Kobe and Ariza Push Lakers past Mavs,Wade Makes History Again,Clinching Playoffs.

Sunday March 15, 2009 the lakers hosted the dallas mavericks. the lakers played such a good game.The matchup could be a preview of the first round of the playoffs. The Lakers already have clinched the Pacific Division and are battling Cleveland for the league’s best record. The Mavericks are fighting for a postseason spot.it was an intresting game Pau Gasol went 10-10 the first half, until jason the Jet terry got it going in the third quarter. a 15 point lead was cut to seven going to the 4th. the lakers sat down there starters and the mavs cut it down so fast the lakers were down by 6.Down 81-66 after Bryant’s three-point play with 5:58 left in the third, the Mavericks began their run on a pair of 3s by Terry. He added two more after a pair of Los Angeles turnovers in the closing minute of the period to narrow the gap to 87-80.That was while both teams had mostly reserves on the court. When Bryant and the other Lakers starters returned early in the fourth, Los Angeles soon went on a 12-0 spurt of its own.Bryant’s 3-pointer with 6:51 left ended a string of nine consecutive misses by the Lakers from behind the arc, and he made another with 3:36 that ended the run with them leading 101-95.thanks to Trevor Ariza's Spectacular Play and Kobe Bryant's Clutch-NESS lakers improve to 53-13!



No surprise here: Dwyane Wade is now, officially, the greatest scorer in Miami Heat history.Wade passed his good friend and mentor Alonzo Mourning on Saturday to become the leading scorer in franchise history. Wade’s dunk with 11:05 left in the third quarter against the Utah Jazz gave him 21 points for the game, and 9,460 in 380 career regular-season appearances.Mourning, who played for the final time in December 2007, scored 9,459 points in 593 games with the Heat.“Records are made to be broken,” Mourning said after Wade’s recordsetting score. “If anybody had to break the all-time scoring record, I wanted it to be D-Wade. I’m proud of him and I think the best is yet to come.”Mourning couldn’t resist to take the chance at endorsing Wade’s MVP candidacy as well. Wade continued his huge push for postseason honors, finishing with 50 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as Miami wound up winning a triple-overtime epic, 140-129. He now has 9,489 points in his Heat career. WoW!!!!! but i guess it really helps the organization isnt really that old. its like saying the bobcats were created in 03 so when Emeka Okafor got his first rebound he broke the organizations rebound record "0". Good Job WADE. keep doing your thing.


Only 4 Teams have clinched a playoff spot the Celtics,the Cavaliers,Magic and Lakers,only two of those have clicnched there division Lakers win Pacific,Cavs win Central. only 16 games are ledt for the lakers. they need to clicnch home court through the playoffs they cant mess up.

CURRENT STANDINGS


1. y-*LA Lakers 53-13
2. * San Antonio 44-21
3. Houston 43-25
4. * Denver 42-25
5. New Orleans 41-24
6. Portland 41-25
7. Utah 41-26
8. Dallas 40-27


1. y-*Cleveland 53-13
2. *Boston 50-17
3. *Orlando 49-17
4. Atlanta 39-28
5. Miami 36-30
6. Philadelphia 33-31
7. Detroit 33-32
8. Milwaukee 31-38


* clicnched playoff spot/Divison leader
y clicnched division