Basketball Daily

Just a few years ago the number one seeded team, the Dallas Mavericks got blown out by the number eight seeded team, the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the Playoffs, which was one of the biggest upsets in history.  Dallas got a little revenge on the Warriors in their recent meeting winning by 24 points with a final score ending at 117-93.

The high scorer for the Mavericks was Jason Terry with 22 points on 70% field goal shooting.  Right behind him was Dirk Nowitzki with 20 points, Josh Howard with 19 points and Brandon Bass with 16 points.  The team as a whole shot an impressive 57% from downtown and they improve their record to 26 wins and 19 losses.

I have compiled a fun and informative list here that shows some NBA records that have been made by the youngest players in the league.  Not surprising is that most of the records have been broken in recent times due to the athleticism and training players have devoted to this sport.  As you can see Lebron “The King” James is really breaking records left and right, and as long as James stays healthy, he will break many more along the course of his career.

• Youngest Allstar game MVP - Lebron James - 21 years and 51 days old
• Youngest player to play a pro NBA game - Andrew Bynum - 18 years and 6 days old
• Youngest player to reach 25,000 points - Wilt Chamberlain - 31 years and 168 days old
• Youngest player to receive an all NBA first team defense award - Lebron James - 21 years and 138 days old
• Youngest player to score 50 or more points - Lebron James - 20 years and 80 days old
• Youngest player to start a game - Kobe Bryant - 18 years and 158 days old
• Youngest Slam Dunk champion - Kobe Bryant - 18 years and 169 days old

The Houston Rockets started off in a screaming fashion against the Detroit Pistons scoring 39 points in the first quarter.  All off the players were burning hot especially Luis Scola and Ron Artest.  This forced the Pistons to play from behind the whole game, and even though they made a strong comeback down the stretch, they just couldn’t get over the hump.  The final score was 108-105.

Ron Artest made an impressive comeback after missing many games due to injury, and he led the way for the Rockets with 24 points.  Luis Scola had 21 points on 9 for 11 field goal shooting.  Shane Battier contributed 14 points shooting 4 for 5 from beyond the arc.  The Houston Rockets now improve their record to 28 wins and 17 losses.