Flyers Get crushed

NBA Recap
The Heat defeated the Bulls in Chicago 86-67. The Heat were able to dominate when endurance and depth meant most, the last quarter of each half. In those quarters the Heat had an aggregate advantage of 44-26. Lebron James led the Heat in points (26), rebounds (12), and assists (7). This loss puts the Bulls two games behind Indiana in the central division.
In a battle of two first place teams the Spurs handed the Clippers a whooping. Tony Parker was the games leading scorer with 31 points (his second in a row with 30+) and he also had 7 rebounds. Tim Duncan only played 16 minutes but was the Spurs' leading rebounder in the 116-90 win.
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Guard- Tony Parker- San Antonio Had the best shooting performance in the league last night with a 12-16 mark from the field while going 7-7 from the line. His 31 points were complemented well by his 7 assists; made even better by the fact that he did not commit one turnover.

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Guard- Dwayne Wade- Miami He's getting a little older and we have not seen him on this list too often. Wade only scored 17 points on a 8-15 shooting performance but grabbed 8 boards (impressive for a little guy), had two steals, and two blocks. His role as a distributor wasn't too great as his 5 assists were matched by his 5 turnovers.
Forward- Danny Green- San Antonio Shot 3-6 from behind the arc on his way to 15 points. He also dished out 7 assists and also played good defense blocking 2 shots and getting 2 steals.
Forward- Lebron James- Miami *Player of the Night* Shot almost as well as Parker from the field going 11-15  for 26 points but made up for it when he did not have the ball. He grabbed 12 rebounds and also helped his teammates out with 7 assists.
Center- Joakim Noah- Chicago The bigman played the usual "Noah" basketball scoring under 15 points but getting rebounds. He only had 8 last night and probably wouldn't be on this list if their would have been more than 2 games. He scored 11 points on the night and dished out 8 assists. He also had 3 steals and 2 blocks.

NHL Recap
Despite the Flyers getting killed by the Panthers last night 5-2, the game left me feeling pretty good. I said yesterday that the Flyers should give someone other than Bryzgalov or Boucher a chance. While that didn't happen, neither of them really performed that well. Bryzgalov started the game and it was ugly. I'll give him some credit that Jonathan Huberdeau's goal in the first was on a penalty shot but the first two were within 30 seconds of this. Boucher came in just about halfway through the game and was able to stop 10 of 11 shots for a good/mediocre performance. Maybe if he was tested a little more he could have done worse or better... who knows? So the Panthers had a 3-0 lead after the first period and then Huberdeau scored again in the second to make it 4-0, that was the point where Ilya was pulled. Luke Schenn then scored with 7 minutes left to make the game 4-1 but about a minute later Peter Mueller ended all chances of a comeback with a goal of his own. Jakub Voracek then scored his 7th goal of the year about a minute later, too bad it was worth nothing for the Flyers. The really troubling part about this game is that the Flyers held the advantage in a lot of areas. They won the faceoff battle (by 1, but still) and they also produced 8 more shots and even had more takeaways. In addition to those numbers, they were a more physical team hitting 32 Panthers compared to being hit only 24 times. The number that didn't go their way however, giveaways. This has been a problem for the Flyers all year (especially Schenn (who had one last night), and Coburn (none). Grossmann has been kind of rough all year and he had two last night and even Voracek had one. The thing is that Voracek losing a puck in the offensive zone is a lot less worse than Gorssmann, Timonen, and Gervais giving it up in front of the net. The Flyers may have had more shots, but when you give the puck away (especially when your defense does it), you are going to give up high percentage shots, and that's what is killing the Flyers. To give two Panthers credit, Mike Weaver and Drew Shore each had two assist on the night. It has also been confirmed that Matt Read will be out for 6 weeks.

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The Sabres got off to a quick lead in Toronto but James van Riemsdyk broke the tie with two minutes left in the second. He then scored again in the third to give them a 3-1 victory. Phil Kessel had two assists on the night.
The Devils entered the third period down 2-1 but Andrei Loktionov broke the tied it up 9 minutes into the period and then Ilya Kovalchuk scored on the powerplay two minutes later to give the Devils' a 3-2 lead. Martin Brodeur only had to make 17 saves in the win while Braden Holtby made 34.
A whole bunch of close games last night as the Jets beat the Hurricanes 4-3 despite being outshot 30-23. The game was tied going into the third and after each team scored twice, it was Blake Wheeler's second goal of the game with 5 minutes left that put the Jets into the lead and they held on for a 4-3 victory.
The Islanders defeated the Canadiens 4-3 in overtime thanks to Thomas Hickey's goal with just under two minutes left in sudden death. Frans Nielsen scored with 10 minutes left in the third to tie the game up. Matt Moulson of the Islanders and Max Pacioretty of the Canadiens both scored twice.
Craig Anderson was injured 40 minutes into the Senators-Rangers game last night (which fucks my fantasy team so hard) but Ben Bishop came in and got the job done (really ugly though). The Senators had been up 1-0 until Anderson decided to get hurt and then the Rangers cored two goals within a minute of each other to give themselves a 2-1 lead. But Mika Zibanejad (what the hell is that name) decided he was not gonna let Bishop go down in infamy and netted a goal with 7 minutes left. Bishop then only let up one goal in the shootout while Lundqvist let in dos, so the Senators won 3-2 shootout style.
Nathan Horton scored tow goals in a 4-2 victory over the Lightning. Tuukka Rask made 24 saves in the win.
The Blue Jackets scored twice in the third to overcome a 2-1 deficit entering the period. Derek Dorsett scored to tie and then Vinny Prospal scored with 25 seconds left to give them the win. Prospal was not the only former flyer to score as R.J. Umberger netted one himself.
The Canucks defeated the Stars 4-3 and amazingly did it with Cory Schneider in net. They did have to come from behind though with Kevin Bieksa tying it up in the second and Jason Garrison giving them the lead in the third. Henrik Sedin then scored to increase their margin to two which helped because Brenden Morrow scored for the Stars but it was not enough in the end.
This game wasn't an easy one to follow either as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Oilers 3-1 thanks to third period goals by Devin Setoguchi and Matt Cullen. Cullen also scored in the first period. There was also this douche bag hit.

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Forward- Steve Ott- Buffalo Here for pretty much one reason, he had 9 hits on the night, which pretty much means that he is a gladiator.
Forward- Matt Cullen- Minnesota Edward's Brother  scored 2 goals and also added in an assist as he was a part of every single one of the Wild's goals lat night. Finished the game with a +2 only cause he was also out there for a Wild goal.
Forward- Jonthan Huberdeau- Florida So he kicked the shit out of the Flyers last night with 2 goals and 2 assists for a +3 rating. Also blocked a shot.
Defense- Ryan McDonagh- NY Rangers Scored a powerplay goal and also had 4 hits and forced a giveaway.
Defense- Mike Weaver- Florida Had two assists on the night while blocking 4 shots.
Goalie- Evgeni Nabokov- NY Islanders Stopped 30 of 33 shots in the win while also contributing an assist.
I might have NBA Power Rankings up later. So will pictures.