Vince, Melo Sink Game-Winners
SLAM Online —
When you think about it, two game winning shots on a night when all 30 teams played isn’t anything out of the ordinary. But that isn’t reason not to mention them. The first GW of 2009 came courtesy of Vince Carter, who might be earning back just a bit of his Half Man, Half Amazing handle this season (could he be an All-Star?). Watch as Vince calmly sinks a 33-footer jumper as time expires:
The second heroic shot came from Carmelo Anthony’s hot hand. Just after Kevin Durant drained yet another gutsy basketball from deep to put the Thunder in the driver’s seat, Melo returns the ...
Worst of the Weekend: The Buzzer Beater edition
Basketbawful —
The above picture was provided by Stephanie G. The Houston Rockets: The Great Space Coasters were facing off against a Raptors team that had dropped 13 of 17 (including four straight at home), were without starting center Jermaine "The Drain" O'Neal (sore right hamstring) and lost starting point guard Jose Calderon early in the second quarter (strained right hamstring)...and they STILL put forth one of their worst efforts of the 2008-09 campaign. Houston scored a season-low 73 points on a season-worst 34 percent shooting while committing a season-high 22 turnovers. Imagine what would have happened if they'd played a ...
‘Melo is still clutch, and breaking hearts!
The Hoop Doctors —
January 3, 2009 - Dr. Dime
If you play for the Oklahoma City Thunder it must be hard to go to work day in and day out and know you most likely will lose. Then again you look around the locker room and see your big three of Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green, and Kevin Durant are all super young with loads of talent and probably think there ...
