The Basketball Diaries

Golden State Warriors 130 San Antonio Spurs 121 OT

Wow. What a basketball game. How unfortunate that I missed the start of it because I was still watching OSU lose to LSU. I tuned in in time though to see the Spurs overcome a 6-point deficit in the final minute, including Tony Parker's three-pointer with 6 seconds left that tied the game and sent it to overtime. Then I got to see the overtime in which Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson just took things over for the Warriors. Baron Davis had 34 points and 14 assists to lead Golden State, and during the final five minutes of regulation and the overtime, I don't think Golden State scored a basket that Baron didn't have something to do with. "I thought our spirits were really down, but somehow we got it back together," coach Don Nelson said. "And I think we can thank Baron for this one." Stephen Jackson finished with 29 points for the Warriors, while Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 32 points and 13 rebounds.

Phoenix Suns 137 Denver Nuggets 115

So there wasn't much defense played in the NBA on Monday night. The Suns fell one three pointer shy of setting a new NBA record, finishing with 20. Shawn Marion hit five of them for Phoenix to finish with 27 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks. Phoenix just couldn't miss in the first half, and opened up a 25-point lead in the second quarter, and never relinquished it against a Nuggets team playing it's fourth game in five nights. "They got happy and they got cocky and they rubbed our faces in the game a little bit," Denver coach George Karl said. "It will be fun the next time we play them."