The first correct answer to last week’s edition of The Bernucca List was given by @mikepilz. It was a list of the last 10 different players to lead the NBA in minutes played. This week’s list is below. The degree of difficulty is not all that high — especially compared to Edition VII. If you think you know the answer, send me a Tweet or post it in the comments. Our staff will respond throughout the day. The Bernucca List Matt Barnes Steve Blake Caron Butler Brian
Circle your calendars: April 4. We can definitely call it a rivalry now, this thing the Clippers and Lakers have going between them. That might have been the Game of the Season last night on the one month anniversary of the start of the NBA season, a chippy, physical, psychodramatic 96-91 victory by the Lakers over their co-tenants at the Staples Center. No blood was spilled, but there was pushing, shoving, wrestling, cursing, six technical fouls, a flagrant, an ejection … and
Wednesday’s best game features the offensively challenged Los Angeles Lakers hosting the L.A. Clippers, who are trying to win a season series against the Lakers for only the third time in franchise history. But don’t call it a rivalry, yet. Kobe Bryant had no problem scoring (42) in a losing effort against the Clippers in their first meeting this season. But despite Bryant leading the NBA with 30.5 points a game, the rest of the Lakers’ offense has been a box-office dud. Pau
// Louis Amundson, Jeff Pendergraph, Gana Diop, Bismack Biyombo, Dexter Pittman, Ed Davis, Gary Forbes, Robin Lopez, Sam Young, Luke Babbitt. No, it’s not another edition of The Bernucca List, because we’re going to give you the answer right away. Of the 115 players who took the floor in Tuesday’s five NBA games, those were the 10 who did not score. Those were also the same 10 who Carmelo Anthony managed to outscore. That’s Carmelo Anthony, fourth in the NBA in scoring at
The Memphis Grizzlies have found their rhythm at the right time and take a seven-game winning streak into Portland to face the Trail Blazers in Tuesday’s best NBA game. Saddled with expectations after a strong playoff run a year ago, the Grizzlies stumbled to a 2-3 start, then lost low-post monster Zach Randolph for eight weeks to a torn MCL. But Memphis has not panicked and now leads the Southwest Division with a 10-6 mark. The Grizzlies are coming off a 91-90
In big media companies, you are not allowed to write or speak about the Memphis Grizzlies. “Nobody cares,” is the common refrain. Well, it’s time to start caring, and we are going to bend over backwards to explain why that should be so. First, the basketball part: The Grizzlies play in a division that is home to the NBA’s two hottest teams, the other being the Houston Rockets, who also have won seven straight games. Memphis pulled off an amazing comeback last night
Glen “Big Baby” Davis returns to Boston in Monday’s best NBA game. No word yet as to whether he and the Orlando Magic will leave Celtics fans crying in their beer. A fan favorite and Kevin Garnett’s occasional whipping boy, Davis spent his first four seasons with Boston and was a member of the 2008 championship team. Prior to this season, he joined the Magic in a sign-and-trade for Brandon Bass. “He’s emotional. He might cry. We’ll make sure we bring a
Definition of a winner: A guy who gets his nose broken (as he is called for a foul), retreats to the locker room, has the trainer stuff cotton up his nostrils, breathes through his mouth the rest of the evening and then makes the big plays down the stretch. For all the breathtaking moments we’ve already seen at the Staples Center through the first 4 weeks of the NBA season, what Roy Hibbert did Sunday night for the Indiana Pacers ranks