NBA Standings:The Top 8 Teams in the East/West- Roughly 24 Regular Season Games Remaining

2010-2011 Conference Regular Season Standings
Eastern Conference
Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	ROAD	L 10	STREAK
Boston	42	15	0.737	0.0	29-7	10-1	25-5	17-10	6-4	W 1
Miami	43	17	0.717	0.5	29-10	9-2	22-6	21-11	7-3	L 1
Chicago	40	17	0.702	2.0	23-10	12-0	26-4	14-13	7-3	W 2
Orlando	38	22	0.633	5.5	25-11	8-4	23-9	15-13	7-3	W 2
Atlanta	35	23	0.603	7.5	24-12	8-3	17-9	18-14	5-5	W 1
New York	30	27	0.526	12.0	20-12	6-4	16-12	14-15	5-5	W 1
Philadelphia	30	29	0.508	13.0	19-20	6-5	19-9	11-20	7-3	W 4
Indiana	26	32	0.448	16.5	18-18	6-6	16-14	10-18	5-5	L 2

Western Conference
Western	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	ROAD	L 10	STREAK
San Antonio	49	10	0.831	0.0	31-5	8-3	28-2	21-8	8-2	W 3
Dallas	43	16	0.729	6.0	24-8	6-5	22-8	21-8	9-1	W 6
L.A. Lakers	42	19	0.689	8.0	24-11	9-3	21-8	21-11	7-3	W 4
Oklahoma City	36	22	0.621	12.5	22-16	8-2	20-9	16-13	5-5	L 3
New Orleans	35	26	0.574	15.0	18-19	6-4	21-9	14-17	3-7	L 1
Portland	33	25	0.569	15.5	21-16	8-5	20-8	13-17	7-3	W 1
Denver	34	26	0.567	15.5	20-18	7-4	24-7	10-19	5-5	L 1
Memphis	33	28	0.541	17.0	19-18	3-7	20-8	13-20	6-4	L 1

The All Stars will meet twice this Week !!!

This Weeks Game Predictions !!!

The 2 Key NBA Match-Ups this Week:

This Thursday, the Miami Heat are playing the Chicago Bulls for the 2nd time this season.

The 1st game the Bulls ended up beating the Heat by 3 points, and the Bulls were playing
without one of their key players, Jaokim Noah.  BUT, the Heat were playing without
their best player Lebron James.  So i have setup Polls for yall to vote on who you think
will win tomorrow night on TNT. 
{I pick the Heat to win this game}--Who do you think will win.....?

This coming Sunday, the Miami Heat are playing the New/Improved New York Knicks.
We know the Knicks were good without Carmello Anthony, and now they'll be put to
the test with 2 All Stars in their lineup.  But let's not forget how dangerous the Heat's
Big 3 are, especially in key games.  I've set up another Poll for yall to vote on who you
think will win this game this weekend.
{I believe the Heat will prevail in this Epic Playoff type matchup}
Who do you think will win.....?

NBA Trade Deadline is Finally Over !!!

The Biggest Trade News in the NBA:

Carmello Anthony is Finally taking his talents to the Big

Apple to join Amare Stoudemire and play for the

New York Knicks, which is Melo's dream team to

play for.  The Knicks are also getting Chauncey Billups,

so at least we know they have the 3 out of 5 spots

established.

The Utah Jazz made a last minute move themselves

by trading away their All Star point gaurd in Deron

Williams.  In return the Nets gave up their young and

talented back court.  They do still however have an All

Star center in Brooke Lopez.

Celebrity ALL STAR Game !!

Look Girls, it's Justin "Fricken" Bieber, he was the MVP of the 2011 ALL Star Game.  I'm sure he would love it if more of yall visited my Sports Blog.  And if you do visit more frequently.....There's A LOT more BIEBER-FEVER where this came from. :) 

2011 NBA ALL-STAR Game !!!

                                  The 2011 NBA All Star Game was this past Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.  All the Superstars put on a show; especially Lebron James & Kobe Bryant.  They battled till the very end of the game.  Kobe Bryant lead the West with 37 points/ 13 Rebounds, and was awarded the game MVP, Even though King James got himself a Triple Double with 29 points, 12 Rebounds, & 10 Assists.  The West won the game 148-143.

Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat

On Sunday afternoon, the Celtics & Heat squared off at the Boston TD Garden.  The Heat were leading going into halftime, but thanks to lazy defense and some "questionable" calls by the refs, the Celtics had a huge 3rd quarter that put the Heat down by 13 pts.  They did come back to within 1 with a minute left in the 4th quarter, but Mike Miller missed a wide opened 3 pointer to tie the game with 3 seconds left. The final score was 85-82. The Heat lost to the Celtics for the 3rd time this year, so if they meet in the divisional round of the playoffs Boston will now have home court advantage.  All 3 losses were by 8 points or less, so needless to say they were all Very close games.

Duke vs. North Carolina- Epic Rivalry !!

The Duke Blue-Devils played North Carolina Tar-Heels this past week in a very close game. Duke came up with a 5 point win after trailing the frst 3 quarters.  Duke's Point Gaurd Nolan Smith had a career best 35 pts to lead the Blue Devils to victory.  While freshmen Tyler Zeller of North Carolina also had a great game with 24 points and 13 rebounds. Late in the game, Seth Curry (off the bench) had 22 pts, and 5 assists that really helped motivate Duke in the end of the game. He was arguably the player of the game.

There was a lot of anticipation this past week leading up to Superbowl XLV, and for good reason.  The fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers had recently been to a Superbowl and won 2 years ago in Superbowl XLIII.  So, going into this game people were saying that their experience was enough for them to come away with a Victory, even though the Packers were favored to win. 
The first team to put points on the board was the Green Bay Packers with a 29 yard from Aaron Rodgers to Jordy Nelson for a touchdown.  Next was Nick Collins of the Packers with a 37 yard interception return for a Touchdown.  The first points for the Steelers came at the beginning of the 2nd quarter with a 33 yard field goal from Shaun Suisham.  Later on in the 2nd quarter, Greg Jenning caught a 21 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers for another Green Bay Touchdown.  Then with :47 seconds left in the 2nd quarter, Hines Ward caught an 8 yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger for the Steelers first Touchdown of the game. 
The 3rd quarter opened with an 8 yard run from the Steelers' Rashard Mendenhall for another Pittsburgh Touchdown.  At the very begginning of the 4th quarter, Mendenhall gets hit hard by Clay Mathews of the Packers and fumbles the ball.  It's then immediately recovered by Green Bay's Desmond Bishop.  Not long after that, Rodgers throws an 8 yard pass to Greg Jennings for his 3rd Touchdown of the game.  A few  minutes later, Roethlisberger throws a 25 yard Touchdown pass to Mike Wallace with &:34 left on the game clock.  They also brilliantly succeeded in their 2 point Conversion attempt.  So at this point, the score is 28-25, the Packers are only up by a Field Goal.  With 2:07 left, the Packers had to settle for a 23 yard Field Goal by Mason Crosby to make it a 6 point game.  Down by a Touchdown, the Steelers attempted to march down field with only 2 minutes left in the game to try to score a game winning Touchdown.  Tragically, they came up short and couldn't convert on 4th and 5. 

The Green Bay Packers win Superbowl XLV !!!
The Most Valuable Player Award goes to none other than Aaron Rodgers, the Game-Winning Quarterback.

Welcome to My Spring Sports Blog

My name is William Rafferty and i'm from New Orleans, Louisiana.  I'm currently a sophomore at Lynn University.  Since I was much younger i've always had a passion for sports.  My favorite sport is probably professional basketball.  As yall will no doubt find out, my favorite athlete in the world is Lebron James of the Miami Heat.  On a side note, I am a very big fan of both the New Orleans Saints & Hornets.  I love a decent number of sports including: Football (NFL & NCAA), Basketball (NBA & NCAA), but thanks to the NBA basketball season being so long, my favorite sport would have to be Professional Basketball.  I'm partial to Soccer, Baseball and Hockey; mainly because i didn't grow up watching that many games of those specific sports.  That being said, i still follow all of them when the Playoffs roll around.  So, my goal with this blog is to be as informative as i can be in updating my followers with the latest events taking place in the world of Sports. I hope everyone enjoys the blog.