How the Ball Balls Dropped: Prophetic Tendencies

Pistons (115), Raptors (93)

I will bet my neighbor's dog that none of you, NONE OF YOU predicted this T-Mac performance (17pts 7rbds 7assts 3stls). Wanna know who saw that one coming? The good looking guy who wrote this. I have to be careful with what I say next time. I was just talking about a possible Heat-Mavs finals the other day...

76ers (80), Celtics (84)
The Sixers at least scored over 76pts this time (does this make them the 80ers now?), but the Celtics' veteran savvy is unparalleled in the league right now. Boston's streak is up to 14 heading into Christmas, and with Shaq-a-Claus on they're side, there's a good chance they'll be on Santa's good boys list this year.

Nuggets (103), Spurs (109)

K-Mart's back, Birdman's back, and Mr.Big Shot's back. The Nugs still lost to the Spurs though, playing without Melo who's sister just died due to some medical condition not disclosed. Our deepest condolences to the Anthony family. No jokes for this one folks.

Nets (91), Hornets (105)

Another sad story here with Willie Green missing the game because of the death of his sister and his cousin who both died from a car wreck. (This post is becoming more and more depressing. What a way to welcome Christmas)

Thunder (98), Knicks (112)

Fatigue might have played a factor here, but the Knicks just really looked more alive in this game. Durant outscored Stoudemire, but Amar'e got more help. And damn I'm giddy about these new commercials! Here's Durant's, and here's Amar'e's. Can't wait for CP3's and Stephen Curry's that are reportedly following soon.

Jazz (112), Timberwolves (107)
The wolves were up by 15 late in the 3rd. Not a good place to be when you're playing against Utah. Yet again, the Jazz rallied from a double digit deficit, and came up on top, giving Jerry Sloan the solo spot for third in the all-time winningest coach list. Can we just give the guy the COTY award now? I mean, come on! He's already been inducted in the HOF!

Cavaliers (84), Hawks (98)
Joe Johnson is starting to get his groove back. It's his first 20+pts performance since early November. With his contract though, he should be dropping 30 nightly.

Rockets (97), Clippers (92)

I don't know if it's the internet connection here at work, or the browser I used, but I couldn't see updates during the course of the game. I only got to see the box score when it was over. Did anyone get that problem too? Oh, the Rockets are now just one game away from .500, and the Clips just signed Ike Diogu. Now that's another no-one-gives-a-damn move that I actually like. Watch out people... "Ike... Just Dio-gu it"

Bulls (87), Wizards (80)

Monster game from Boozer, which makes me regret even more that I didn't get this guy in my fantasy league. It was a messy game actually, both were mediocre throughout. Don't be fooled by the low scores. It wasn't because of defense, especially considering Andre Blatche was playing. And that's probably the only way that defense and Blatche would be mentioned in the same sentence.