2/20: Breaking (the) Press

• Royce Young over at Daily Thunder says no matter what the Nuggets do, they can’t seem to beat Kevin Durant.
• Durant and Russell Westbrook were so dominating their performance deserves an extra bullet, courtesy of ESPN’s John Hollinger.  Oh yeah, Serge Ibaka also recorded the Thunder’s first triple double.
• After his fourth quarter against the Mavs, Hardwood Paroxysm’s Andrew Lynch thinks it’s finally time to expect greatness from Jeremy Lin.
• The Heat Index’s Brian Windhorst on the NBA’s most overlooked story of the past two weeks – the scintillating play of Dwyane Wade.
• Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe takes a pessimistic – perhaps realistic – look at the Celtics’ fade into .500 oblivion.
• Every single Indiana Pacer received valedictorian-like grades from Jared Wade at Eight Points, Nine Seconds in the team’s dismantling of the woebegone Bobcats.
• The Plain Dealer’s Tom Reed examines the recent development of underplayed lottery pick Tristan Thompson.
• We can’t believe yesterday’s Suns and Lakers were the same two teams that played on Friday.  Neither can Chris Shellcroft of Lake Show Life.
• Kevin Love redeemed himself in the final seconds of Minnesota’s one point win over Philly.  Game recap by Kent Youngblood of the Star Tribune.
• StS favorite Anthony Bain gets creative with Linsanityat HoopSpeak.
  

  Dec 31, 2011; Oklahoma City; OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook (0) gets a high five from Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant (35) during the third quarter against Phoenix Suns at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Richard Rowe-US PRESSWIRE

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