LINE OF THE WEAK: Jrue Holiday, Philadelphia at Charlotte, April 3: 37 minutes, 2-24 FGs, 0-5 3-pointers, 1-1 FTs, six rebounds, eight assists, three steals, three turnovers, five points in an 88-83 loss. Holiday’s second straight appearance here was the negative print of Anthony’s game above. He 
filled the rest of the boxscore but couldn’t throw it in the ocean. According to Elias, it was the most shots taken with just two baskets in NBA history. And it came in his first NBA game alongside his brother, Justin, who got in on the act by shooting 1-of-5.
TRILLION WATCH: This week’s top disappearing act belonged to Celtics forward D.J. White, who registered a 4 trillion Monday at Minnesota. Honorable mention to Nets forward Kris Joseph, who had a 3 trillion Wednesday at Cleveland, and Wizards forward Jan Vesely, who did the same Saturday at Indiana.
GAME OF THE WEEK: Indiana at New York, April 14. Not much at stake here. Just that the loser almost certainly will be relegated to the third seed in the East and have to win the Eastern Conference semifinals and finals as the road team to get to the NBA Finals. That’s all. The Knicks need it more as the Pacers hold the tiebreaker.
GAME OF THE WEAK: Charlotte at Detroit, April 12. The Bobcats are a league-worst 6-33 on the road. The Pistons have one home win since the All-Star break. And the road team has won the three previous meetings this season.
TWO MINUTES: The improvement of John Wall is the primary reason that the Wizards are a very respectable 24-20 after an awful 5-28 start. But the point guard still believes he has a long way to go, telling NBA.com that there are eight point guards better than him. Wall listed Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, Damian Lillard and Stephen Curry, then agreed with the suggestions of Rajon Rondo and Ty Lawson. While Wall’s honesty is refreshing, he did not mention Philadelphia’s Jrue Holiday, an All-Star this season, or Brooklyn’s Deron Williams, a three-time All-Star. Washington hosts Philadelphia on Friday and visits Brooklyn next Monday, and it will be interesting to see if Holiday or especially Williams took note of Wall’s list. Remember, Williams was one of the first victims of Linsanity last season and just over two weeks later took it to Jeremy Lin, lighting him up for 38 points and six assists. … The best the Heat can finish this season is 66-16, which would land them in a tie for the 10th-best record in NBA history. But they already have broken one NBA single-season record and have a chance to tie another. When Miami went 17-1 in March, it became the first team ever to win 17 games in any month. And if the Heat can win the second of both their remaining sets of back-to-back games, they would be 15-1 in the second of consecutive games, matching the 2006-07 Dallas Mavericks for the best percentage. Miami’s remaining back-to-back games are Wednesday at Washington and next Monday at Cleveland. Its only loss came Dec. 29 at Milwaukee. … Dwight Howard has been held to single digits in scoring 13 times this season. Over his final four seasons in Orlando, he had 16 games in single digits. … It’s time to start taking Kyle Korver’s 3-pointer streak a little seriously. The Hawks sharpshooter passed Reggie Miller this week and is up to 70 straight games with at least one bomb, the fourth-longest run in NBA history. Korver was 0-of-2 from the arc in the season opener vs. Houston but has connected in every game he has played since. He has made just one 3-pointer 18 times, with his worst showing 1-of-6 vs. Orlando on Nov. 19. Korver has four games left and would enter next season with the streak at 74, four behind Dennis Scott and 
five behind Michael Adams. Dana Barros set the record of 89 with Philadelphia and Boston from 1994-1996, with his streak ending in an 0-of-9 arc debacle vs. New York where the Celtics spent the final three minutes force-feeding Barros and the Knicks chasing him around with no regard for anyone else. When Korver’s streak finally ends, let’s hope it does in better fashion. … Suns forward Michael Beasley has had an awful season, posting career lows in minutes (20.9), shooting (.408), free throw attempts (1.7), rebounds (3.8) and points (10.2). After scoring 25 points Friday vs. Golden State, he said he had stopped listening to input from others – including the coaching staff – and was following the beat of his own drum. “I’m doing what I know how to do,” he said. “The more I listen to people, the more I got to think about. So at times it messes me up when I’m trying to think about a thousand things at once. Just stopped listening to people and just start trusting my instincts again.” In his next game, Beasley’s instincts produced three points on 1-of-11 shooting. … Philadelphia’s signing of Jrue Holiday’s brother, Justin, for the rest of the season sets up a second game this season where sets of brothers face each other. In the season finale April 17, the 76ers visit the Indiana Pacers, who have Tyler and Ben Hansbrough. The NBA’s first matchup of sets of brothers took place March 30, when Indiana visited Phoenix with Marcus and Markieff Morris. But Ben Hansbrough did not play in that game. It would be great if nothing is at stake and coaches Doug Collins and Frank Vogel make sure all four brothers get on the floor at once.
Trivia Answer: Charlotte and Memphis. … Happy 73rd Birthday, John Havlicek. … Who would have thought the centerpiece to Mark Cuban’s rebuilding project was Brittney Griner?
Chris Bernucca is the deputy editor of SheridanHoops.com. His columns appear Mondays. You can follow him on Twitter.
I agree with you that Lawson is the more important of the two, over the sporadic Gallinari, but they will both be missed. Lawson is projected to return a game or two before the playoffs begin, and I not only hope he DOES, but hope he’ll have enough time against a few mediocre opponents to get his game back in line. I’ve been working a lot of late nights at DISH lately, and haven’t seen too many live games these past few weeks, but my new app is letting me stay connected as soon as work is done. My DISH Anywhere app lets me take my live TV and DVR wherever I go, and while I missed the game where Gallo got hurt, I won’t miss a thing going forward.