All Things Basketball with GD - Week 11 Review

Week 11 review (00:29)Mon:NBA making adjustments to health & safety protocols; isolation period from 10 to 6 daysDeAndre Ayton & coach Monty Williams (PHO) enters protocolsTrae Young clears protocols; scores 29 pts in a loss to CHI; DeMar DeRozan 35 pts & Zach LaVine 30 ptsMEM on road squeaks by PHO; Ja Morant with 33 pts & Desmond Bane 32 ptsBKN on read blows by LAC; James Harden 34 pts, 15 asts & 8 rebsTue:Bogdan Bogdanovic joins 12 ATL players in protocolsKevin Durant, Kyrie Irving & LaMarcus Aldridge clears protocolsEvan Mobley clears while Darius Garland enters protocolsRicky Rubio tears ACL in a CLE loss to NOP; out for seasonCoach Mark Daigneault (OKC) enters protocols; 5th coach to do so this seasonMIA takes down WAS; Tyler Herro 32pts, Duncan Robinson 26 pts & Jimmy Butler 25 pts with 15 astsDEN on rad edges GSW; Nikola Jokic 22 pts & 18 rebs; Steph Curry with 3000 3PGs madeWed:Isaiah Thomas, formerly with LAL, signs a 10 day contract with DALMIA/SAS game postponed; MIA without 8 players needed to playKyrie attended his 1st practice; says he missed playing ballMEM defeats LAL; Morant 41 pts & 10 rebs; LeBron with 37 pts, 13 rebs & 7 asts in the lossChimezie Meku drops a 3 at the buzzer as SAC beats DALThu:Julius Randle (NYK) enters protocolsGSW/DEN game postponed; Austin Rivers & coach Mike Malone enter protocolsDraymond Green complains on Twitter about postponed gamePHI on road beats BKN in KD's 1st game back from protocols; led by Joel Embiid (34 pts) & Tyrese Maxey (25 pts)TOR reducing arena capacity to 1000 guests for next 3 weeksFri:BOS Hof Sam Jones passes away at 88 years old (more in my latest Player Spotlight episode)1/3 of NBA referees out with either injuries or COVID protocols; calls up G League refsJonas Valanciunas (NOP) enters protocolsSAS assistant coach Becky Hammon hired by the WNBA's Las Vegas AcesOther WNBA news: New York Liberty hires former Phoenix Mercury coach Sandy BrondelloDeMar DeRozan hits game winner as CHI beats IND 108-106; also scores 28 pts & Coby White with 24 ptsBOS upsets PHO; Jaylen Brown/Marcus Smart 24 pts (lead 7 players in double figures)LAL closes out 2021 with a blowout win over POR; LeBron with 43 pts & 14 rebsSat:Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) enters protocolsWomen refs from the G league being called up for NBA gamesLuka Doncic, Tim Hardaway Jr & Maxi Kleber clears protocolsLance Stephenson signs a 10 day contract with IND, his original drafted teamDeMar DeRozan opens 2022 in the same way he closed 2021: a game winner to beat WAS; scores 28 while LaVine has 35GSW on road takes care of UTA; Curry 28 pts & 9 asts along with Andrew Wiggins' 25 ptsLAC on road takes down BKN; Eric Bledsoe with 27 pts; KD on loss: team needs to adjust attitude or the losses will pile upSun:Coach Chauncey Billups (POR) clears H&S protocols; will return to the sideline MonDraymond clears H&S protocols; will play MonKyrie to join BKN on road this coming weekJaylen Brown drops 50 pts & 11 rebs as BOS beats ORL in OTJosh Giddey (OKC) becomes the youngest player ever to record a triple double (17 pts, 14 asts, 13 rebs) in a loss to DALSAC upsets MIA; Buddy Hield (26 pts with 7 3PGs) & DeAaron Fox (24 pts)PHO on road crushes CHA; Devin Booker's 24 pts leads 7 players in double figuresLAL struggles a bit but defeats MIN; LeBron 26 pts, Malik Monk 22 pts & Russell Westbrook with 20 pts but also 9 TOs