5. indiana's one-point defense - a big ten matchup between indiana and minnesota ended with the hoosiers edging out a 65-60 victory in minneapolis. indiana's eric gordon was plagued with foul trouble all night and finished with a pedestrian 12 points and committed seven of his team's 26 turnovers. things were shaping up for the 2nd indiana loss this season, but the team rallied together and dug in and grinded out victory thanks to terrific defense, especially on golden gophers' starting center spencer tollackson. tollackson finished with 12 points thanks to a swarming hoosier defense that held him to 0-of-7 shooting from the free throw line. after the game, tollackson was quoted as saying, "i really thought we were going to win." he then added, "i'm pretty sure you're not allowed to guard players when they're shooting free throws. that was kind of unfair."
4. phoenix suns ball movement - the suns took back the west's top spot from the lakers after a 106-98 win in los angeles. steve nash, like he usually does, paced phoenix add handed out 20 assists. overall, the suns finished with 37 total assists on 42 made baskets and withstood a 4th quarter lakers rally. the game may have been decidedly different had andrew bynum played for either team. in his absence, the lakers were forced to start kwame brown for the second consecutive game. kwame missed a dunk and a couple layups while contributing seven turnovers. but it's hard to fault kwame since he was probably just really excited that cloverfield opens tomorrow and he can once and for all figure out what the deal is with this mysterious cloverfield monster. or maybe he's just really excited about the comic mischief that undoubtably ensues when queen latifah, diane keaton, and katie holmes hatch a plan to steal money in the aptly named "mad money".
3. dallas cowboys ushers - with jason garrett agreeing to remain the offensive coordinator of the cowboys for what appears to be the highest salary of any assistant coach in the nfl, the common perception is that he will sooner or later become the cowboys' next head coach. interestingly, the cowboys still have a current coach. and since it's doubtful that dallas decides to go with two head coaches, it looks like cowboys ushers will spend this offseason familiarizing themselves with where the door is since they are going to inevitably show it to wade phillips. but until then, that we're all reading too much into this and the only reason jason garrett spurned atlanta and baltimore's head coaching vacancies is because he doesn't like birds. or because he wants tony romo to set him up with ashlee simpson.
2. brian mcnamee - roger clemens' ex-trainer and steroid provider was at it again last night when he spoon fed the denver nuggets performance enhancers before their 120-109 win over utah. at least i think he did. what other explanation can there be for marcus camby blocking 11 shots and grabbing 24 rebounds on the same night linas kleiza hangs 41 on the jazz? this was the first time this season that neither iverson nor carmelo led the team in scoring and actually the first time since the iverson trade that another nugget scored 30 points. needless to say this was kleiza's career high. after the game he told reporters, "i will remember this night for the rest of my life." then he added, "you'd think i'd get an inch of respect. an inch" while in the background marcus camby played a taped conversation between him and mcnamee.
1. the worst starting backcourt in the nba - let me start off by saying that i like larry hughes. note the lack of similar statement about sasha pavlovic. anyways, the cavs have started hughes and pavlovic at guard for the last 11 games including last night's 90-88 win in san antonio. the dynamic duo chipped in eight total points on 3-of-11 shooting which is pretty much been the norm. over the last 11 games, slarrsha hughesovic has combined to average 15.2 ppg on 33.2 percent shooting from the field and 26.5 percent from three. yet despite this, the cavs are now 9-2 over this stretch while also going 11-0 against all logic.
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