NBA PIX 03-04-2011 ELEVEN GAMES

TOR  91  @  NJN  105      103-116


MN  87  @  PHI  105        100-111


CHI  108  @  ORL  93          89-81


CLE  81  @  NYK  105         119-115


OKC  105  @  ATL  108       111-104


GSW  95  @  BOS  108        103-107


NO  99  @  MEM  104            98-91


PHO  89  @  MIL  101          102-86


IND  83  @  DAL  112          106-112


MIA  91  @  SANANTONIO  108      72-94


CHAR  91  @  LAL  109          46-56


                           7    11
season to date     273 / 384   = 71 .1%


                             280 / 395 =   70.9%

03-01-2011 NBA PIX {WON 5 - LOST 2}

GS  99  @  IND  103         100-109


NO  103  @  TOR  95        90-96


NYK  97  @  ORL  111     110-116


DET  81  @  MIL  101         90-92


LAL  103  @  MN  85           90-79


SAN ANOTONIO  109  @  MEM  95       93-109


DAL  105  @  PHI  99    101-93


HOUS  87  @  PORT  107     103-87

                                                                              5 /        8
NEWSEASON2DATE:    259/362 =  71.5%
                                        264 /370 = 71.4%

FINAL TIER RANKINGS - AFTER THE TRADES ARE OVER

TOP TIER TEAMS:   CHI,  SAN ANOTONIO,  DALLAS, ATL

BELOW TOP:    BOS, DEN, ORL, MEM (THE BATTIER FACTOR),
                          LAL, NO, MIA,

MIDDLE:   NYK, PHI,  PORT, GS 
                 PHO, CHAR, MIL, DET, IND, HOUS,
                   

REST:       NJ, TOR, LAC, SAC,
                 MN, WASH, CLE

NBA PIX 02-28-2011 FIVE GAMES; 3 CLOSE {WIN 2 LOSE 0}

PHO   93  @  NJN  97         104-105


CHI  111  @  WASH  104    105-77


ATL  95  @  DEN  92         90-100      (revised because Kurt Heinrich is a great fit for ATL)


BOS  108  @  UT  101       107-102


LAC  105  @  SAC  101       99-105




                                                                      3 /      5
NEWSEASON2DATE:    259/362 =  71.5%


                                        262/367 = 71.4%

NBA PIX 02-27-2011 10 PIX - TWO CLOSE

PHO  108  @  IND  99          110-108

LAL  97  @  OKC  111            90-87

PHI  108  @  CLE  99              95-91

GSW  109  @  MN  94           123-126

DAL  113  @  TOR  85           114-96

CHAR  95  @  ORL  111             86-100

MEM  99  @   SANANTONIO  112     88-95

HOUS  84  @  NO  99                 91-89

NYN  101  @  MIA  97                91-86

ATL  95  @  PORT  98                90-83

DAYS RESULTS    W-L    7 /    10

NEWSEASON2DATE:                 252 /    352  =  71.6%

NEWSEASON2DATE:    259/362 =  71.5%

NBA PIX 02-26-2011 SIX GAMES {FOUR CLOSE}

UT   99  @  DET  91          116-120

DAL  108  @  WAS  101    105-99

SAC  85  @  MEM  101      92-120

NJN  91  @  HOUS  92      108-123

CHI  100  @  MIL  91          83-75

BOS  95  @  LAC  92         99-92


DAYS RESULTS    W-L     5 /    6
SEASON2DATE:          247 / 346 = 71.4%


NEWSEASON2DATE:   252/352  =  71.6%

02-25-2011 PIX 12 GAMES: 5CLOSE 7 NOT REALLY {7-2 so far}

SAC   87  @  CHAR  99         98-110

DET  98  @  PHIL  109          94-110

UT    101 @  IND  93             95-84

PHO  98  @  TOR  95            110-92

NYK  111  @  CLE  102         109-115

WASH  83  @  MIA  114         113-121

OKC  119  @  ORL  111          88-111

NO  101  @  MN  94                95-81

NJN  85  @ SAN ANTONIO  108    96-106

ATL  91  @  GSW  109              95-79
LAC  83  @  LAL  101                95-108
DEN  100  @  PORT  96            106-107

                     WIN  8    LOSE   4   WINS        8  /        12  
SEASON2DATE:          239 / 334 = 71.6%


SEASON2DATE:          247 / 346 = 71.4%

MY NEW NBA RANKINGS

TOP TIER TEAMS:   BOS (? NOT SURE WHY THEY MADE THAT TRADE?), CHI
                                   SAN ANOTONIO,  DALLAS,  OKC

BELOW TOP:    MIA, ORL, ATL
                            LAL, NO, DEN,

MIDDLE:   NYK, PHI, IND, CHAR, MIL, DET
                   PORT, MEM, PHO, HOUS, GS

REST:       NJ, TOR, WASH, CLE
                  LAC, SAC, MN

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

Thu Feb 24 05:55pm EST

Oklahoma City shores up its frontcourt, quite expertly

By Kelly Dwyer

The Oklahoma City Thunder didn't trade for any All-Stars. The team didn't pick up a third transcendent scorer to move in alongside giants like Kevin Durant(notes) andRussell Westbrook(notes). They still have to deal with Kobe and Pau, Tim and Manu. But they did get a lot better Thursday. A whole heck of a lot better.

In a pair of moves, the Thunder grabbed burly centerKendrick Perkins(notes) and all-around bench scorer Nate Robinson(notes)from the Boston Celtics, and veteran pivotmanNazr Mohammed(notes) from theCharlotte Bobcats for the price of two starters in Jeff Green(notes) andNenad Krstic(notes), along with young forward D.J. White(notes), and the nearly retired Morris Peterson(notes).

The Thunder lost two starters, but they also took in significant upgrades at both the power forward and center position. OKC coach Scott Brooks dutifully started Green for years at big forward, after the Thunder traded for the Georgetown forward in return for Ray Allen(notes) back in 2007. But for a good chunk of last season and all of this year, reserve forward Serge Ibaka(notes) has been better on both ends than Green, a fact often lost as Green pulled up for jumper after jumper as a member of the Thunder.

And though Krstic's touch from the outside will be missed, Perkins' defensive presence and ability to make do offensively will help the Thunder return to the defensive roots that they established last season, before abandoning them at times in 2011-12.

Mohammed may come off as the ultimate journeyman, but he's a significant contributor on both ends. Per 36 minutes of play, he averages around 16 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks a contest. Nazr won't play 36 minutes a night, you say? Well, of course. But spread out over two games, he's going to give you the production levels of a 16 and 12 guy (two blocks) in 18 minutes a night. Don't dismiss that. There was a reason Charlotte's bench kept them in so many games this year.

Oklahoma City won't be breaking the bank for these players, either. Both Perkins and Mohammed are free agents after this season.

The "penalty" for making this deal comes in needing to take on Nate Robinson's below-average contract for one year next season, but I only call this a penalty because of Nate's limited role as he joins a very crowded Thunder backcourt. With Westbrook, Eric Maynor(notes) (a fine young backup point guard), James Harden(notes) andThabo Sefolosha(notes), the Thunder are stacked in the backcourt, and Nate is going to struggle to find minutes. Robinson has tons of game, though, and his basketball patience grows every year. It's a bummer we won't see him working as the first spark off the bench for a playoff team this year, but that doesn't mean he won't have his moments this spring.

Where does this put Oklahoma City amongst the elite out West? This team is still a clear step behind both the Spurs (especially) and Lakers on paper, but the Thunder have given the Lakers all they can handle recently, and even the most fair-weather of NBA followers can recall that the Thunder were one secured rebound away from taking the Lakers to a seventh game in the playoffs last season. At worst, with Nate Collison shoring up that frontcourt, and Kevin Durant's ever increasing ability to slide over to power forward, this is a team on par with the Dallas Mavericks.

At best? The Thunder could save their best run of the year, in an up-and-down year, for spring. It's quite feasible.

This is another in a long line of heady moves for Oklahoma City GM Sam Presti. The team didn't give up any draft picks, it didn't affect its salary outlook (it'll be under the cap this offseason, the amount depending on what it does with Perkins) in any meaningful way, and nobody is going to want to touch these guys come May.

Careful planning leads to the ability to take advantage of great timing. Sam Presti's team is certainly an example of that.

2-24-2011 NBA PIX

MIA   98  @  CHI  111              89-93


BOS  113  @   DEN  102          75-89

                                                                      won 1     lost  1


                                                                   1             2
 SEASON2DATE:          238 / 332 = 71.7%


SEASON2DATE:          239 / 334 = 71.6%

MARK'S PEERLESS PROJECTIONS - FINAL STANDINGS BOS, CHI, MIA

BOS  67-15


CHI  66-16


MIA 56-10


ORL  51-31


ATL  48-34


NYK  43-39


MIL  40-42


PHI  41-41

NBA PIX 02-23-2011

WASH  92  @  PHIL  108      89-117


DET   98  @   IND  102         101-102


HOUS  104  @   CLE  83       124-120


CHI  111  @   95  TOR  getting just what they deserve for giving away james johnson to toronto worst management decision of the season for the bulls     113-118


SAC   98   @  ORL  107        111-105


OKC   111   @   SAN ANTONIO   117


MIL   79  @  NYK  81                 108-114


MEM  100  @  MN  89                 104-95


UT  95   @   DAL  114                   99-118


LAC    97   @  NO  104                  87-98


ATL   98   @   PHO   101                97-105


LAL   97   @   POR   100               106-100 (OT)




                           9-  3      238 / 332 = 71.7%
YTD @ 02-22-2011   229-91 :   229/320 =   71.6%

NBA PIX 02-17-2011

SAN ANTONIO   93  @  CHI  100     99-109

DAL  109  @  PHO  94                    112-106

                                  229-91 :   229/320 =   71.6%

Y2D                 WON   227          LOST 91           71.4% 
                                      2                    0           

SPORTING NEWS 1996 NBA PREVIEW

NBA PIX 16 FEB, 2011: TWELVE GAMES (8-1)

SEASON2DATE                   WON     217           LOST       89      70.9%

LAC  97  MN  90
DAL  111  SAC     91
PHI   113 HOUS  102
DEN  94  MIL  87
GSW  107  UT 100
CHAR 96  PORT 103 


Y2D                                   WON   227          LOST 91           71.4%          

NBA PIX 02-15-2011 WON 3 - LOST 1

MIA  92  @  IND  95              110-103


CHAR  87  @  CHI  103         104-106


SAC  81  @  OKC  110            96-126


PHI  97  @  MEM  106              91-102


UT  101  @  PHO  99               101-102


NO  91  @  GSW  114                89-102




02-15-2011                                             4                             2


SEASON2DATE                   WON     217           LOST       89      70.9%

NBA PIX 12-14-2011

SANANTONIO  111  @  NJN  105           102-85


LAL  74  @  CHAR  87                             89-109  




ATL  88  @  DET  95                              80-71


LAC   83  @  MIL  101                          78-102


POR  103  @  MN  96                            95-81

DEN  85  @  HOUS  99                          47-43      86-113                         



12-14-2012                  WON     5        LOST      1

                                             219                     88      71.3%

NBA PIX 12-13-2011

MIA  93  @  BOS  110              82-85

LAL  91  @  ORL  108              75-89

WAS  91  @  CLE  83            115-100

POR  105  @  DET  99           105-100

LAC  111  @  TOR  88             93-98

DEN  89  @  MEM  105          108-116

OKC  111  @  GSW  94            94-100


SAC   83  @  PHO  110           109-104

important note - i reviewed my daily nba pix, and found i had missed a lot of games, and been far more successful than was previously alluded

12-13-2012             WON            LOST
12-12-2012             WON         5 LOST            3

SEASONTD           WON     209       LOST    84      71.3%
                                             214                     87      71.1%

nba pix - 12-12-2011 -- FIVE OF MY WINNERS ARE LOOKIN' GOOD!

CHAR    93  @  ATL  109             88-86    we don't want little kids following this   


 NJN  95  NYN  105


SA  106  @  WASH  84               118-94


CHI  103  @  NO  87                      97-88


PHI  111  @  MN  103                   107-87


DAL  121  @  HOUS  106              106-102


IND  77  @  MIL  83                       101-94


OKC  113  @  SAC  91                     




12-12-2012                 WON         8      LOST      2


SEASON2DATE        WON     136       LOST    73      65.1%

nba pix 02-11-2011

NJN  94  @  CHAR  101                94-89


  portland 102   @ toronto  96


SAN ANTONIO  101  @  PHI  94          71-77


NO  102  @  ORL  109                        99-93


MN  91  @  IND  99                            105-116


MIA   111  @  DET  105                      106-92


LAC  107  @  CLE  102                       119-126


LAL  119  @  NYK  116                       113-96


MIL  86  @  MEM  89


PHO  88  @  UT  103          95-83




12 FEB                            WON      LOST


11  FEB                           WON  6  LOST 4


10  FEB                           WON 7   LOST 3

REVISED TEIRS  (1)   BOS / CHI / LAL / SANANOTNIO 

REVISED TEIRS (3)   TOR / CLE 

NBA 2010 - YTD               WON    128        LOST   71               643%

MIL  95  @  MEM  101