a good weekend for the underdogs

With the Super Bowl approaching and the Lakers and Celtics struggling, some of you may have forgotten that basketball is still going on.

It was a tough weekend for the Eastern Conference. On Saturday, the #2 Knicks, #3 Bulls, #4 Nets, and #5 Pacers all lost (to teams with worse records). The Heat and Hawks (#'s 1 and 6) were off Saturday, but they played and lost on Sunday. The #8 Celtics won Sunday ending their six-game losing streak, but also discovered that their best player Rajon Rondo tore is knee and is out the rest of the year. So you can consider that a loss too.

The #7 Milwaukee Bucks bucked the trend by beating the hot Golden State Warriors. That win along with everyone else's losses made it a pretty nice weekend in Wisconsin.

It was a pretty wacky weekend out West, too. Along with the #5 Warriors, the #1 Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the terrible Lakers, #3 LA Clippers fell to the Blazers, and the #4 Memphis Grizzlies also lost to the Hornets/Pelicans.

The Spurs have won 8 straight but look out: Wednesday night they host the 11-32 Bobcats. Fortunate for them, the weekend shenanigans ought to be well behind us by then.