Christmas has come and passed but now that all the teams in the NBA have unwrapped their presents and have seen what they have, let's check in on the ones I watched yesterday:
Knicks: My Knickerbockers kicked off christmas with an all around dominant second half showing off a gritty defense to go along with great nights from Landry Fields, Raymond Nickname Felton, Amare, and Wilson Chandler. Overall, great second halves are something the Knicks can get used to when the team plays this in sync.
Bulls: Tough loss for the Noah-less Bulls, but fear not Chicago faithful. Carlos Boozer is here and he seems like he is seamlessly fitting into the roster. Ignore D-Rose's turnovers last night and the Bulls dynamic duo put up great numbers and seem to be getting used to each other. Give it a couple months and Noah will be back and this will be a team to be reckoned with.
Magic: The trade was all that the Magic could ask for this holiday season. Instead of dragging the same tired lineup into another shellacking from Boston, the Magic brought a new team to play. Gone are the Magic of old and here are reinforcements. They got the Turk back and brought in J-Rich and Gilbert. And just to show that this isn't some panic trade along the lines of Antwan Jamison to the Cavs last year, they snapped the Celtics win streak.
Celtics: Ok, ok so you got a little bit of a coal in your stocking in that Magic game but you have to look at the long term Celtics. You have KG back in a major way. You have Paul Pierce playing great. And you even have Shaq showing some effort and conditioning in the regular season. Stop acting like a spoiled child Boston.
Heat: You got everything you wanted for Christmas. All 400 of your fans were overjoyed to watch LeBron and Wade dominate Kobe and Pau and even got to see a strong game by their power forward Christine Bosh. Things are starting to fit together down in South Beach.
Lakers: What do you give the team that supposedly has everything? Easy, a wake up call. To quote an old Eminem lyric"Whatever happened to catchin' a good-ol' fashioned passionate ass whooping?" The Lakers came in jittery and seemed to be overthinking the implications of the game. They need to calm down and refocus and maybe after two straight years of winning needed to be knocked down a peg to be able to regroup and motivate themselves to take down the Heat and whoever else stands in their way.
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