What We Learned from the NBA Last Weekend

• Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are the greatest scoring duo in the league. 91 combined points! Are you kidding me? That many points could win a third of OKC's games if they put those numbers up on a consistent basis. Every time the Thunder step on the court they show why they are the best team in the Western Conference. They have two All-Star caliber players along with some very good role players. Serge Ibaka didn't get much attention Saturday night against the Denver Nuggets because of the barrage of scoring from his teammates, but he quietly had a triple-double. James Harden would be a borderline All-Star on half of the teams in the league.

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• Jeremy Lin is the second best point guard in greater New York. On February 4th, Linsanity started with the New York Knicks beating the New Jersey Nets 99-92. Deron Williams put up 21 points, 11 assists, and 6 rebounds for the near triple-double, yet the highlight of the game was Jeremy Lin--the young point guard who broke out for 25 points off the bench. Last Monday, Deron Williams made it his goal to shut down Lin and show the country who really was the premier point guard on the court. Williams went off for 38 points, including eight threes, and stole the show. Through three quarters, with the score 82-64 in favor of New Jersey, Williams had outscored Lin 34 to 11. Half of Jeremy Lin's points came in garbage time when the Nets had sealed the victory. Yes, Jeremy Lin is a great fit for the Knicks but I doubt that he could put up the twenty points and nine assists that he's been averaging in February for any other team. Excluding marketing and advertising Jeremy Lin, the Knicks would take Deron Williams over Lin any day. Deron Williams is often overshadowed and forgotten about because he plays for a 10-25 team with no star teammates and in a market that has to compete with the rising Knicks. Put Williams on the Lakers, Knicks, or Mavericks and they are all legitimate title contenders.

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