Good Things Come in Three's

What a day in the NBA yesterday as there were three major things that jumped out to my eyes.

1.  The Heat are rolling along, and while that's not the best thing, there's no denying that they are looking more and more dominant. I believe they're on a winning streak that's been all on the road and has been all by double digits.  That's a pretty scary thought.  Of course this Heat team was dominant at times last season, and well they couldn't finish the job.  So maybe they will implode in the playoffs, and maybe Lebron won't show since that's happened before in the playoffs.

2.  The Thunder had some ridiculous stat lines yesterday night.  First off, let's look at Serge Ibaka had a triple double of 14 points, 15 rebounds, and 11 blocks.  That's right 11 blocks by himself, just to put that in perspective the Pacers TEAM yesterday had that many as a TEAM.  To me that stat line might be more impressive than Kevin Durant scoring 51 points and Russell Westbrook scoring 40, which is impressive enough. I believe I heard that Ibaka has had three games with over 10 blocks.  He's a defensive presence that guys won't be coming down the lane anymore.  But then you had Durant scoring his career high of 51 points and Westbrook gets overshadowed with his 40 points.  Another team that's looking to be very dominant is this Thunder team, even though this game went in overtime, and that pairing accounted for 91 of the Thunder's 122 points.

3.  Linsanity keeps moving along.  Now, I'm not trying to get on this bandwagon, but there's no denying that Jeremy Lin is becoming a great story for the NBA.  Through his first career eight games, he's off one the point total that Michael Jordan had. Believe it or not, Lin has the second highest point total through his first career eight games than anyone else in the NBA, but Jordan.  Pretty high company there.  Of course we have to see how it all plays out, I don't think Lin will end up near Jordan by any means, but for now, I am sitting back and enjoying this ride he's having. For me, the biggest thing about it is the fact that he was almost cut, and now look at what he's doing.  He's really making the Knicks a complete team.  But so much media on it is going to be tiresome, and I think things need to be done in moderation.