NBA

It's that time of year again, except this weekend we will be without love or even a rose. That's right, its NBA all star weekend! Oh yeah, and I think someone mentioned something about Valentines day?

In the lead up to the main event, the All Star Match, let's take a look at a couple of matches from the past ten days.

Firstly, the second of February saw the Las Angeles Lakers play off against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Let's take a look how it played out.

Any La Lakers win is sentimental for their small forward Kobe Bryant, and this match was no different. Their 119-115 win over Minnesota in the timberwolves second of three game road trip, was the all-star veteran's fifth and final game against a young Andrew Wiggins.

Today's game was all about Kobe, and it was only appropriate that he played his best game for the season, racking up a season high thirty eight points, five boards and five dimes. Andrew Wiggins tried to control the Black Mamba by knocking down thirty points, but with little other contribution from his teammates, the lakers were able to pick up just their tenth win of the season.

Secondly, the third of February saw a scoring marathon between two of the best point guards in the NBA, Stephen Curry and John Wall. Here is the game wrap of the Washington Wizards against the Golden State Warriors.

This game was the end of a long road trip for a tired Warriors squad. Again without centre Festus Ezili, Stephen Curry had a personal best 11 three pointers in his sides' 13 point win over a resilient Wizards team. This win meant that the warriors would go four games clear of the San Antonio Spurs.
It's hard enough to beat the best NBA team this century, but when the reigning MVP Stephen Curry
 scores 51 points including 11 of 16 three pointers, they are nearly impossible to contest with. Although, Washington didn't go down without a fight. Their number one point guard drilled 41 points to go with 100% shooting from downtown.

They had quick hands on defence, racking up 16 steals and had quick feet on transition, scoring 24 of their points on the fast break, yet they were out-muscled under the glass and the warriors passing was just too classy.

Golden state had a meeting with Barak Obama the day after, before returning to their home court against an in form OKC. Washington also got a two day break before taking the floor against the Charlotte Hornets.