Last Week's All Stars

NBA All Stars
Guard- Tony Parker- San Antonio Scored 24.5 points per game as the Spurs went a perfect 4-0. Was an impressive 40-66 from the field and 18-25 from the line. Averaged 9.5 assists per game leaving him just short of averaging a double-double per game.
Guard- Kobe Bryant- LA Lakers The Lakers went 2-2 last week with wins over Oklahoma City and Utah to improve their record to 18-25. Kobe's scoring took a bit of a drop this week only averaging 20 a game. In his less than usual amount of shots Kobe shot 49.5% from the field but could not convert any of his 7 3 pointers. He did however average 9 assists per game along with 6.2 rebounds.
Forward- Lebron James- Miami Heat Despite playing in 3 games this week Lebron James worked his way onto the list. Averaged 29.3 points per game with 11 rebounds and 8.3 assists. James' effort led the Heat to a 2-1 record with the loss coming in the exciting overtime game against the Celtics on Sunday.

Forward- Blake Griffin- LA Clippers The Clippers struggled last week losing all 4 of their games but Griffin was able to put up some very good numbers as he is our Player of the Week. Shot 57.5% from the filed to average 23.2 points per game. Was a good rebounder averaging 9 a game as well as dishing out 3.2 assists per game in only 28 minutes per.
Forward- Kevin Durant- Oklahoma City The NBA's leading scorer averaged 31 points per game over the 4 game span shooting 39-74 from the field and 10-18 from 3. He also had an incredible 94.7 FT% on 38 attempts. Off the ball, Durant averaged 6.2 assists and 6.2 rebounds as the Thunder went 2-2 including a loss to the struggling Lakers.

Center- Joakim Noah- Chicago The Bulls had a very impressive week winning 3 out of 4 games. Playing very defensively they only reached the 100 point mark once during the week. Noah played a critical role in the defense and controlling the ball averaging 16 rebounds and 3 blocks per game. On the offensive side of things, Noah only averaged 9.8 points per game with 4.8 assists. Not only did he persistently grab rebounds but he only 8 turnovers all week.


All NHL (including last Saturday)
Forward- Patrick Marleau- San Jose As the Sharks got off to a 5-0 start Marleau paved the way. He scored 9 goals and dished out 3 assists, remarkably every single one of them was on the power play making him the best special teams player in the league. Away from the puck he had 4 hits.
Forward-Jonathan Toews- Chicago Scored 3 goals and had 3 assists for 6 points as the Blackhawks played and won 6 games in just 7 days. Toews did not just have a great offensive week; the two way forward blocked two shots, had two hits, and seven takeaways.
Forward- Joe Thornton- San Jose The Sharks' second player on the list. The seasoned veteran was the greatest playmaker of the week dishing out ten assists while also scoring three goals.
Forward- Vincent Lecavalier- Tampa Bay The Lightning wen 4-1 last week scoring at least 4 goals in each one. Leclavalier did not have that many goals only scoring two and assisting on four. Lecavalier made his mark with the body having 17 hits while also sacrificing his body to block 3 shots.
Defensemen- Alex Pietrangelo- St. Louis Was highlighted yesterday for his fantastic defensive ability. The Blues went 5-1 last week with their only loss coming against the undefeated Blackhawks. Pietrangelo played both ways scoring 1 goal while adding in 6 assists with two of them coming on the Powerplay. He saved his goalie a lot of trouble by blocking 15 shots as well as creating 2 takeaways.
Defensemen- Erik Karlsson- Ottawa The Senators went 3-2 last week with losses coming to the hot Lightning and a shootout loss against Pittsburgh. Karlsson was a fantastic offensive defensemen scoring 3 goals and dishing out two assists. He still pitched in on the defensive end blocking 5 shots and recording 2 hits.
Defensemen- Marc Methot- Ottawa Ottawa's second defensemen on the list but is not Karlsson's partner. Had 13 hits and blocked 6 shots while also chipping in 3 assists during the Senators run.
Goalie- Kari Lehtonen- Dallas Won 2 out of his 3 starts with the one loss coming in Overtime. Saw 124 shots managing to stop 117 of them for .944 SV%. In games he didn't start the team went 0-2.

Goalie- Craig Anderson- Ottawa Played in 4 of the Senators' 5 games including all of their wins. His one loss came in the shootout against Pittsburgh. He only let in 3 goals during the 4 games span (a little bit of offense would really help him out.)