrih: 17p - 6 reb - 7a -- 56 min
Nocioni: 16p - 4 reb - 3a -- 30 min
Stojakovic: 16p -- 35 min
Korver: 14p - 4 reb - 2 blk -- 33 min
Koufos: 14p (9 shots) - 5 reb -- 27 min
Krstic: 14p (8 shots) - 11 reb - 2 blk -- 31 min
Collison: 13p (7 shots) - 11 reb -- 40 min
Alexander: 13p (8 shots) - 5 reb - 5a -- 17 min
B Lopez: 13p - team high 8 reb - 5 blk -- 31 min
Anderson: 13p (8 shots) - 4 reb - 2 stl -- 26 min
Hinrich: 12p (6 shots) - 5 reb - 6a -- 32 min
Biedrins: 12p (8 shots) - 14 reb - 4a - 5 blk
Dunleavy: 12p - 6 reb -- 33 min
Kirilenko: 12p - 4a -- 39 min
Bogut: 12p - 11 reb (6 off) - 2 blk -- 37 min
Foster: 11p (5 shots) - 7 reb - 4a -- 7 min
Harpring: 10p - 2 reb -- 17 min
Bonner: 10p - 5 reb - 4a -- 33 min
Okur: 9p - team high 9 reb - 4a -- 33 min
Scalabrine: 9p - 4 reb -- 27 min
Nesterovic: 8p - 5 reb -- 20 min

Whites of the Night: Dunleavy & Murphy

White American basketball returns to Indiana! Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy combine for 46 points, very sweet, earning them both the White of the Night honors.

It is nice to see Novak earning more minutes for the Clips. Let's hope that trend continues, freeing up one of the best shooters in the league.

Alert, alert: Redick sighting in Orlando (sweet 15 on 7)!


Murphy: 24p (14 shots) - 6 reb - 3a -- 32 min
Dunleavy: 22p (14 shots) - 4 reb - 5a -- 23 min
P Gasol: 21p (13 shots) - 11 reb - 4a -- 41 min
Turkoglu: 21p (9 shots) - 6 reb - 4a -- 24 min
Bargnani: 21p (14 shots) - 8 reb - 2 blk -- 35 min
Hawes: 19p (11 shots) - 5 reb -- 28 min
Nowitzki: 19p (12 shots) - 7 reb -- 33 min
Redick: 15p (7 shots) - 4 reb -- 20 min
Novak: 14p -- 26 min
Scola: 14p (7 shots) - 6 reb -- 23 min
Varejao: 14p (10 shots) - 9 reb -- 35 min
Ginobili: 13p (9 shots) - 4 reb - 5a - 4 stl -- 25 min
Lee: 13p (8 shots) - 15 reb (7 reb) -- 37 min
Stojakovic: 12p - 4 reb -- 30 min
Bonner: 11p (6 shots) - 3 reb - 2 blk -- 22 min
Kapono: 11p - 2 reb - 6a -- 24 min
Nowitzki: 10p - 7 reb - 7a -- 38 min
Krstic: 10p - 3 reb - 2 blk -- 23 min
Ridnour: 10p - 3 reb - 5a -- 25 min
B Miller: 9p - 15 reb - 4a -- 40 min
Carroll: 9p (5 shots) -- 14 min
Nash: 9p - 12a - 2 stl -- 29 min
Collison: 8p - team high 10 reb -- 36 min
Amundson: 8p (3 shots) - 7 reb - 2 blk -- 29 min

White of the Night: Manu Ginobili

Great game by Manu Ginobili, taking the White of the Night award for Sat. Jan 3.

K-Love also deserves recognition for the noticable upswing in his game recently.

Ginobili: 21p (13 shots) - 3 reb - 3 stl -- 28 min
Stojakovic: 19p - 6 reb -- 40 min
Love: 18p - 12 reb -- 21 min
Scola: 16p (9 shots) - 11 reb -- 39 min
B Miller 13p - 9 reb - 6a -- 36 min
Nocioni: 13p - 3 reb - 3a -- 27 min
Murphy: 12p - 13 reb
Ridnour: 12p - 3 reb -- 29 min
B Lopez: 12p - 8 reb -- 30 min
Barry: 11p (6 shots) - 3a -- 23 min
Pachulia: 10p (4 shots) - 4 reb -- 17 min
Gray: 10p - team high 9 reb -- 32 min
Kleiza: 9p (5 shots) -- 10 min
Nesterovic: 8p -- 6 min
Alexander: 8p (4 shots) - 9 min

White of the Night: David Lee

What a way to start out the new year! Honestly, this has probably got to be the most solid overall night from our White ballplayers this year. Lots of high scorers, with some incredibly efficient games. Very sweet stuff, and very difficult to single out one guy for tonight's award.

Dirk led the night in PRA with 46, Varejao had an incredible game starting at C, Brad Miller was a monster on the glass and on offense, Pau led his team in rebounds and assists, Troy led his team in rebounds, assists, and steals, K-Love and Bonner shot the lights out... As I said, very tough to decide, but I have to give the White of the Night again to D-Lee for his sweet efficiency, hard work on the boards, and incredible 5 steals!

Tip of the hat also to Sasha Pavlovic, making our list of top performers for the first time this year.


Nowitzki: 31p - 4 reb - 5a - 4 stl - 2 blk -- 39 min
Varejao: 26p (14 shots) - 8 reb - 3 stl -- 31 min (starting C)
Lee: 26p (15 shots) - 11 reb - 3a - 5 stl -- 40 min
B Miller: 25p (18 shots) - 16 reb (8 off) -- 38 min
Okur: 21p (13 shots) - 13 reb - 2 blk -- 31 min
P Gasol: 21p (13 shots) - team high 11 reb - team high 6a -- 30 min
Love: 19p (9 shots) - 8 reb -- 25 min
Fernandez: 19p (11 shots) - 4 reb -- 36 min
Bargnani: 19p (12 shots) - 6 reb -- 32 min
Biedrins: 18p (12 shots) - 13 reb
Bonner: 16p (9 shots) - 29 min
Murphy: 15p - 18 reb - team high 5a - team high 3 stl
M Gasol: 15p - 11 reb - 2 stl -- 32 min
Stojakovic: 14p -- 36 min
Pavlovic: 13p (8 shots) - 5 reb -- 21 min
Ginobili: 13p - 6 reb - 6a - 5 stl -- 23 min
Nocioni: 11p (7 shots) -- 14 min
Belinelli: 10p - 6a -- 29 min
Przybilla: 10p (6 shots) - 7 reb -- 32 min
Kirilenko: 10p (6 shots) - 2 stl -- 11 min

White of the Night: David Lee

Wow, what a game by David Lee, earning the White of the Night for Dec. 28!

Murphy and Biedrins continue their monster rebounding ways as well.

Lee: 19p (9 shots) - game high 12 reb (5 off) -- 37 min
Barea: 17p (12 shots) - 4 reb - 4a -- 28 min
Vujacic: 17p (10 shots) - 6a -- 31 min
Murphy: 16p - 16 reb - 4a -- 39 min
Belinelli: 14p (11 shots) -- 28 min
P Gasol: 13p - 9 reb - game high 7a -- 30 min
Varejao: 12p (8 shots) - 10 reb - 2 blk -- 32 min
Stojakovic: 12p - 8 reb - 3 stl -- 37 min
Kurz: 10p (4 shots) -- 9 min
Ilgauskas: 10p - 6 reb -- 27 min
Biedrins: 8p - 17 reb (6 off) - 3 stl -- 25 min
Diener: 8p (4 shots) - 4 reb -- 16 min

White of the Night: Jason Kapono

A few surprise starts:
--Jason Kapono, liberated by his new coach in Toronto, blows the lights out, and earns our White of the Night award for his 25 points and 8 boards!
--Adam Morrison for the Bobcats started and played a team high 37 min (but took only 7 shots???).
--Luke Walton was thrown into the starting lineup for the Lakers on Wednesday night after a bunch of DNPs and played well. It has been a real disappointment to see him buried, so here's hoping he continues to get more PT.
--Milicic starts for the Grizz, although he his basically splitting time with Marc Gasol at this point.

Chris Andersen should be getting consideration for defensive player of the year, but his low minutes continue to hamper his stats. In only 23 minutes off the bench, Chris blocked 4 shots, with 2 steals, to go along with his 6 rebounds (4 offensive). Why he is not starting in Martin's absense, I have no idea. Pure travesty.

Games of Extreme Beauty (at least 2 points for every shot): Belinelli, P Gasol, Ginobili, Biedrins, and Vujacic

White Highlights:
P Gasol: 28p (14 shots) - 5 reb - 4a -- 38 min
Ginobili: 27p (12 shots) - 5 reb - 3a -- 28 min
Kapono: 25p (16 shots) - 8 reb -- 38 min
Murphy: 20p (15 shots) - 20 reb - 6a -- 37 min
Biedrins: 18p (9 shots) - game high 14 reb - 4 blk -- 27 min
Stojakovic: 17p (11 shots) - 3 reb -- 26 min
Belinelli: 15p (7 shots) - 3 reb - 2a -- 14 min
Vujacic: 15p (5 shots) - 19 min
Varejao: 15p (12 shots) - 8 reb - 3a -- 33 min
Love: 14p (9 shots) - 14 reb (7 off) - 3a -- 31 min
Ridnour: 13p - 5a -- 26 min
Calderon: 11p - 14a - 5 reb - 3 stl -- 38 min
Foster: 10p (7 shots) - 12 reb (7 off) -- 25 min
Collison: 10p (7 shots) -team high 8 reb -- 33 min
Bogut: 10p - 9 reb -- 28 min
Carroll: 10p -- 25 min

White of the Night: Jose Barea

Two solid games in a row for JJ Barea, earning the coveted White of the Night as he got even better in his second start. Barea's 18 shots highlights my oft-repeated point: White SGs take note -- shoot like you belong, if you want to stay on the floor.

The experiments continue in Chicago, with Aaron Gray getting the start, and ripping down 9 boards in his 21 min.

The Birdman Andersen continues to produce miracles in ridiculously few minutes, blocking 4 shots in his 18 minutes, to go with 8 points (on 4 shots) and 5 boards.

Marc Gasol responds to his benching with one of his best games of the season.

The solid White games tonight:

Nowitzki: 24p (17 shots) - 11 reb - 3a -- 35 min
Barea: 22p (18 shots) - 4a -- 31 min
M Gasol: 21p (9 shots) - 7 reb - 2 blk -- 26 min
Stojakovic: 20p (10 shots) - 27 min
Nocioni: 19p (11 shots) - 3 reb - 3a -- 26 min
Kirilenko: 17p (12 shots) -- 23 min
Bonner: 14p (9 shots) - 6 reb -- 19 min
Collison: 14p (8 shots) - 8 reb - 2 stl -- 27 min
Pachulia: 13p (7 shots) - game high 12 reb - 2 stl - 2 blk -- 34 min
Love: 13p - game high 15 reb -- 33 min
Okur: 12p - 13 reb (5 off) -- 33 min
Oberto: 12p (5 shots) - 6 reb -- 23 min
Nash: 12p - 9a - 5 reb -- 38 min
P Davis: 10p (7 shots) - 3 reb -- 15 min
B Lopez: 6p - team high 11 reb - 3 blk -- 26 min

White of the Night: Pau Gasol

Give the White of the Night honors to Pau Gasol tonight, leading his team in rebounds and blocks and second in scoring, on a very efficient night for the big man from Spain.

Other notable White players tonight:

Stojakovic: 24p (16 shots) - 6 reb -- 35 min
P Gasol: 22p (12 shots) - 13 reb (5 off) - 3 blk -- 36 min
Turkoglu: 22p (16 shots) - 3 reb - 4a - 3 stl -- 39 min
Lee: 16p (12 shots) - 16 reb (6 off) -- 41 min
Love: 16p (10 shots) - team high 12 reb (8 off) -- 26 min
Blake: 15p (12 shots) - 5 reb - 5a -- 34 min
Ilgauskas: 14p - 10 reb (6 off) -- 23 min
Fernandez: 13p (6 shots) - 4 reb - 3 stl -- 25 min
Ridnour: 12p - 10a - 4 stl -- 41 min
Radmanovic: 11p (8 shots) - 4 reb -- 19 min
Murphy: 10p - team high 10 reb -- 27 min
Varejao: 9p - team high 10 reb -- 19 min

White of the Night: Memhet Okur

Okur playing very solid for Utah since rejoining the team, good for him.

Don Nelson is a total crackpot. Will somebody push him over, he forgot to notice he is dead. Playing Biedrins only 20 minutes? No, he was not in foul trouble. Add it to the WTF!!! file.

The most notorious Blacksketball teams, ie teams that play with no significant white contribution on a regular basis, to be boycotted by all White Basketball fans:
Philadelphia (never any whites at all), Boston (an occasional couple minutes for Scalabrine), Miami (rare and short PT for Quinn), Washington (a rare Songaila sighting), Detroit (an occasional Hermann explosion excepted). Add Atlanta to the list when Pachulia is out.

Speaking of Zaza, he yanked down 17 boards, including 8 offensive, in his mere 24 minutes. What a stud.

And Hermann, again proving his worth in the little and rare time he is alloted: pouring in 16 points on only 6 shots, in his whopping 18 minutes.

I dream of an all-White team with Zaza and Hermann starting, and logging starters minutes, leading the league in rebounding and scoring. Instead of rotting on the bench on racist teams in a racist league.

Sweet White players on Friday:
Ilgauskas: 21p (13 shots) - 19 min
Stojokovic: 21p (14 shots) - 3 reb -- 31 min
Okur: 20p (10 shots) - game high 12 reb - 3 stl -- 32 min
Nowitzki: 19p (15 shots) 12 reb - 4 a - 3 stl -- 36 min
Hawes: 18p (13 shots) - team high 6 reb -- 20 min
M Miller: 18p - 8 reb - 4 a -- 41 min
Hermann: 16p (6 shots) - 4 reb -- 18 min
Kapono: 16p (10 shots) -- 21 min
P Gasol: 14p - 7 reb (4 off) - 4 a -- 39 min
Blake: 14p (9 shots) - 3 a -- 28 min
Ginobili: 14p (10 shots) -- 20 min
M Gasol: 12p - 6 reb (4 off) -- 33 min
Kirilenko: 12p (5 shots) - 6 reb - 3 a -- 27 min
Murphy: 7p - 12 reb -- 37 min
Pachulia: 3p - 17 reb (8 off) -- 24 min


WTF!!!
Biedrins: only 20 min

White of the Night: Troy Murphy

Troy Murphy earns the honors tonight for a very solid game (21/14) , scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter alone, leading his team to victory.

Other news for the night:

Sean Marks finally plays for the Hornets, logging a modest 6 minutes tonight, including a strong dunk.

The Birdman Andersen returns from injury, to lead his team in rebounding, in only 23 minutes off the bench.

Hawes, back to the bench for some reason, but swats an insane 6 blocks in his 35 minutes.

Okur: 21p (9 shots) - 10 reb -- 34 min
Murphy: 21p (11 shots), 14 reb -- 38 min
Nash: 20p (10 shots) - 6 a - 3 reb - 2 stl -- 27 min
B Miller: 20p -13 reb - 6 a -- 43 min
Turkoglu: 20p - 10 reb - 3 a -- 34 min
Lee: 17p (11 shots), 15 reb (4 off.) -- 44 min
Kirilenko: 17p (10 shots) - 4 a - 3 reb - 2 stl -- 30 min
Ilgauskas: 17p (9 shots) - 7 reb -- 13 min
Stojacovic: 17p (11 shots) - 3 reb - 3 a -- 33 min
Udrih: 16p (12 shots) - 10 a -- 43 min
Ginobili: 15p (8 shots) - 4 a - 3 reb -- 17 min
Kleiza: 15p (9 shots) - 3 reb -- 27 min
Hawes: 15p - 9 reb - 6 blk -- 35 min
Scola: 15p - 18 reb - 4 a -- 35 min
Szczerbiak 13p (6 shots) - 3 reb -- 24 min
Fernandez: 13p (10 shots) - 3 reb - 3 reb -- 18 min
Anderson: 13p (10 shots) - team high 8 reb -- 18 min
Turkoglu (last night): 12p - 7 a - 5 reb -- 38 min
M Gasol: 12p (8 shots) - 8 reb - 2 stl -- 32 min
Bargnani: 11p - 9 reb - 3 a - 3 stl -- 40 min
Calderon: 10p - 9 reb - 3 reb - 40 min

White of the Night: Steve Nash

Steve Nash wins the honors tonight, stuffing the stat box, almost pulling the triple double, leading his team to a close come-from-behind victory.

News of the last couple nights:

Three whites starting for the Kings, and the three of them score over 71% of the starting unit's points, and 55% of the Kings total points. In today's NBA, it doesn't get much better than that.

Milicic starts! Good for Darko, working his way back into the starting lineup as PF, leading his team in rebounds and blocks.

Ginobili returns! Manu puts together a very nice game in his first game this season, with some outrageous scoring efficiency, scoring 12, on only 4 shots, in only 11 minutes.

Bogut owns Dwight Howard, until he goes out with an injury in the 3rd quarter. Hope you recover quickly, mate, we love what you do!

P Gasol: 26p (12 shots) - 8 reb - 3 a -- 31 min
Okur: 26p (18 shots) - 9 reb - 2 stl -- 40 min
Nowitzki: 24p (15 shots) - 12 reb - 2 stl - 2 blk -- 39 min
Turkoglu: 22p (13 shots) - 9 reb -- 37 min
Murphy: 21p (16 shots) - 15 reb -- 31 min
Nash: 20p (14 shots) - 15 a - 8 reb -- 42 min
B Miller: 18p (12 shots) - 6 reb -- 34 min
Udrih: 17p (12 shots) - 8 a -- 34 min
Bogut: 16p (9 shots) - 4 reb -- 22 min
Biedrins: 15p (7 shots) - 9 reb - 2 blk -- 29 min
Hawes: 15p (13 shots) - 5 reb - 3 a - 3 stl -- 38 min
Szczerbiak: 15p (9 shots) - 4 reb -- 19 min
Kaman: 14p (13 shots) - 7 reb - 3 blk -- 40 min
B Lopez: 17p (15 shots) - team high 10 reb (5 off) - 3 blk -- 38 min
Stojacovic: 13p (12 shots) - 9 reb -- 30 min
Lee: 12p (8 shots) - team high 13 reb (5 off) -- 33 min
Blake: 12p (11 shots) - 5 a - 4 stl -- 33 min
Ginobili: 12p (4 shots) - 4 reb -- 11 min
Scola: 11p (9 shots) - team high 13 reb (6 off) -- 30 min
Ilgauskas: 11p ( shots) - team high 10 reb -- 20 min
R Lopez: 11p (7 shots) - 5 reb - 2 stl - 3 blk -- 25 min
Varejao: 11p (7 shots) - 6 reb -- 20 min
Milicic: 11p (9 shots) - 11 reb - 2 stl - 2 blk -- 30 min
M Gasol: 10p (7 reb) - 8 reb - 28 min
Przybilla: 10p (6 shots) - team high 12 reb - 2 stl - 2 blk -- 28 min
Redick: 10p (8 shots) - 3 reb -- 24 min
Morrison: 10p (8 shots) - 5 reb -- 22 min

White of the Night: David Lee

Very solid game for David Lee, starting and playing most of the game at center for the Knicks, as they win a shorthanded game with only seven guys.

Other solid games by your favorite players tonight:

Okur: 23p (15 shots) - 4 reb - 3 a -- 38 min
Blake: 22p (16 shots) - 5 a -- 37 min
Lee: 22p (16 shots) - team high 12 reb (5 off) - 40 min
Ilgauskas: 17p (12 shots) - 7 reb (4 off) - 32 min
Nash: 16p (7 shots) - 7 a -- 39 min
Kaman: 14p (8 shots) - 5 reb - 2 stl -- 44 min
Redick: 13p (7 shots, 8-10 FT) -- 27 min
Songaila: 13p - 4 reb - 2 stl -- 25 min
Nesterovic: 13p - 7 reb -- 37 min
Bogut: 12p - 17 reb - 4 a -- 41 min
Stojakovic: 12p -- 34 min
Murphy: 6p - team high 11 reb - team high 6 a -- 37 min
M Gasol: 10p (5 shots) - 6 reb (4 off) -- 25 min
Przybilla: 0p (0 shots) - team high 8 reb (6 off) - 3 stl - 5 blk -- 28 min

White of the Night: Andres Bargnani

Andres is clearly settling into his starting role, pouring in a career high 29 points, including 8-8 FT, as the tri-towers continues to pay dividends for the Raptors.

Some nice games last night:


Bargnani: 29p (15 shots) - team high 10 reb -- 44 min
Nowitzki: 25p (20 shots) - 10 reb -- 35 min
Biedrins: 23p (16 shots) - 10 reb (5 off) -- 35 min
Blake: 20p (14 shots) - 5 a -- 27 min
Kaman: 17p - 13 reb -- 29 min
Collison: 16p ( shots) - 13 reb -- 25 min
B Miller: 16p (9 shots) -- 29 min
Hawes: 15p (13 shots) - 2 blk -- 34 min
Bogut: 14p - 17 reb -- 25 min
Fernandez: 14p (9 shots) - 4 a - 2 stl -- 24 min
B Lopez: 14p - 6 reb -- 30 min
Lee: 13p (10 shots) - 12 reb - 3 a -- 39 min
Kleiza: 13p - 4 reb -- 22 min
Stojakovic: 13p - 24 min
P Gasol: 12p - 4 reb - 4 a -- 27 min
Bonner: 12p (8 shots) - 4 reb - 2 a -- 17 min
M Gasol: 12p (8 shots) - 8 reb -- 29 min
Przybilla: 10p (4 shot) - 10 reb -- 24 min
Murphy: 5p - team high 10 reb -- 37 min

White of the Night: Kevin Love

Kevin Love gets his first start tonight, and makes the coach look like a genius, putting in 20 points (team high) on only 7 shots (with 8-10 FT), and pulling down 8 boards in 30 minutes of play.

Biedrins was a close second, winning his rematch with Marc Gasol: producing game highs in points (27) and rebounds (12), on only 13 shots in his 35 minutes.

Marc Gasol had a statistically good night, scoring 8 on 4 shots, with 6 rebounds, but he only played 17 minutes because of foul trouble.

More good news from that game: Belinelli played for almost 10 minutes.

Other solid white gamers tonight:

Kaman: 23p (18 shots) - 11 reb (5 off) - 2 blk - 2 stl -- 42 min. The Caveman needs to stay mentally sharp and do this every game, it is that simple.

Brad Miller looks solid in his first game this season, sending Hawes back to the bench, although they played about the same minutes, and both put up solid games.
B-Miller: 11p (6 shots) - 10 reb - 2 blk -- 26 min
Hawes: 13p (9 shots) - 8 reb - 1 blk -- 21 min
Udrih also shows up strong for the Kings: 15p (11 shots) -- 32 min

Mike Miller does well for himself, scoring 16 with 6 rebounds.

Peja goes for team leading 20 points and a team leading 7 rebounds for the Hornets.
And STOP THE PRESSES!!! Matt Carroll gets off the bench for 27 minutes! Holy cow, what is going on? Larry Browns figures he might want to play his best shooter? Wow, what a concept! Matt goes a modest 3-8 for 7p - 4 reb - 3 a. Low and behold, Charlotte wins! Adam Morrison jacks up 9 shots in his 15 minutes, scoring 9 points, and hey, that is how you get it done.

Klieza scores 14 (on 10 shots) in less than 15 minutes!

Chris Quinn finally gets some minutes in Miami, pouring in 15 points on 9 shots in his 17 minutes.

Robin Lopez goes off for 14 points on 6-9 shooting in his first start as a Sun, to go with his team high 7 rebs and 2 blks, in his 30 minutes of play. Amundson has also earned some nice time for the Suns, playing 23 minutes off the bench, punching in 7 points, hauling 4 rebs and 1 blk.

Hinrich and Aaron Gray picked up the start for Chicago, but played on 16 and 15 minutes each. Weird. Kirk still picks off an insane 5 steals in that short time.

Okur and Kirilenko both pick up 16 points on 9 shots for Utah tonight in their 36 and 31 respective minutes. AK-47 also rips down team highs with 12 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Korver scores 13 on only 7 shots in his 23 minutes off the bench.

David Lee scores 13 on his 10 shots in almost 27 minutes, but only 1 rebound? What's up with that, D-Lee?

Varejao, very nice! 18p (12 shots) - 8 reb (3 off) - 3 stl -- 30 min
Szczerbiac goes off for 11 points on only 4 shots in his 26 minutes.
Ilgauskas scores 17 on his 9 shots, very efficient as usual in his 29 minues.

Scola: 14p (10 shots) - 7 reb -- 18 min

Barry: 2 shots in 29 minutes??? WTF