The NBA started up again this week. I am excited as are many others. Its at this point that everyone feels that their team has a chance at that sacred gold trophy. New coaches, players and GMs litter the league and anything can happen. You got to love week one.
There were some impressive wins in this first week I noticed. Atlanta trounced the Magic in Orlando by 14. This was especially surprising to me because of the great preseason Orlando had. The versatile Joe Johnson scored 25 for the Hawks while Orlando only managed 13 first quarter points.
The Oklahoma City Thunder made history with the first game ever for the NBA's newest franchise. The Thunder lost to Milwaukee 98-87 in what was an entertaining game and a great showing for Richard Jefferson and his Bucks. Kevin Durant scored 12 for OKC.
The Knicks started their season off with a 120 to 115 win over the Miami Heat. New Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni had his team off and running early while Rookie of the Year candidate Michael Beasley was held to only 9 points on a 4 of 14 shooting night for the rebuilding Heat. Jamal Crawford had 29 for New York.
The Suns, D'Antoni's old team, starting things off with a win over the Spurs in San Antonio 103 to 98. Shaq scored 15 while Leandro Barbosa added 18 off the bench for new Sun's coach Terry Porter. The Spurs had won 11 straight season openers, and Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan both lost openers for the first time in their careers.
Lets hope this is a great season for the league and it's fans alike.
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