A numbers breakdown of Kobe Bryant's shooting efficiency.

...Or maybe those players are shooting more in critical situations BECAUSE they are the best players on their team. Anyways, this is good stuff, except that Kobe isn't exactly bald... at least, not yet.

Kevin Garnett didn't get a single rebound against the 76ers, and he wasn't too happy about it.

@NBAGuru

In the second of the weird back to back game with 76ers, Kevin Garnett had 19 points (9 of 11 from the field) and ZERO rebounds. The last time that happened was in 97', which is about 1,160 games ago. When he found out that a statistician did not give him a rebound he thought he had in the first quarter, you can probably guess that he was not too happy about it. (Skip to 1:25 for his rant).

Besides that Craig Sager moment, I never thought Kevin Garnett was one of the funny dudes in the NBA. He just seems so intense all the time, maybe he wasn't joking, maybe the statistician is in a wheel chair because he didn't give in to KG's petty demands, I don't know. He does watch a lot of Family Guy, so I can imagine the violence and gore would subliminally affect him.

Via: BYB

Halloween Basketball Round Up [10/31/12].

 Stats run down:

Remember when people doubted James Harden's ability to step into the spotlight? Well, He didn't do too bad in his new jersey, just adding himself into a piece of NBA History with 37 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 1 blocked shot. Which have only been accomplished by four players, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Dwyane Wade and himself in the past 25 seasons, no biggie.

Board Monster: Zach Randolph wiped the glass with 16 boards in a loss to the LA Clippers

Rookie Watch: Damian Lillard killed the Lakers with 23 points and 11 dimes, joining Oscar Robertson and Isiah Thomas as only players in NBA history with at least 20 points and 10 assists in NBA debut.

OverPAID: As a Canadian, I want the Raptors to do well, but sorry, Landry Fields. If you get a 3 year, 20 million deal, you have to do better than shooting 0 for 6, with 0 points and only 2 rebounds.

Butter fingers: DeAndre Jordan just dropping the ball, with 9 turnovers in a Clippers win.

Time Machine User: At age 36, the Big Fundamental still got it. Tim Duncan led the Spurs to victory with 24 points and 11 rebounds.

Fans of the night: Very unlikely combo, but it's Halloween, who cares.

Highlight of the night: Aminu and his complicated first name, showing us that one hand is always better than two.

Game Winner: Stupid George Hill got off a floater with 2 seconds left in the game, spoiling Jonas Valaciunas's debut.

Sources:@afigman, @TrailBlazersPR, True Hoop