| Portland's Hero |
| Bryant |
Just after Dwight Howard admitted that his poor conditioning lost the Lakers games he and the team were on the court to face the Dallas Mavericks. Kobe Bryant's free throw with 4 seconds left put the game out of reach at 103-99 and that is how it finished. Kobe scored 38 points on the night and also had 7 assists. For the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki dropped 30 and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Luke Ridnour's shot with one second left did not hit the mark leaving the Minnesota Timberwolves one point shy of overtime. Jarrett Jack was the most crucial part of the Warriors victory scoring 23 points and dishing out 8 assists. Derrick Williams played strong in the 100-99 loss with 23 points and 12 rebounds.
The Cavaliers put themselves in a position to beat the Heat last night with a 36-17 3rd quarter to give themselves a 1 point lead going into the fourth. The Heat pulled out the comeback to win their 11th game in a row by a score of 109-105. Lebron James had 28 points and 8 assists agianst his former team. Dion Waiters led the Cavs with 26 points.
The Hornets swept the Kings under the rug 110-95 thanks to Anthony Davis's 20 points. Greivis Vazques had a double-double for the Hornets with 12 points and 13 assists.
The Grizzlies and Nets decided to not partake in offense as the Griz pulled out a 76-72 win. Zach Randolph was crucial in the victory with 16 points and 14 boards. Deron Williams had 24 points in the loss.
Despite Jrue Holiday's 30 points the Sixers came up 6 points shy of the Knicks in a 99-93 loss. Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points as the Knicks broke their four game losing streak.
The Spurs used a dominating 2nd quarter effort to bury the Suns 97-87. Patty Mills and Kawhi Leonard both led the Spurs with 16 points while Leonard had an additional 8 rebounds. Marcin Gortat was the Suns' best performer with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
The last game of the night was a blowout as the Thunder surprisingly destroyed the Bulls 102-72. The Bulls only shot 29% for the game with their leading scorers being Luol Deng and Nate Robinson who only had 13 a piece. The Thunder were led by Russell Westbrook's 23 points and and Kevin Durant's 19/16/6 performance.
NBA Week In Review
| NBA League Leaders - Feb 18, 2013 to Feb 24, 2013 | |||||
| Points | P | Assists | A | ||
 | 1. James Harden | 31.7 |  | 1. Goran Dragic | 12.2 |
| 2. Kobe Bryant | 31.3 | 2. Greivis Vasquez | 10.5 | ||
| 3. Kemba Walker | 24.8 | 3. Jeff Teague | 9.7 | ||
| 4. Lebron James | 23.5 | 4. Lebron James | 9.2 | ||
| 5. Dwayne Wade | 23.5 | 5. Ricky Rubio | 8.7 | ||
| Rebounds | R | Turnovers | TO | ||
 | 1. Zach Randolph | 56 | | 1. Goran Dragic | 16 |
| 2. David Lee | 55 | 2. Russell Westbrook | 15 | ||
| 3. Joakim Noah | 42 | 3. John Wall | 15 | ||
| 4. Nikola Vucevic | 42 | 4. Stephen Curry | 14 | ||
| 5. Reggie Evans | 41 | 5. Deron Williams | 14 | ||
| Steals | S | Blocks | B | ||
 | 1. Ricky Rubio | 4.7 |  | 1. Larry Sanders | 12 |
| 2. Goran Dragic | 3 | 2. Serge Ibaka | 11 | ||
| 3. Mike Conley | 2.5 | 3. Tyson Chandler | 9 | ||
| 4. Al- Farouq Aminu | 2.5 | 4. Joakim Noah | 9 | ||
| 5. Trevor Ariza | 2.3 | 5. Al- Farouq Aminu | 9 | ||
| Field Goal % (minimum 35 attempts) | FG% | Free Throw % (minimum 10) | FT% | ||
 | 1. J.J. Hickson | 67.6 | | 1. J.J. Redick | 100 |
| 2. Al Horford | 66.7 | 2. Kyrie Irving | 100 | ||
| 3. Marcin Gortat | 60 | 3. Anthony Davis | 100 | ||
| 4. Lebron James | 59 | 4. Kevin Durant | 95.7 | ||
| 5. Mario Chalmers | 57.6 | 5. Russell Westbrook | 95.2 | ||
| 2-18 to 2-24 All NBA | |||
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | ||
| Pos | Starters | Pos | Starters |
| PG | CLE- Kyrie Irving | PG | SA- Tony Parker |
| SG | MIA- Dwayne Wade | SG | HOU- James Harden |
| SF | MIA- Lebron James | SF | OKC- Kevin Durant |
| PF | ATL- Al Horford | PF | DAL- Dirk Nowitzki |
| C | MIL- Larry Sanders | C | POR- J.J. Hickson |
| Perry's overtime winner |
NHL Recap
| Rask |
Tuukka Rask made 34 saves on 35 shots to improve to 8-0-1 on the year in the Bruins 4-1 win over the Panthers.
Martin Brodeur left ice during the warmups due to soreness and Johan Hedberg had to take his place. The Jets took full advantage of that to walk away from New Jersey with a 4-2 victory. Evander Kane scored his 7th goal of the year while in the third period teammate Andrew Ladd netted his 10th.
The Canucks got off to a hot start scoring 3 goals in the first, two from Daniel Sedin, to get a 3-2 lead going into the second. That is where things turned south for the Canucks as the Red Wings went on a scoring rampage with three of their own in the second. Things were not done there as Damien Brunner scored his 10th goal of the year and second of the game halfway through the third. To make the game 8-3 Joakim Andersson netted two goals a minute apart from each other at the end of the final frame. Damien Brunner had two assists in addition to his 2 goals and Jonathan Ericsson had two assists as well.
Evgeni Nabokov got the night off as the Islanders went with Kevin Poulin in net. Things looked good for the Islanders as they were off to a 2-0 start thanks to goals by Matt Moulson and John Tavares. The Islanders kept on to their lead until 47 seconds left in the second when Jordan Staal scored a minute after his older brother Eric to tie the game up. Alexander Semin assisted on both of the goals. The game continued to tied until halfway through the third when Bobby Sanguinetti scored his first NHL goal with assists from Patrick Dwyer and Jordan Staal. Alexander Semin then capped his 3 pt night off with an empty netter late in the game to polish off a 4-2 Hurricanes' win.
The Blackhawks have still not lost in regulation time in their first 18 games thanks to a shutout performance by Corey Crawford, his 7th win of the year. It was not exactly a powerful victory however as they only scored one goal, Andrew Shaw's at the end of the second period in the 1-0 win over the Blue Jackets.
Sidney Crosby scored two of the Penguins three first period goals and also assisted on another as the Penguins defeated the Lightning 5-3. The Lightning got within one during the third period with goals by Eric Brewer and Steven Stamkos but it was not enough.
| Torres had two on the night |
The Flames and Coyotes played a very good, high scoring game last night in Calgary. The Flames started off the scoring 2 minutes into the game with a goal from Tim Jackman but the second period was split 2-2 between the teams which set up for a great third period. Raffi Torres scored in the first couple minutes to tie it up and then his teammate slipped the puck past Joey McDonald to make it 4-3. The Coyotes seemed to be in control of the game until 1:23 left when Jarome Iginla netted a goal with help from Alex Tanguay and Matt Stajan. Both teams were probably expecting to go to overtime but Curtis Glencross scored his 7th goal of the year with a minute left to win 5-4.
The Ducks outshot the Avalanche 39-23 but the score was much closer. Cody McLeod and P.A. Parenteau scored for the Avs in the first as they entered the second with a 2-0 lead. The Ducks then answered with two of their own but then John Mitchell scored 30 seconds after Teemu Selanne to get the Avs their lead back. The Avs had their lead for about 20 minutes until Ryan Getzlaf scored on the powerplay to even things up. Once in overtime, Corey Perry scored on the man advantage as the Ducks win 4-3.
NHL Week In Review
Very nice to see 3 Flyers in the points list and Ilya in the leaderboard for the Goalies.
| NHL League Leaders - Feb 18, 2013 Feb 24, 2013 | |||||
| Goals | G | Assists | A | ||
 | 1. Steven Stamkos | 4 |  | 1. Jakub Voracek | 7 |
| 2. Max Pacioretty | 4 | 2. Pavel Daysyuk | 5 | ||
| 3. Jakub Voracek | 4 | 3. Claude Giroux | 5 | ||
| 4. J, Carter, C. Giroux, B. Schenn | 3 | 4. Small Army | 4 | ||
| 5. D. Brunner, E. Kane, and many others | 3 | 5. | |||
| Points | P | D-Man Points | P | ||
| 1. Jakub Voracek | 11 |  | 1. Niklas Kronwall | 6 |
| 2. Claude Giroux | 8 | 2. Paul Martin | 5 | ||
| 3. Steven Stamkos | 8 | 3. Francois Beauchemin | 4 | ||
| 4. Wayne Simmonds | 7 | 4. K. Letang, S. Weber, O. Ekman-Larrson | 4 | ||
| 5. Half the NHL | 6 | 5. about 10 players | 3 | ||
| Takeaways | TA | Blocks | B | ||
 | 1. Adam Henrique | 10 |  | 1. Greg Zanon | 17 |
| 2. Martin St. Louis | 8 | 2. Dan Girardi | 16 | ||
| 3. Patrick Kane | 7 | 3. Mark Streit | 14 | ||
| 4. J. Mitchell, J. Tavares, B. Pouliot | 6 | 4. M. Giordano, J. Harrison | 13 | ||
| 5. 6 people | 5 | 5. 5 players | 11 | ||
| Saves/ Shots Against | SV-SA | Wins | W-L-OTL | ||
| 1. Ondrej Pavelec | 114/124 |  | 1. Ben Bishop | 3-0-0 | |
| 2. Ben Scrivens | 109/117 | 2. Ilya Bryzgalov | 3-1-0 | ||
| 3. Mike Smith | 97/104 | 3. Ondrej Pavelec | 3-1-0 | ||
| 4. Ilya Bryzgalov | 91/103 | 4. Ray Emery | 2-0-0 | ||
| 5. Semyonb Varlamov | 88/97 | 5. Marc- Andre Fleury | 2-0-0 | ||
| 2-18 to 2-24 All NHL | |||
| Pos | East Starters | Pos | West Starters |
| C | PHI- Claude Giroux | C | COL- Paul Stastny |
| C | CAR- Jordan Staal | C | DET- Pavel Datsyuk |
| LW | WPG- Evander Kane | C | ANA- Ryan Getzlaf |
| D | TOR- Dion Phaneuf | D | Oliver Ekman- Larsson |
| D | NYI- Mark Streit | D | DET- Niklas Kronwall |
| G | WPG- Ondrej Pavelec | G | SAN- Anti Niemi |
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