5. the wizards - for the first time this season, the wizards have gone two consecutive days without losing. they don't play until thursday, and by then they could conceivably have a four day non-losing streak to build on.
4. isiah thomas - a day after the knicks home opener, they were greeted with heavy skepti- and criti- cisms. and this was after a game they actually won. i guess it's business as usual in new york. luckily though, isiah thomas doesn't give a blank about these white people. and thanks in part to that mantra, he has managed to keep the knicks focused on wins and losses and not what is going outside of madison square garden and trucks.
3. steve mcnair - sure ben roethlisberger threw five first half touchdown passes, but did he return from injury further cementing his status as one of the toughest players in the nfl? well, i guess he did later in the game. irregardless, the point is that steve mcnair proved that he still has it. provided "it" is what football scouts call "the ability to lead your team to five total first downs in an entire game. that's 1.25 first downs per quarter. i don't even know what .25 a first down is and i'm a football scout." on the bright side, steve mcnair's job is likely safe as he finished with 63 passing yards compared to kyle boller's paltry 21. this means mcnair had three passing yards for every passing yard boller had. maybe next week the ravens will try playing them both at the same time. that's like at least four yards every pass!
2. josh howard - in his second game back from a two game suspension for shoving brad miller, josh howard helped the mavericks beat the now once defeated rockets. dallas is 2-0 in games where josh howard plays and only 1-1 in games where juwan howard is the only j. howard available. of course jason terry may steal the headlines from this game, it was josh howard who had 21 points on only 11 field goal attempts who, to me, stole the show. logically, had he not played the mavericks would have lost 98-86 instead of winning 107-98. logically.
1. derrick rose - in his debut, freshman phenom derrick rose led the 3rd ranked memphis tigers to a 102-71 win over tennessee-martin, which i assume is another school and not just a person named tennessee martin. rose scored 17 points, along with 6 boards, 5 assists, and 2 blocked shots. after the game he said of his performance, "i'll give it a c. i can do a lot better." according to most conventional grading scales, this means an "a" game for derrick rose is 34 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 blocked shots. though even with derrick rose's self-imposed ceiling, opposing guard lester hudson said that rose was the "fastest point guard i've ever played against." looking at lester hudson's game logs from the last two seasons, i'm not sure the point he's trying to make.
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