Basketball News & Views

Stephon Marbury Immortalized In China
Bruce Tenen
16 May 2012

Stephon Marbury statue in BeijingFormer NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury is getting a career makeover in China. 

Marbury signed to play in the country back in 2010. This season, he led the lowly Beijing Ducks to their first Chinese championship in 30 years, defeating the Guangdong Southern Tigers, a seven-time league winner, in the finals. 

Now, a life-sized bronze statue of Marbury has been unveiled at the MasterCard Center (Ducks home court & 2008 Olympic basketball venue) in western Beijing.

The “work of art” was financed by the website hupu.com.  Hupu promised to build the statue if Marbury received one million votes in an online poll.

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KY High School Playoff Game Was 4-0 At Half
Bruce Tenen
4 Mar 2012

Notre Dame Academy beats Highlands High School 13-8If you enjoy slowdown basketball, this game would be perfect for you.

The Notre Dame Academy Pandas took on the Highlands High School Bluebirds in a regional playoff contest last Tuesday at Northern Kentucky University. 

Earlier this season, Notre Dame defeated Highlands 59-31.

This time around, Highlands held the ball for 2 to 3 minutes at a time, but still trailed the Pandas 4-0 at half. Highlands only attempted one shot in the entire first half. 

Notre Dame then held the ball for four minutes to begin the second half, before racing off to a 13-8 victory.  NDA led 6-0 at the end of three quarters, but lost their shutout early in the fourth quarter. 

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A Really Tall Orange County Basketball Player
Bruce Tenen
13 Feb 2012

Mamadou Ndiaye and Brethren Christian High SchoolFans have been pouring into a tiny gym in Huntington Beach, California to watch Brethren Christian High School play. The Warriors are presently 22-5, but the big attraction is their new center. 

Mamadou Ndiaye is 7-5 without shoes and weighs 310 pounds.  He is quite agile for his size and the junior is taller than anyone currently playing in the NBA.  His shoe size is 19 1/2. 

Born in Senegal, he is averaging 23 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks per game, despite only playing basketball for two years after competing in soccer as a youth. 

Colleges are taking notice and strong interest has been expressed by Purdue. Georgia, UC-Santa Barbara and USC, among others. 

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An Even More Impressive Giant Victory From The Weekend
Bruce Tenen
7 Feb 2012

Giants defeat Riverballers 211-84If you like high-scoring basketball games, then you would have loved this one Saturday evening in north Florida.

The Jacksonville Giants of the American Basketball Association stomped on the Columbus Riverballers 211-84. The former ABA scoring record of 206 points was also set by the Giants in a 206-102 rout of the Georgia Gwizzlies last season.

The new ABA, which has a ridiculous 86 teams, was founded in 2000 and is unrelated to the old ABA, which merged with the NBA in 1976. 

Incidentally, the NBA record for most points in a regulation game is 173, set by the Boston Celtics over the Minneapolis Lakers in 1959 and equaled by the Phoenix Suns over the Denver Nuggets in 1990.

 

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Basketball Comeback Of The Year!
Bruce Tenen
25 Jan 2012

South Dearborn 30-point comebackMonday night, the Memphis Grizzlies came from way back to defeat the Golden State Warriors 91-90, overcoming a 20-point second half deficit in Oakland. The Grizzlies outscored Golden State 39-22 in the fourth quarter to secure the victory. 

But, the impressive display took a back seat when compared to what happened in Indiana last weekend. 

South Dearborn High School defeated East Central 55-54, by scoring the final 30 points of the game.  It was the largest fourth quarter comeback in state history. 

South Dearborn came into the game with a  1-10 record and had lost to East Central 72-39 earlier in the season.

 

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