Fun Fact:
NBA Center of the Chicago Bulls, Joakim Noah is known by many as quite a strange character. His hair is unlike most we’ve seen and it seems that the only way to describe him and his hair is just by simply showing you a picture (look below). In addition, to make things even stranger, he has many different nationalities. He is of Cameroonian descent, and is part American, French, and Swedish.
Ahh the NBA season is more than upon us, and in fact we only have one week left! The playoff chase in the East seems to be just about all wrapped up as all eight teams in this conference have clinched their playoff birth. But in the West, it is a completely different story as you have two teams–the Jazz and Lakers–brutally fighting for the last and final playoff spot. Each game is played as if it is their last and truthfully every single game counts, as each day both teams seem to be in a different spot than they were the day before. One day, their future seems extremely bright, the next the other one’s future seems even brighter. This seems like it will come right down to the wire, and it certainly will be very excited–except for Jazz or Laker’s fans, as this will be one of the most nerve-wracking weeks of their lives.
But another note, the Miami Heat definitely have had one of the greatest seasons in NBA history. Not necessarily because of their record, or points per game, or even their defense numbers, but because of their sheer dominance over teams. The Heat came close to what we thought was–not just basically, probably, most likely– but actually a ‘NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN EVER. EVER. EVER.’ record. During the 1971-1972 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers won an incredible 33 GAMES IN A ROW. And just in case you were wondering: Yes there was no typo there, they actually did win 33 GAMES IN A ROW. Well the Miami Heat came so close to that record, that we thought that they actually had not just good, but great chance of beating their record. The Heat just kept on winning games after games after games, and eventually they ended up on a 27 game win streak!
It was truly unbelievable. No one could even have foreseen this in their wildest dreams. On February 2nd, the day after a blowout lost to the Indiana Pacers, the Heat were 29-14. When their win streak ended, they were an unbelievable, 56-15 (included the lost that ended their streak). They hadn’t lost since the NFL Super Bowl! It was truly something amazing to be a part of it. It is very worth while to take a lsook at this timeline of their win streak.
To put it in another perspective, just take a look of this video recapping the Heat’s win streak.
Heat’s 27 game win streak highlights
On some other news there has certainly been some impressive performances from players this year. James Harden, who was traded to Houston, as been an outstanding player, going from a sixth man to an NBA star. Rookie Damian Lillard is surprisingly having an unbelievable season. Former Davidson superstar, and now NBA superstar Stephen Curry, has scored the most points in an NBA game this season with 54, and he hit an astonishing 11 threes.
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Stephen Curry (shooting)
My last and final note is the scoring title is going to be a quite exciting one, most likely coming down to the final day of the NBA season between Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant.
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Kevin Durant (left), Carmelo Anthony (right)
We all don’t want the NBA season to end, but yet at the same time, we are also really looking forward for it to finish, because we are excited for what’s to come.
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NBA finals trophy!