TNT Thursday

The two late games tonight were both on TNT,. while there was a lone game on local networks in Philadelphia.

- The game in Philly wasn't much of one even though neither team is very good. Philly beat the lowly Heat 101-84, who were still awaiting the arrival of Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. Miami got double-doubles from Mark Blount and Dorell Wright (15-10 and 16-10, respectively) and were inefficient from the field shooting 36.2% from the field. Philly was solid, shooting 48.1% and getting 25pts, 8rebs, 3stls and 3blks from AI2.

- Two hot teams played in the 1st TNT game, Houston and Cleveland. The Cavs went into Houston and ran into a healing Rockets squad. T-Mac was sick for this game and spent much of the day in a hospital due to the flu, but still started and played just under 32mins. He struggled from the field, shooting only 3-11 for 8pts and 7rebs, but it's good to see him back in the lineup. Yao led the Rockets in the win with 22pts, 12rebs. Lebron was the only effective player on the Cavs' side shooting 12-23 for 32pts, 7rebs, 6assts and 4 on B/S (blocks/steals) line.

- The next was an exciting game as they usually are in Golden State. The Chicago Bulls were visiting, still without Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich and Ben Gordon. They ended up beating GS anyways on huge games from Chris Duhon (34pts, 9assts) and Joe Smith (27pts, 8rebs). Tyrus Thomas was also a pleasant surprise down the stretch for the Bulls, who had him in for Ben Wallace (10pts, but 0-7 FT's) and he scored most of his 15pts in the 4th quarter when the Warriors tried to make a run. Chris Webber made his debut, but only had 4pts on 2-5 shooting in 12mins. Monta Ellis was the story in this game going 11-12 for 25pts, Biedrins had 18rebs and Harrington came off the bench to score 20.