Ball Ballin' Preview: The Chicken and the Egg Thing

Freeze! You have the right to remain silent Tony Battie! Anything you say and do will probably not matter at all in a court of basketball.  

Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics
I've already mentioned this, but I'm still baffled up to this day. Philadelphia just lost by 45pts to the bulls and are on a second game of a b2b against the rolling Celtics. Oh, and Shaq did this.

Denver Nuggets at San Antonio Spurs

Melo's getting closer to being traded. Not the thing to think about while facing the team with the best record in the league right now. If there's someone who could teach Denver a thing or two about focus, that's Tony Parker. The frenchman hasn't skipped a beat even with the whole Eva Longoria thing.

New Jersey Nets at New Orleans Hornets

The Hornets are slowly plummeting, and things are probably about to get worse now that they're up against THE MACHINE!

Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks

Mr.30pts last year meets Mr.30pts this year. A lot of good match-ups in this game actually, Russell Westbrook-Raymond Felton, Serge Ibaka-Ronny Turiaf, Royal Ivey-Andy Rautins. Well, maybe not the last one.

Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves

Al Jefferson would probably look to exact payback to his former team. And it just occured to me that "UTAH JAZZ" is the shortest name for an NBA team, with only 4 letters each for the city name and the monicker. You didn't know that, did you?

Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks

Just last year, this could be a playoff-atmosphere match. Now it's two teams looking to find their groove. Merry Christmas Cleveland. (I didn't greet the Hawks coz' Cleveland needed it more)

Detroit Pistons at Toronto Raptors

Uh-oh. Reports say that Rip Hamilton isn't exactly pleased with the way things are going with his team. Let the T-Mac era begin!

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers

Houston is starting to make a run for a playoff spot. GG (Gordon and Griffin) will try to get in their way. (I must make a post with these nicknames soon!)

Chicago Bulls at Washington Wizards

No Noah is no problem for the Bulls so far. They'll get to see just how much of an impact Rashard Lewis and his fat contract is in D.C.