Set of three defeats and black evening for the made in Italy in the NBA, while the "misfortunes record" Cleveland cross the boundaries of basketball stars and stripes and invade the camp of the NFL.
Bargnani is not enough This is not news, unfortunately, the flop "full" of the representatives of the tricolor basketball: lose everything and not count the individual performance. Andrea Bargnani signature 29 points (13 in the first quarter), but his Toronto Raptors 111-100 at home to give the San Antonio Spurs, the best team in the league with a record of 44-8. The long blue owner to 38'29 ", closes with 13/20 from the field and 2 / 4 by 3 points. In the match report of the" magician "short on rebounds, just 2. The Raptors, with the production DeMar DeRozan (25 points ), take blow up late in the third quarter. Then, the Spurs are starting to really defend. Toronto scores only 16 points in the last fraction with a modest 7 / 21 overall: 39 ° misstep comes overall, 15th in last 16 matches a season of bitter (14-39). It is difficult, indeed, hope for the cooperation of the Spurs, which exhibit an excellent DeJuan Blair (28 points and 11 rebounds) and just George Hill (18 points) next to the "totem "Tony Parker and Tim Duncan (16 points each). Toronto lies at the bottom of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
Useless 21 pt del Gallo In the same group, begins to waver the record of New York (26-25). The Knicks Danilo Gallinari, in front of his home crowd, give way to the Los Angeles Clippers (20-32) that pass 116-108 at Madison Square Garden. The "rooster" in the field of 40'47 ", scoring 21 points that combines 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 recovery. The wing, however, takes very badly from the field (3 / 13 in total and 1 / 8 of 3) . On the other hand, is a ruling from the foul line (14/14). The formation of Mike D'Antoni takes 5 men in double figures (23 points for Amar'e Stoudamire) but also finds himself under 20 points. The Clippers, veterans 7-game losing streak on the road, flying with 24 points from Randy Foye (17 in the fourth period), Blake Griffin and the 21 of 16 (with 16 assists) Baron Davis.
You save Belinelli A few miles away from Garden materializes the flop of the Hornets and Marco Belinelli. New Orleans (32-22) is hara-kiri on the floor of the New Jersey Nets (16-37) that are right for overtime 103-101 taking off one of the rare satisfaction of the year. Belinelli he loses his job in a quintet but you gain space for 23'52 ", of which scored 17 points (6 / 10 shooting and 5 / 7 from 3-point) with three rebounds and two recoveries. New Orleans relies on David West (32 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists) but was "betrayed" by Chris Paul (9 points and 11 assists) that fails to triple the potential success in the supplement. The Nets would like to thank Milos Vujacic, pad with 25 points.
Cavs, 2 months without a win The disappointments of the Italian players are sidelined when compared to the 'epic' in Cleveland. By the 26th consecutive defeat, in fact, the Cavaliers are condemned to rewrite the history of sports stars and stripes and not just basketball. Training coached by Byron Scott left the road to Detroit Pistons, who won away to 103-94. The Cavs, the first of eight consecutive home games, added another jewel to their curriculum. The NBA record for defeats in a row and all of them: the 26 holes in the water, however, shared by the riders abandoned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the football team capable of 26 ringed "Losses" between 1976 and 1977.